New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-31
BLOOD FLOWS IN SOFIA.
p1OTERS SHOT BY THE POLICE
,r PERSON KILLED AND MORE THAN
FIFTY WOUNDED.
an, c,,rrRlNc AND HOOTING sTAMBULoFF
sr1-BsoRNI.Y REsIsTs EFFORTS TO DIsPERsE
1.-THE EX-PREMIER's REASONS FOR
REs1GNINC-TRyING TO FORM


1.-THE EX-PREM1ERS REASONS FOR
REslGNINc-TRyING TO FORM
A NEW MINISTRY
soea Bulgaria, May SO.-The first fighting and
.,..ashea in the bulgarian crisis occurred here
~. evening. and the city IS greatly excited. An
"~.D,ons crowd gathered In front of the Cathe-
80, and refused to disperse when ordered by the
it, n do So Many people cheered for M
rr..rohulon. who resigned the Premiership yes
'~a.v while others hooted his name. Soon after
=. nol,ce began trying TO disperse the crowd
- one fred a revolver. and the shooting then
...o,oa general One person was killed, two
20 severely wounded, and fifty or more had
.usbt shot wounds or broken heads.
~ stambuloff addressed a crowd OF friends who
-..herad IN front of his house this evening The
c.hiret resigned he said. 10 vindicate the rights
= che neonle and the authority Of the Govern
.. .n1 M N Stambuloff was cheered enthusiastic
caly ,, ~ s,,-o-ooned NM Radosla-
- and Stoiloff leaders Of the Opposluon' LOT
'snsrltat tion in regard 10 forming Mlh:s'rH,
syo of the retiring Ministers Will be included
=, the new Cabinet
M Grecon declined TO undertake the recon
.,nction Of the Cabinet and advised Prince fer-
snopd 10 summon some representative OF the
eollss,,on for that purpose. The change III the
Upp,Y.r,, uriu not affect the foreign relations OF
Mihlsr! Mi,y Il Is said in some quarters that the
t.nasSrstion tne Of NJ Stambuloff's Ministry was due
sntirely 10 personal differences between us Heih-
bers.
n, course the foreign relations Of Bulgaria VIII
-. hs affected Immediately by the change In the
Ministry. but it IS mkt TO Impossible tha' 'he Iaa
~ stambuloM should not bring such a result
-, IN a short time. His policy was thoroughly
-, p,ss,ar He had recently affected, especially
srr,ny his tourney 20 Constantnople. to place Bul-
,o again al the feet Of the Sultan II is true that
~ obtained some favors from the Sultan, such as
the appo!nment. at the expense OF the Greek SUP
,a.,s ~ Turkey. Of TWO Bulgarian bishops in He!-
Ionic Macedonia But he failed in his efforts to
0h.o,n from, Abdul Hamid the recognition Of Prince
ra-1,nand as the de iure sovereign OF the Balkan
STATE This recognition which is the great ambition
q, Ferdinand would not have been practically Ei-
,s,,,ve as Russia would have opposed IL, and thus
prevented the other Powers from altering the decree
o, the Berlin International Congress which created
a nrncipa,lty and not a kingdom OF Bulgaria. The
Gar certainly is not well disposed toward the
Prince who assumed power without waiting Tor the
consent Of Russia. which hat Eoeratei Bnigarl--
ana brought to understand that. after all the real
Independence Of Bulgaria IS an accempiishe9 ,ac, @
berg. the predecessor Of Ferdinand may pardon tnS
ate ;se e'gseohy smhg,o ,ba archeneny OF Russia
There lately were some indications that Ferdinand
had attempted a reconciiatior with. the Russian
been dissatisfied with this attempt. During his re-
cent stay at Vienna Il was said that he had ap-
preached the Russian Ambassador there. The
tK0lnische Zeitung" which known TO be for
some time the mouthpiece OF NJ. Stambulof, and
which was opposed like most Of the German papers
10 a reconciliation between Bulgaria and Russia de-
cared that Ferdinand would not dare TO make such
"demarche" since his Ministry could not have
consented 10 Il. This a warning 70 the Coburg
Prince Later on Ferdinand would have liked 10
be invited the wedding at Coburg, where ne
would have met the Czarewitch: but he was not IN
cluded In the official list OF guests. Finally ne mas
understood that the understanding between the
German and Russian Courts. shown by the new
commercial treaty and the betrothal Of the Czare-
witch 10 a German princess would deprive him OF
the support Of the Berlin Government All these
motives must have made him anxious 10 get RIO
OF his Premier in order TO pacify the Car and
Increase his chances OF recognition Moreover. the
Bulgarians do not all Ike " StambulOf, forget
what their country owes % Russia and II IS prob
able also that they. well as Ferdinand himself,
are tired OF the naughty manners Of the late
Premier. and Of his tyranny, which has sent 20
prison and 10 the galOws 50 many patriots like
Major Panitza Karayelof. Aliilarof and thousands
nf nfher RulCarians.