Evening star., 1934-05-19
Military Takes Over Govern
ment After King Boris Ap-
proves New Cabinet and
DiSSoIveS Parliament.
MEMBERS OF FORMER
CABINET ARE ARRESTED
Rumors of Kings Assassination,
Which Were Spread Outside Of
Country Denied in Sofa-Yu-
goslavia Sees Threat and
Troops Are Mobolized.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, May ia coup
d'etat today established a military
dictatorship Of Bulgaria as a climax
to a cabinet crisis.
Shortly before dawn today troops
rushed the Sofia barracks, occupied
all the public buildings and took up
positions at all strategic points in
the capital.
Troops in provincial cities executed
similar maneuvers. Strong detach-
ments of soldiers and police patrolled
the streets and kept the public in
doors.
The members of the outgoing cabi-
net were arrested and kept under a
heavy guard.
Telephone and telegraph communi-
cations were suspended temporarily
in the course of the coup d'etat.
King Dissolves Parliament.
King Boris issued a royal decree
dissolving Parliament and approved
the nomination of Kimon Gueor-
guieff as premier. He likewise ap-
proved a new cabinet selected by the
new premier.
These new Ministers headed by the
premier. gathered at police head
quarters to await the Kings sigma
ture to the DEGREES reorganizing the
government.
Before noon the King had signed
80 of these DEGREES and Immediately
afterwards the new government issued
a manifesto announcing the creation
Of an authority" government, "in-
dependent of political passions"
There will be no parliament from
now on and even the mayors of Bull
garian cities will be appointed from
the capital.
This puts an end to municipal elec-
tions which, in past years, have often
embarrassed the government by re-
turning huge Communist vote.
The mayor of Sofia was dismissed
from Office summarily.
Manifesto Is Issued.
A manifesto addressed to the ma
ton attributed the change in govern
ment to a complete failure of the
system of party government as the
result of the extreme splitting up OF
political groups into internal struggles
and political quarrels.
The announcement said this situa-
ton sowed the seeds of trouble, de-
moralized the masses Of the people,
and hampered the normal function
ing of the institution of the state.
1t added that in the face of the
tmpossibility of creating a stable gov
eminent able to face the grave eco
nomic problems, the creation Of a
non-party national government was
necessary.
The cooperation of the army" in
setting up a new government is at
tributed in the manifesto to "the
general collapse of the democratic
regime and consciousness of the
necessity for ending dangerous
situation"
A path will be opened by the new
government for rebuilding the coun-
try it declares.
Program Is Outlined.
The governmental program is out
lined as based on the following points:
l. Organization of a disciplined
and a reduction in the number of
political divisions in the public SER
vices.
2. Creation of stable local admin
istration, with the mayors to be
named by the central government.
8. Re-establishment of the credit
and authority of the state by balanc-
ing the budget and creating new
sources of revenue.
4. Provisions to make credit more
accessible especially to farmers and
artisans.
S. Raising of the cultural level in
villages.
6. Regulation of industrial produc-
ton with respect to the real needs
of the country and lowering of the
prices of industrial goods.
7. Creation of new markets.
8. A war on unemployment through
measures to provide work by strict
application of social legislation.
9. A fundamental reorganization OF
the educational system.
10. Reforms expediting justice.
II. Maintenance of peace and good
relations with all powers, particularly
neighboring countries, and establish
ment of relations with Soviet Russia
The manifesto concludes with an
expression Of confidence that the
entire nation will support the new
government.
Assassination Rum0red.
Even as the King dissolved Parlia-
ment, rumors were circulating outside
the country that he had been assas-
sinated.
The assassination rumor was only
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