New Britain herald., 1923-09-25
BULGARIAN REVOLT
 IS SCATTERED ONE
Official Dispatches Say Situation
 Is We'll in Hand
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Paris, Sept. 25.-The official yer
 sion of the situation in Bulgaria as
 set forth in dispatches received by the
 BulgariaR legation here today is as
 follows;
 The soviet movement is scattered,
 being confined to small settlements
 among which there is no cohesion and which have little power of resis-
 tance. The work of repression is very difficult because the movement is
 most general in the mountainous re-
 gions and the small Bulgarian army
 has insufficient strength to deal with
 such scattered uprisings over a wide spread area.
 The life of the soviet regime in the localities where it has been estab- lished has between two and IA hours | in length.
 Northern Bulgaria is now the re- zion most affected.
 The soviets in the south appear to have been discouraged by the prompt action of the authorities. Conflicting jcti,s of the situation in Bulgaria were cu.lert last evening. dispatch to the London Morning Post dated Belgrade said that the revolution had burst into full flame and that the entire country was in the hands of the rebels who had de- stroyed all means of communication. The situation of Sofia was described as critical.
 A Sofia dispatch on the other hand quoted semi-official statement is- sued Monday evening as saying that peace had been restored in the south although several centers of commun- ist disaffection still existed in the | north. The Paris newspaper I.e Jour- | nal received dispatch to the same effect.
 Statement From Sofia By The Associated Press
 Sofia, Sept. 23, 7:10 p. m. (deayedt | The government announced today | Sunday that the situation created | by the communist uprising, both in northern and southern Bulgaria, is in control of the military forces aided by civilian volunteers. Sporadic out breaks are continuing however and the communists made an attempt last night to cripple the telephone and telegraph services by cutting the wires leading from the central office at Sofia and from the artillery barracks.
 The authorities hold the suspicion, founded upon the discovery of docu- evidence, that the design of the turbulent communists is to ex- haust Bulgarias small military force by constant alarms in this city and various parts of the country with the dea of leading the volunteers to re- use duty on the ground that the work will be unavaiing.
 Army Is Too Small
 The government. it is stated, is with the inadequacy of the present volunteer army to cope with my situation menacing order on national scale. It therefore has preached to the allied authorities the , question of modifying the provisions # the treaty under which Bulgaria las been able to raise an armed orce of only 7,200 men. Her de- ire is to obtain permission to : trengthen the seven regiments by the nlistment of 1,000 additional men or each by the regular method.
 No information is available regard ng the attitude of the French, Brit sh and Italian authorities toward the ' roposal. q Government circles considered it uite clearly established tonight that he communist movement was strong T r. better organized and more fully o onnected with the remnant of the T Ite Premier Stambouliskys friends 5 southern Bulgaria than it has a roved to be in the north. b AccumuIating evidence connecting y ,e communist effort with the Stam- oulisky camp has redcnbled the viz $ ance of the government officials in q ie north Their efforts are de- n ared to have been successful to a I pint approaching completeness in b azanluk Philipopolis and stara Za- il oura and the government expresses Ii ,nfidence in it's ability to cope with d Ie rebellion if sufficient forces are e ade aN aiIable. a