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CHAPTER VIII
intrigues at sofia
On my return to Sofia I perceived at once that the
situation there was much changed. I noticed that the
first result of the newly-signed agreement had been to
strengthen the "activist" party, at the head of which
M. Danev had of course placed himself; in my absence
he had become infinitely more intimate than before with
the King. Ferdinand had left for foreign parts a few
days before my arrival; but before leaving he had
decided to send M. Danev to Livadia and St.
Petersburg, under pretext of presenting officially to His
Majesty the Emperor and to M. Sazonoff the text of
the Serbo-Bulgarian agreement. Danev was to be
accompanied to St. Petersburg by our military agent in
Sofia, Colonel Romanovski. All this was related to me
on my arrival as a settled thing, and I learnt at the same
time that the discussions about this journey had been
confided to General Poprikov, Bulgarian Minister in St.
Petersburg. It was quite clear to me that Danev was
being dispatched to our country in order to entreat the
Emperor and M. Sazonoff to grant active and willing
support to Bulgaria in case of certain events and
complications in Macedonia. And at the same time Danev
was to use his best efforts to convince us that King
Ferdinand was at present behaving with perfect loyalty
towards Russia’ and the Tsar, and that we might
henceforth abandon all suspicion and distrust with regard to
him.
Danev left soon after my return to Sofia. He was
very graciously received at Livadia by H.I.M. the
Emperor, and perfectly well received in St. Petersburg
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