Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-31
Bulgarian People
Do Work, Therefore
Should Dominate

Sofia. Bulgaria. July 2S.-"The peo-
pie OF Bulgaria do all the work, and
therefore they should have the domd
1nant voice in its government" Pre-
mier Alexander Stamboulisky said
today to the correspondent of the AS
ISOLATED Press who questioned his as
TO- Bulgaria's future. The occasion
followed the recent peasants congress
when S~tamboulisky warned King
Boris he could reign but not govern.
and that If the intellectuals secured
control of the government a republic
would be declared.
The present tendency. of the
world" continued the leader of the
agrarian party, lis toward democracy
and rule by the people. as You ave
1t in America. Old Bulgaria with its
tyrants n oppressors is dead. The
Bulgaria one day will have a repub-
lie, and if SO we shall make King
Boris its first president. He is IL
very democratic, modest and earnest
young man. n l think he would
affection and esteem by the people
and would have their entire support
Stamboulisky is a mar of massive
frame and tremendous energy. He
has a large round face, ruddy COM
plexlon, an upturned . mustache, a
great shock of uncombed, curly black
hair and small dark eyes that ex-
pand only when his sensibilities are
aroused. His critics say that in his
formidable physique and laundering
voice lies his strength rather than il.
his brain. However. he must have
a great fund of native common sense,
practical wisdom n unusual con-
structive ability, for he has guided
his country for three years through
the most precarious period in its his
tory.
On the question of foreign rela-
tons. the peasant premier said Bull
garia was sincerely anxious to have
n closer understanding with .rugo-
slavia and more intimate contaet with
her other n%eighbors, Rumania and
Greece. Referring to the rapid re-
covery of his country from the war.
he declared Bulgaria had no unem-
ployment problem. Indeed, he said,
Bulgaria lacked sufficient labor and
gave work to thousands of fugitive
Bulgarians from the lost provinces as
gees. Asked whether there was any
danger of these Russian Immigrants
sowing the seeds . OF Bolshevism
Stamboulisky said the p~roletariat
would find little fertile soil in Bull
garia to cultivate their extreme doc
trlneS. Inc BOlSheFlkl, ne eX-
planned, ARE strongly opposed by our
practical and common sense peasants
who have little sympathy for n pol
icy except that of labor and peace
1t is true some Communists have got.
ten into the country, but they nave
been converted to the m prsn-
ciples of everyday life by contact
with our sober. industrious n law-
abiding peasants"
The premier revived the report that
King Boris might 500 visit the Unit.
ed States, and said if this came about
he would accompany him. =
In the meantime. King Boris, Is
years old, and with the appearance
of an American college student. lives
a life marked by almost monastit
severity and simplicity. He had ne
relatives M few friends in Sofia tt
give him advise or make his socia
life happier. He spends much TIME
in working out plans for the rehabil
itation of his country, advising witt
his ministers n counseling his peo'
pie to q policy of peace and labor.
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