THE BULGARIAN CRISIS.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 171, 25 September 1886, Page 4

THE BULGARIAN CRISIS.

The Conspirators Executed. The " Times " correspondent has had an interview with the gentleman from Vienna who brought the first real news of the Bulgarian affair to the English Foreign Office. He says that Alexander had resisted since December the pleadings of English and German friends that Zankoff, leader of the revolt, should be shot for his treasonable talk, and his boasting that Russians would protect him against the Mushroom Prince of Battenburg. The Prince even refused to allow the arrest of Zankoff, who continued his conspiracy until Alexander was forced to abdicate. The correspondent adds : "My informant thinks that Alexander can reinstate himself if he makes an effort to do co. He says that Ozounoff, the beat soldier in Bulgaria, hap 1,000 men at Widdin who are devoted to the Prince, and believes that there are nearly the same number at Shumia. But he fancies that Alexander is too much disgusted to make any attempt to regain power. At the Foreign Office tonight) however, news has been received from Kennedy, the British Consul at Bucharest, that all Bulgaria is rieingr ;v; v that the troops are declaring against the conspiracy, and that thore is an expectation that Zankoff will be comfortably hanged within 48 hours, and Alexandra invited back with loud acclamations." The Provicional Government Overthrown by Alexander's Friends. New ¥ork, August 26.— The "Tribune's" cables special from London of August 25th says : Indignation and disgust at the outrage on Prince Alexander in Bulgaria is universal in England. The lying telegrams first sent by the conspirators puzzle foreign opinion, but secure little credence. Facte are still imperfectly known, bnt enough is known to convince Europe that the Bulgarians have taken little part in the so-called revolution. English opinion is that Russia intrigued with Prince Alexander's enemies, brought up troops enough for the midnight seizure, carried off the Prince, and replied on the Bulgarians acquiescing in the new Government, which promised them union with Eastern Koumelia under Russian protection. This belief is not confined to Jingo or Tory circles; The Liberals denounce the proceedings more vigorously than the Tories, who don't wish to force the hand of their own Government. If it proves true that Russia has kidnapped Prince Alexander, keeps him prisoner and attempt* to support by force her tools in Bulgaria, who call themselves the Provisional' Go* vernment, an agitation is possible here no less violent than that of 1876 Personal sympathy with Prince Alexander and admiration of hii courage and capacity count for much in the general excitement. The first reports, that Austria and Germany were consenting parties to treachery and violence bo disgracful, are already modified, and are likely to be further modified, if today's reports that the Provincial. Ministry has been overthrown atfe confirmed. The *' Herald's London cable special says : The best information amid conflicting Bulgarian telegrams leads me to say 1 that Prince Alexander, ignorant of the counter revolution,, ' has started for hie home ■ in Darmstadt, but will doubtless get tidings of it and return to Sophia. The revolution has ludicrously collapsed. The Prince waei pressed by fourteen disaffected officers to sign an abdication, and was promised that if he signed it he would be allowed to leave the country unmolested. Neither that nor the threats which followed could induce the hero of Slivnitz* to put his name to jin abdication.; The Prince never besi-, tated one moment, but daring his aggreaaorstodo tbeir. worst, cant from him the document that was to., have secured his freedom. , He was taken to Rahova, where * small yacht was in waiting. "This craft was manned by a crew not' exclusively composed of. Balgariahi. 1 to be.come doubt as to the < nationality of the yacht,, but the riverside population" declare that it ,pped along w|th greater rapidity than any Danube steamer. A <3e- i tachment off Bulgarian troops, with fixed bayonet*, were teen on board. Wb«h the yacht^iaMd^Buf t#iik?* 'aepu|atf#hal ! already arrived there from tbt Karaveloff 1

