Evening star., 1923-09-25
TORN BY REVOLT,
SOFIA SEES THREAT
IN FOE ON BORDER
Fears Big Armies Await Pre-
text to Enter and Seize
Capital.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SOFIA, September 24.-Develop-
ments today (Monday) indicate that
Bulgaria Is not only struggling to
crush communist-agrarian revolu-
tion of wide ramifications. but. ac-
cording to the government authori-
ties, Is menaeed on her borders by
foreign forces prepared to seize the
opportunity to intervene on the pre-
text of putting a speedy end to Bull
garia's internal disorders. Premier
Zankoff called on the ministers of the
foreign governments here today and
notified them that there were $4,000
foreign troops on the Bulgarian from
tier.
One of the points of concentration
is the town of Tsaribrod, the Bull
garian fortress which the treaty OF
Neuilly gave to- Jugoslavia. With
such a concentration centering on
Tsaribrod, foreign military authori-
ties here point out that Ii would be
possible for Sofia to fall into Serbian
hands within twenty-four hours.
ENJOYS to Act.
1t is understood that the foreign
ministers friendly to Bulgaria have
transmitted to their governments the
information given them by the Bull
garian war department, through Pre-
mier Zankoff.
To meet the double danger which
the situation holds, King Boris has
signed decree of martial law, which
is ready for instant PRONUNCIATION in
case of necessity. This severe meas
ure is regarded as possibly necessary
for the prompt SUPPRESSION of the COM
munist-agrarian plot declared to be
under the leadership of Vasil Kola-
rom OF the secretaryiat of the Third
ntnIiaarnF inntteTnari9pals lie, e. Of Moscow, George
s Documents seized from leaders of
the uprising in Sofia show the COM
mand was intrusteds to these three.
and two others, reserve officers. The
design was to seize Sofia and proc
country by military means. The plan
OF the communists was to cripple
their opponents by selling the tele-
graph and telephone central offices in
Sofia, which they held up to last night
A complete duplicate equipment, how
ever, was established in the Hotel
Macedonia. Troops were placed at
the railway station and around the
night passed without incident at
these points, although an attack was
expected.
The provincial governor of Philip
popolis reported to the minister of
the interior today that four of the
communes organized in his district
had capitulated, with three remain
ing to be taken in the Pan Agurishtye
district. Communications with the
city OF Panagurishtye are interrupted.
Troops Guard Capital.
A sentry was found killed yester-
day at Plevna, and peasants bag
near the spot was taken to indicate
that the assassin was an agrarfan.
Many excesses. such as those which
characterized the early phase of the
Russian bolsheVik revolution, are
reported from various sources both
in north and south Bulgaria In
Kovatchevets the military suppress
ed local soviet republic. There
was similar suppression of one in
Duvandjilar, near Eski-Dzumaja In
northern Bulgaria order was report
ed today to have been completely
restored.
Sofia was closely guarded by in
fantry and cavalry last night, all
though free movement through the
streets was maintained until 10
o'clock Citizens were frequently
challenged by the sentries. The prices
of fruit and other provisions rose
considerably during the day
Trains from some places have not
arrived for twenty-four hours, al
though the correspondent who trav-
eled to the capital yesterday found
the appearance of the territory
through which he passed virtually
normal
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