El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
IS COMING To
GET IDEAS Of
WE5TERNER5
Is Champion Trust Maker
and Magnate Creator
of All Europe.
BELIEVES RICH MEN
GOOD FOR COUNTRY
Is Convinced that Bulgaria
Can Learn Much From
the United States.

j A.
man who would be king and
~ who was and is king, and what
more czar. is going to America with
queen Eleanor. the princess Eudo1la
and many of the leaders Of his country
Ferdinand of Bulgaria viii go TO the
United states next month. He is look
i,o for.nevv ideas, American ideas, for
This ruler is the apostle Of modern
ideas to his people
There was a time when the world
Thought Ferdinand would never De
anything more than the man %lo
would be king" When the young
nrince of Saxe-Coburg was consider
ing the offer of the Bulgarian leaders
bismarck succinctly remarked to nlm-
Take it, young man, II VIII DC
pleasant "reminiscences
Holds to Job for - Years
But II was 27 years ago Wnen teEu4-
nand first began to rule the BulSaIIalls
and the experience lsn d I en- -
cence vet. Every year there are rl-
rnOrs that Ferdinand is going TO aOdl-
cate" Ferdinand is going 10 De as
sassinated.'" Ferdinand IS tired OF ms
Job and some power IS gong 20 give
Ferdinand the experience OF ms pre-
decessor. who was practically kidnapped
BY the Russians
Put every January I Ferdinand IS
there on hand as usual working IuA
office hours, drilling his troops, Scne1n-
ing with his captains Of industry plan
ming new railroads and ports, 1nIrlSu-
ing in regal fashion, and altogether
doing business at the old Stand-
Is World Champion Trust Maker.
Ferdinand ought to prove intensely
interesting to America Tor one Ln1hS5
if for no other. He IS the WOrldS cnaEn-
MON trust maker and magnate creator.
Ferdinand came in 1887 10 rule over
what was sometimes called the PEAS
ant state" 1t was country OF T9ugn
caDable self reliant farmers IneE6
was no middle class (merChantS), and
no upper class (arlsuocracy-) ferll-
0and has created these two classes he
has caused Bulgarian llIe 70 pc LaI5SIy
patterned on the rest of Europe But
his methods are original He believes
in rich men, He thinks Ine HOcA64eI-
lers, the Carnegies, the Meyerhausers
and the MOrgans are what make a
country great To develop his crude
nation he deliberately set out to favor
certain individuals. Grasping methods
he encouraged. And these industrial
empires he made the IrameWOrk OF
his own political empire
Makes One Mistake
What his success has been was seen
in the recent Balkan wars In the
first war the Bulgarians swept almost
to the gates Of COnStantnOple, carry
ing everything before them OF course
Ferdinand, or somebody made a grave
mistake in starting the second war
where Bulgaria tackled servia and
Greece and lost almost all she mad
gained in the first conflict But this
setback in the face Of great odds did
not upset the argument that Ferdinand
had done wonders in his quarter OF.
a century at the head Of the Bulgarian
Is Fierce and Gentle.
In person Ferdinand is large, he has
a MAGNIFICENT heavy beard and q pres
ence which commands respect among
one of the toughest and most head
strong peoples in the world he IS a
man of the StrangeSt contrasts. SuS-
pected of having the man who put him
on the throne, StambOulOff, the great
Bulgarian patriot, put to death with
hideous fortunes, ne IS yet IN ms cam
er moments devoted to the simplest OF
hobbies, the collection of butterflies
and wild flowers It is said he spent
the last moments before going forth
to war with the Turks among his be-
loved cabinets and albums
Yet he is man Of the most re-
dOubtabIe courage, OF the utmost
ferceness on occasion, ana II MS
enemies are to be credited only q lit
tie of an UnScrupulOusnes seldom
met in these modern days He was &C
Cused Of being behind the capture Of
Miss Stone. the American missionary,
who was held by bandits for many
weeks.
He is a hard worker and a thorough
student. Among other things he has
the distinction Of being the only mon
has been free of the curse Of anti
semitism which has thrown its dark
shadow over ROuman1a and Russia
First OF Kings to Fly
Ferdinand was the first royal per-
sOnage to go aIOft in a flying ma
chine. On July 5, 1910, his majesty
went for a flight with Delaminne,
Belgium aviator. Prince Boris, the
heir apparent to the throne. and
prince CyriIle. the kings second son.
also flew that day.
Besides these two sons, Ferdinand
has two daughters. All four are chill
dren Of his first wife who died in
1899. His second wife was before her
marriage princess E1eanOra of Reuss.
She was As years old when he mar
ried her and it is said he took this
step in order to protect his daughters
from court intrigues.
This viii not be the first time that
Ferdinand has seen America In 1879
he visited his brother, prince Augustus
of SaXe-COburg, who had married the
younger of the two daughters Of the
emperor Dom Pedro, Of Brazil. The
princess made a long botanical vOy-