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ivign of King Ferdinand. It would he 

 difticult to overestimate the progress wliitli 



• the country has made under his rule, and it 

 will ever remain, together with Roumania, 

 as a proof of the wisdom of calling in as ruler 

 in a new, inexperienced land one who by right 

 (if birth anil tradition understands kingcraft. 

 Anil the Bulgarian ruler is exceptionally gifted 

 in abilirv to steer a way through troubletl 

 European waters. It is no exaggeration to 

 say that he has built the Bulgaria of to-day 

 with diplomatic bricks made without straw- 

 That the democratic ])easants love their 

 autocratic and aristocratic ruler is doubtful, 

 that they realise all he has done for them is 

 uncertain, but that tiiey know well that the 

 country cannot do without him is inevitable. 

 The anniversary should call the attention 

 of this country to the remarkable progress 

 made by Bulgaria, Servia, and Roumania 

 within a comparatively short time. The 



' wonder is that whereas the financiers of 

 Europe regard these States as offering the 

 best possible field for investment, the British 

 |)ublic will have nothing to do with them. 

 And yet British capital would be preferred 

 to any other, since it is the freest from the 

 taint of political intrigue. 



.Journalism in Great 

 Regnant Britain, although its power 



Journalism. j^ dreaded and e\en re- 

 si)ected, is, governmentally 

 considered, a prophet without honour in 

 his own country. VVitli the eminent ex- 

 ception ot Lord Morley, a journalistic 

 career has been regarded as a bar to high 

 oflice in the State. _ China, however, in 

 making her world over again, gives official 

 recogiutiou to the actual dynamic position 

 of the journalist by appointing as her 

 political adviser the 'I'imcs correspondent 



at IVkin. The hearty congratidations of 

 pressmen all round the world go to Dr. 



ni.'tograpll /;vl [;/',.//.-, Sofia. 



King Ferdinand of Bulgaria 

 at llic celebration of his twciUy-nflh anniversary as ruler. 



Morrison on attaining this momentous share 

 in the direction of the destinies of well- 

 nigh one-fourth of the liumaii race. Dr. 

 Morrison has graduated with honours in 

 tlie school of world-wide experience, fie 

 must also be congratulated on ha\ ing, with 

 similar di>regard of tradition and eve for 

 reality, married the ladv who, as his secre- 

 tary, has been a true partner in his great 

 career. Meantime, at home, the Timvs has 

 ihanged its editors. The late editor, Mr. 

 Buckle, takes with him into his retirement 

 the respect of the world for his scholarlv, 

 judicial, and unobtrusive conduct of the 

 great newspaper. His successor, Mr. Geof- 

 frey Robinson, is a pupil of Lord Mihicr, but 

 will, it is h()|)ed, have a more reverent re- 

 gard for consequences than his former chief 



