A Coup d'Etat

The Agrarian Government, headed by Premier Stambuliski, was overthrown by an organization of reserve officers supported by the regular army. All Cabinet Ministers with the exception of Stambuliski, whose capture is imminent, were thrown into prison. King Boris is said to have aided the revolutionaries. His position seems safe. The present situation: civil war in progress between the military party and the Agrarians.

Thus the tables have been turned with consummate neatness on the Stambuliski Cabinet for its ministers are now in prison, while those of the Suchkoff and Malmoff Cabinets, imprisoned by Stambuliski for drag ging Bulgaria into the World War on the side of Germany, are free.

The new Cabinet:

Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of War -H. Zankoff.

Minister of Interior -M. Rousseff.

Agriculture and Public Education -M. Moloff.

Commerce and Industry -M. Bobochevski.

Public Works -M. Stoentcheff.

Finance -M. Theodoroff.

Railways -M. Kazassoff.

Justice -M. Smiloff.

The majority of the new Ministers belong to the Bourgeoise Party and are also Russophile.

The principal reason for Stambuliski's downfall is that he took upon himself dictatorial powers purely in the interest of the peasants and made no move to mollify the militants who are predominant in Sofia.

Alexander Stambuliski is the son of a peasant. A rich marriage enabled him to educate himself. Later he entered journalism and polities as one of the founders of the Agrarian Party.

M. Jacques Chastenet, a French writer, sums up the fallen Premier thus:

"A ruddy-faced, bull-necked person of tall, heavy build, with a heavy, furrowed jaw, a forehead protruding from a tangle of coarse, dark hair; small, dark, shiny eyes, and thick lips under the drooping mustache - Stambuliski has a sullen air which is sometimes lit up by a spark of jovial energy. Physically he is a butcher, with an intelligent eye; morally lie has an iron will at the beck of simple ideas, which are sometimes vague; much sullen conceit, more pride; a good dose of courage; no more scruples than absolutely required; the art, of flattering men's passions and of gaining their consent; a rustic, sardonic eloquence which persuades and reaches the inmost fibres of his listeners -a Danton with less fire. Slav and peasant.