Chapter 672 A Different Munich Conference (Part 1)
"Is the Prime Minister gone?"
Eder asked the foreign minister next to him.
"He left early this morning by plane. I personally put him on the plane."
In fact, if it hadn't been getting late yesterday, Chamberlain would have wanted to fly away immediately. However, after a night's rest, the British old man couldn't wait to leave by plane in the morning. As for the reason for leaving, Edel knew without guessing, he must have
Went to discuss with French Prime Minister Daladier.
However, no matter how they discuss it, Edel's attitude will not change. Romania needs the northern territory of Greece, which not only allows the government to add political points to the Bulgarians, but also the navy urgently needs the port of Salonika. This is the only thing Romania can currently obtain.
Mediterranean port.
In order to gain the strategic advantage of freedom before the war broke out, Edel was also determined to have this port.
However, although Eder thought so, he could not bear to be seen clearly by others. For example, the foreign minister around him was worried that Romania would use this to antagonize Britain and France.
"Your Majesty, is it too tough to respond to the British mediation this time?"
Seeing that Foreign Minister Costel was so worried about the possible overreaction of Britain and France, Edel knew that this was not just his attitude, but represented a large number of people. Although Romania is currently developing well in terms of strength, it is also a well-known country in the world.
.However, the prestige accumulated over hundreds of years from Britain and France cannot be eliminated so easily.
Even though the national strength of the motherland in later generations has been second only to the United States, many people still believe that Europe and Japan are strong.
Of course, unlike later generations, there is now a most direct way to solve this problem. Victory can eliminate these people's fear of Britain and France, although this needs to be under the guidance of Edel.
But now that the Foreign Minister is speaking, Eder cannot answer like this.
"Costel, our country needs a Mediterranean port, and you should be clear about the benefits. From yesterday's meeting with Chamberlain, I felt that Britain and France would make concessions to us, as long as we do not loosen our attitude."
"In addition, currently in the Thrace region of Greece, Bulgarians are inspired by the gathering of our troops on the front line, and large-scale demonstrations have broken out in cities such as Thessaloniki and Xanthi in the region."
What Edel said was the work of the intelligence service. After Edel became the king of Bulgaria, Holmonkman, who was instructed, began to lay chess pieces in the region and at the same time funded the political forces in the region.
And now it’s time to get rewarded. Tens of thousands of people protested in Xanthi alone. Holding high the flags of the United Kingdom of Romania and Bulgaria, these people marched in front of the city hall, shouting slogans demanding return.
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As for Thessaloniki, it is larger and has nearly 50,000 people. Like Xanthi, they all held the kingdom's flag and shouted slogans.
In the face of these demonstrations and protests, the Greek government did not dare to suppress them. On the one hand, there was pressure from the Romanian border, and on the other hand, there were warnings from Britain and France.
Because Britain and France had warned Greece before, asking it not to take any action to irritate Romania, otherwise Britain and France would stop their mediation work. Faced with the warnings of Britain and France, even the dictator Metaxas did not dare not listen.
Therefore, the Greek government's hands are tied and the momentum of demonstrations and protests has increased.
"But these won't bring much consideration to Britain and France."
It is obvious that Foreign Secretary Coster believes that these protest marches cannot affect British and French decision-making.
Facing the words of the Foreign Secretary, Edel shook his head and replied. "I know, this is just a way for me to test the attitude of Britain and France. And my personal envoy should have arrived in Italy."
Edel's words surprised Costel, because His Majesty had not discussed this matter with him at all. This made him feel a little wary. Was it because his previous remarks made His Majesty feel uneasy about him?
"Don't worry, this is just a private visit to ask Italy to support us."
Edel was right, it was indeed a private visit, but this time the private conversation was about other things. Edel's personal envoy Holsard presented a gift to Mussolini.
Mussolini in Rome was looking at this gift, which was a map of Albania. Eder planned to support Italy's occupation of Albania in exchange for Italy's support for Romania.
Italy's ambitions for the Balkans have always been very strong. Before World War I, Italy actively intervened in Balkan affairs. However, due to the exclusion of Austria-Hungary and Russia in the region, Italy had no chance at all.
Shortly after the end of World War I, Mussolini, who had just come to power at that time, used the murder of his general Enrico Tellini in Greece to provoke a dispute and occupied the Greek island of Corfu. However, due to the intervention of the League of Nations and
Italy's strength was weak, and the final result was that Italy received compensation from Greece and abandoned the island.
And now Edel put this opportunity in front of Mussolini.
After taking a look at the map, Mussolini raised his head and asked the special envoy in front of him. "Mr. Horsade, are you saying that Romania fully supports our country in acquiring Albania?"
"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister, our Majesty Eder believes that the current Balkan Peninsula is too disordered and there are so many disputes. And our country hopes that its friend Italy will intervene here, which is also very beneficial to our country."
Faced with such rhetoric, Mussolini smiled. "Isn't your country currently exerting influence in the Balkans? Why does it need our help?"
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, our country's focus has always been on Ukraine, and the dispute with Greece is also due to pressure from the former Kingdom of Bulgaria. You also know that a large number of Bulgarians are currently living in Macedonia and Thrace, and we must provide them with protection."
The words of Special Envoy Horsade moved Mussolini's heart. The two most important countries in Italy were picking their own prey, and Italy should not just sit idly by. Thinking of this, he stood up.
"The Greek government has always been composed of a group of villains who have gone too far towards the Bulgarians in the country. As a responsible big country, Italy fully supports Romania's legitimate interests."
Mussolini's words made Horsard feel relieved. This leader really, as His Majesty said, loves petty gains.
While Eder was taking care of Italy, Germany also made new moves. At present, Hitler has publicly declared that he would not hesitate to fight the Czech Republic for the Soviet Union and Taiwan. And he not only said this but also did it. Large-scale troops are gathering towards the German-Czech border.
At the same time, a "green plan" to invade the Czech Republic was also drawn up.
As Germany seemed to be ready for a war, Britain and France were completely unable to sit still. Coupled with Romania's previous mobilization posture, Britain and France, who felt that their countries were about to be dragged into a war by these two small countries, urgently negotiated.
One result was that all related countries were brought together for discussion and discussion.
, and Germany and Romania also expressed their approval, so the decision was made to get together for talks. As for the location, at Hitler's insistence, Munich would be the venue for the talks. So from Britain, France, Italy, Germany,
The five heads of state formed by Luo will negotiate a European peace in the land where Hitler was born.
As for the Czech Republic and Greece, which caused the two crises, they were waiting outside for the outcome of the negotiations. At the same time, the Soviet Union, as an important force in Europe, was completely ignored by Britain and France, which made Stalin, who was paying close attention to this, very unhappy.
Well, now the whole world is paying attention to Munich, hoping that the leaders of the participating countries will come up with a result.
