Secrets of the Balkans . Hills and Fields ix Gra.\l\da, Seriha. AUSTR0-HUNGARL\N WaR PRISONERS AT XlSH CHAPTER VII BULGARIA ENTERS THE WAR—SERBIAN RETREAT-KING PETERS HEROISM BULGARIA entered the war October 4, 1915, claim-ing that no agreement of any kind could be arrivedat with the Entente Powers. As the Bulgarian peoplegenerally were not in favor of this step, the responsibilityrested entirely on Czar Ferdinand and Prime MinisterRadoslavoff. A brief review of events and conditionsduring Ferdinands reign may shed some light on hisattitude and on that of the Bulgarian people at this
Secrets of the Balkans . Hills and Fields ix Gra.\l\da, Seriha. AUSTR0-HUNGARL\N WaR PRISONERS AT XlSH CHAPTER VII BULGARIA ENTERS THE WAR—SERBIAN RETREAT-KING PETERS HEROISM BULGARIA entered the war October 4, 1915, claim-ing that no agreement of any kind could be arrivedat with the Entente Powers. As the Bulgarian peoplegenerally were not in favor of this step, the responsibilityrested entirely on Czar Ferdinand and Prime MinisterRadoslavoff. A brief review of events and conditionsduring Ferdinands reign may shed some light on hisattitude and on that of the Bulgarian people at this the abdication of Prince Alexander of Battenberg,Czar Ferdinand became ruler in the year 1887 at theage of twenty-six. He was the son of Prince Augustof Saxe-Coburg and Princess Clementine, daughter ofLouis Philippe, King of France, and was therefore ofAustrian-German parentage on his fathers side andFrench-Orleanist on his mothers side. He was one ofthe best educated princes in Europe, and master of manylanguages; of distinguished appearance, highly ambiti
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