Evening star., 1923-06-14
BULGAR REVOLT COST
LESS LIVES THAN
BALKAN ELECTION
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When a squadron of the Kings
guard of cavalry arrived at STAN
bouliskys country house at mid
night. the men found the premier in
his night clothes totally unaware OF
what was going on. Realizing what
gust with his minister of the Interior.
Too Late to Sack Him.
"All this is the fault of that i'm
beetle minister OF the interior. /
knew that l appointed an ass to that
important Office and always meant to
sack him. Now it is too late"
When the premier's house was
searched the officers discovered Sc
cret drawer. in which We're 100000
Swiss francs. f400 and 100000 levas,
all of which represented Stambou-
lisky's illegal earnings during his
five years in office. The money was
conflscated, and later IT was of,
flcially announced that 1t was turned
over to the national treasury, which
Ia in pressing need of foreign cur
rency.
For the first few days the peasants
showed signs of restlessness, refus-
ing to believe that Stamboulisky had
really been deposed and arrested. and
in many places regular battles were
fought between the peasants and the
Lew government troops. The revolu-
tioIary forces virtually everywhere
gut INe petIGT ol Las PtdSdHlS, "Ht
lacked leadership and were inadequately
armed
Artillery Disperses Insurgents.
In many places the situation be-
came very critical Sunday and Mon
day nights, the overwhelming num-
ber of peasants defeating the small
government patrols The outlook
was especially bad in the neighbor-
hood of BurgaS. where several thou
sand armed peasants threatened to
attack the town
Realizing the danger. the local au-
thorities dispatched against the peas
ants, who had arrived within seven
miles of the town, a couple of bat
teries OF mounted artillery, and after
a few shots had been fired the in
surgents were dispersed with few
casualties.
Varna, like the rest Of the country.
is patrolled by military police, who
life of the place. Martial law has
been proclaimed throughout Bull
garia. All shops are closed after sun
set, but circulation in the streets is
permitted until midnight.
Foreigners landing at Varna are
surprised at the perfect appearance
and polite and refined manner Of the
soldiers, who are all perfectly we'll
dressed and shaven. Were Ii not for
the small arsenals they carry over
their uniforms one might almost
think that the whole thing was
staged for a movie show.
Police Reserve Omcers.
Surprise Is expressed when 1t Is
discovered that the soldiers speak
correctly either English. French OF
German. To the astonished traveller
1t is then explained that all these
military policemen are really edu-
Gated reserve officers. who, as soon
as they learned that the Stambou-
lisky cabinet had been overthrown
hastened to offer their services to
the new government, abandoning
their daily occupations. donning the
uniform Of private soldiers and ac-
cepting the humblest jobs. 1t is es-
timated today that the number OF
reserve officers and non commission ed
officers who are serving the new
government exceeds 10000. These
men, forming small and we'll armed
detachments, are sent all over the
country to the towns and villages
with strict instructions to keep or
der without using their weapons ex-
cspt in case of extreme urgency.
Their duty is to convince the peas
ants that the new regime is anxious
to help them to be prosperous. to save
Bulgaria from Stambouliskifs mis-
tween the townspeople and the villagers.
|. Optimism Is Prevailing.
Wherever arguments do not avail
the detachments are instructed to ar
rest the rebel leaders and to use ma
chine guns only if the people refuse
to listen to reason. SO far the system
has proved successful, for in most
cases after a few rounds are fred
the frightened people offer to submit
to the new order
Optimism prevails throughout the
country that the main trouble is over
and 1t 10 hoped that the government
which is formed OF men q majority
OF whom d2 not belong to any politi-
cal party, will be able to restore or
der without further bloodshed.
Though local disturbances are still
occurring in isolated parts of Bull
garia, the situation has already i'm
proved SO much that the government
has allowed the resumption of rail-
way communication all over the
country