The paper analyses the development of Yugoslav visions among the Slovenes in the period from the beginning of 1918 to December 1 of the same year, when the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (SCS) was established. This is a period in which the Slovenian People’s Party (SLS) gradually abandoned the concept of the May Declaration and the incorporation of Slovenian territories in the South Slavic unit inside the Habsburg Monarchy, and thereafter accepted the concept of unification with Serbia. Despite the apparent cohesiveness among Slovenes, especially between the dominant streams of Slovene conservatives and liberals, the different political poles were nevertheless separated by significant ideological differences, which were also reflected in the fundamental geopolitical parameters of the imagined Yugoslav state. Additionally, there were individuals and/or party dissidents who developed alternative visions. This article presents two of them, the idea of Ivan Šusteršič and the vision of Dragotin Gustinčič. The author identifies their differences in relation to the stipulations of the May Declaration and at the end describes the circumstances which had a decisive influence on Slovene participation in the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
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