Evening star., 1923-06-13

aries, comprising the most virile and
highly patriotic elements in Bulgaria,
may attempt by military measures to
realize their long-cherished dream Of
an independent Macedonia. Those
who know them declare that the
home of every one is miniature
arsenal and that they are ready to
respond at the slightest signal from
their leaders in Sofia.
Appointment Alarms.
Jugoslavia, according to press dis
patches, views with especial alarm
director of the political department
OF the Sofia foreign office, as he is
alleged to be one of the principal
leaders of the comitadje incursions
into Jugoslavia and closely Identified
with the Macedonian revolutionaries.
Ga binet meetings are being held in
Belgrade, Bucharest and Athens to
consider the consequences of the
Sofia upheaval. and Serbian, Ru-
n anian and Greek troops are being
mobilized along the frontiers.
King Alexander of Jugoslavia Is
teing urged to appeal TO the powers
to take measures 10 have Bulgaria
observe the strict letter of the treaty
of Neuilly. Meanwhile it is consid-
cred probable by Bulgarian legation
officials here that the revolt will
seriously compromise Bulgaria. 8
chances of getting the outlet to the
aegean. which was being pleaded for
oy NJ. Stanciof at Lausanne at the
very moment when Stamboulisky
vas overthrown and the whole coun-
try plunged into a ferment.
These officials think 1t will be fu-
tile for the new regime to attempt
70 gain port on the Aegean by
encounter the combined resistance of
Greece and Turkey and possible in
tervention by the allies.
MobiIizing Forces.
The Serbian ministers in the en-
tente capitals have called the at
tention of the governments to in
formation received in Belgrade to
the effect that the new Bulgarian
in excess of the stipulations of the
treaty of Neuilly. says the diplomatic
graph.
The correspondent adds that If
Bulgaria does not soon cease mobi-
lizing, warning-possbly a joint
one from Serbia. Rumania and
Greece-will be sent to Sofia from
Belgrade. The little entente countries
fear lest the new regime in Sofia,
Wnen IL has overcome the menace
OF the peasant resistance, will avail
itself OF its Increased military power
to challenge the existing treaties.
Frontier Reinforced.
Serbia, the writer asserts, is now
sending strong reinforcements to the
bulgarian Macedonian frontier, where
1t already has several divisions
A Sofia dispatch to the Daily Ex-
press says the new government has
made sensational charges against
Stamboulisky and his colleagues, al
leging that boards of wealth have
been found in their houses, in addi-
tion to evidence that the deposed
minister lived luxuriously, although it
was supposed they We're in modest
circumstances.
1t is also alleged, says the dispatch,
that the peasant party employed
state capital for vast commercial
dealings, such as the purchase of
valuable buildings and estates.
Through a business concern, known
as the "Agrarian National Stores
they gained control of nearly the en-
tire import and export trade of Bull
garia. The correspondent names
Ministers Stamboulisky, Athanasoff,
Mouravieff, Omartchevski and Dou-
parinoff and Deputies Kalitcheff and
Karadjoff as having had prominent
parts in such dealings.
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