On the third day after the Bulgarian delegation signed the secret treaty, Prime Minister Gaishov returned to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, with the delegation.
The Prime Minister is actually very satisfied with this negotiation, because although the ceded territory of 4,000 square kilometers was still a coastal grain-producing area (Bulgaria only had a territory of more than 80,000 square kilometers at the time), Romania was still involved in the Balkan Alliance.
The tank protected itself from attacks from behind, and also obtained a large amount of arms for Bulgaria, allowing the army to speed up its war preparations.
After getting off the train, Prime Minister Gaishov and Foreign Minister Tirasloch went to report the results of the negotiation to King Ferdinand I. Although they had already sent a telegram, after all, some situations were better reported in person, such as
Romania’s attitude and negotiation process.
"Thank you both for your hard work. This negotiation was not easy. I am very satisfied with the results we have achieved so far."
After the briefing, Prime Minister Gaishov and Foreign Minister Tirasloch met King Ferdinand I. Before they could speak, King Ferdinand spoke comforting words with a smile on his face.
"Everything is for the good of the kingdom."
After hearing what Ferdinand I said, Prime Minister Gaishov and Foreign Minister Tirasloch both responded in unison.
"Tell me about the negotiation process."
Although Ferdinand had already known about it through telegrams, the detailed process still needed to be described by the two parties involved.
"Your Majesty's negotiations are mainly conducted by me, so let me do the talking." Prime Minister Gaishov said in a deep voice.
Seeing that Ferdinand I had no objection, Prime Minister Gaschov told every detail of his negotiations in Romania. Ferdinand I did not interrupt the Prime Minister's narration, and kept listening quietly. For a while, the room was filled with
The only voice was Prime Minister Gaschov's speech. After explaining the details of the negotiations, Prime Minister Gaschov expressed some doubts in his heart.
"Your Majesty, during my negotiations with the Romanian Prime Minister, I always felt that they seemed to be deliberately sending us arms."
After hearing Prime Minister Gaishov's judgment, Ferdinand I asked a little puzzled. "Prime Minister, why do you have such an idea? In your explanation just now, I did not feel that Romania was deliberately sending us arms.
But Prime Minister, you have won it bit by bit."
"Maybe it's my intuition. I always felt that Prime Minister Bretianu with whom I was negotiating consciously gave in. When I pressed him on arms, he would give in a little. I didn't feel that in the atmosphere of the negotiation.
, this is how I felt when I thought about it afterwards. In my estimation, if we could get arms worth 4 million leva, it would be a victory, but in fact, including the loan, we got more than 7 million leva in arms, which is too much."
(The Bulgarian leva is the currency of Bulgaria with the same value as the Romanian lei, the French franc, and the Italian lira)
After hearing the Prime Minister's words, the other two people present thought for a while but still had no clue. Of course they would have no clue, and they were not like Edel who had the memory of later generations and knew that they would be beaten up immediately after fighting this war.
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After thinking for a while and still having no clue, King Ferdinand I said to Prime Minister Gaishov. "No matter what Romania's purpose is, this batch of aid arms has always strengthened Bulgaria's strength. This is the most important thing. As long as Macedonia is captured,
and Thrace should be divided among us"
After hearing the words of King Ferdinand I, Prime Minister Gaschov and Foreign Minister Tirasloch both stopped thinking about Romania's intentions. After all, Bulgaria took advantage, and there was no need to delve into the intentions.
Then they discussed Montenegro, the last country in the Balkans that has not yet joined the Alliance. Montenegro is a mountainous country located in the southwest of the Balkan Peninsula and on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea. It also has the strongest anti-Ottoman sentiment in the Balkans. This country has less than 300,000 people.
The small country has a standing army of 18,000 people, and it is doing its best to prepare for war.
However, in May, Bulgaria consulted Russia on whether it could absorb Montenegro into the alliance. Russia opposed Bulgaria's proposal. The reason was that Montenegro was too radical in international affairs and had a very negative impact on the alliance.
Influence. In fact, the alliance that Russia helped form was aimed at the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Montenegro’s anti-Ottoman tendency was too obvious, which was completely inconsistent with Russia’s original intention.
