In the following days, representatives from various countries participating in the war gathered in Bucharest.
Among them, the Serbian negotiating delegation was led by Foreign Minister Milanovic, the Greek negotiating delegation was led by Foreign Minister Konstantin, and Montenegrin Foreign Minister Nidnoyav also came to Bucharest with negotiators. Since the three countries are in this war,
Their performance in China was not very good, so the foreign ministers of the three countries often came together to keep each other warm.
This time the Ottoman delegation was led by its Foreign Minister Yildire, who was also a senior member of the Ottoman Youth Party. The main reason for coming this time was to see if they could get Adrianople back. You must know that from Adrian
There is no danger between Yarborg and Istanbul, so in the spirit of seeing if there is a date or not, Osman also sent negotiators this time.
As a defeated country, Bulgaria will also send a negotiation team headed by Prime Minister Gaschov to participate in the negotiations with various countries. As the host, Romania will have Prime Minister Bretianu personally participate in the negotiations this time.
Other European countries also sent representatives to watch the entire negotiation process. Among them, Austria-Hungary had too many interests in the Balkans, so it sent its Foreign Minister Ellenthal to watch the entire process. Russia was not to be outdone, in order to support its younger brother.
, also sent Foreign Minister Sasonov to watch the whole process.
In fact, the two countries sent foreign ministers here for another purpose this time, which is to stop the Balkan countries from fighting again. The previous Balkan war was to compete for Ottoman European territory, and the second time was due to uneven distribution among the countries. If it is still the case this time,
Due to the uneven distribution, it is estimated that the two countries will start fighting on their own. Austria-Hungary and Russia were not prepared before, and now they sent the foreign minister with no intention of warning them.
After the delayed Bulgarian negotiating delegation arrived, the countries began intense negotiations in the venue prepared by Romania.
The first was the conditions put forward by the victorious countries. Serbia proposed that the disputed areas of Bitola and Ohrid be owned by itself, and that Bulgaria's Pivit area be transferred to itself as compensation. The Greek side proposed that the previously occupied areas should be transferred to itself.
The Salonika area was placed under its own ownership. The Ottomans proposed that Bulgaria return Adrianople and the surrounding areas. Montenegro did not claim territory. He hoped that Bulgaria would pay 2 million leva in war compensation.
Compared with other countries in the Balkans, Romania has the best appetite. He asked Bulgaria to draw its northeastern part from the town of Svishtov on the Danube River along the town of Preslav to the Black Sea, and move Bulgaria's Dob
The four cities of Ricci, Ruse, Suman and Varna, and a territory of approximately 22,000 square kilometers are assigned to Romania.
If we fully comply with their demands, then the territory Bulgaria has captured in this Balkan War will not be much larger than before, and it will be a waste of time. Of course, the Bulgarian delegation headed by Prime Minister Gaiszov disagrees with this.
He decided to start with the easy stuff first and then the tough stuff. He first talked about Montenegro's conditions. He first said that Montenegro's performance this time was not worthy of Bulgaria's reward. It would be right to give him 500,000 leva at most.
Then he talked about Greece. In the previous agreement between the three countries to carve up Macedonia, it was stipulated that the Salonika area should belong to Bulgaria. However, in order to resolve the dispute with Greece, Bulgaria made concessions and divided the Salonika area into two.
The city of Salonika is bounded by Bulgaria in the east and Greece in the west. However, based on the principle of Bulgaria's sacrifice, the city of Salonika should belong to Bulgaria.
Faced with Serbia's conditions, he first said that the Pivit area could not be used as compensation, and that Bitola and Ohrid areas should belong to Bulgaria as in the previous agreement. This time we are also willing to resolve the dispute.
The Ohrid region close to Serbia belongs to Serbia, while the Bitola region should belong to Bulgaria.
As for the conditions that the Ottomans asked Bulgaria to return Adrianople and the surrounding areas to them, Prime Minister Gaishov directly said that this was impossible. No Bulgarian dared to agree to such conditions. As for the East Thrace area that the Ottoman army has now occupied
.He believed that part of it could be given to the Ottoman Empire as compensation, and the rest must be returned to Bulgaria.
Faced with Romania's conditions, he first admitted that the 4,000 square kilometers of territory assigned to Romania in the previously signed treaty should take effect immediately. In order to appease Romania's anger because it had not received the territory it should have received under the treaty, Bulgaria was willing to assign it to Romania again.
With a territory of 4,000 square kilometers, Romania will completely occupy the city of Dobrich and at the same time push the border forward by 20-25 kilometers.
Representatives from various countries were not satisfied with the conditions of Bulgarian negotiator Prime Minister Gaschov. In particular, the host Romanian Prime Minister Bratianu reacted the most fiercely. He even said, "If Bulgaria cannot meet Romania's conditions, then this war will not happen."
will stop."
Prime Minister Bretianu's words were supported by the foreign ministers of Serbia, Greece and Montenegro, saying that meeting Romania's conditions is the basis of this peace negotiation. Faced with this situation where all countries are doing their best, Prime Minister Gaschov doesn't know what to do.
Then, citing physical discomfort, he temporarily suspended the negotiations for a day to prepare to explore what the situation was.
"How about it?"
In the original Bulgarian Embassy, Gaschov was really asking Foreign Minister Dirasloch who had just finished visiting the representatives of Germany and Austria. During the day when he had a rest, Prime Minister Gaschov could not go out due to "poor health".
Foreign Minister Tirasloch could only go to Austria-Hungary and Germany, who supported him, to get information.
Seeing Prime Minister Gaishov's eagerness to know the result, Foreign Minister Dirasloch revealed the information he had inquired about. "The situation is not good. What I found out from Mr. Sasonov is that Romania's
The conditions were negotiated before entering the war, and the two countries must support Romania's request. It also received the endorsement of Russia, so it is very difficult for us to deal with it now."
In fact, he got this news because Romania deliberately released it. After all, Romania is now in control of the situation and can definitely let Bulgaria know this news.
After hearing the words of Foreign Minister Dirasloch, Prime Minister Gaishov continued to ask the question he was concerned about. "So what about the support of Austria-Hungary and Germany for us?"
The hope of reducing losses now depends entirely on the support of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
"Germany's support for us is limited to the conditions of Serbia, Greece and Montenegro. As for the conditions of the Ottomans, we hope that we can combine them with reality. As for the conditions of Romania, they let us decide on our own. Austria-Hungary supports us much more strongly.
, except for the Romanian conditions, which I hope we can fully consider the situation, we all agree with the conditions we have given before."
After listening to the words of Foreign Minister Dirasloch, Gaschov learned that neither Austria-Hungary nor Germany was willing to support him on Romanian conditions, and felt a little disappointed. Now Romania's conditions have become a prerequisite for this negotiation, which made Gaschov
Prime Minister Husband is very troubled. However, Romania has too much territory to cede this time, reaching one-seventh of Bulgaria's current territory. This makes it difficult for Prime Minister Gaishov to make a decision.
Finally, he decided to report the situation to King Ferdinand I and let the country decide whether to accept this condition.
