Edel has long known about the Prime Minister's private contact with the Allied Powers. In fact, he was the one who pushed Prime Minister Bratianu to contact the Allied Powers. Moreover, the conditions proposed by the Prime Minister were passed on to him through Chief of General Staff Preshan.
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This was because Admiral Priest had quietly told the Prime Minister in his meeting some time ago that he would support Romania's participation in the war if the Allies could return all east of the Tisza River to Romania.
Prime Minister Bretianu was very surprised by the attitude expressed by the Chief of General Staff. Anyone who has a preliminary understanding of the political situation in Romania knows that General Presan is the spokesperson of the king in the army. Moreover, General Presan is usually very
He is cautious and never easily expresses his opinions on matters outside the army. If he can let the chief of general staff express his attitude, then it is obvious that someone has told him through his mouth. As for why he did not tell himself in person, this needs to be understood by himself.
However, Prime Minister Bretianu had a good understanding and quickly guessed the intention. This was because he did not want to alarm too many people, and this was probably a test of the Allied Powers. Then he should not let those standing behind him say it, because this
There will be no room for turning around.
That’s why Prime Minister Bretianu asked his cousin to personally act as a liaison. This kind of testing is also very beneficial to Romania at present, because it can understand the attitude of the Allied Powers towards Romania’s participation in the war and prepare the ground for future real negotiations.
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In fact, after Romania revealed its intention to join the Allied Powers, it was an unexpected surprise for the Allied Powers, which were already exhausted due to the war. However, the three countries also had different attitudes towards the conditions for Romania's participation in the war.
For France, which was fighting a life-and-death battle with the Germans at Verdun, they believed that they could continue to negotiate on Romania's conditions. If Romania could flank Germany and Austria, which had almost no troops, the war would end in victory for the Allies.
Russia is firmly opposed to Romania's conditions. Different from history, this time Romania's conditions overlap with Russia's conditions (overlapping in the Carpathians and parts of Galicia, and also partly with Serbia's Banat conditions).
There are overlapping regions). As a greedy polar bear, of course he does not want anyone to snatch meat from his bowl. Therefore, Russia’s request for Romania is that the conditions for the overlapping parts must be modified.
As for Britain's conditions for Romania, it believes that Romania's ambitions must be suppressed and Romania's ambitions cannot be given too generous conditions. Britain is considering the future post-war pattern. If Romania gains too much from this war, then the Balkans
The region will still not be peaceful.
After eliminating the different demands of the three countries, they all agreed that they could continue to negotiate terms with Romania. So the longest negotiation on joining the war in World War I began, but no one among the three countries expected it.
The ambassadors of the three countries in Romania and Windillero became the liaisons in the middle. They constantly conveyed each other's conditions to their governments.
Edel, who was staying in the palace, was also paying attention to this negotiation because of the negotiations he initiated.
"Your Majesty, these are the conditions of the Allied Powers that you received from the Prime Minister."
The Chief of Guards, Carlust, placed the negotiation content secretly obtained from the Prime Minister on Edel's desk. He said that he obtained it secretly, but in fact, the Prime Minister did this deliberately. This was the tacit understanding between Edel and the Prime Minister on this matter.
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"Karu, just put it here."
After Edel raised his head and replied to the captain of the guard, he continued to care about the family situation of the captain of the guard. "Is Vimia feeling better?"
Calust told Edel truthfully. "Thank you for your majesty's concern. She is getting better. The doctor said that she will be fully recovered in just half a month."
This Vimia is Calust's wife, and yes, our captain of the guard is married. In the past two years, Edel saw that the captain of the guard was still single and didn't care about his personal problems at all. So he treated his wife Su
Feimali mentioned it and asked her to look out for any suitable girls who would be suitable for the captain of the bodyguard.
Sophie Marie is also very keen on finding a wife for the captain of the bodyguard. Originally, she planned to set up a relationship with Anna, the personal maid, and Calust. However, neither of them had feelings for each other, so Sophie Marie could only look for someone else. In a palace
At the party, she discovered the gentle Vimia, so she introduced them to each other. As a result, Miss Vimia became the wife of the captain of the guard. It was just that Vimia had a serious illness some time ago, so she
There are Edel's concerned inquiries about this.
However, Edel just asked a question with concern. After receiving the answer from the captain of the guard, he picked up the conditions given to the Prime Minister by the Allied Powers and read them. From the Barnet area and the Saraished area of Krisana to the area east of Sebis
(All of Timis County, all of Kalash County in Romania, the eastern part of Adela County, and the southeastern corner of Bihor County). As for the benefits now provided by the Allies, Edel would not be satisfied with the final conditions for joining the war. But this is just
The Allied camp's first concession, Edel thought it was still negotiable.
Edel this time hinted that the Prime Minister was testing the conditions of the Allies because he had his own considerations. Because he wanted to know whether his many movements in Romania would affect the progress of World War I. If Germany suddenly exploded and defeated France on the Western Front, then
Edel's Greater Romania plan is about to come to nothing. But for now, it seems that Britain and France are still resisting the German offensive on the Western Front just like in their previous lives.
This can be seen from the replies of the three countries to Romania's conditions. If the war situation is critical, then the three countries will definitely agree to Eder's conditions without hesitation. The current negotiations with Romania because the conditions are too far apart show that the three countries are confident to block Germany's attack.
Offensive. This is also good news for Romania. After all, no one wants to join the war with conditions that will not be fulfilled.
Now Edel thinks that the conversation can continue, but the time can be postponed because so far, he has not decided whether to snipe the Red Russians.
Edel has been thinking about this issue in private. The emergence of Red Russia can maximize Romania's interests in World War I. However, considering its strong organizational capabilities, World War II will also become an obstacle that Romania cannot overcome.
But to prevent the emergence of Red Russia, Romania's strength must be exhausted. This will prevent Romania from gaining enough benefits in World War I. This is sacrificing Romania's interests to benefit the entire capitalist world. Edel is now
Not that big of a sentiment.
Therefore, Edel is also undecided about the time to join the war. But now he can slowly negotiate the conditions. As for when Romania will join the war, he needs to wait until Edel makes up his mind.
