On 2 May, Ottoman diplomatic representatives again arrived in London.

It is inconceivable that the team, still led by Foreign Minister Kakhavic, as a top member of the Freedom and Harmony Party, escaped the liquidation of Al-Shabaab.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is completely feasible that he was able to escape in this coup d'état in the Ottoman Empire, completely because no one was willing to take over and was destined to humiliate the peace talks, so in order to let this Kakhvich continue to lead the team, so he was used to let him continue to come. Moreover, they have already agreed to the peace conditions of the Balkan alliance for this peace talks.

This time, the Balkan alliance countries did not raise the conditions for the Ottoman Empire, not because of conscience, but because of the place where they could be taken, which had already been indicated in the first peace talks, and the Ottomans could not get it in Istanbul, the best place in Europe, and the Ottoman finances would not allow it if the reparations were paid, and the European powers would not agree, so they could only continue to put forward the conditions of the last time.

After the British government provided a venue for negotiations, the warring Balkan allies and the Ottoman diplomatic team were seated, and with the attention of representatives of the European powers, the negotiations finally began.

This time, it was Bulgarian Foreign Minister Dolasloch who stood up and asked. "Mr. Kakhvich, I wonder what the Ottoman government has considered this time about our conditions?"

Kakhovich has long received the conditions of the Balkan countries, and in his opinion, according to the situation, the current conditions are quite good, but he still wants to test it.

"We think this condition can be negotiated."

Foreign Minister Dilásloch asked mockingly with a smile on his face. "Discuss what? Are you giving up Constantinople? ”

Hearing the mocking words of the Bulgarian foreign minister, the representatives of the Balkan countries couldn't help but laugh. They had long known the Ottoman foreign minister's awkward position in his government through intelligence, and it was estimated that he would not know where he would be after the diplomatic negotiations, so the Balkan countries were not polite at all.

Kakhovic also felt a little embarrassed by the ridicule of the representatives of the Balkan countries, but he still knew his responsibility, and in the face of the mocking questions of the Bulgarian foreign minister, he still answered. "We have no chance of giving up the capital, which is something that the 28 million Ottomans would not agree to."

Hearing Kakhvich's answer, Greek Foreign Minister Konstantin felt the need to correct his mistake himself. "Mr. Kakhvich, I want to correct your mistakes. Now you don't have 28 million people, you have 21 million people. That's our bottom line, and you should be thankful that we didn't have a markup. ”

Kakhvich heard the words of Greek Foreign Minister Konstantin and knew with years of diplomatic experience that this was a trap. If he does not deny it, then it shows that the Ottoman attitude has recognized the conditions of the Balkan states. Now he intends to preserve the last dignity for the Ottoman Empire. "Now that our negotiations have not been completed, the division of Macedonia and Thrace and other regions has not yet ended, is Foreign Minister Konstantin's words too rushed."

Greek Foreign Minister Konstantin, who was asked by Kakhvich, immediately retorted with a change of face. "Do you dare to go back on it?"

The host of the negotiations, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey, saw that the negotiations had just begun to be so noisy, so he had to intervene to reassure both sides. He said loudly to the negotiators. "Delegates and gentlemen."

The foreign ministers who were interrupted by the words of British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray quieted down and treated the British Foreign Secretary with respect, which is a reflection of Britain's status as the number one power in Europe. After seeing that his words still quieted them, Edward Gray was satisfied, and he continued. "Negotiators, you are all here to negotiate peace for the people of the Balkans, and governments are looking forward to what you bring back. I hope that you will be able to come up with the results of the negotiations as soon as possible and bring peace back to that land. ”

After British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey finished speaking, the negotiations proceeded quickly. Both sides understood the situation on the other side, and there were not much differences on the ceded territory, so the progress was very fast, and it took only a week to basically negotiate. A week is already quite fast for war and peace talks, after all, it involves territorial changes, whether people are relocated in the changed territory, who need to be relocated, whether military prisoners and weapons and equipment are returned, and so on, all need to be negotiated one by one.

