Word: bulgarians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Queried the short of memory, "What did Tsar Ferdinand do to rouse the ire of Rome?" Replied cynical historians, "He converted his son, the present Tsar Boris, from Catholicism to the Orthodox (Bulgarian) faith. The offense was aggravated by the fact that the Bulgarian constitution had been altered, in order that Ferdinand's Catholic wife (the sometime Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma) might bring up Prince Boris as a Catholic. It was deemed flagrant by the Pope because Boris was converted in 1896 when he was less than two years...
...most opportune. It materially aided Ferdinand in securing his recognition by Russia, Turkey and the Powers as "Prince of Bulgaria." Up to that time, although Ferdinand was a nephew of Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, and a grandson of King Louis Philippe, and had been called to the Bulgarian throne by the Grand Sobranye of Bulgaria on the abdication of Prince Alexander in 1886, he was freely styled "usurper" by his enemies...
With this action, the present "extraordinary sessions" of the Council were terminated. M. Briand and Mr. Chamberlain, beaming at such an addition to their Locarno laurels (TIME, Oct. 26, Nov. 2), summoned the Greek and Bulgarian representatives to drown their differences a l'Anglaise in "a dish of tea." Smiling, M. Carapanos and M. Marfov accepted-even joked with one another over the teacups...
Despatches from Sofia announced the murder of Danoso Tzankov, brother of the Bulgarian Premier, Alexander Tzankov. The two Tzankovs are known to have been estranged, and Alexander's reputation for ruthlessness was recalled. Danoso was "shot while walking in the street with his wife"; his murderer is said to be "unidentified"; and the object of the crime, "unestablished...
...reported that in the sectors of Bulgarian territory evacuated by the Greeks, last week (see GREECE) there had been "no atrocities." Late cables asserted that "only one untrustworthy woman" had claimed to have been "attacked" by Greek soldiers...