SERBS AND BULGARIANS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19765, 12 October 1927, Page 13

SERBS AND BULGARIANS.

ASSASSINATED GENERAL.

CONFESSION BY CAPTIVE. \ . I I 4 MACEDONIANS TO BLAME. HOPE OF TENSION EASING. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received October 11, 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON, Oct. 10. A message from Belgrade says the assassin of General Kovatchevitch, of Yugoslavia, who was captured yesterday, has confessed that he crossed the frontier by order of the Macedonian Revolutionary Committee. His further admissions have not been revealed in the interests of the police, who are conducting an inquiry. A British official wireless message says satisfaction is expressed in Britain at the report that the Bulgarian Government has declared its intention o! dealing drastically and expeditiously with the Macedonian Revolutionary Committee, which was responsible for the murder of General Kovatchevitch and for the attack upon Gugoslav, a border village about 50 miles west of Sofia. The newspapers in Belgrade, as well as those at Sofia, indicate that both Governments are anxious not to allow the recent terrorist outbreak to impair their relations, which had recently shown signs of improvement. In London it is earnestly hoped that neither State will play into the hands of the Macedonian organisation, the object of which, obviously, is to create tension and prevent that good understanding of which the present Yugoslav Foreign Minister is a convinced advocate.

GOOD OUT OF EVIL, CONCERTED ACTION LIKELY. EFFORT TO END FEUDS. (Received October 11, 11.45 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. Oct. 11. The diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says good may come of General Kovatchevitch's murder, as the Yugoslav protest may be followed by concerted action to suppress tho Macedonian revolutionaries, who were responsible for the crime. The correspondent says the Belgrade and Sofia Governments are already exchanging views in order to put an end to Balkan feuds, which have been recurrent for generations.