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182 BULGARIA ATTACKS HER ALLIES [cii. xii.
they had no reason whatever for attacking their rivals,
and if they were arming so thoroughly it was because
they were certain of being attacked by them. As to the
Bulgarians, they continued to look on the Greek Army
as an absolutely negligible quantity, and they were so
sure of the superiority of their own forces over those of
the Serbians that they allowed themselves the luxury
of releasing some of their troops for agricultural
purposes.
Just then fate seemed to be sending an alarming
warning to the Bulgarians: on the 2nd (15th) June,
towards noon, a violent earthquake occurred in the
central part of the Balkans. Although it was felt very
much in Sofia, nothing was ruined there. But at
Tirnova and in the villages and small towns situated
north of it, there was a terrible amount of destruction
and a considerable number of victims. Dreadful scenes
occurred in some places, as for instance at Tirnova
itself, where about fifty children were buried under the
ruins of a school, and their cries and groans were heard
for more than twenty-four hours, for there were not
enough people to do the rescue work : half the town
was destroyed and all the eligible men were with the
Army!
But alas ! Bulgaria paid no heed to this warning.
On the 14th (27th) June, M. Todorov informed me
that in the evening a council presided over by the King
would be held at the Palace in order to settle definitely
the question of sending the Bulgarian Plenipotentiary
to St. Petersburg. Todorov promised to telephone the
result of this conference to me the same evening. I sat
up waiting till nearly one o’clock in the morning, and
was just goingoff to bed when at last the telephone bell
rang; then I heard M. Todorov’s voice saying : " I have
good news for you : the council has decided to send a
delegation to St. Petersburg immediately, with M. Danev
at the head of it. I will come round the first thing
tomorrow morning to tell you the details." By eight
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