Romanian Eagle

On May 2, the Ottoman diplomatic representative came to London again.

Still led by Foreign Minister Kahevich, as a senior leader of the Freedom and Peace Party, it was incredible that he escaped the liquidation of the al-Shabaab.

In fact, it is completely feasible if you think about it carefully. In this coup d’etat in the Ottoman Empire, he was able to escape the catastrophe entirely because no one was willing to take over and it was destined to humiliate and negotiate. In order to let this Kahevic continue to lead the team, he used it wastefully. Let him keep coming. And this time they have made the peace conditions promised to the Balkan alliance.

This time, the countries of the Balkan League did not improve conditions for the Ottoman Empire. It was not a conscience discovery, but the place where they could get it has been shown in the first peace talks. The Ottomans could not get it in Istanbul, the most elite in Europe. It is not allowed, and the European powers will not agree to it, so they can only continue to put forward the conditions of the last time.

In the negotiation venue provided by the British government, after the Balkan countries and the Ottoman diplomatic teams of the warring parties were seated, the negotiations finally began under the attention of representatives of European powers.

This time, it was still the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Dirasloch who stood up and asked. "Mr. Kakhevich, I don't know what the Ottoman government is thinking about our conditions this time?"

Kakhevich has already received the conditions of the Balkan countries. In his opinion, according to the situation, the current conditions are not bad, but he still wants to test it.

"We think this condition can be negotiated."

Foreign Minister Dilas Lodge asked sarcastically with a smile on his face. "What are you negotiating? Are you giving up Constantinople?"

Hearing the sarcastic words of the Bulgarian foreign minister, the representatives of the Balkan countries couldn't help laughing. They have long known the awkward position of the Ottoman foreign minister in his government through intelligence. It is estimated that he will not know where he is after this diplomatic negotiation, so the Balkan countries are not polite at all.

Facing the ridicule of the representatives of the Balkan countries, Kakhevich also felt that his old face was a little difficult to hang, but he still knew his responsibilities. In the face of the sarcastic question of the Bulgarian Foreign Minister, he still answered. "We have no chance of giving up the capital, which is something that 28 million Ottomans will not agree to."

Hearing Kakhevich's answer, Greek Foreign Minister Konstantin felt the need to correct his mistake himself. "Mr. Kakhevich, I'm going to correct you. Now you don't have 28 million people, you only have 21 million people. This is our bottom line, and you should be thankful that we didn't increase the price."

Kakhevich heard the words of the Greek Foreign Minister Konstantin and knew that this was a trap with years of diplomatic experience. If he does not deny it, then it shows that the Ottoman Empire has recognized the conditions of the Balkan countries. Now he intends to maintain the last dignity of the Ottoman Empire. "Now that our negotiations have not been completed, and the division of regions such as Macedonia and Thrace has not been completed, is Foreign Minister Constantine's words too rushed."

Greek Foreign Minister Konstantin, who was asked by Kahevich, immediately changed his face and retorted. "Do you still dare to regret it?"

The host who presided over this negotiation, British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray, saw that the negotiation had just begun and was so noisy, so he had to come forward to appease both sides. He spoke loudly to the negotiators. "Representatives and gentlemen."

Several foreign ministers who were interrupted by the words of British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray quieted down, and they all respected the British Foreign Secretary. This is the embodiment of the United Kingdom as the first power in Europe. Satisfied that his words still silenced them, Edward Gray continued. "Dear negotiators, everyone is gathered here to negotiate to bring peace to the people of the Balkans. Governments of all countries are eagerly looking forward to the results you bring back. I hope you can come up with the results of the negotiations as soon as possible, so that peace can return to that area. land."

Negotiations moved quickly after British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray finished speaking. Both sides understand the situation on the other side, and there is not much difference in the ceded territory.

So the progress was very fast and it took only a week to basically negotiate. For war peace talks, a week is already quite fast. After all, it involves territorial changes, whether the people in the changed territories will be relocated, those people who need to be relocated, whether the army's prisoners and weapons and equipment should be returned, etc., all need to be negotiated one by one.

