BULGARIA: Non-Political

From Sofia despatches chronicled the assassination of M. Madjariow, the mayor of the city, by one Tomoff. For a wonder the two men chanced to be of the same political party and as a result the Bulgarian press was unable to adhere to its usual policy of attaching an allegedly "deep political significance" to every notable crime.

In this instance the murderer admitted that he killed M. Madjariow for discharging him from a minor municipal post. Moreover, as he was about to be apprehended by the police, he committed suicide —thus putting an...

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