William soon earned the confidence of all sides, arranging diplomatic compromises on boundaries, overlapping ecclesiastical and territorial jurisdictions, taxes, coinage, and other subjects, but he could not resolve the basic quarrel: who was to be master in Livonia.
Wilhelm opnåede snart tillid blandt alle parter ved at arrangere diplomatiske kompromisser om grænser, overlappende kirkelige og territorielle jurisdiktioner, skatter, møntslagning og andre emner, men han var ikke i stand til at løse det væsentligste spørgsmål: hvem, der skulle have overherredømmet i Livland.