The warring Balkan alliance and Ottoman representatives are both close to negotiating the terms of the peace talks, British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray asked both sides. "Are you all satisfied with the conditions?"

At this time, a discordant voice came over. "I have some objections."

All the delegates here looked around, and it was the words of Bode Elter, the observer representative of the Austria-Hungary Empire.

Russian observer Boris feels that he needs to stand up and defend his Balkan brother. "Mr. Bodeelt, why didn't you tell me earlier if you had any objections to this treaty? It's not until now that we have finished talking. And this is a negotiation between the Balkan countries and the Ottomans. Your Austro-Hungarian Empire has too much control over it."

After being bombarded by the Russian representative Boris, the Austrian-Hungarian representative Bodeer was not angry, but said slowly. "I take issue with the fact that this treaty fails to protect the Albanian people."

It turned out that this Bodeer meant the Albanian region, and the Albanians were descendants of the ancient residents of the Balkans, the Ilias.

In 167 BC, Albania was occupied by Rome. In the centuries that followed, the country was invaded again and again. After the 9th century AD, it was ruled by the Byzantine Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Serbia and the Republic of Venice. An independent feudal principality was established in 1190, the Turkish Ottoman Empire invaded Albania in 1385, and was invaded by Turkey in 1415, and was ruled by Turkey for nearly 500 years.

By the 18th century, two ethnic groups had gradually formed around the Albanian inhabited area, and different written languages ​​had formed. The Tuscans living in the southern part of the Shikun River were mainly engaged in agriculture. Culture is more developed.

Last year, on November 28, 1912, Albania declared independence, but none of the Balkan countries recognized its independent status. Both Serbia and Greece want to divide it up. Serbia gets most of it, so it can get her coveted port and get rid of the problem of domestic exports needing to go through Austria-Hungary. This is also the area that Seville should get in the previous Balkan alliance, while Greece gets the northern Epirus area and the Saranda area of ​​Albania. Now Austria-Hungary's position has made Serbia's hope of getting its own port bewildered.

Faced with such a situation, Foreign Minister Milanovic, the Serbian negotiator, could not sit still, and immediately stood up and retorted. "Albania was liberated by the hard battles of Seville and the Greek army, and we can't give up where we fought blood."

The remarks made by Seville's Foreign Minister Milanovic were endorsed by Greek Foreign Minister Konstantin, who has the same territorial needs in Albania.

"We can't give up Albania just because of your Excellency's words."

In the face of the indignation of the foreign ministers of the two countries and they would never give in, the representative of the Austria-Hungary Empire, Bodeer, stared at the Russian representative Boris and replied casually to them. "What is your slogan for waging war?"

He continued to talk to himself. "I remember liberating the people of all ethnic groups oppressed by the Ottomans. Now that Albania is independent, and there is no Ottoman oppressing them, then why carve up the territory of an independent country."

Seeing the actions of the Austrian-Hungarian representatives, the Russian representative Boris knew that he had to support them at this time. He thought about it. "Albania, which we call a country for the time being, has not been recognized by the international community. We cannot recognize it as a country just because a small group of people has declared independence here, otherwise the society will be completely messed up."

Hearing the Russian representative's support for his speech, Sevilla's Foreign Minister Milanovic also agreed. "Mr Boris is right, we can't recognize him as a country just because a small group of ambitious people declares independence."

Seeing the representatives of Austria-Hungary being questioned by Russia, Serbia and Greece, the representative of another country stood up and said. "But both our country and Austria-Hungary recognize Albania's independent status."

Everyone looked at it, and it turned out that the Italian representative Vittorio was supporting the speech of the Austrian-Hungarian representative. Seeing that the Italian representative supports the views of Austria-Hungary, the Russian representative Boris knows that the Balkan countries no longer have the right to speak on the Albania issue, and it depends on the attitude of the European powers. In Germany behind Austria-Hungary and Italy, it goes without saying what to choose. He now needs the support of his allies, so he sets his sights on Jean Buck, the French representative, who is overwhelmed by the look of the Russian representative for help.

