New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-03

loved hv their uurderers are by no means iso-
lated cases. Thus few weeks ago a Dr. laheii'
who had made himself obnoxious 10 fTince eF-
dinani By censures upon the extravaganza OF
the Court Of Sofia, was driving win the poe'
Aleko KonstantinoI. They happened to change
seats on the way. and had scarcely cone 81
when at lonely part Of the road volley was
fred and the poet killed The official press
at Sofia. while expressing regret for the death
o, the pet did not hesitate to attributeit to the
fact that he was in bad company. and TINS. TO-
ge;her with the efforts Of both the local police
and the authorities at Sofia to hush up the whole
affair. merely tends to strengthen the convic-
ton that the bullets were intended for Prince
Fertinard's critic.
PARDON FOR CRIMINALS
And finally there is Captain Boitscheff. the
favor.te aiie-de-camp Of the Prince and cham
berlain u the Princess. who. after having been
arrested at the instance II the Austro-HunGarian
Envoy at the very dinner-table of Ferdinand for
the murder OF an Austro-Hungarian actress.
Anne simon. is to-day again at liberty. thu ks
10 his royal master. True. he was convicted Of.
the crime on the mos, overwhelming evidence
and condemned T. death But Ferdinand C m
muted the sentence to lifelong imprisonment
Sofia consists in remaining indoors during the
daytime and giving elaborate luncheoLs in the
beautifully furnished suite % epartrn 2nts which
he occupies In the residence Of the governor q
the prison. while at night he is allowed 10 ioarn
about Sofia On parole. attending social entertain
nents and actually showing himself at the
theatre In fact his alleged imprisonment IS
nothing but a hollow mockery. and his name
continues to figure that Of an officer on the
roster ~ the Bulgarian Army.
All that the Prime Minister S;o.!1f. has - say
in eNcus. Of such things these is thit iul-
gar.a is an Oriental country The Prince is
forced u ill up the various Government POSTS
and Court Offices with people who themselves
understand tie slippery Ways Of thie'-s. rig
ands and murderers. Among honorable SCI tle-
men no fitting persons be found. md the
Prince must initiate therefore, the ,NamYle Ct
King Louis Philippe Of France This graTifa;ner).
who set up as projects or governors OF PROV
nces convicted criminals from the salleys. In
Bulgaria one can only uphold order by force and
by means which are prohibited in civilized
Euro.e."
After this. Feriinani's conduct in causing his
lttle boy Boris. . four-y ear-olt child % De on
yerted from the Roman Catholic t. the trek
orthodox Church Tor the sole purpose u lro-
p!tiatInS and winning the favor - Russia viii
appear u most people mere additional drop OF
water IN the cup u his iaiIuity. although Gryout
Catholics. such IS Emperor Francis Jose1h. can
not bur regard with horror and DISCUS; \ han
who has sacrificed what they believe 10 be the
eternal salvation OF his little boy IN order 10
strengthen his own position. Vain. unsc-upu-
lous ungratetul. selfish yoId u political fore
sight. sagacity or even Z honor. effeminate In
his habits. Ferdinand is without one ned aarlng
point in his favor. and one can only age with
Old Emperor Francis Joseph. no had be;ri.n,ed
him in the most parental manner in his Youth
and who had stood ietwten him and he anger
Of Russia during the first year or two Il his
reign a, Sofia when he declined 10 receive him
the other day with the remark tina, Ferdinand
was nothing but a mere felon with whom, 20 de-
cent person t'kein anstaendiger Mersch) {. ula
possibly afford TO hold any intercourse
EN-ATTA'HE