The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-03-06

Cyril. dashed off into the adjoining
woods and up the hill. The shrieks OF
the women quickly brought guards to
the scene, and many men were soon IN
hot pursuit
1t IS probable the kidnapers would
have got away had they not suddenly
found themselves headed off by some
of the forest guards and gamekeepers
who happened to be coming down the
hills and whose attention had been at
tracted by the cries and the firing
Realizing that it would be impossible
to get away burdened as they were, the
men dropped the two little princes and
tried to escape. One of them alone
managed to avoid being taken. OF his
two companions one was shot dead
while the other, badly wounded, fell
into the hands of his pursuers.
Terribly alarmed, the prince left on
the following day for Sofia with his
children, whom he has since dispatched
thence under the care Of their grand
mother to tie latter's home at Eben'
thai. in Austria, where he hopes they
will be more safe than they can be any
where in Bulgaria.
While the utmost sympathy IS eA'
pressed here for the motherless little
! bows. little pity is manifested for thell
father Prince Ferdinand, who is held
to have brought the outrage upon him
self by his discreditable intrigues WIFE
| the Macedonian revolutionary party
! and by his conduct in connection with
the assassination of his prime minis
ter, Stambulotf. the man to whom ne
owed bis throne. Long before the
death of Stambuloff Ferdinand, haunt
ed by visions of becoming not merely
a king. but possibly an emperor OF
a greater Bulgaria which would In
clude the now Turkish province OF
Macedonia, entered into relations with
the so called Macedonian committee
which has for it's object the emancipa'
ton of this Christian province OF the
Turkish empire from the yoke of the
sultan.
Stambuloff bitterly opposed Prince
Ferdinand's inrigues with the Mace
DOMAIN revolutionists, being too saga
ciOus a statesman not to realize the
futility of Ferdinand's ambition as well
as the dangers in which he was in-
volving Bulgaria. 1t was owing to
this opposition that StambUloff was as
sassinated almost under the very win
dows of Prince Ferdinand at Sofia, his
hands being literally hacked off while
raised to protect his face and head
from the knife blows that were being
rained upon him.
That his murderers were members
of the Macedonian revolutionary party
was we'll known. and it was owing
to Prince Ferdinand's association with
the party that the real assassins and
those who instigated the crime remain
unpublished to this day.
A few months ago another Bulgarian
statesman was murdered in the streets
Of Bucharest, and, although the Rou-
manian police brought the crime home
to the Macedonian revolutionary com
mittee, which has its headquarters al
Sofia, no steps have been taken TO pun
ish the instigators of the crime, this
too. despite the demands Of the Rou
manian government.
Whether Prince Ferdinand will now
be driven by the attempt made to kid
nap his children into action against
the Macedonian revolutionary party,
which, according to the confession OF
the wounded prisoner. is responsible
for the outrage, remains to be seen
At any rate an impression to the con
trary prevails.
1t is believed that the prince is toe
deeply involved in the various intrigues
of the party to venture upon such o
course, and yet it is difficult to perceive
how he can comply with the demands
of the party, since he has been solemn
~ warned, not merely by Austria, Ger
many, Italy and Great Britain, but
| likewise by Russia, that if he takes any
part in a Macedonian revolution OF
marches his army into Macedonia t.
prevent the Turkish troops from sup
pressing any Macedonian insurrectioI
he will be denounced by all the powers
who will at once break off diplomatic
| relations with him and leave him to thu
! tender mercies of the sultan.