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188 QUARRELS BETWEEN THE ALLIES [ch. xi.
of the Serbians. Hence in the competition that was
beginning the Serbians and the Greeks had on their
side the argument of actual possession: Beati
possi-dentes; as to the Bulgarians, there were only two
alternatives remaining to them—either to come to terms
with their competitors, or to take from them the
disputed territories by force.
I spent the whole of May in conferences with
M. Gueshov on one side and Spala’ikovitch on the other.
Both sincerely wished to prevent the violent solution
of the dispute ; Gueshov through a spirit of prudence
and moderation, Spala’ikovitch mainly through devotion
to the cause of Slav solidarity. Our mutual efforts ended
in the arranging of an interview between M. Gueshov
and M. Pachitch, which took place on the 2nd June at
Tsaribrod (a frontier station between Pirot and Nish).
The two Presidents of the Councils spent a whole day
there conferring in a saloon carriage. Both men of
experience, wise and inspired by the best intentions,
they succeeded during this interview in establishing
the basis of a friendly solution; they decided to meet
again and to convene shortly a conference of the four
Prime Ministers of the allied countries. And if at this
conference they could not arrive at a complete
understanding, the points under discussion were to be
submitted to the arbitration of Russia, an arbitration which
had been provided for in the text of the Serbo-Bulgarian
treaty.
I remember vividly the enthusiastic frame of mind
in which Spala’ikovitch returned from Tsaribrod.
"All is settled!" he exclaimed, clasping me in his
arms.
A few days before the interview at Tsaribrod,
Spala’ikovitch and I had busied ourselves with the question
of Russian arbitration. As I have just said, this
arbitration was mentioned in the Serbo-Bulgarian treaty,
although neither the Russian Government nor its
representatives in Belgrade and Sofia had taken the
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