The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-13
AUSTRIA MUCH INCENSED.
pHE RECALLS HER MINISTER FROM
THE BULGARIAN COURT.
Diplomatic Relations May he wholly Broken
or ir Premier sioiion Does Not Apologize
Tor the Remarks which re Wade About
Crown Prince Rudolt-iuo IL Not Worried.
Special cable De.patch 10 Tnr srS.

W. - NNhA'a AShhbA W N"N ~
Tor the Remarks which re Snde Asout
Crown Prince Rudoii-llc IL Not Worried
Special Cable Despafch TO Tnr srS.
SOFIA. Aug. l2.-Baron Call Won Kulmbach
Roscnburg. Austrian Minister to Bulgaria. has
left Sofia on an indefinite leave OF absence In
consequence of tho refusal Of NJ. Stoilof. the
Bulgarian Premier. to apologize for certain
remarks concerning tho Austrian imperial fam
lily which no made in a recent interview with
q representative OF a Berlin newspaper.
VIENNA. Aug. 1.-The relations between Aus,
tria and Bulgaria have not been entirely broken
by the practical recall Of Baron Call Won Kuhn,
bach-Ttoscnburg rs Baron Hocnning OCarrol,
Secretary of the Legation. remains in charge.
It is very probable, however. that should Bull.
Rnria continue to show Indifference to Austria's
demand that an apology DO made by NJ. Stoilof,
thero will DO "a complete rupture OF diplomatic
relations.
Prince Ferdinand and NJ. Stoilofr do not ap.
pear to be troubled by this prospect. The
Prince Is probably pleased at having an oppor.
tunity Of showing Indifference to Austria. as
Emperor Francis Joseph has always refused to
receive him at his court. A rupture would
damage Austrian commerce.. as the principally
10 ono OF the chief markets for Austria.
Tho interview In which Premier Stoiloff gave
offence to Austria is an interesting commentary
upon Lnb oIuuCt VI tlulhNi anu hto
advisers during the Boitcheff scandal. 1t was
given two weeks ago to tho Coburg correspond
emit Of the Berlin Lokdlanzeiger, and was as
follows:
81 opposed tho unreasonable demands Of tho
Austrian Consulate in Sofia Tho Consul de-
sired, for instance, to DO present at the examlna-
ton Of the defendant, Boitcheff. According to
all appearances, he was striving TO implicate the
court In the scandal.
II gave him to understand that / did not re-
gard tho whole Hungarian nobility as corrupt
because Baron Nopcsa had been accused openly
in Parliament of adultery. Anyhow, Austria has
no reason to be so sensitive about this case; the
mystery OF the Austrian Crown Princs's death
has not been cleared up to this day. There arc
just as bad crimes elsewhere as In bulgaria.
Only when Bulgaria is in question is the effort
made to associate tho Government with them.
The present endeavor to hold the Bulgarian
court responsible for the Salmon murder 10 due
to the strained relations between bulgaria and
Austria, tho Austrian Government being viz
tually the only one now hostile to u.s. .
1t 10 q matter Of diplomatic history that but
for Austria's help even Stambulotf could not have
hold Prince Ferdinand in office during the years
whom Russia was intriguing without ceasing to
send him the sorry way Of Prince Alexander of
Battenberg. Having encouraged the assassins
Of Stambulof, Ferdinand now throws over tho
only other power to which he owes his high
office. Tho Radical European newspapers men.
ton HIM In disgust nowadays as the :" long.nosed
Coburger." and relate the details OF his perfdious
career as u warning to royalists.