BULGARIAN REVOLT

Southland Times, Issue 18964, 11 June 1923, Page 5

BULGARIAN REVOLT

GOVERNMENT OVERTHROWN PRIME MINISTER UNDER ARREST (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SOFIA, June 10. (Received June 10, 5.5 p.m.). The Government was overthrown at three o’clock yesterday morning by a military league and opposition bloc who, placing themselves at the head of the popular movement, invested the Parliamentary buildings and arrested all the ministers and deputies present. The other ministers were arrested at their homes. The Provincial garrisons are supporting the movement. No trains have left Sofia to-day and the frontiers are closed. Order prevails in the Capital and throughout the country. The revolutionaries appear to be masters of the situation and have ordered the prosecution of the Cabinet' ministers. Other reports state that the King has invited M. Meletieff, the Rector of Sofia University, to form a Ministry. Meletrieff has proclaimed martial law. THE NEW CABINET. LONDON, June 10. (Received June 10, 11.5 p.m.). Sofia reports that there has been a coup d’etat. The Cabinet ministers are under arrest and a new Government has been established. The military Party is now in power. The new Premier is Professor Zankof, who is also Minister of War and Foreign Affairs, while M. Roussef is Minister of the Interior. Belgrade reports that according to news from the Bulgarian frontier a revolution has broken out in Sofia and that the Macedonian Committee has resigned the reins of Government by force. The Bulgarian Legation in London regards the above as unconvincing, but admits that the Macedonian Committee is very hostile to Stambouliski’s policy of reconciliation with Serbia. Stambouliski came into power with a narrow margin of votes. An earlier report of a revolutionary outbreak at the end of May was denied next day, but to-day’s messages give eight names of the new Cabinet.