The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-06-05
BIG PLOT.
Russian Court Prestige Re-
ceives a Blow by the Con-
VictiOn of the Major.
Persons Implicated in the Plot
to Murder the Prince On
der Russian Orders.

LONDON, Special.-SinCe the day when
John Reynolds Paktul, ambassador from
Peter the Great to the states of Germany,
was captured by Charles XII. of Sweden
and broken on the wheel, Russian court
prestige has not received a more stalt-
ling blow than the conviction and sentence
to death of Maj. Panitza the Russian
agent i'll a conspiracy against Prince Ferdi-
nand OF Bulgaria. The trial of the con-
spiratOrs, to which entire publicly has been
given by the Bulgarian government, has
brought to light in the clearest manner the
oriental methods of the Russian courts in
carrying out it's political aims, and
has shown that, under the veneer of
Western civilization, lies nature as I'M
scrupulous and treacherous as that of a
shah or a khan. 1t has been proven that
the seizure, and probably the murder of
Prince Ferdinand, was plotted by persons
in military authority, acting under Rus
sian direction, supplied with Russian funds,
and directed by a captain Otthe Russian army
as intermediary. This captain, kalupkntr,
has been sentenced to nine years imprisOn-
ment and two other cOnspiratOrs, Majors
Amandotf and RiZOR Of the Bulgarian
army, each to six years The plot
was of old standing. Maj Panitza,
who belonged to the Bulgarian army,
and was stationed at the important post of
Rustchuk, was approached by KaIupkoH
and by him introduced to the secretary of
the Russian legation in ROumania Pan
itza proved himself perfectly willing to sell
his country to Russia for price. lie was
plentlu!ly supplied with money, which he
distributed with much liberality among
those with whom he found ready to listen
to
HIS REASONABLE OVERTURES
in this way, and by promise of abundant
reward in the way Of rank and cmOlument
from St. Petersburg, he succeeded i'll draw
ing to his side nine or ten officers of the
Bulgarian reserve force. some OF
them influential with the troops
under their command. Last au-
tumn the conspirators had it arranged
to arrest Prince 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 on the
trial, which began on the 10Th,
and concluded on the 10Th Prince
Ferdinand and his ministers were to
have been seized on their arrival at Sofia
from Philippopolis. The guard of honor
at the Sofia railway station was to have
been composed of men whom Panitza could
trust and two squadrons of cavalry We're
kept on the rack ready to come
out and scour the streets whenever Pautza
should give the order. TIL would iudi-
cate that the conspiacy had obtalnu>I a
da4g- -+'2ald in army, in which Bahl-
itza BeA account stinguished services in
the SeTyian war and his popular manners.
was 9Snspcuously a favorite. The N~imnca
sud3en return, as stated, sayed him
from arrest and probably from assas-
sination As soon as Ferdinand had been
got rid of, Russian general would have
taken charge of affairs in Bulgaria, and the
car would have been requestedtO nominate
two candidates for the throne of the
principality. Panitza also planned to
kidnap Ferdinand during a court ball,
and he vainly endeavored to draw into the
conspiracy Col. KisSoff, commander of the
garrison in Sofia. 1t was apparently
through the effort to seduce kissott that
the plot was brought to brought to light,
and Panitza and several of his fellow con-
spirators arrested.