Word: bulgaria
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...treaty of Neuilly (1919), Bulgaria was allowed a volunteer army of 20,000. Last year, faced by the danger of Bolshevik intrigues, the Government applied to (and received permission from) the Council of Ambassadors for an increase of 3,000 men; but, owing to the opposition of Yugoslavia, Greece and Rumania, the increase was not permitted until Apr. 10 of this year. Shortly after occurred the Sveti Kral bomb outrage (TIME, Apr. 27 et seq.). Bulgaria petitioned the Council for more troops, received permission to raise another 7,000 and maintain them during the pleasure of the Council...
...original increase of 3,000 men was granted on condition that they be discharged before June 1. Bulgaria asked for an extension of time, the Council refused...
...There is no public executioner in Bulgaria. Three gypsies were hired, each receiving 3,000 levas (about $600) for his work...
...continuance of martial law and a severe press censorship in Bulgaria were the outer signs of an inner state. High tension had been caused by the recent assassination bombing outrages (TIME, Apr. 27, May 4). Some fighting and another attempt on the life of King Boris (subsequently denied by the Sofia Government) were reported...
...down considerably. The Great Powers of Europe warned Premier Tsankoff against committing retaliatory excesses and against surpassing the rights of the constitutional Opposition. Premier Mussolini of Italy was reported to have warned Yugo-Slavia that Italy would not tolerate any interference on her part in the internal affairs of Bulgaria, and a Minister of the latter called on Premier Pashitch at Belgrade and apologized for the statements published by the press charging Serbian complicity in the outrages...