The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-14
The PLOT or PANIIxA.


An Asens u fhs Rassian Gevsrnnent
eenteneed 10 Death.
London Letter.
eiBce the day when John Reinolds PAX
tui, ambassador frons Peter tie Great to
the states Of Germany. Was captured by
Charles XII Of Sweden and broken on the
wheel. Russian court prestige has not
recerved . more starting blow
than the conviction and sentence to
death Of Major PanisxA. the Russian
agent IN conspiracy against
Prince Ferdinand OF Bulgaria The
trial OF the conspifators. to which entire
publicity has been given by the Bulgarian
goveFnment has brought 70 light in the
the Russian court in carrying out its poll
ticA aims. and has shown that. under the
veneer Of Western civilization lies nature
as INSCRIPTIONS and treacherous - that of
shah or . khan. II has been proven that
the seizure and probably the murder OF
Prince Ferdinand was plotted by persons
sian direction, supplied with Russian funds
and directed by captain OF the Russian
army ~ intermediary. This captain,
kAlupkOd. has been sentenced to nine years
imprisonment. and two other conspirators,
Majors Amandoff and Roof, Of the Bull
garian army. each 70 six years.
The plot Was of old standing. Major
Paniixa. who belonged 10 the Bulgarian
army and vas stationed ct the important
post Of Rustchuck, was approached by
kalupk0n and by him introduced to the
secretary OF the Russian legation In Rou-
mania. Panitsa proved himself perfectly
willing TO sell his country 10 Russia for
price. He was plentifuily supplied with
money. which he distributed with iiber-
ality among those whom he found ready TO
listen 70 has treas0nable 0vertures In this
way and By promise of reward in rank and
emoiument from ST. Petersburg. he snc-
ceeded IN drawing to his side nins
or ten officers of the. Bulgarian
reserve force. some of them influential
With the troops under their COM
mand; Last autumn the conspirs-
Ferdinand and kill him in case
Of resistance, but the plan miscarried
through the arrival of the prince on = train
earlier than that on which he had been ex-
pected. According to the evidence in the
trial. which began on the 10th. and con-
cluded on the 9th. Prince Ferdinand and
their arrival from Sofa from PhilsipOpolis.
The guard Of honor At tho Sofia railroad
station were to have been composed OF
men whom PAnisxa could trust and two
squadrous OF calvary were kept in barracks
ready TO come out and scour the streets
whenever fanitza should give the order.
Tf1s would indicate that the conspiracy
had obtained deep foothold in the army,
in which Panitza. on account of distin-
guished services In the Servian war and his
popular manners, was consPicuously .
fatorits. The princes sudden return. Is
stated, saved him from arrest, and prob
ably from ASSASSINATION.
As soon ~ Ferdinand had been got rid
OF Russian general would have taken
charge Of affairs in Bulgaria and The car
would have been requested to nominate
two candidates for the throne of the princi-
nality. Panitxa also planned to kidnap
Ferdinand during . court bail. apd he
vainly endeavored to draw into the con-
spiracy Colonel Kissoff. commander of the
garrison in Sofia. 1t was apparently
through the effort to seduce Kisso that
the plot was brought to light and that Pan
itsa and several of his fellow conspirators
were arrested. In all his Vaccinations
Panitsa had carried on correspondence in
cipher with the Russian foreign office. II
remains to be seen whether Prince Ferdi-
nand will exercise clemency in the case.
With bis able and energetic prime minis
ter, Stambouloff, he has succeeded in ex-
posing to the world the unsuccessful mach
nations Of Russia. and he may deem the
matter OF vengeance on the conspirators to
be OF secondary Importance.