Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-28
THE BULGARIAN d

As our dispatches continue to be largely
devoted to matters connected with the alb.
dication or rather deposition Of Prince
Alexander from the throne OF Bulgaria the
following from an exchange concerning the
Prince and his principally may be found
OF some interest:
The principality Of Bulgaria is situated
south OF the Danube River and north OF
the Balkan Mountains, covering an area of
1890 English square miles, and contain
ing a population of about 1000, OOO. The
territory out of which this principality
was formed originally belonged to Turkey,
but at the close Of the Turko-Russian war,
which ended in disaster for Turkey; the
Sultan by the terms OF the treaty OF st.
Stefano consented to give up sovereign con
troll OF the territory out of which Eastern
Roumania and Bulgaria were subsequently
organized by the Berlin conference, in 1873.
Article one OF the Treaty OF Berlin says:
bulgaria shall be constituted an autono-
nous tributary principality under the
suzerainty OF His Imperial Majesty, the
Sultan Of Turkey, but shall have a Chris
tian government and a national militia"
Article three OF the same treaty says:
"The Prince OF Bulgaria shall be freely
by the sublime Porte, with the consent OF
the Powers. No member OF any of the
~reigning houses of the great European
Powers can be elected Prince of Bulgaria.
In case of a vacancy in the princely dignity.
the election of the new Prince shall take
place under the same conditions and with
the same FORMS
Under these regulations the abdicating
Prince, known in Bulgarian history as
Alexander the l, was elected under very
suspicious circumstances in April, 1879 and
in the June following assumed the govern
ment. He is a son of Prince Alexander, of
Hesse, and brother OF the Empress Of Rus
STA. He is a young man, not yet having
seen thirty He has served both
in the German and Russian armies, and
the skill and courage heexhibited in snatch
ing victory from the very jaws Of defeat in
April last when at war with Servia, gave
evidence that he is possessed Of military
dDlllGy Vi 60 Ile0u OrQcF. 1nOeeQ even now
his people acknowledge his ability as a
military leader. And in the governments
proclamation of his abdication it is said:
"He rendered great services on the field of
battle; but politically he had too little re-
gard for Bulgaria's position as q slave
state, and the maintenance of relations |
with Russia"
The causes which brought about the alb
dicatiou OF the Prince are variouslY stated.
was undoubtedly at the bottom OF
it. Prince Alexander, it is we'll known, WAS
not favorable to Russian ideas and his
gave much dissatisfaction to Rus
STA at the time it occurred. But the chief
in this matter does not center in
Bulgaria itself, but arises from the fact
that the state was created by the united
voices OF the great Powers of Europe, who
a voice in confirming the Princes that
hall be elected to reign, which, together
With the ~well-known ambition of Russia to
control absolutely in the affairs OF Bulga-
ia, and the willingness of a portion Of the
'eople Of Bulgaria to allow her to do SO,
nay lead to serious European complica-
ions. |,