Government to hail the vessel 'arid to ro-] ceive the Prince when be 'should land. No notice was- taken of the signals they made. ', , A ' . l \ ',- 'The Bebeife Defeated. ';'/> 7 SbrHiA, August 25/^he vernment, created, by, M reyolutiori(a;fcB » hast been overthrown. Clement! Qrpneff and Zankoff, three of" its members, ' have been thrown into prison, and the old Ministry reinstated. The deception practiced upon them by the circulation of the ( report that Alexander voluntarily abdicated has exasperated the troops and civilians alike, and the revolution of popular feeling in favour of the deposed ruler ia as general as it is intense. A deputation has started to find the Prince and assure him of the loyalty of the Bulgarian people and army, and endeavour to persuade him to return. A reclamation, Tbrnona, August 25— The following proclamation has been issued : In the name of Prince Alexander and the Bulgarian Parliament, I hereby declare that I have assumed directions of the Provisional Government at Sophia. Persons failing to confirm therewith will be dealt with by military law.' I appoint Colonel Montkopoff Commander -in - Chief of 'the •army, with full civil and military powers, I appeal to the Bulgarians to defend the^ crown of their fatherland against traitors' seeking to dethrone our heroic and beloved prince, who was chosen by the people as their ruler. Long live Alexander ! The proclamation is signed Stambouloff and countersigned Montkosoff. - Sow the Two Revolutions Woro Accomplished, Etc. New York, August 27.— The " Herald's " Constantinople special of August 26th cays : The fresh Bulgarian cotcp d'etat was a great surprise for all outside of the Russian Embassy. I have it on good authority that Prince Vladimir will be put forward as a candidate for Sovereign in the approaching meeting of the General Assembly. Communications to or from Buigaria *re very difficult. Boat* from Varna bring no passengers, and trains via Adrianople carry no passengers across the Roumelian frontier. How the Work Was Done. Sophia, August 26.— A' single regiment of troops with the assistance of a number of military cadets accomplished the work of deposing Alexander. Before proceeding against the Prince, the revolutionists arrested the commander of Alexander's regiment, which was at Siivnitza. The Provisional Government, seeing that the populace was violently loyal to the deposed Prince, resigned office and liberated the Commander, who at once brought his regiment from Slivnitza and disarmed the regiment which bad assisted in the Prince's arrest and the political leaders who had managed the coup d'etat. The Powers have 1 recognised the (Government formed by Karaveloff ah Premier. The Provisional Government has assured the Porte that the' movement in favour of Alexander is not inimical to Turkey, and has asked the Porte to reopen the railway between' Constantinople and Philipopoli?, Alexander Heard From. Bucharest, August 26.— Prince Alexander croesed the Auetro-Russian frontier at Wolstchiska to-day. The yacht which con- ' veyed Alexander to Reni has returned to Rahovia in charge of the mate, the captain having decamped at Reai. The crew is made up mostly of lads from the Sophia military school. , Press Opinions. The fall of Prince Alexander has been the , absorbing topic of discussion in Paris ever i since the reception of the first news concerning it. France has determined to observe an expectant attitude. President Grevy keeps in continuous communication ■ with all the membera of the French Ministry. The opinion is general here that Germany and Austria, by mutual agreement, sacrificed Prince Alexander of Bulgaria in order 1 to preserve an alliance with Russia at the expenee of England. Public opinion in 1 Germany sympathises with Prince Alexander in his misfortunes. The " Post," Prince Bismacrk's organ, pnbliehes an article on the Bulgarian crisis, ; which is characterised by amiability of ex- > preseions toward Russia and unfriendliness to England. ' The '• North German Ga*ette" says that • German interests are not tauched by the Bulgarian incident. The St. Petersburg newspapers generally , for some time pact have believed that the political tension in Bulgaria foreshadowed , a catastrophe. The " Viedemosti " says :— " Russia must now speak her weighty word 1 if she does not wish to lose her control of Bulgarian destinies." The "Novasti" eavs,: — "Ie is highly probable that Russia will intervene directly and establish a new order of things in Bulgaria," and adds :—" With Alexander deposed, Bulgarian sympathy with Russia will revive. Most of the Russian papers observe that the foreign press manifests confusion of ideas respecting the relations between the three Emperore." The "Messenger" publishes an official communication stating that the relations between Russia and the other Powers remain unaltered. Numbers of Bulgarians and prominent Rucaophobicta have already tied to Roumania. The fugitives included many Russian nihilists who were serving as officers on the Bulgarian flotilla. The " Morning Post " has a despatch from Stamboul saying : The greatest excitement prevails here owing to the belief that Russia intends to occupy Bulgaria. The military department is in a Btate of feverish activity Orders have been given to recruit 30,000 men in Syria.