The Sunday herald., 1886-10-03
Tha nena.ltion or Alex.na.r..

a, correspondent Of the Vienna 7aoeoan gives the
!oiiowing account OF the deposition Of Alexander OF
"The military element was much more deeply i'm.
plcated In the coup de main than has hitherto been
ss%Hppos,ed s%p The First Regiment, which furnished
sendl battalion and marched secretly away. About
q O'Clock 10 the morning the palace guard rushed
yer INTO his hand, and whispered to him. Save % Your
SELL The Prince rose and hastened down the stair
sase Leading to the but he was met
HIS Htghness, therefore. hurried back to his bed
chamber, in which he fonad large number OF
outstretched revolvers. One OF them tore page
out Of an entry book, and traced upon rapid
isGioie words while the others forced the poor
sides, thus sorey pressed. and threatened by more
than twenty revolvers pointed as his head, the
Alexander God protect Bulgaria. During this
scene one Capt. Benderof behaved with most ruff
maniy , impadence. Cooking his pistol and flourish
Ing II before his sovereign's face, ne called out,
Ana! you see all this comes Of your not having made
be his a6dlcation Prince Alexander dragged of
70 the War Ministry, TO which his brother, Prince
francis Joseph, had meanwhile also been brought.
After remainng here for about two hours the two
Drotners were taken away In separate carriages,
each sitting between two of the oonspirator oticers,
who kept their revOvers constantly pointed at the
heads Of their prisoners. Beside each coachman
sat pupil OF the Military School. When the Prince
drove drove away from the War Ministry there were at
with their hands In their pockets. Concerned In the
plot were all the officers of what ia called the Dun.
ker School and OF the First Artillery Regiment,
many engineer officers, and several OF the First In.
iantry Regiment. The latter had been inspected by
the Prince the day before, and the same onicers
VINO. revolver In hand, crowded into his bedroom at
TWO 10 the morning had supped with him on the
previous evening.
"The first night was spent by the Prince in
cl0ater about twenty-five miles from Sofia. During
hia drve to the Danube, whenever he opened
70 ask this or that, he was invariably met with the
unn ara Innvv r.v.
6arked on the steamer, the two prlncely brothers
were locked In the cabin, the door of which was
guarded by two officers with drawn swords The
neat was Intense that last Prince Alexander put
MS neau out At the window to breathe little fresh
air. but he was at once brutally thrust back by the
guard and this conslsted Of the Second Company Of
the Danube Regiment, with all Its officers. The
Prncea request for permission to breathe the fresh
air for few moments was iatly refused.
"On TUESDAY afternoon, at 4 O'Clock, the steamer
arrived at REM, where the conspratOrs sought TO
nnd some one on shore to whom they could deliver
up the Two princes, but not succeeding In this they
put back the steamer into the stream again for the
night. Meanwhile lleutenent colonel In COM
mand OF the Russian corps there had turned up and
the next morning at the two brothers were taken
ashore under strict surveillance and given In Gus.
tody at the MayoraltY. Prince Alexander begged
to be allowed to proceed down tho river, but was
told that this was impossible, as In all the towns
along the Danube-a0 he WAS assured-there were
hired murderers ready to cut or shoot him down,
nevertheless the Prince expressed his readiness to
run the risk Presently there was shown to him
Obrutschen, which ran:
"Prince Alexander OF Battenburg mot 'of BuI.
garia,' he 1t n0ted) may continue his journey, but
only via Lemburg or WarGaW."