Now Ferdinand I has brought Montenegro up for discussion again, and it is obvious that he intends to bypass the influence of Russia and win Montenegro into the alliance. After all, the performance of the Ottoman Empire in the war with Italy has revealed its military weakness. How can we not let the Balkans
Countries are tempted. Moreover, the increase in territory and people has made this temptation continue to increase. Now King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria obviously cannot stand this temptation.
"Prime Minister, I want to bring Montenegro into the alliance, what do you think?" Ferdinand I said the plan he had been thinking about for a long time.
After hearing King Ferdinand's plan, Prime Minister Gaschov frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Your Highness, I have no objection to bringing Montenegro into the alliance, but it is best after we are ready."
"Why do you want Montenegro to join the alliance when you are ready?" Ferdinand I asked with a confused expression.
"I'm afraid that Montenegro will disrupt our steps." Prime Minister Gaishov continued to express his thoughts to the king. "We all know how much the mountain people in Montenegro hate the Ottomans. As long as they have the chance, they will definitely declare war on the Ottomans. Now.
This batch of arms has not been delivered to Romania yet. When this batch of arms arrives, it will increase our strength."
"Then can Romania send military assistance as soon as possible?" In order to prevent his idea from being invalidated, Ferdinand made a suggestion and asked the two important ministers in front of him.
"Your Majesty, I can send a telegram to Romania stating that the military urgently needs to obtain this batch of arms. I believe that based on the good relationship we have just signed the alliance, we should not refuse." Foreign Minister Diras Lodge looked at his scope at this time.
He stepped forward to propose measures to agree with the king's move.
Gaishov saw the king's delighted expression and could not object, so he agreed to the proposal. Later, Foreign Minister Diras Lodge sent a message to Romania requesting arms assistance as soon as possible. This message was seen by Eder and he wrote
He ordered that if the arsenal was insufficient, use military stockpiles to top it up. At the same time, he asked Foreign Minister Barnoske to call back and Romania would deliver this batch of arms within a month.
After receiving a call back, Foreign Minister Dirasloch reported the good news to King Ferdinand I.
After receiving the news, Ferdinand I said to Foreign Minister Diras Lodge, "This is very good. We can send a telegram to the Montenegrin government and ask them to join the alliance."
After receiving the king's approval, Foreign Minister Diras Lodge sent a telegram to the Kingdom of Montenegro inviting them to join the alliance. The Montenegrin government, which had long been interested in the Balkan Alliance, discussed it for three days after receiving the telegram and then sent a reply to Bulgaria. Prime Minister Raza
Artomanovic will personally lead a team to Sofia to discuss the terms of the alliance. On July 12, the Montenegrin Prime Minister came to Sofia with a visiting delegation to discuss the alliance with Bulgarian Prime Minister Gaiszov.
After five days of discussions, Bulgaria and Montenegro reached a consensus on the conditions for seizing territory and sending troops. Montenegro officially joined the Balkan Alliance. In terms of territorial division, due to Montenegro’s weak strength, it only received 4,500 square kilometers of territory near Kosovo called Beirane.
Promise, this is also a delicious cake for Montenegro, which is only 10,000 square kilometers. However, for this territory, Montenegro needs to prepare at least 30,000 troops to attack the Ottoman Empire. Later, Montenegro and Greece also signed an alliance treaty, and then
When negotiating with Serbia, due to Russia's obstruction, Montenegro did not sign an alliance treaty with it, but only reached a verbal agreement to send troops to attack the Ottoman Empire.
With Montenegro joining the Balkan League, it means that the Balkan countries are ready to carve up the Ottoman European territories. This will be the beginning of tragedy for this old empire that is still at war with Italy.
It is also not good news for Russia, which worked hard to promote the Balkan Alliance in the early stage, because Russia hopes for an alliance that can deal with Austria-Hungary. Now this alliance first opposes the Ottoman Empire, which goes against Russia's original intention. In addition,
Russia's most powerful ally, France, also had objections to the Balkan Alliance. The then prime minister, Puscale, believed that the alliance was "an agreement to prepare for war," and French public opinion did not allow the government to "take military action solely for the Balkan issue."
". But at this time Russia was unable to change the nature of this alliance, let alone prevent it from heading towards war.