Before he came, he was instructed by French Prime Minister Joseph Cayo that France should not be involved with Russia on the Balkan issue. This time, if there was too strong a dispute on the Balkan issue, France should not be too involved. It also has something to do with France's goals, they don't have much interest in the Balkans, and there is a hostile Germany next to France, the pressure on the border is enough, and they don't want to have too much entanglement in other areas.

The French delegate asked Barker to make his own proposal after a little thought. "I think the Albania issue needs a special discussion, and it's a bit out of place for Austria-Hungary to raise it now."

Seeing the hesitation of the French representative, the Russian representative turned his attention to the host, British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray. In the face of Russia's appeal for help, Foreign Secretary Edward Gray said. "I agree with the French representative that the Albania issue does need to be discussed specifically."

Seeing that both Britain and France suggested that the Albania issue be postponed, Boris, the Russian representative, knew that the situation was unfavorable, so he could only agree. "Let's postpone the discussion on this issue."

The representatives of Austria-Hungary and Italy knew that their opponents were exempt from the war, and agreed to postpone the talks. Anyway, they have seen that Britain and France did not give too much support to Russia in the Balkans, and obviously hoped that Russia would invest its experience in Poland, Germany and Austria. Hungarian border.

After that, the Balkan countries and the Ottomans had no intention of negotiating. The conditions were almost negotiated. Now the Balkan countries are more concerned with how Albania should deal with it. After all, it is a piece of land of nearly 40,000 square kilometers, which is obviously much stronger than the Ottomans.

British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray, who was leading the negotiations, saw this and said. "Everyone is out of energy, why don't we continue to talk another day."

His words made the preoccupied delegates nod in agreement, and today's negotiation ended without a hitch. While going out, Serbian Foreign Minister Milanovic approached Greek Foreign Minister Konstantin and planned to go out together. And the Russian representative Boris found the French representative Jean Buck, and it seems that he plans to go out together. Seeing this, the other negotiators went out separately, ready to digest today's news. Seeing that everyone was almost gone, the representatives of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy also planned to go back to discuss.

Outside the door, the Russian representative Boris got into the carriage of the French representative Jean Buck. After the coachman drove slowly on the road with a carriage, the Russian representative Boris began to inquire. "Mr. Buck, why can't our three countries form a joint force for the Albania issue? Now this situation makes us very passive."

After hearing Boris's words, the French representative asked Buck to speak slowly. "Mr. Boris, you must know that we are allied with your Russia, but it is hoped that our three countries will work together against the allies, not to allow your country to expand in the Balkans. Our loan is also for this purpose. If there are no prerequisites, then we The alliance will be meaningless."

After hearing that the French asked Bakmin to persuade and actually warn, Boris knew that this was a manifestation of France's dissatisfaction with Russia's expansion in the Balkans. Now he knew that France would not have much support for the Russians this time around, and although there was little hope, he could only put his hope on the British.

In the evening, Boris visited the British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray and wanted to get support from him. Although the British also supported Greece behind their backs, they obviously did not want to get involved in the Albania issue.

Without the support of the two allies, Boris knew that this Albania issue could only be based on the opinions of Austria-Hungary and Italy. At most, he can only fight for a point of territory for them, and the port that Serbia is eager to see cannot help.

Sure enough, in the subsequent negotiations, mainly Russia and Austria-Hungary and Italy, the two sides negotiated repeatedly on the Albania issue. In the end, according to the opinions of Austria-Hungary and Italy, Albania was independently taken out and a prince was sent by Germany to serve as the king. Boris, the Russian representative, won for Seville the transfer of Kosovo from Albania to Serbia, and Greece to the northern Epirus region. This makes both countries very dissatisfied, and a new crisis is brewing.

The two-in-one chapter, the time is tight, can't be separated, everyone will read it.