New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-19
ZANKOFF THE TRAITOR
HOW BULGARIA REPUDIATED HIS ylLl
SCHEMES

been OF 50 extraordinary character, and has baA
surprising results that an orderly account Of Il.
rise and progress may not be amlss From tho yerv
day when the Servan attack on Bulgaria was seen
to have been foiled by the pluck OF the Princs and
his people, the friends Of Russia in the princna,It~
have been at work among the Bulgariars Pvsrs
form Of appeal has been made to tho peasantry IA
lead ,them.to adopt the opinion that the Czaris
more worthy Of their support than the Prince ana
that the Prince, as under the dspeasure Of thu
Gar. must finally bring the country into disaster
Tho leader Of the Opposition party has been Mr.
ZankOff man who in the old days used to be In
the employ Of the Turks Censor of the Press and
in this office earned his bread by denouncing 10 thu
Sultan's officers those Bulgarians who in their
writings seemed to be more patriotic than wa
deemed compatible with the Turkish interests
After the establishment of the Bulgarian autonomy
be appeared a, Sophia a. o most liberal Bulgarian
and has taken leading position in the politics Of
the Principally ever since. 1t is true that in the
confusion of terms common in q young country II
has not easily found the name that would describe
his party and has sometimes been Liberal, sOms-
times Conservative and sometimes only Zankofita
His enemies have often intlmated that the last
appellaton Is the only one which truly character
ICES his politics. and that he IS always sure to place
his dey otion where it will do the most good-to
himself 1t has even been rumored that the ad-
hesion Of Mr.. Zankof to Russian interests has not
been without substantial and negotiable rewarda
Be this it may. the interest OF Mr Zankof in the
defeat of the Princes policy has been growing mora
and more warm as the negotiations with Turkey
upon the new regulations in Eastern Rumeiia have
grown more difficult. At last he and his partisans
raised the cry that the Prince was giving up all
important points to the Turks. and sacrificing
Eastern Rumea to the need OF keeping on good
terms with the Sultan. The only remedy for sucha
state of things was in appeal to the Great White
Gar as savior of Bulgaria to interpose and secure
for the country q who could rule without the
fear of the Turks before his eyes.
In pursuance of this aim little clique Of MI
Zanksf's followers executed the remarkable
coup d. etat" of a week ago. In the dead Of night
the cadets of the military school at Sophia were
called from their beds and ordered to fall into line
in the court of their barracks. There they found
themselves surrounded by n regiment of troops
brought in for the purpose from neighborins
village and were told that the Prince had been
deposed and that they must 80 to the palace and
arrest him. first taking the oath OF allegiance to the
Provisional Government. The cadets accepted THIS
order of their cOmmandant, and followed MN 10 the
palace of the Prince. The Prince seems to have
been living in republican smr Lefty. There wers
only few guards at the palace, and they dld nos
understand what was going to be done Win ta'
cadets until resistance was to) late. Inc con-
sprators penetrated to Tie room OF the Frince.
woke him from sleep. and with cooked reVoIVers
demanded that he should surrender in the name Of
the Bulgarian people. They explained that the
people had risen in their might and lad declared
him In be deposed aud that the only thing remain.
ing for him to do to follow his capt9is. lAeu
was really nothing for the Prince TO 10 1ut
snhnit to the logic of the pistols He dressed him.
self and with his brother was taken TO a carrlaS
and driven away before any one III tne Guy nt tus
1 ..t hot
break ne taken INTO u monastery lor preaHiass
and was given the pen to sign the act OIL aDulcatoh
| TO induce him to do this he was shown pIoclamh
| ZION signed by all OF his most trusted Mnlstets
| declaring him to have been deposed L rom lhls
| proclamation it was evident that all had turnei
against him, and that he had no chance. lie slsneo
| the PAPER merely protesting that the SIGNATURE
was obtained by force. Then he was invited 10 get
| into the carriage again, aud was driven 10 tns
| shore of the Danube. and hurried on board OF hA
own steam yacht There he found a Russian olncet
! in charge, and on asking to be set down on tls
request was refused. The steamer took MN
speedily to the town of REM IN Russian BessarabA
| where he was made to land. On asking 10
| allowed to leave by train to 20 to his nome ia
| Darmstadt the Russian Governor declined 10
permit him to leave tue town. lie was a prisoner
| in the hands of the Russians =,
| Meanwhile the cOnsplrators had photographed lar
| and wide that Prince Alexander had been de-
tnroned and Provisional Government had Deen
formed. TO couciliatc the common people Dlsnos
| Clement, of Sophia. was placed at the head ol ine
new government Tne railway to ConstantinopS
was bockaded the t,legraphs were selzed, and az
interiict was p aced on all triYe'. lhey nAa
! kidnapped the Prince and they hoped to kidnap
But Mr.. Iankori had rcckoned without the strong
| indcDendence OF public opinion IN bulgaria, "hee
defeated the Russian plans last September ana
which at once made itself felt IN this emergency
In the first place, the leading men OF all plftl"
whose names had been appended to the pro ANA
ton of the revolution, cOntrlved to let IL bo h0Ns
| that they had not sigued any such paper. lheI
| names had been forged. Then tho army spoke III
| ha roD tD
day. and the next, learning of the forgery OF ndnes
to the proclamation of the conspirators they ssuea
a proclamation themselves, declaring Tor tho FRINGE
and denOuncing the conspratorS In ldtna Tue
troops took tho oath OF allegiance, and then cam.
iug that they had been deceived they logged thci.
| comm ander and appointed new one, and 50 freed
| themselves from their oath. In Philppopos no
troops Utterly rejected All overturcs anu started %
| march on Sophia Wherever ono OF the i0ilncr
Ministers of the Prince happened 70 be. he issued
a new proclamation declaring himself to he ITO
yisonal Government TO when al wno ,ONo1 , ~,
Prince in different places got INTO communication,
| and consolidated their governments SO mat py
| the time the Prince had reached Rem ana become
Russian prisoner, it perfectly evident that the
| Zankolf government had not particle OF support
and that the Bulgarians had rallied tor the ,lorcs
of their rights a way not to be trltied Win iho
| government at rirnova telegraphed To Rem 10 tnp
Prince to come back. but the Russians Suppress.
tho dispatch. But thcy bad sufficient sense to SEQ
| that I'm detain him would be folly aud they allowed
him to go on his way to Darnstadt. ..,,o.,t trial
ZankOh and the members OF ms govermnen, , ,
to ilee, but every body was against tIcih anu '''
| were caught almost at once. 49,,
Just one week from the time OF his arrest oS i"o
| conspirators IN Sophia. Prince Alexander Oh ny
| way to Europe. he not having heard thanhs 10 wy
| Russians of the popular uprising IN his favor va
met on the railway by some OF ms friends an 'o ,a
that the people were clamOring to see MN pA'a
aaain So hs turned from his Journey To Darlnst"is
and entered Blu CARA at Rustchuk, where Hc va"
received with the widest enthusiasm a..
One hardly knows which most 10 a"m,c' "a
harlihood of the score of men who expected W
cheat the Bulgarans OF their Prince by dint OF -
unparelleled felicity in iyIng or tho many Ph" 49,
of the people of Bulgaria who IN seven year, "S
| changed from a nation OF slaves who could not sy
their souls were their own IN the presence y.
Turk 10 a nation of soldiers ready To dc Tor tng NJ
riohts II is no small thing for them 70 defeat Wv
will of the Car They may DO crushed out o. III,
stence for the crime" since the Car u h9t MI
| TO forgive so open defeat of one OF w ~,
schemes But whatever the result. they nave va We,
the sympathy of the people in Europe IN way rys