Evening star., 1922-07-04
DECLARES PEOPLE
RULE IN BULGARIA
Premier Says Republic May
Result, With King Boris
as First President.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, June S.-The
people of Bulgaria do all the work.
and therefore they should have the
dominant voice in it's government"
Premier Alexander Stamboulisky said
today to the correspondent of the
Associated Press who questioned him
as to Bulgaria's future The occasion
followed the recent peasants con-
gress, when Stamboulisky 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, "is toward democracy
and rule by the people, as you have
it in America. old Bulgaria. with
its tyrants and oppressors is dead.
The people now rule. 1t may be that
Bulgaria one day will have a repub-
lie. and, il so. we shall make King
Boris it's first president. He is a very
democra tic, modest and earnest young
man, and | think he would like the
job. He is held in great affection
and esteem by the people. and would
have their entire support.
Stamboulisky's Personality.
/; Stamboulisky is a man of massive
frame and tremendous energy. He
has large, round face. ruddy COM
pleNion, an upturned mustache. q
great shock of uncombed, curly. blac X
hair and small dark eyes that ex-
.pand only when his sensiblities are
aroused. His critics say that in his
formidable physique and laundering
voice lies his strength. rather than In
his brain. However. he must have a
great fund of native common sense.
practical wisdom and unusual con-
.structive ability. for he has guided
his country for three years through
the most precarious period in It's
history.
. ON the question of foreign rela-
lions the peasant premier said Bull
Saria was sincerely anxious to have
Il closer understanding with Juso-
SIavia and more intimate contact
with her other neighbors-Rumanla
and Greece. Referring to the rapid
be declared Bulgaria had no unem1
p1oyment problem. Indeed. he said,
Bulgaria lacked sufficient labor. and
gave work to thousands of fugitive
Bulgarians from the lost provinces,
as well as to legions of Russian
refugees. Asked whether there was
any danger of these Russian immi-
grants sowing the seeds of bolshev-
ism. Stamboulisky said the proletariat
would find little fertile soil in Bull
sarian to cultivate their extreme doc
lrineS.
PeaSantS oppose bOlSneSIS".
The bolsheviki," he explained. ARE
strongly opposed by our practical and
common sense peasants, who have lit
tie sympathy for any policy except
that of labor and peace. 1t is true
some communists have gotten into
the country, but they have been con-
verted to the common principles of
everyday life by contact with our
sober, industrious and law-abiding
peasants.
$ The premier revived the report that
King Boris might soon visit the
United States. and said II this came
about he would accompany him.
In the meantime. King Boris.
twenty-eight years old and with the
appearance of an American college
student lives a life marked by almost
r1onastic severity and simplicity. He
has no relatives and few friends in
Sofia to give him advice or make his
pecial life happier. He spends much
time in working out plans for the
rehabilitat ton of his country. advis-
ing his ministers and counseling his
people to a policy of peace and labor.