The Days of a Man 1914 



Furthermore, I expressed my belief that the only 

 final hope lay in a Balkan Federation, with personal 

 freedom, equality before the law, and interchangeable 

 citizenship. 



A touching This address was well received. At its end I was 

 deeply moved when six comely young women, all in 

 mourning, came up and one said through Furnajieff: 



We are widows of Bulgarian officers killed in the war. We 

 have come to thank you in God's name for all that you have 

 done to keep Bulgaria out of another war. 



I also spoke at FuniajiefFs church on peace in the 

 Balkans. For the pastor's later wanderings and ad- 

 ventures I had a certain indirect responsibility. Two 

 religious peace congresses had been arranged for the 

 first week in August, a Protestant conference at 

 Constance and a Catholic one at Louvain the 

 division being due to the fact that Catholics could 

 not be bound by any joint resolutions without consent 

 of the Pope. For certain reasons I was personally 

 unable to go to Constance, and thereby escaped a 

 variety of misadventures suffered by some of my 

 friends. Being asked, however, to name a suitable 

 representative from Bulgaria, I suggested Furnajieff, 

 and the congress agreed to pay his expenses from 

 Sofia and return. 



The delegates having met on the afternoon of the 

 first Sunday in August, they were suddenly notified 

 by a German official that war would begin next day 

 and they must all leave on Monday morning, those 

 going northward through Germany to have a special 

 train. After various mishaps and with baggage left 

 behind, the Americans and British reached England 

 safely. Furnajieff started with them but got lost, so 



