Kussewitch was an intimate adherent of Dragan
Zankoff , the founder of the Progressist party, which
is now in power in coalition with the National party
of M. Gueshoff. The Archbishop, always a fearless



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champion of Bulgarian independence, emphasizes the
words of Zankofif to Russia: "We will have no honey
from you, but also no thorns/' Methodii Kussewitch
was, at the time of the projected reunion with the
Catholic Church, one of the most zealous supporters
of that proposal. A Bulgarian deputation then went
to Rome under the leadership of Zankoff and SokoK
ski of Grabova, and had audiences with the Pope. So-
kolski completed the act of union and was made a
bishop. The object of the reunion was entirely Na-
tionalist. After the Bulgarians had waited so long in
vain for the satisfaction of their political ambitions
with the help of the East, they had thought of seeking
support from the West. This wavering between East
and West has been a characteristic of the Bulgarian
programme for thirty years. It was very interesting
to hear how Methodii Kussewitch spoke of this epoch.
