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the place would be blown upl At the
same time railroads and bridgeheads
would be seized. telegraph and tele-
phone connections with the outside
world cut of and a Bulgarian soviet
government proclaimed!
Accident Saves Boris.
All this would probably have hap
pened If King Boris had not by hazard
changed his ordinary routine that day
Usually dressed very much like any
other chauffeur, he drives his own high
powered American car over the noun
tains around Sofia, with his chauffeur
sitting beside him. But on this particu-
lar day he had with him q member of
list, and for the occasion he had given
the chauffeur the drivers seat Thus
when the conspiratorS fred on the man
at the wheel they killed the chauffeur
and not the King. They killed the
botanist also, but he was in the rear
seat.
The chauffeur fell across the controls,
and the King, seated beside him, had
all he could do to stop the car before
it pitched over a cliff on one Of the
horseshoe curves Of the road. Jumping
and sliding down the cliffside under a
shower of bullets, the King and his
minister managed to reach a village I'M
harmed. The peasants, hastily snatch
ing every weapon they could lay hands
on, went out after the assassins. They
ran down and killed every one of them.
The cathedral being mined and ready,
the conspirators thought they might as
well go on with the plot. They had to
have a corpse, so they waylaid and MUIR
and very much honored general. His
funeral, they knew, would be held from
the cathedral and the King would at
tend. So 1t happened, but the King
stopped on his way to pay visit Of
coincidence to the widow Of the slain
chauffeur, and he arrived at the cathe-
dral just two minutes after a frightful
explosion had blown the roof OF.
wrecked the whole interior and killed
and wounded over 800 persons. saw
the place afterward and observed that
the marble throne Of the King was
buried under mass Of masonry and
heavy chandelier weighted with heavy
crystals.
The Communists, both Russian and
Bulgarian, were hanged, shot and i'm
pfisoned without mercy. Indeed, the
list of condemned grew so long that
King Boris finally refused to sign an
other death warrant. The actual crirni-
mails he consented to have executed. but
lOb1cpdAShOo uhN yOhA6 PSORtC lCO away
by propaganda "If you persist in bring
ing me these Names" he told his prime
minister, II viii leave the country" So
the bloody repriSals ceased and Bull
garia became peaceful again.
Under the firm and enlightened rule
Of this modern young King Bulgaria l.
making rapid strides toward prosperity.
It has the advantage Of being the most
literate of the Balkan countries, and IN
many respects the most Western In its
culture. For over 20 years the upper
classes have been sending their sons To
Robert College and their daughters to
the American College for Girls in Con-
stantinople. English more than French.
is the language Of society. American
ideas are very populer and when the
time comes for Bulgaria to develop her
great natural resources 1t will be to the
United States she will look for expert
help and guidance. An American queen
might do a great deal toward building
a nation and in the process becoming 40
great figure as the romantic Queen
Marie Of Rumania.