to the Bulgarians—­a great concession on the part of Servia.  Certain other disputed towns were to be left to the arbitrament of the Czar of Russia.  The chief aim to be attained by this division was that Servia should obtain a seaboard upon the Adriatic Sea, and Bulgaria upon the Aegean.  Incidentally Bulgaria would obtain western Thrace and the greater part of Macedonia, and Servia would secure the greater part of Albania.

These calculations had been entirely upset by the course of events.  Bulgaria’s share had been considerably increased by the unexpected conquest of eastern Thrace, including Adrianople, whereas Servia’s portion had been greatly diminished by the creation of an independent Albania out of her share.  Moreover, M. Pashitch, the Servian prime minister, maintained that whereas by the preliminary treaty Bulgaria was to send detachments to assist the Servian armies operating in the Vardar valley, the reverse had been found necessary and Adrianople had only been taken with the help of 60,000 Servians and by means of the Servian siege guns.  Equity demanded that the new conditions which had arisen and which had entirely altered the situation should be given consideration and that Bulgaria should not expect the preliminary agreement to be carried out.  Now, from the outbreak of hostilities Bulgaria’s foreign affairs, in which King Ferdinand was supposed to be supreme, were really controlled by the prime minister, Dr. Daneff.  He proved to be the evil genius of his country; for his arrogant, unyielding attitude upon every disputed point, not only with the enemy, but with the allies and with the Powers, destroyed all kindly feeling for Bulgaria, and left her friendless in her hour of need.  Dr. Daneff’s answer to the Servian contention was that Bulgaria bore the brunt of the fight; that, had she not kept the main Turkish force occupied, Servia and Greece would have been crushed; that a treaty is a treaty, and that the additional gain of eastern Thrace in no way invalidated the old agreement.

The recriminations between Greeks and Bulgarians were quite as bitter.  There had been no preliminary agreement as to the division of conquered territory between them, and this permitted each to indulge in the most extravagant claims.  The great bone of contention was the possession of the fine port of Salonika.  As soon as the war against Turkey broke out, both states pushed forward troops to occupy that city.  The Greeks arrived first and were still in possession.  Moreover, they maintained that, except for the Jews, the population is chiefly Greek.  So are the trade and the schools.  M. Venezelos, the Greek prime minister, insisted also that the erection of an independent Albania deprived Greece of a large part of northern Epirus, as it had deprived Servia of a great part of Old Servia, and Montenegro of Scutari.  In fact, he asserted that Bulgaria alone would retain everything she hoped for, securing nearly three-fifths of the conquered territory, and leaving only two-fifths