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1912] COMING OF AGE OF PRINCE BORIS 57
necessary, however, in alluding to the ignorance of the
agreement on the part of the Powers of the Triple
Alliance to except the military spheres of Italy. But I
shall deal with this question later on.
The close of the Serbo-Bulgarian negotiations almost
coincided with the festivities held for the coming of age
of the heir to the Bulgarian throne, Prince Boris.
King Ferdinand wished to invest this anniversary
with all the pomp possible. Invitations had been issued
to related and neighbouring Courts, and for the nth
(24th) of February members of the Royal Families and
ambassadors extraordinary arrived in Sofia, entrusted
with the congratulations and good wishes customary on
these occasions.
The Emperor of Russia, godfather to young Prince
Boris, sent as his representative to Sofia the
Grand-Duke Andrew (son of the Grand-Duchess Vladimir).
The Crown-Princes of Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and
Rumania, the Archduke Charles Albert, the Prince of
Prussia, Leopold, completed the group of august
personages that King Ferdinand, accompanied by his two sons,
received at the station in Sofia with military honours
and all customary ceremonial. The Ambassadors of the
other European Powers, of the United States, and of
Turkey all enhanced by their presence the brilliancy of
the festivity, which was favoured with exceptionally fine
weather. For three days the streets of Sofia, usually
rather deserted, were enlivened by automobiles and
royal carriages conveying the King’s guests and their
suites to feasts in the Palace, to receptions and to
military parades. The Castle of Sofia, ordinarily so
dark and gloomy, was brilliantly illuminated, and filled
with the gay life of festivity and by a crowd of courtiers
in full dress. The Russian Grand-Duke, as the
representative of the godfather of Prince Boris, took the first
place at all ceremonies.
Among the princely guests, Prince Alexander of
Serbia was the one who made the best impression on
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