In this extraordinary placard, General Kaulbars affirms that he has
twelve points to make :-1. The Czar has in view only the welfare of Bulgaria, and hopes that Bulgarians will turn with full confidence to him. 2. The time for words is, however, passed, and the Emperor requires facts. 3. Russia never thought of enslaving Bulgaria. 4. Bulgarian confidence is, however, doubtful, for her Government suppressed the Czar's telegram. (This is not true ; M. Neklindoff, the Russian agent, suppressed it.) 5. The burning of the colours of the mutinous regiments has produced a painful impression in Russia. They ought to have been deposited in a cathedral. 6. If with the colours the insignia of St. George were also burnt, inter- national law has been broken. 7. The fact that on one day the Sobranje voted an address to the Czar, and on the next an address to Prince Alexander, shows " ridiculous want of logic," and " throws a bad light on the Deputies." 8. Neither Prince Alexander of Battenberg nor his brothers must return to Bulgaria. 9, 10, 11, 12. To make the election free, "we demand the raising of the state of siege, the release of the [mutinous] officers, and a delay of two months in the summoning of the Great Assembly." The placards containing these charges, which would in any country justify the dismissal of any Ambassador, have been torn down, and, according to the latest accounts, the Regents have agreed to return a formal refusal to General Kanlbars, and to make an appeal to Europe. This, however, is not certain, as the reluctance to force the Czar's hand by an open defiance is very great ; but it seems certain that anti-Russian feeling is spreading fast.
