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When this happened I went to the
King and advised him to abdicate ut
once in favor of Prince Boris, whom the
soldiers loved and trusted. Ferdinand
dismissed me haughtily. saying that
such step could be taken only after
serious reflection. I returned to staff
headquarters, seeing the situation grow
worse every day, and on october 4 re-
turned to the capital as fast as my car
could get through the torn and muddy
roads. I knew that by sunrise the first
| hundreds of disaffected soldiers would
be coming into Sofia.
Rushing straight to the palace, en-
tered the Kings study and told him that
the hour of abdication and flight had
| struck. I could not guarantee that the
people would accept Boris as King, but
I knew that he was the last hope Of the
dynasty. The King said merely that he
needed more time to consider.
Lucky II You Get Away"
"'Sire,' exclaimed, you will be lucky
| II you have time to get safely away.
And taking the written abdication from
my pocket I spread 1t out before HIM
Still he hesitated. He was willing to
abdicate. he said, but he did not wish
Of his country palaces. could not guar
antee his safety?
"'sire,' I cried in evaporation, I
cannot even guarantee my own safety
five minutes after leave this room
Even as I spoke there came q sharp
burst of rife firing from q distant
street This decided the King. He
seized the pen and signed. picked UP
the paper and thrust it In my breast
pocket.
land now, your majesty I said, 1t
is my duty, as minister president, to
demand the presence of the new King
Boris came In, very pale, Tor the
poor young man knew intuitively,
think, what had happened. spoke to
him without the slightest ceremony,
| for there was no time Your father,
said, has signed his abdication, and
you are now King. Permit me to be
the first to wish long life to Gear
Boris III
His face went absolutely white, and
without replying he turned to his
| father. At that moment, I must say,
| the old King approached dignity. R1s-
| ing from his desk, he said: My son,
! yesterday you were my subject. Today
am yours. Allow me to be the second
person to wish long life to Car
Boris III
Officers ClamOr for News.
"They fell weeping into each others
arms, and so left them. 1t was then
past 8 o'clock In the evening and there
was great deal to be done before mid
night"
AS Malinoff left the palace he called
out to the small group of officers and
guards in the courtyard, Long live
Boris TIT" Imagining that Ferdinand
had been assassinated or had COM
mitted suicide, they clamored for de-
tails But there was no time for ex-
plantations. Motoring to the house Of
| the minister of the interior. Malinoff
bade him notify the rest of the govern
ment and arrange for formal meeting
of the Sobranje. the national parlia-
ment, at noon the next day. Then he
| hurried to the minister of railways and
| transportation to see that a special
train was made ready At IL o'clock
the train was waiting on the main line
| of the railroad, some miles from the
city. In darkened motor cars Ferdi-
nand. King Boris, Prince Cyril. Mali