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Most deplorable to Chief Russell is the government of Little Tsar Boris of Bulgaria. Poppies and roses grow well in Bulgaria. Since the forcible closing of the Turkish factories the centre of the illegal drug traffic has moved from Istanbul to Sofia. Nine narcotic factories are now operating in Bulgaria. Largest and most important is Balkans Products Co., Ltd., which opened a new factory at Radomir in October. In two months Balkans Products produced a "snow" storm of 1,500 kilograms-one and one-half tons-of heroin, all of which, according to Chief Russell, was smuggled into France...
...consider what serious moral, intellectual and even material disaster is inevitably being prepared wherever the Church is openly or covertly combatted." One sorrow the Pope mentioned was the Orthodox baptism, instead of Catholic baptism as pledged, of the daughter of Orthodox Tsar Boris and Catholic Tsaritsa loanna of Bulgaria (TIME, March 6); but he declared that the Tsaritsa was in no sense guilty, having "neither strength nor means to express her opposition...
...Signed) Giovanna di Savoia (Signed) Boris di Bulgaria...
News that Tsar Boris' devoutly Catholic mother-in-law, Queen Elena of Italy, was rushing to Sofia in her gilded baroque private car caused His Majesty to order a rush-baptism of the babe, Maria Louise, hastily performed in the Palace Chapel by Archbishop Stefan according to Bulgaria's Orthodox rite. Prince Cyril, the Tsar's Catholic brother, met Queen Elena at the frontier, convinced her that a Catholic baptism would have been impossible in view of Bulgarian public opinion. At the Sofia station Queen Elena embraced Tsar Boris, whatever she may think of him. In Rome...
...Born. To Bulgaria's Tsar Boris III, 38; and Queen loanna, 25, daughter of Italy's King Vittorio Emmanuele; a first child, daughter, 8 Ib.; in Sofia, Bulgaria. Name: Maria Louise...