Romanian Eagle

The latest website: When the ink was dry on the terms of the alliance signed with Germany, public opinion from Romania broke out.

They published stories about Bulgarians in Greece being oppressed by the government, and many newspapers also published pictures of local Bulgarians being beaten by Greeks. One of the most cited is a Bulgarian woman with a bruised face and a bruised face sitting on the ground, holding a crying little girl in her arms, while next to them stood several Greek teenagers with fierce faces.

This photo completely detonated the anger of the Romanian people. They expressed their opinions and demanded that the government provide protection for these poor people. In the former Bulgarian territory, the people were even more angry, and they took to the streets to demand that the government take decisive measures against Greece to protect these Bulgarians abroad.

At the same time, outside the Greek embassy, ​​demonstrators crowded the place, asking them to burn the Greek flag, throw paint, rotten eggs, stones and everything else that could be thrown at the embassy. This made the Greek embassy a mess, and at the same time the unpleasant smell could not be dissipated for a long time, so that the staff in the embassy were not in the mood to work. For this reason, the Greek ambassador, Aristine, protested to the Romanian government, but in exchange, he asked him to remain calm.

At the height of popular anger, Romania summoned the ambassador.

As the Romanian foreign minister, Kostel looked at the Greek ambassador with cold eyes. "Ambassador Aristine, this is a diplomatic letter from our country. Regarding the above request, please reply within three days."

Costel handed the letter to the Greek ambassador in front of him, and left without looking back, leaving only the Aristine ambassador here.

This is Romania's response to the oppression of Bulgarians in Greece, which also represents Romania's attitude. However, the attitude of Costel just now made Ambassador Aristine feel frightened. When he opened the photo and looked at its contents, he was speechless.

In fact, there are not many of the above, it is nothing more than the terms of apology and compensation for these Bulgarians, but there is one most critical condition, which makes Ambassador Aristine feel breathless.

This clause is in view of the racial oppression committed by Greece against the Bulgarians in the region. Now, as the successor of the former Bulgarian Kingdom, Romania and the United Kingdom of Bulgaria demand that Greece return the territory demarcated by the peace treaty of Neuilly, so that the people in the region will not continue to suffer from the Greek government. of oppression.

In a nutshell, Romania is now disappointed by Greece's oppression of Bulgarians in the region and demands that Greece return these territories.

Moreover, this diplomatic note has a time limit, requiring Greece to reply within 72 hours.

Looking at this photo that looks like a declaration of war, the Greek ambassador Aristine has no other ideas at all, and now he just wants to send this news back to China as soon as possible.

When the emergency telegram from Romania reached Athens, Metaxas, the prime minister of Greece and the dictator, immediately realized that the situation was not good. disputes.

At this time, British Prime Minister Chamberlain and French Daladier were busy because of the Czech crisis. At this time, Chamberlain had not met Hitler by plane, but he had already exchanged views with the French Prime Minister and Daladier, that is, trying to prevent Britain and France from falling into a new war.

Therefore, in the face of the sudden outbreak of the Greek crisis, the two countries are even more troubled. Because Romania is a newly rising power, its attitude towards it needs to be cautious. If Britain and France strongly support Greece, war may break out. Although this can be helped by Greece, Romania's strength is very considerable.

The two countries have estimated that Romania, with its population of 48 million (the latest statistics in 1938), is enough to explode an army of three or four million, and Romania's military industry is good and can meet its own needs. It is a very difficult task for the British and French governments to get the army to fight against it.

The difficulties mainly came from the people's dislike of war. The main reason was that World War I was too tragic. Among them, the British suffered 2.4 million casualties. Although there were colonial troops as cannon fodder, the main battles had to be undertaken by British soldiers. (This is also the reason why the British used more colonial troops in World War II. In World War I, the local casualties were too heavy, so cannon fodder is better)

And France is even worse. As the main target of the attack, the total number of casualties of French soldiers reached more than 5 million, and it took almost a generation to defeat Germany. Moreover, after the victory, the debts of the two countries were high, and the economy was sluggish because of the aftermath of the war.

Even in 1936, when the British pacifist organization conducted a poll, 90% of the people refused to join the war, and the idea of ​​anti-war and seeking peace penetrated almost everyone.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the current economic downturn in Britain and France, and many social problems caused by the unemployed population.

In addition, the attitude of the British and French governments to the economy above all else fully shows that neither the two governments are ready for war.

All these reasons add up to the fear of war in Britain and France.

Therefore, after receiving the request from Greece, Britain and France immediately sent a diplomatic note to Romania, requesting Romania to cancel the time limit for the note and not to take any military action until the negotiation was inconclusive.

Although the British and French attitudes seem a little tough, the powerlessness they reveal has long been seen through by Edel.

Romania's attitude of going to war with Greece before was equivalent to that I was going to burn the house down, which caused others to quickly dissuade me. At this time, you said not to burn the house, but I wanted to open a window.

Although this is just a matter of attitude, there should also be a strong attitude. First of all, Romania has mobilized nearly 400,000 troops from 24 divisions to the border area. At the same time, the navy consists of four battleships (including the Vlad, which is undergoing sea trials), two aircraft carriers, four heavy cruisers, and a large number of light cruisers and The large fleet composed of destroyers has passed through the Black Sea Strait mightily and is heading towards the Love Sea.

In addition, Romania issued a call-up order announcing a nationwide call for 500,000 new recruits. It is worth mentioning that in this call-up order, the soldiers from the Bulgarians are the most. In this Greek crisis, the former Bulgarian territory has completed 230,000 of the 500,000 call-up orders (Romanians 21, Ukrainians 40,000, Hungarians 40,000). 10,000, and other ethnic groups around 10,000), worthy of being the country with the highest mobilization rate in World War I.

It is precisely because of such a move by Romania. Let Britain and France think that Romania wants to do something to Greece, so they have to stop the Greek crisis first.

As for how to solve the Greek crisis that broke out, it is easy to sit down and talk about it.