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Show KING FERDINAND A CHANGED MAN iCorrespondence of The Associated Press.) Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 24. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has been by all odds the most talked of figure in the public eye of Hungary since he took the step which arrayed his country coun-try on the side of the Germanic allies. al-lies. Many columns of newspaper spaco have been devoted to descriptions descrip-tions and anecdotes of the popular monarch, who appeals especially to the Hungarian heart because of his long and close connection with Hungarian Hun-garian affairs. It is remarked particularly that Ferdinand, Fer-dinand, once the embodiment of the autocratic ruler, has of late years shown more and more of democratic tendencies, until now, "without in any wav dorogating his royal dignity and the majesty of his appearance, he moves about among all classes and ranks in tho attitude of a brother rather than that of a king." There is said to be a great enthusiasm for him among his soldiers, and he is constantly seen with the troops, even as far as the extreme firing line, encouraging en-couraging them and appealing to them frequently with words of recognition. Since Ferdinand entered on the war he has received, Innumerable messages mes-sages congratulating him on his action ac-tion and on the bravery displayed by his troops. Telegrams and letters let-ters have reached him from all parts of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey. He reads all these messages messa-ges personally, it is said, and takes great pleasure in them. "When he receives a bundle of letters of this kind," remarks one correspondent, "his countenance, usually so gloomy, lightens up." The whole Bulgarian campaign centers cen-ters at the king's headquarters, which is connected by wire with even' section sec-tion of the field in which Bulgarian armies are operating. The strict court etiquette which has been always al-ways a matter of great pride in So-"fia, So-"fia, has been relaxed, and the king has requested his generals to interrupt inter-rupt him at any time, even at dinner, din-ner, If there is urgent business to be discussed. At headquarters the king and his generals are said to constitute consti-tute "one big family." When matters mat-ters of war are not pressing ho talks with them of past times and of his travels in all parts of Europe. He is especially proud of his popularity in Turkey. He was a gTeat friend of the Sultan, Abdul Hamld, who on one occasion spoke of Ferdinand as "the greatest man in the Turkish empire em-pire save only the Sultan." The religious side of the Bulgarian Bulgari-an monarch receives due attention in the newspaper tributes. Ferdinand never misses attending the orthodox mass on Sunday, but ho is tolerant in hlfc religious views and the orthodox and Catholic clergy receive like treatment treat-ment in his armies. rn |