§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEasked the under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he has any information in regard to the political crisis in Bulgaria, and the rumoured intention of Prince Alexander to resign?
§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true, as stated in the public prints, that at Sofia the Prince of Bulgaria has violently subverted the Constitution duly established with the sanction of the Powers under the Treaty of Berlin, and attempted to usurp complete authority; if so, whether Her Majesty's Government have yet taken any action in the matter; and, whether Her Majesty's Consul General at Sofia will hold any diplomatic intercourse with the usurper, beyond warning him of the personal responsibility which he incurs?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEI greatly regret to say that the statements which have appeared in the newspapers are true. Her Majesty's Agent at Sofia has telegraphed that the Proclamation of the Prince of Bulgaria states that for two years he has endeavoured to govern in accordance with the Constitution, but that he finds that the country is in a state of disorder; that he will convoke 270 a great National Assembly, and that he will submit to it the conditions upon which he will consent to remain. Should these conditions not be accepted, he says that he will abdicate. General Ehrenroth has been appointed Minister, and the elections to the Assembly are to take place in July.