M. Stambouloff has replied to Prince Ferdina id through the
medium of the Constantinople correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt. The real cause of his resignation, says M. Stambouloff, is a secret between Prince Ferdinand and himself. That secret was contained in a letter sent to the Prince last May. The Prince tried hard to persuade M. Stambouloff to remain in office, but be refused. The only conditions under which he would remain were unswerving adherence to the paths he considered good, and "no change whatever" in the foreign policy of Bulgaria. M. Stambouloff denies categorically that he ever intrigue I against the Prince. His one wish was to found a Bulgarian dynasty, and for this he surrendered his personal power at a time when he might have made himself dictator. He could not help changing his attitude towards the Prince after he had dis- covered that the latter had "subsidised persons and journals against him." He had promised not to divulge the May letter, as its contents would degrade the Prince ; but the intrigues set on foot against him had determined him to make the letter public. He would secure election to the new Chamber, and then carry out his determination. The con- dition of Bulgaria was very bad. Anarchy and party faction were rampant, and the foreign policy of the country was stupid and thoughtless. Asked whether Prince Alexander's son might not one day be summoned to rule over Bulgaria, he declared that the boy was considered by the nation as a "pre- cious legacy," but added somewhat enigmatically, "A change of dynasty can be wished for by no one who is a Bulgarian patriot."
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