The warring Balkan League and Ottoman representatives were all about the same terms, and British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray asked both sides. "Are you all satisfied with the conditions?"

At this time, a discordant voice came. "I'm a little dissenting."

As far as the delegates in the room could see, it was Bodeelt, the observer of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who spoke the words.

Boris, Russiawatch's representative, felt the need to stand up for the Balkan boys. "Mr. Bodeelt, why didn't you say it earlier if you have any objections to this treaty, and now that the talks are over. And this is a negotiation between the Balkan countries and the Ottomans, and you Austria-Hungary have too much to control. ”

After being shelled by Boris, the representative of Austria-Hungary, Bodeel, did not get angry, but spoke slowly. "I disagree that this treaty does not protect the Albanian people."

It turned out that this Bodeer meant the Albanian region, and the Albanians were descendants of the Ilia people, the ancient inhabitants of the Balkan Peninsula.

In 167 BC, Albania was occupied by Rome. In the centuries that followed, the country was invaded repeatedly. After the 9th century AD, it was ruled by the Byzantine Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Serbia and the Republic of Venice. In 1190, an independent feudal principality was established, and in 1385 the Turkish Ottoman Empire invaded Albania, and in 1415 it was invaded by Turkey, and it was ruled by Turkey for nearly 500 years.

By the 18th century, two ethnic groups were gradually formed around the Albanian settlement, and different written languages were formed, and the Tosca, who lived in the south of the Shikun River, were mainly engaged in agriculture and were more economically and culturally developed due to better geographical and transportation conditions.

Last year, on 28 November 1912, Albania declared its independence, although none of the Balkan countries recognized its independent status. Both Serbia and Greece want to divide it. Serbia gets the lion's share of it, so that it can get the port of her dreams, and get rid of the problem of domestic exports going through Austria-Hungary. This was also the area that Seville was supposed to get in the previous Balkan League, while Greece was given the region of Northern Epirus and the region of Saranda in Albania. Now Austria-Hungary's statement has made Serbia's hopes of getting its own port uncertain.

Faced with such a situation, Foreign Minister Milanovic, the Serbian negotiator, could not sit still and hurriedly stood up and retorted. "Albania was liberated by the hard fighting of Seville and the Greek army, and we cannot give up where we have fought bloodily."

The words of Foreign Minister Milanović, the representative of Seville, were echoed by the Greek Foreign Minister Konstantin, who had the same territorial needs in Albania.

"We can't give up Albania because of your Excellency's words."

In the face of the indignant statements of the Serbian and Greek foreign ministers that they would not back down, the Austro-Hungarian representative Bodeel stared at the Russian representative Boris and replied to them casually. "What is your slogan for waging war?"

He continued to answer himself. "I remember liberating the people who were oppressed by the Ottomans. Now that Albania is independent, and there is no Ottoman oppression on them, then why carve up the territory of an independent state. ”

Seeing the actions of the Austro-Hungarian representatives, the Russian representative Boris knew that he had to support them at this time. He thought about it. "Albania, as we call it for the time being, is not recognized by the international community. We can't recognize a small group of people as a country just because they declare independence, and then society will be in chaos. ”

Hearing the Russian delegate strongly support his statement, Seville Foreign Minister Milanovic also agreed. "Mr. Boris is right, we cannot recognize a small group of ambitious people as a state just because they have declared independence."

Seeing that the Austro-Hungarian representative was being questioned by Russia, Serbia, and Greece, a representative of another country stood up and said. "But both our country and Austria-Hungary recognized Albania's independent status."

Everyone looked over and it turned out to be the representative of Italy, Vittorio, who was supporting the statement of the representative of Austria-Hungary. Seeing that it was the Italian representative who supported the Austro-Hungarian viewpoint, the Russian representative Boris knew that the Balkan countries no longer had the right to speak on the Albanian issue, and it depended on the attitude of the European powers. Behind Austria-Hungary and Italy, Germany knows what to choose. He now needed the support of his allies, so he turned his attention to the French representative, Jean Barker, and the French representative felt a big head in the face of the Russian representative's plea for help.

