Chapter 570 Retreat to Advance
The situation in the Balkans is complicated. Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece have all been powerful in different historical periods and have dominated the Balkan Peninsula to a certain extent.
So after these countries became independent, they regarded restoring the largest territory in history as their ultimate dream and put it into practice.
The "Greater Bulgaria" dreamed by Bulgarians includes the plains between the Danube River and the Balkan Mountains, North and South Dobroga, Sofia, Pirot, Vranje, Thrace, and Macedonia. .
This plan had a serious conflict with the interests of the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Serbia, and was also the main reason for the outbreak of the Second Balkan War.
After the Second Balkan War, the "Greater Bulgaria" plan had gone bankrupt, and August could only hope to gain asylum from George and the Russian Empire through Polis.
As for whether there is still a chance for "Greater Bulgaria" in the future, we have to wait and see.
Accepting Albania into the Balkan Union is a joint decision of all Balkan countries. Albania is a little less than enthusiastic about this invitation.
In the St. Petersburg Conference, Kosovo was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbia and northern Epirus to the Kingdom of Greece. Albania’s current territorial area is almost half less than what the Albanian government claimed.
So Albania has quite a few complaints against the Russian Empire and the Balkan Alliance, believing that Albania's interests have been violated.
However, Albania did not dare to refuse the invitation of the Balkan Alliance, because the Albanian interim government knew very well that without the protection of the Russian Empire or the Balkan Alliance, Albania simply could not survive.
As Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, August hoped to show a new Kingdom of Bulgaria to other Balkan countries through Adrianople.
In order to eliminate the impact of the Second Balkan War, Augustus hoped to repair relations with the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Romania.
This now seems to be very effective. After Georgi ascended the throne, the Greek Kingdom moved closer to the Russian Empire.
The marriage between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Romania provides a second safety rope for the stability of the Balkan Alliance.
While August was receiving representatives from various countries, Polis was accompanying Ferdinand on a tour of the airport.
Ferdinand’s mood was a bit complicated. Adrianople Airport is the first airport in the Balkan Peninsula.
Ferdinand’s attitude towards new things was very open. After the Balkan War, Ferdinand asked the Russian Empire to help the Kingdom of Romania develop its air force. However, after learning about the cost of establishing an air force, this idea changed. Had to give up.
Establishing an air force is not as simple as purchasing a few aircraft from the Russian Empire, it requires an entire mature supporting system.
The Kingdom of Romania, unlike the Kingdom of Bulgaria, faced the threat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Therefore, the Kingdom of Romania had to devote its main energy to the construction of the army to prevent the invasion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Even the navy was unable to take care of it.
We can't afford to build warships, let alone the air force. The price of a transport aircraft, even after a discount, is much more expensive than a patrol boat.
The Romanian Navy's most powerful warship is currently a cruiser gifted by the Russian Empire. It is more than 20 years old.
Poliss has nothing to say about this.
If the Kingdom of Romania is willing to hand over the responsibility of national defense to the Russian Empire, then the Russian Empire will have no problem directly sending an air force to the Kingdom of Romania, let alone helping the Kingdom of Romania to form an air force.
Ferdinand is a little suffocated. You two are really a little inappropriate.
Polis and Ferdinand met Vasily at the airport, who was also inspecting.
"Bertie, when are you going to get Bob and Liz engaged?"
Vasily is concerned about his nephew's marriage.
"Hmph——"
Ferdinand did not continue, not satisfied with the progress of Alexandra and Carol.
This is really not because George looks down on others, but because Carol actively withdraws and does not dare to pursue Alexandra. "What are you moaning about? Are you feeling unwell?"
Vasily was rude to Ferdinand. His status was similar to Ferdinand's.
If the king of the Balkan countries is not called a tsar, he is actually a grand duke. In the Russian Empire, he is basically on the same level as a duke.
Vasily is the current Duke Suvorov, and the surname "Suvorov" itself has a bonus.
"Vasily, you have to restrain your soldiers and don't start provocations."
Ferdinand was also dissatisfied with Vasily.
After the Kingdom of Bulgaria ceded South Dobroga to the Kingdom of Romania, the offensive and defensive positions were changed. Now it is the turn of the Kingdom of Bulgaria to ask the Kingdom of Romania to treat the Bulgarians living in South Dobroga well.
During the period when the Kingdom of Bulgaria ruled South Dobroga, the Romanians living in South Dobroga were indeed treated unfairly by the Kingdom of Bulgaria to a certain extent.
Now the Romanian government treats the Bulgarians living in South Dobroga with the same standards, which naturally arouses dissatisfaction among the local Bulgarians.
The Bulgarians were being treated unfairly and sought help from the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
So for more than a year, there have been conflicts at the Luobao border.
"Uncle Albert, if you don't like the Bulgarians in South Dobroga, why not send them back to Bulgaria and we will completely resolve this contradiction."
Polis performance , far more mature than Ferdinand imagined.
As long as the two places live together, similar problems will definitely arise, and the conflicts will never be resolved.
Although Polis' method is not perfect, it is the optimal solution in this situation.
Ferdinand frowned, this was no small matter.
There are about 150,000 Bulgarians living in South Dobroga, which is not many, but not many.
In this era when all countries regard population as their most precious resource, it is hard to say whether it is a blessing or a curse for Ferdinand to release these people back to Bulgaria.
Sending people back to Bulgaria is indeed very beneficial to solving the dispute between Romania and Bulgaria.
But if interpreted by a thoughtful person, it will become a reason to slander Ferdinand and the Romanian royal family.
After the Kingdom of Romania and the Russian Empire formed an alliance, there were rumors in Romania that King Carol I of Romania was transferring Romanian interests to the Russian Empire.
In 1907, a peasant uprising broke out in the Kingdom of Romania.
These rumors, as well as the black hands behind the uprising, all came from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
“Little guy, who did you learn this from?”
Ferdinand felt that he was being roasted by Polis and was in a dilemma.
Looking at Polis, who still had a childish look on his face and didn’t even have a beard, Ferdinand had a new understanding of George.
(End of this chapter)