“BONUS FOR EACH CRIME.”

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 27 April 1925, Page 8

“BONUS FOR EACH CRIME.”

Soviet Activities in Bulgaria. COMMUNIST CRIMES IN SOFIA. By C*ble— Press Association-—Copyright Australian and N.£. Cbdlo Association* (Deceived April 26, 5.5 p.ln.) SOFIA, April 24. General Housed, ; Minister -of Interior, told a party of foreign newspaper correspondents that evidence in possession of the Government showed that the Communist Societies of Moscow, and others in close , touch therewith, had organised .the .bands, the bulk of the members of. which were di-awing a monthly subsidy froin their taskmasters in the Kremlin, with a bonus for each crime com- . mitted. The total arrests do not exceed fifteen hundred. The struggle against anarchy will ’be carried on unitedly. Bulgaria desires peace, buo has been forced to fight the spectre of Communism. '

General Roused appealed for t the civilised world’s \ moral support for Bulgaria in her'hour of trial and sudering. ' . The police unearthed Ouloff, ,one of Minkod’s chief Communist cOnfederates,' and called upon him to surrender, Oulofi refused and was shot dead. ( WOUNDED STATESMEN FACE PARLIAMENT. . BRITISH LABOUR SIDES WITH REDS. ' '. By Cable —Free* Association-— Oof yright. Austrian and N.2*. Cable Association LONDON, April 23. The Sofia correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says Parliament, in ratifying martial law, vociferously ‘ applauded speeches by - - the - wounded , Premier and Ministers, especially ■ that of General Vulked, Minister of ‘War, 1 who was lamed by a bomb., [ Many members had then: heads bandaged. , Most of the leaders of the Communists have been arrested or 'shot for resisting arrest. .■■ | The .’‘Daily Herald’’ prints ' a. , lengthy despatch from Colonel Wedg*wood (Labour M.P.), affirming that the Sofia cathedral outrage was a sequel to a Jong course of and repression, in Which peasant and t Macedonian,. insurgent movements eventually joined hands. -.The Com- , munists* allege that within three ■ days of the . outrage six thousand arrests - and 250 executions too., [-..ef ,iu uomt alone, British and .American, Ministers are interceding, but the Government. . no longer controls affairs,' Which are in the hands of the officers of the League and armed bands. : virtually' a prisoner. y ■ •; ■ i .' 'y; yvyte" .v-vUm: ;■ PLIGHT OF KING BORIS. By Cable —Press A«sociatiqn*--CopyriiSi. Australian und N.Z. Cable Association. .1 ■. (Received April 26, 5.5 p.m.) ROME, April 24. A. message from Belgrade states /'that King Boris is practically held .a. prisoner in the Royai Palace by the militarists headed by General Lazareff, who .is the real dictator of Bulgaria. 1 , kiie action has deoil taken in consequence of the suggestion by -King Boris that M. Zankofi should resign \ With a view to the . formation of a Cabinet incorporating the'; Opposition elements. '