| Show BULGARIAN AFFAIRS Stambonloff Gives His Views on the Situation MAJOR PAXLfZAS CONSPIRACY A Testimony to His Military Abilities From the Premier Eusalu Has Removed the Seat of Her Operations Belgrade Special to THE HERALD Examiner Cable1 SisTovt July 22After two days ol hard riding across the Balkans in a tropical heat I came up yesterday morning with Minister and President Stambouloff at Sistova on the Danube In an interview he said the government of Bulgaria has no intention of precipitating matters by offending < of-fending the Sublime Porte A long period of time will have to elapse before we can assert our independence Prince Ford nand must stay Do not think he has eves entertained a thought of leaving us Should he ever entertain that thought his highness high-ness will find that he can not leave the country in the lurch with honor His case is different from that of Prince Alexan ders He was not the nominee of any power but was elected by the representatives representa-tives of the Bulgarian people While wa are under lire ho cannot leave us without dishonor He may be kidnapped or assassinated assas-sinated but voluntarily leave us never One word about the Panitza affair which on the whole I think was thoroughly misunderstood Panitza wag undoubtedly a gallant officer with fine irilitary qualities Ho needed no assistance assist-ance in obtaining maid tiromntion hut three years ago I obtained unmistakable proof that Panitza was in traitorous correspondence corre-spondence with representatives of great powers in Constantinople I called him to mo and showed him his intercepted correspondence corre-spondence He burst into tears andleft protesting his innocence I ordered Panitzas arrest and the warrant was signed by the prince I did not assist aa nas been published in the capacity ol policeman I learned on what a largo scale the conspiracy was planned and then took the whole matter in hand trusting alone to myself The fact of the matter is Panitza was in the whole matter u cats paw and rash tool of other and more formidable men In Bulgaria we have a saying If you want to cross a deepand dangerous river send a fool ahead to try the ford Well in this xttair Panitza was the fool and he paid for his folly with his life I think that Russian agents see thai their game is up in the interior of the country coun-try While I am prepared for anything from such an implacable foe I think they have changed their base to Belgrade I imagine that this move is to get Servia to attack us again The Bulgarian government govern-ment and I personally wish King Milan every success J suppose Europe would let the Servians march out against us lead by Russian officers armed with Russian rifles The upshot of the whole matter would doubtless be a general war in which may God protect Bulgaria we can put 200000 men in the field as well armed aa any and as brave soldiers as ever faced an enemys fire Then there are Bulgarians in SeFvfa and Macedonia who will aid us The Bulgarians like the change from Bismarck very much General von Cap nvi does not seem so ferocious in his hatred of Bulgarians as was Bismarck at any rate ha is more polite does not grow red faced and spit in the lire when you mention men-tion Slavs to him as did Bismarck I regard re-gard the change in the Wilhelmstrasse aa favorable to us Then the coal black eyes of the Bulgarian premier sparkled with amusement as ho recollected some of the advertures which he and his fellow regents had in searching for the prince First of all we offered the throne to King Charles of Roumania He declined promptly King Milan was simply frantic for the throne Could the fratricidal war of 1SS1 which he waged against us have passed away from memory he would in many ways have been an eligible candidate In the regeneration of Bulgaria ha said one of the most potent factors for good with us has been the American Roberts Rob-erts college kept goin by the Presbyterian church in Constantinople for quarter of a century Forty or fifty young Bulgarians were graduated from this model institution institu-tion fighting ever unselfishly on the side of their country The alumni of this American Ameri-can college may well claim a proud place in our future Valhalla |
