TROUBLE IN BULGARIA.
UNION WITH COMMUNISTS. THE TSAR’S FLIGHT. Press Assn. —By Tel. —Copyright. BELGRADE, May 21. A message from Bulgaria states that the Stamboliski party has united with the Communists and proclaimed a Republic. Red flags are flying in Sofia and street fighting is in progress. It is reported that Boris has fled to Varna. [ln the Bulgarian Ministry of 1920 M. Stamboliski was Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and War (ad interim) Boris 111, the Tsar succeeded on the abdication of his father in 1918.] TEMPORARY SUCCESS. PARIS, May 21. Notwithstanding categorical diplomatic denials, circumstantial reports from Vienna describe the progress of the alleged Communist revolution in Sofia whence Boris 111 and members of the Government have fled.
Political circles are of the opinion that though the Communists achieved a coup, there is no likelihood of their winning substantial success, Stamboliski’s Governments possessing the support and sympathy of the bulk of the population.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 23 May 1922, Page 5
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