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1913] M. DANEV ORDERED TO PETERSBURG 183
o’clock in the morning Todorov was with me and he
told me how everything had gone off! At the King’s
wish Todorov had spoken first and advised the sending
of the Bulgarian Plenipotentiary to St. Petersburg at
once. Danev did not contradict him in the main, but he
observed that the Serbians had not yet decided to send
their plenipotentiary and that consequently the
Bulgarian Government might find itself in a humiliating
and ridiculous position if its plenipotentiary found
himself all alone in St. Petersburg. General Savov argued
in a decisive manner against the sending of any
plenipotentiary at all; he argued that the Russian arbitration
could be entirely dispensed with; that it was only
necessary to make the Serbians and Greeks see that the
Bulgarians were not in the least afraid of them and were
ready and quite determined to occupy at once and by
force the territories which were theirs by right. Serbia
and Greece would be most careful not to face such
danger and would end by yielding. To close the debate
King Ferdinand declared that he entirely shared M.
Todorov’s point of view, which he considered to be the
wisest and which, moreover, tallied with the King’s
answer to the Emperor of Russia’s telegram. These
words of the King’s ended the discussion, and Danev’s
immediate departure was decided on !
Two hours after Todorov had left, M. Danev came
to see me to inform me officially of the Government’s
decision. Naturally he gave me to understand that this
decision had been arrived at thanks to him. I was
careful not to let him see that I knew what had really
occurred, thanked him cordially, and then asked:
" Well! M. Danev, then when are we going ? This
evening or to-morrow ? I have already ordered my
portmanteaux to be packed."
Danev replied that it was impossible for him to start
that day, but that he would try to be ready by the
following evening; he warned me that for various
reasons he did not wish to go by the ordinary way, that
is to say by Belgrade and Vienna. There only remained
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