Before he arrived, he had been told by French Prime Minister Joseph Cailliaud that France should not be involved in the Balkans by Russia, and that if there was too much of a dispute over the Balkans, France should not get too involved. It also has to do with the goals of the French, who don't have much interest in the Balkans, and who have a hostile Germany next to France, is already under enough pressure on the border, and they don't want too much entanglement in other areas.

The representative of France asked Barker to come up with his own proposal, after a little reflection. "I feel that the Albanian question needs to be discussed specifically, and now it is a bit out of place for Austria-Hungary to bring it up."

Seeing the hesitation of the French representative, the Russian representative looked at the host, the British Foreign Secretary, Edward Gray. Faced with Russia's plea gaze, Foreign Secretary Edward Gray spoke. "I agree with the representative of France that the question of Albania really needs to be discussed."

Seeing that Britain and France had proposed to postpone the Albanian question, Russian representative Boris knew that the situation was unfavorable and could only agree with it. "Let's postpone that we talk about."

The Austro-Hungarian and Italian representatives, knowing that they were now facing each other without fighting the war card, also agreed to postpone the talks, anyway, they had already seen that Britain and France did not give much support to Russia in the Balkans, and apparently hoped that Russia would put its experience into the German-Austro-Austrian border opposite Poland.

In the subsequent, the Balkan countries and the Ottomans had no intention of negotiating, and the conditions had already been negotiated, and now the Balkan countries are more concerned with how Albania should deal with it, after all, it is a land of nearly 40,000 square kilometers, which is obviously much stronger than the Ottoman plan.

British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey, who presided over the negotiations, saw this situation and spoke. "Everyone's running out of energy, or let's continue to talk another day."

His words made all the preoccupied deputies nod their heads in agreement, and today's negotiations ended without a hitch. When he was going out, Foreign Minister Milanovic of Serbia approached Greek Foreign Minister Konstantin to go out together. And the Russian representative Boris approached the French representative Jean Buck, and it seems that he also intends to go out together. Seeing this, the other negotiators went out separately, ready to digest today's news. Seeing that everyone was almost gone, the representatives of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy also planned to go back to discuss.

Outside the door, Boris, the Russian representative, got into the carriage of the French representative, Jean Barker. After the coachman set up the carriage and drove slowly down the road, Boris, the Russian representative, began to ask questions. "Mr. Jean Bak, why can't our three countries form a joint force on the Albanian issue this time? Now this situation makes us very passive. ”

After hearing Boris's words, the French representative asked Buck to speak slowly. "Mr. Boris, you must know that we are in alliance with your Russia, but I hope that our three countries will work together against the Allies, and not so that your country can expand in the Balkans. The loan of our country is also for this purpose, and if there are no prerequisites, then our alliance will be meaningless. ”

After hearing the French's words of persuasion and warning, Boris knew that this was a manifestation of France's dissatisfaction with Russian expansion in the Balkans. Now he knew that this time France would not have much support for the Russians, and although there was little hope, he could only put his hopes on the British.

In the evening of the same day, Boris visited the British Foreign Secretary, Edward Gray, to get support from him, and the British, although they also supported Greece behind their backs, were apparently reluctant to get too involved in the Albanian question.

Without the support of the two allies, Boris knew that the Albanian question could only be based on the opinions of Austria-Hungary and Italy. At best, they can only fight for them to divide the territory, and Serbia's long-awaited port is not helping.

Sure enough, in the subsequent negotiations, Russia and Austria-Hungary and Italy were the main ones, and the two sides repeatedly negotiated on the Albanian issue. Eventually, on the advice of Austria-Hungary and Italy, Albania was taken out for independence and Germany sent a prince as king. Russian representative Boris won for Seville to cede Kosovo in Albania to Serbia and Greece to the region of North Epirus. This has made both countries very unhappy, and a new crisis is brewing. 8)