The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-29
Bulgarians Change
Government Thrice

BUCHAREST, Sept. 49, Delay
GJY-Bulgaria's attempt to fine
e0 government which could lead i
1T If war and back into the favor
Wv " the Allies, particularly that o:
u u has resulted in virtua
ln.To]1tion which may bring about
Iso birth of the first sister state
~ the communist Soviet Union
" rhat is the implication of infor'
.ation reaching here which gives
isa full story Of the struggle Of
w. nre Arrnistlce government Of
s assrn,oocratic state, its replacement
cSonstantine Muravieff to create a
w s me .'Fatnerland Front" govern
" of Col. Kimon Georgieff (aft-
~ Coup d'Etat organized by Col.
n e. velcheff, Georgieff's old
o11sborator in the militarist pro-
T.scist revolt Of 1880 and the sub
l.o,,ent seizure Ct real power by
srtisans who marched into t h e
ppaa;tal, bearded and tattered like
.n,erican frontiersmen Of Daniel
Boone's day.
The Bulgarian turnabout was
..ocinitated by the Soviet declara-
.;on of war and the invasion of
t tu country through Dobrudja from
p . The Bulgars now admit
4 s toward the end the Germans
sad no more than one division in
. lido the country and the revolt
.s.inst them could have been start
ID long before if the nation had
hoo, inclined to take the risk.
The new foreign minister, Petko
stainoff, declared in an interview
that the "Fatherland Front was
formed two years ago, but ne did
rot explain why the revolt was
not effected sooner.
The new premier, Georgieff, is
known chiefly for his leadership of
the 1894 attempt to form a cor
norative state in Bulgaria.
The Russian decision upon the
acceptability of the Georgieff-Vel-
chef government, which claims
10 be a national coalition Of the
communist, social democratic and
left Agrarian parties with Zveno
(The officers league led by Vel
chef which now styles itself 1.-The
anti Nazi organization Of Bull
garian army officers") may deter
mine whether the government con-
tinues in power OR whether the
communist partisans, now virtually
in control, take ever officially.
The government Of Constantine
Muravieff, which took power on
Sept when the previous Bagrian-
off government attempt to bar.
gain its way out OF the war begged
down in the face of Rumania capt.
ulation, tried for five days to con-
vert the nation to Democratic
standards.
1t broke off relations with Ger
many, demanded and received the
resignation from the regency of
Germany's chief tool in Bulgaria.
Bogdan Filoff, and embarked on
wide social and political reforms
while simultaneously seeking an
armlstice with the United States
and Britain PRUSSIA had not then
declared war on Bulgaria..
The coup d'etat which broke the
Muravleff government and brought
in Georgieff occurred the nignt of
Spet. 8. By 3 am, Sept. 9, mill
tary movements to fight the Ger.
mans in Serbia were halted a n d
all ministries and key points were
occupied by regular army troops.
At 6:15 am, Georgieff gave the
Bulgars their first news of h e
new government in a radio address
in which he announced that the
new government was created by
a peoples mandate to the Father
land Front and would execute the
peoples desires. Bulgaria would
join every effort of the Soviets and
their great Allies to drive the Ger