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188 BULGARIA ATTACKS HER ALLIES [cii. xii.
However, before giving his consent, the King sent
for General Savov to ask him his opinion. Savov went
at once to the Palace, and declared to the King, before
his accomplices, that he entirely shared their point of
view.
"In that case," said Ferdinand, "I authorise you to
give the necessary orders to the Army." But the
General, who had never sinned through excess of
ingenuousness, told the King that he did not think it
possible to give such an important order without a
zvritten authorisation from His Majesty. After much
discussion and hesitation, Ferdinand was at last obliged
to sit down at his writing-table, to write and to sign a
document in Savov’s name, in which he authorised the
Commander-in-Chief to take all necessary measures for
the advance of the Bulgarian troops on such and such
positions. The General put this document in his pocket,
but he did not keep it there long: very soon this precious
document was sent to repose in a safe in a bank abroad.
If Savov had not taken this precaution, Ferdinand, at
the first reverse, would have had him arrested, and,
having obtained possession of the compromising
document, would have summoned the General before
a military tribunal for having attacked the Allies of
Bulgaria treacherously and without authorisation ; and
finally twelve bullets would have silenced the former
Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Army for ever.
But, thanks to the wise precaution of General Savov,
he escaped such a fate, and Ferdinand could not
make him shoulder the whole responsibility for the
treacherous deed of the 16th (29th) June.
The King thus assumed a considerable share of
responsibility for this deed, which still weighs on his
conscience and marks him with a stain of blood and
felony.
It ought to be mentioned that the sudden aggression
directed against the Serbians assumed, in consequence
of the preceding circumstances, a particularly odious
character. On the 16th (29th) June the news was
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