New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-03
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>TLvBULOFF TO THE RESCCE.

:. so,ms II was ONLY in consequence or the
,,,,s,, ~ tho commandant Of Sofia TO obey 'he
Princes ordes. and to the vigorous ih'er.e"
$780,, -, tbo forcipn cnyovs accredited 10 his 'roV-
,rr,,a,t that Ferdinand of Bulgaria was pre-
,,od from fulfilling his project or CAUSING uie
oxpre,nier. Stambuloff to be arrested, 'rieo anu
,noh.blv executed on the preposcrous charge
- hoinc fine mysterious murderer OF MS own
,,.,ro,,o friend and colleague, Beltschew IL
may no remembered that the latter WAS STRUCK
down while walking one nighf through '''c
strcct, Of Sofia by Il bullet which was mann
fcstv intended for VI. StamplioH' VIII "0"
ho was nromenadinc arm in arm ut ihe ulhc
the murderer escaping under inc cover Va "
noss No one even in his widest moments had
ever drcamt Of charging the cx-frchier WIN
,hc crime until Prince FcrdinandS present "u
yiscrs. in their anxiety TO get him out ol ,lc
WAY invented This outrageous accusation WIN
the object Of attaining their ends. III HIS h'"
however an entirely contrary effect. For II haS
created revusiOn Of popular sentiment III
favor of the statesman to whom Prince fcrul
nand owes everything. and TO whom moreover
Eul.ara itself is chiefly indebted Tor us ihuc
pcndcncc Unpopular ut the time OF HIS us
missal bv the Prince. he has now all OF Il sui
den become the idol Of the people. and from
every part Of the Principally addresses are
nourinc in upon him cnrcatins him TO come TO
the rescue of the nation.
That the nation is in IN exceedingly bad way
# is impossible Ia deny. The Government mas
MANAGED to quarrel with Austria ana turkey
thc two Powers whose friendship ana support
have constituted until now its principal source
of strength and independence the Iate 'Z'r
having been given To understand that ne couu
not assail Bulgaria without involving himself
In war with one or the other of these nations
Russia has until now spurned all the oDScl'iiou'
advances made by III" Prince in The nope of
obtaining recognition rs ruler. even ai'houSh
with the object Of giving satisfaction NJ ~.
Petersburg he has Entrusted portfolios in his
Cabinet To men implicated in attempts on MS
life The treasury at Sofia is empty. the credit
which Bulsarll enjoyed upon the foreign money
markets at the time ~ Stambuloi's overthrow
has vanished. and the thrifty Bulgarian farmers
and pcasantry. who constitute ninetcnthS OF the
poplllation are not only unable To pay th" new
and heavy taxes that hav" recently been enacted
bur even find il beyond their power - pay those
which were brought into existence three years
ago. the fall I'm the price Of wheat ana aGrl-
cultural produce having had the eject OF CON
vcr;Inr their dues t. the State from TENN
f. 4 third If their entire crop. nd'r the pre-
,rvf of economy almost 10000 officers and men
have been dismissed from the army and turned
,lriff uuon the country without means Of sub
.istoucc or employment, while the money thus
saved instead of being paid into the treasury
has been diverted Ia other uses of Il less cred
table nature.
In on. word. something much akin 10 chaos
pr,,aiIS in the Prncpllijy. AMI unless S'alnhu
loft Yields 10 IN, solicitation Of The people. anu
forgetting all tn base insratitudc 10 when ne
lrl, been subjected. consents :" come 10 ID" ~
.>,auc. ~ tho Prince whom h" himself plAr"l
ur,n The throne. jhr days II Ferdinand as ruler
of Eu,.aria may be- considered - numbered ana
hi, reign on the eve of lis close either by abd-
cation or deposition.