Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-01
RUSSIAN CONSPIRACY.
The Cars Prestige Receives Blow in
the Sentence of Major PauitZa.
How Russia is Carrying Everything Before Her
in ssrvIs- An English ambassador
Sent to the Vatican.
copyrighted 1890, by the United Press.)
STORY OF CONSPIRACY.


STORY OF A CONSPIRACY.
Special to the Gazette.
LONDON, May s1.-since the day when John
Reinolds Paktul. ambassador from Peter
the Great to the state of Ger
many. was captured by Charles XII
Of Sweden and broken on the wheel, Russian
court prestige has not received more startling
blow than the conviction and sentence to death
OF Maj. PanitZa, Russian agent in conspiracy
against Ferdinand of Bulgaria. The trial 81 the
conspirators, to which entire publicity has been
given by the Bulgarian government, has brought
to light in the clearest manner the oriental
methods of the Russian court in carrying
out its political aims, and it was shown
that under the veneer of Western civilization
lies nature as INSCRIPTIONS and dangerous as
that of shah or OF q khan. 1t has been proven
that the seizure, and probably the murder OF
Prince Ferdinand, was plotted by per-
s sons in military 1 Stnctdy acting nr TS
with Russian funds and directed by the captain
of the Russian army. AS intermediary this
Capt. Kalupkouf has been sentenced to nine
years imprisonment and two other conspira-
tors, Maj. Amandof and RiZoh of the, bulgarian
army, each to six years. The plot was OF old
Bulgarian army, and was stationed at the inn
portant post of Rustchuk, was approached
by Kalupkouf and by him introduced TO the sec
rotary of the Russian legation in Roumania.
PanitZa proved himself perfectly willing to sell
his country to Russia for price, He was plen-
tifully supplied with money which he distrib-
uted with much liberality among those whom
he found ready to listen to his treasonal over
lures. In this way, and by the promise
rank and emolument from st. Petersburg he
succeeded in drawing to his side nine other
officers of the Bulgarian reserve force, some OF
them influential with the troops under their
command. Last autumn the conspirators had
it arranged to arrest Ferdinand, and kill him in
case Of resistance, but the plan miscaTried
been expessed. According to the evidence On
on the 18th, Prince Ferdenand and his ministers
were to have been seized their arrival at
Rustchuk from, Phillipopois. The guard OF
honor at the Sofia railway station
of men whom Panitza could trust and two
squadrons of cavalry were kept in the barracks
Panitza should give the order. This would in
dictate that the conspiracy has obtained deep
foothold in the army in whic Panitza, on &C
count of distinguished services in the Servian
war and his popular manners, was conspicuous
fsvorite. The princes sudden 7etnrn,
and probably from assassination As soon as
Ferdinand had been got rid of a Russian general
would have taken charge of affairs in Bulgaria
been requested to nominate two candidates for
the throne of the municipality. Panitza also
planned to kidnap Ferdinand during the court
ball and he vainly endeavorsd to draw
into the conspiracy Col. Kissoss, commander of
the garrison at Sofia. 1t was apparently
through the effort to seduce Kissoss that the plot
was brought to light, and PanitZa and several
of his fellow conspirators arrested. In all his
machinations, Panitza had carried on a cor
in cipher 9em Wia the b sus sasn
whether Ferdinand will exercise clemency in
the case. With his able and energetic prime
minister, stambouloh, he has succeeded IN ex-
posing to the world the unsuccessful machina-
lions Of Russia. and he may deem the matter of
vengeance on the conspirators to be OF second
airy Importance.
RUSSIA WORKING sERvIA.
mr.. o.,- bo A1ad For q zaropd time in pr1
Is beginning to tighten his hold upon seryia,
where the government of the young king Alex
ander is becoming as plastic as putty
in the hSnds Of Russia. Prince Nicholas
of Montenegro, whose little principally
has been allied to Russia from time immemoria
hoped that the car would help to place him on
the Servian throne, but Russia is satisfied with
the drift OF affairs in Servia, and shows no dis
wearing the crown under whose admin
| istration the country is being trans
formed into Russian province. The
| prince OF Montenegro is to pay visit
| to Russia with large military suite and accom-
panied by the Crown Prince Danilo, and it is be-
| iieved that the car will take the occasion to
| console him for his disappointment in Servia.
| Austria is highly dissatisfied With the situation
| in Servia and is maintaining distant and UNI
f f.need and the ndca
| lions are that Austria viii seize
| the first pretext to make the servians feel that
| Vienna is nearer that st. Petersburg.
|
| The appointment OF Judge Andriano Dingli.
chief Justice of Malta, as English ambassador to
the vatican, is the outcome Of the mission of Sir
| Iintern Simmons to the vatican, and has re-
| ference to Malta. There is nothing in the APP
| pointment which need alarm those earnest
| Englishmen who are inclined to take fire at
| the opening OF diplomatic relations with the
| papacy. 1t is forgotten by many well-meanlng
| people that the British flag floats over a very
| considerable Roman Catholic population in va
| rious parts OF the world and that the crown has
| taken protectorate over territories in
which BY solemn treaty all religious
| rights of the Catholics are
| r1aranteed Such is the position in Lower
Canada, in sections of India, in the West Indies
and Malta, and If ever it seems to call for modi-
ication the British government OF to-day must
| either trample arbitrarily upon al pledges or
| open negotiations with the papal au-
t6orities. The Maltese, owe spiritual al
| according to the original agreement the
canon law is the civil law Of the island. Her
maiesty's government desired certain conces-
| sions regarding the valuation OF marriages, the
| use of English by the clergy and the appoint
| ment Of bishops, and all that is requested has
| practically been obtained.