The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-02
HE HAS THE NERVE.
pARINa OF sTAMBuLoFF, BuLGARlA'S
PRIME MINISTER.

Prime MINIS EN-. s
single Handed He Has Held the Russian
Empire at Bay For years-His Tflt with
h Diplomatic Agent-How He Crushed
the Panitga Plot.
For what Bulgaria is today she In I'm
debted almost solely TO the vasof and
wisdom and indomitable will Of young
Stambuloff, the prime minister. vti go
For years he has held the whole Rus
sian empire at bay single handed. The
other powers of Europe sympathize with
him, but give him no practical support.
Open attack and secret intrigue he has
alike bafied. Assassination he has de
fed, though 1t has often been tried
against him.
He has resisted Russian aggression: he
has beaten Servia in the field and Greece
In the courts; he has made his sovereign's
throne secure; he has made Bulgaria a
nation and created a national public
spirit, and he has, at less than 40 years
of age, placed himself worthily in rank
among the leading statesmen of Europe.
One of his most dramatic passages at
arms with Russia occurred during the
war with Servia, when the car showed
his hand" in a decidedly offensive man
ner. Stambuloff has told many times
and seems never weary of telling, the
story of Slivnitza.
In that battle the destinies of Bull
garia and Servia were tt be decided.
Prince Alexander had gone out to lead
the Bulgarian army in person, leaving
S~tambulof in charge at home.
1t was a brilliant day, with a cloud
less sky and scarcely a breath of wind
stirring.
The a of the cannon was plainly
heard in the city, owing perhaps to some
peculiar condition of the air or perhaps
to echoes from the mountains. r'
At any rate it sounded much nearer
than it really was, and Stambulof and
the others thought the Servians, were
winning the day and were driving
Prince Alexander and his army in upon
the capital. f'.'
In their anxiety they applied TO the
Russian diplomatic agent for advice.
That gentleman shrugged his shoulders
and said it was no affair of his.
But urged the Bulgarian ministers,
"the Servians are almost at our gates.
You could stop them with a single word
if you would" g.
Eyes, but that word will not be spoken,
, not though they were actually entering
the city with your prince a prisoner, as
indeed they soon will do. On one con-
dition only will / stop them, and that is
that your beggar of a prince shall abdi.
cate at once"
E "And that Numbered Stambuloff,
''he will not do-no, not for 90 Russias!'
With that Stambulof sprang into
! the saddle and dashed away to the bat.
tlefield, while the Russian agent sent fol
! his friends to come to his house and helr
him celebrate the defeat of the Bulgarian
armies.
. A few hours passed, and her the Bull
garian foreign minister got a Telegram
from Stambuloff, dated on the field o
battle, telling of Prince Alexander.
| magnificent victory and of the utter rou'
: Of the Servians.
I He hurried with it to the house of tn,
Russian agent, arriving there in the mids'
Z of the festivities. And when he told tn,
news the representative of the CA,
ground his teeth with g
AS the world knows, Prince Alexandel
' lost his throne because he neglected t.
heed the advice and warnings of hi
prime minister.
Prince Ferdinand is more wise. Ell
/, r,,%s b;nCalf f,,llv IN tho horIo 1e C%ar,
! buloff, making the latter the real rule
J of Bulgaria and the chief guardian of tn
D throne.
How daring and vigorous the ministe
9 is in bis great work has again been shown
in striking incidents.
There was, for example, the arrest o
Major Panitza, who was at the head o
the most dangerous and powerful plo
: ever organized against the prince. a
I Stambulof finally settled the matte
by making the arrest himself alone. A
midnight he knocked at Panitza's door
n The majors wife. with a loaded pistol il
her hand, admitted him.
i Recognizing him and divining his el
rand, she raised the weapon to fire. FL
4 looked at her, and her arm fell, and sh
turned away. Then Stambuloff wentu
to Panitza's room. He found him
bed, a loaded revolver at his side.
major Panitza," said the ministe
i calmly, ''get up, dress yourself and com
/ with me-"
The desperate grasped his revolvel
The minister folded his arms and locke
at him as Marius looked at the slay
who came to slay him. Panitza lai
as down the weapon, rose, dressed himse
1t and followed his captor to prison.LMe
bourne Argus.
I'd
at Justice Among Crows.