Show PIlIXCEl PEUUIVAXDS DILEMMA A Tottering Throne g and Not a Friendly lOCI to Sustain It Our readers do not need to be told that we have never entertained any exalted regard for the Cobuger We confess however to have thought he had more worldly wisdom if not good feeling than he has seemed to show himself possessed of during ithe last few days Prince Ferdinand is still at Carlsbad drinking the waters which he refused to the ailing and persecuted Maker of BulgarIa It is difficult enough to imagine what his higness means by such conduct Is it callous insensibility to the tragedy which has been enacted before his eyes and for which he is morally responsible or simply that incompetence incom-petence to understand what the situation situa-tion demands which seems to dog the path of Bourbon princes Surely it is not cowardice On can hardly imagine a crown accepting the throne of Bulgaria Bul-garia But why is the prince not at least going to Stambuloffs funeral If his absence does not point to a lack of moral if not physical courage it is not easy to say what does Perhaps his head is turned by the reception of the Bulgarian deputa tion at Peterhof A pretty scene that is as the semiofficial Vienna Press says Stambuloff murdered and the Metropolitan Clement posing as the representative of Bulgaria Does Prince Ferdinand really think that recent events have given him a stronger hold on the czar and Prince Lobanoff and that they mean to recognize re-cognize him All the signs go to show that he iq likely to lose his throne first A few years since Lord Salisbury declared that tin I the character char-acter of the Bulgarians we look for one of the greatest guarantees and securities that the eastern question will ultimately be solved in the manner I man-ner which best suits the hopes of all who value human happiness civiliza tion and progress and the principal ity had around her a friendly Great Britain and AustriaHungary a well disposed Germany a by no means in imical Porte and a Russia powerless for mischief At the present moment mo-ment Austri Hungary is disgusted Germany indifferent the Porte Greece and Servia irritated Great Britain indignant and Russia dangerous danger-ous and to cope with this threatening situation there is now no Stambuloff If Prince Ferdinand is at ease In contemplating the change that has taken place how singularly deep this deep young man must bePaU Mall Gazette S |