The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
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what Ne WaReN.


~ PETERsBuRo. Feb. ~ Nicholas II.
y showing q notable degree Of recognttton
90 his new brother Csar. Ferdinand OF
Bulgaria Above the Winter Palace tho
black and gold double eagle worked on
. pale yellow ground which h the Inn
psrial standard % the Romano6s. 10 not
aoaiing to-day. for u 10 Ferdinand's
forty-ninth birthday and hs 10 living In
the palace a. Risaia's guest, In tts placs
IL rugged q hag. new and strange to most
people hero a white and hlaca dragon
rampant on q rcd ground. with Q black and
white decd border Rows % automo-
biles and carriages wait outside the guest
wing Of the palace while thsir owness
ray their respects tn the Bulgarian ruler
In the world 81 great affairs IL 10 FER
ciinand that holds the stage. No mag
nate IN the governmental or diplomatic
world ~ 3, Petersburg has escaped him
In HE determination 70 let people know
that he IL az Lac, q full blown recognized
monarch Ferdinand IL here primarily
To establish Arm foothold for himse'f
among the European diplomats.
He has taken 20 the y aud my people
style ~ speech a. 20 the manner born.
he has given audience tn the diplomatic
eorps. receiving the personnel 81 each
mission separately. and having a good
memory % his old struggles for recoe-
milton by the great ones az central Europe
he took care 10 spare nothing IN kingiy
condescsnsion 10 tho German and Aus
TRAN Ambassadors when he came 10
hope you're all veil at home.
Putting personal habits quite aside.
Russians see IN thu new junior Guar
good Ceal of elemental likeness To the late
Leopold % the Belgians. especially In the
creditahle characteristics. Ferdinand
has stood out from tho memhsrs ~ the
Russian imperial family NJ a man who
knows very definitely what he wants.
who has the plain mans contempt for
unesssntiala.
When a newspaper artist was trying
tn get q sitting from Leopold the old King
wouldn't have IL and sent his secretary
with the message To draw a long man with
. long heard and . long nose.' Some
thing like that would stand for Ferdi-
nand except that the heard IL quite mod
crate. and big would he q b@tter adJec-
tive than long for his physical out
lines The Bulgarian ruler likes too his
incoxnito: he has taken 60 shop window
strUliing these last days IN the uniform
u . Russian Colonel.
There have hem doubts among in
formed Russians a. to Ferdinand . re-
ception Ivy the Czarina. and more par
,icilarIy by the theologlans Of tho Ortho-
dox Church. He has been q practical
politician In his religion. Himself half
Coburg. half Bourbon. Of Catholic no
hrin xing. he has had his heir made Greek
Orthodox for politios' sake. and his SEC
ond wife. Eleonore of Re,Isa. q IssIthsran.
WAS another choice for politics aake;
also he would himself now adopt oTthO-
doxy a. = useful political bargain.
The devosIt among highly PLACED Rus
slams. and there are many OF them, feel
uncomfortable when they think % him
But his Queen Eleonore has proved
wise choice Before she married she was
volunteer nurse with the Russian army
in Manchu u and personally tended the
Grand Duke KyTill after his immersion
az the blowing UP % Admiral Makarod's
flagship PetrOpavlovuk. kyril's mother.
Grand Duchess Marie Pavlova. widow ~
Vladimir. has not hem sparing IN her
gratitude. and A. she 10 an eusrgetic and
hospitahle woman no per~onage IN Russia
dares nov cold shoulder Ferdinand so-
cially any more than politically.
Reyond h"ing Concentration OF cor
dial relations with Russ q, there has not
been much definite Diplomacy attAched
tn his Conferences here. A Russo
Bulgarian convention has heeu IN exist
ence for AK months whereby Russia
hacks BulGaria's hills Tor her financial
requirements In the near future. A.
Russia has for the first time in twenty
years got her own budget To balance her
hacking with the foreign political hanks IL
81 great value 20 Bulgaria In return Bul-
Raria b~romeS q strategic unit with Riiss.a
as regards military defence in southeast
EN- Europe The arranrem~nt - salts
factory TO the Russian nation.