Stamboliyski's new pacifist policies have alarmed Bulgaria’s…
1922 CE
Stamboliyski's new pacifist policies have alarmed Bulgaria’s remaining strong nationalist elements, led by a large Macedonian group in Sofia.
Alienated also are the old political leaders, the Military League (composed of active and reserve officers), and Tsar Boris' court.
Bulgaria’s rightist parties, silent since the war but influenced by the successes of Benito Mussolini's fascist organization (known as the Blackshirts) in Italy, have reorganized into a confederation called the National Alliance, (later called Democratic Alliance) and plan to march on Sofia to wrest control of the country.
Stamboliyski's Orange Guard jails the leaders of that group in 1922, temporarily stopping its momentum.
Inflation and industrial exploitation continue.
Many of Stamboliyski's subordinates inflame social tensions by taking very dogmatic positions in favor of peasant rights.
The urban working class, unaided by agrarian reforms, gravitates to the communists or the socialist workers.
On the left, the communists view the Agrarian government as their principal opponent.
Nevertheless, the most dangerous enemies are the Military League and the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).
IMRO, establishing effective control over the Pirin region, launches terrorist attacks across the border into Yugoslav and Greek Macedonia.
It also assassinates several Agrarian leaders.
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