The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
BULCARIAN KING
PROVES HIMSELF
REAL DEMOCRAT
Boris Wins Popularity
Lost by Father by Going
Into War.
Especial csb,s 70 The washinstep Hsrait
and Chicago Tribuns)
4 By LARRY RUE.


SOFIA. March Sin King Boris
of Bulgaria the world has a new
type of monarch. a man who is Zoe
per cent democrat and whose views
are more extremely Socialistic than
those of the moderates of his own
government
After he had interpreted pro-
gram of government outlined by Mr..
Stambolisky. the agrarian premier.
which provided for conscription. of
labor and the naturalization of all
industries but, agriculture, the King
said:
Il am in complete accord with my
ministry on both its external and
internal policies"
Acts As Interpreter.
My appointment with the King
was at 12 o'clock. but I had been in
vited to the palace at 10 to meet
Mr.. Stambolisky. who the day be-
fore returned from a three months
tour through Europe. which he made
to prove to the great powers that
Bulgaria was "the Switzerland OF
the Balkans" Mr.. Stambolisky y
speaks only Bulgarian. and after
the formalities had been exchanged
through the Kings secretary the
premier excused himself and went
into the drawing room to keep his
appointment with King Boris. He
had been gone only a few moments
when the secretary came in and re-
ported that his majesty would be
pleased to receive me Immediately.
and as he smoke English very well.
would also be glad to interpret the
conversation to Mr.. Stambolisky and
myself.
This he did with such a complete
disregard for the customary formal
ities that the conversations took on
the appearance of an informal So
ciable chat rather than a serious in
terview with royalty.
Is Good Democrat.
Although he is the son OF King
Ferdinand. the fox of the Balkans"
who after forcing Bulgaria into an
unpopular war. was himself forced
to abdicate. King Boris is anything
but a chip of the old block" He
is IS years old and Of a medium,
not too robust. build. His face is
long and thin. with well modelled
features. His manner. though mild
and gentle, lacks nothing in cor
diality. Dressed in an ordinary
double breasted sack coat, soft
shirt and collar, his whole bearing
radiated an affable spirit of demo-
racy seldom encountered outside OF
the United States. As he sat chat
ting easily he formed a great con-
trast to his premier. who. OF a
powerful build, sat with his elbows
on the table. grim and dominating.
almost shaking with pent up force
and nervous energy. when the con-
versation was carried on in English
the premier. very busy man.
would drum his pencil fmpatientiy
on the table. He frequently inter-
rupted to have the King explain
what was being said or to have the
King interpret to me his utterances
regarding the policies of the Bull
garian government or the Bulga-
ian opinion OF the United States.
King Boris. like all royalty in
Europe at the present time, was
very interested in the return OF
King Constantine to Greece. and
when he learned I was in Athens
the day the Greek King arrived be-
gan asking questions on how the
latter was received. what the Greek
people thought about the action Of
the allies. and whether the elections
were true expression of the
wishes of the people. Mr.. Stambo-
lisky. however. was not interested
in this phase of the conversation.
and would interpolate questions of
a political nature. or express the
policy of the Bulgarian government
in case of a Bolshevik attack on
Rumania, which the King would
interpret. after which he would re-