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(1920) [MARC] Author: Anatolij Nekljudov - Tema: Russia, War
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i9r3] RUSSIAN INFLUENCE 201

knew that he could no longer count on active support
from their countries, and consequently he was sulking
with them. Having talked to every one the
King-returned to the middle of the room, made a general bow
and walked away with the same ceremonial towards his
private apartments.

From this day, and in spite of my abrupt answer,
Ferdinand sent for me repeatedly during the succeeding
weeks and consulted me about all the questions which
were being discussed at the peace conference of
Bukharest. I had returned to favour, and this lasted
until the day w7hen the final result of the negotiations
of Bukharest had deprived the Bulgarians and their
master of all hope of improvement in the situation in
which they had placed themselves by their inordinate
ambition and their insane obstinacy. Moreover, when
this lasciate ogni speranza moment arrived Ferdinand was
already preparing to leave Bulgaria for a time and to go
and spend a few weeks on his Hungarian property; and
I, having been informed of my early transfer to
Stockholm, had been granted a holiday and was starting for
Paris, where I was to meet M. Sazonoff.

1 only saw Ferdinand once more, at the end of
December, O.S., when I returned to Sofia for a few days
to make arrangements for my departure and to hand in
my letters of recall. At this interview Ferdinand
behaved in a most unseemly manner to me ; I will relate
this further on.

The efforts of Russian diplomacy checked the advance
of the Turks who were stopped at the former Bulgarian
frontier, and thanks to our prompt action in Rumania,
the Rumanian troops left the town of Varna which they
had occupied.

When I told Sazonoff about the Bulgarian
Government having sought our help, he suggested that a
conference of the Prime Ministers of Serbia, Bulgaria,
Montenegro and Greece should be held in Nish, in view
of the immediate conclusion of peace. But as Ferdinand

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