Chapter 265 Romanian Conditions

Prime Minister Brettianu returned to the Prime Minister's House after consulting with Eder.

Prime Minister Bretianu, who returned to the Prime Minister's Office, did not open the file bag given to him by the king in a hurry, but concentrated on handling many affairs of the government. Because he knew that if he read the bag of papers that the king had given him, it was estimated that his mind was full of negotiations, and he would not be able to do the work of the government this afternoon, so it was not too late to go home and read it.

After a busy afternoon of government work, Prime Minister Brettianu returned home in his car. After receiving greetings from his family, Prime Minister Brettianu returned to his study, and after a word of instruction not to be disturbed, he opened the pale blue file bag.

In these carefully prepared terms of negotiation, the Entente were offered a limit along the Tissa River to the Eastern Carpathians, and to include Southeastern Galicia (Lviv, Ivano, Chernivtsi, and southwestern Ternopil and southwestern corner of Khmelnytsky). According to Prime Minister Blettianu's estimates, this is a larger territory than Romania, but I don't know how the Entente will react when they see it.

Of course, this is all about the territory of Austria-Hungary, and Eder knew that it was impossible for the Russian Provisional Government to agree to this condition now, but he also prepared for the future. As long as the time comes, when the time comes, Soviet Russia and Germany will sign the "Peace of Brest", then Britain and France will ask Romania to sign this condition.

In addition to the territorial conditions, Eder prepared political and military conditions. The first political clause is that when signing a peace treaty with the Central Powers, Romania must be guaranteed the full amount of the territory to which it is entitled, and if there is any entry or exit, the Entente cannot sign a peace treaty with the Central Powers. This was Eder's attempt to ensure that the Entente would leave words on paper in the future, and that it would also be the basis for the new territories to be normal in the future.

Second, in deciding on the peace treaty, Britain, France, Russia, the United States, and Italy are on an equal footing with Romania, and there is no condescension or inferiority. This was also painstakingly prepared by Eder in order to improve Romania's position in the war. Otherwise, in the future Paris Peace Conference, Romania is very likely to be assigned the same second- and third-rate status as the Republic of China at that time. This was detrimental to the political and military status of Romania, and it was something that Eder tried to avoid.

In terms of military conditions, Eder planned to take advantage of the Allied forces relying on the port of Paralia. He intended to attack Romania while the Allied forces, which were still confronting the Bulgarian army, and could launch an attack to contain Bulgaria's reinforcements.

Here is a word more about the situation of Greece, after the Entente forced the landing of the Greek port city of Paralia, Prime Minister Vinizelos strongly advocated that Greece join the Entente side to obtain benefits. However, it was always opposed by King Constantine, who advocated neutrality. And the king, for the sake of neutrality, also removed Prime Minister Vinizelos.

So in 1916, the former prime minister went to Paralha to set up a new government, completely ignoring the principle of neutrality of Athens, and two governments emerged in Greece. In 1917, Britain and France decided to increase their control over Greece.

In May of this year, there was a flurry of rhetoric in Greece accusing King Constantine of remaining neutral because he had received a private gift from his relative, Kaiser Wilhelm II. These statements were inadvertently amplified and spread throughout Greece, and in the face of popular discussion, King Constantine knew that he was forcing himself to step down, and that the mastermind behind it must be the Entente.

However, in the face of such accusations, Konstantin knew that this was a British and French forced palace, and if he continued to prevent Greece from joining the war, then it is estimated that the popular revolt would not be far away, you must know that Greece has always been deeply controlled by the British. Now they have no ability to break out of the control of the Entente. This can be seen from the landing of the Entente in the port of Paralia, where the Greek troops did not fire a single shot.

According to Eder's information, he heard that the king had the intention of abdicating and letting his son inherit the throne. However, what exactly is the situation, this needs further information.

Prime Minister Brettianu burned it in a brazier after seeing the Romanian final conditions that Eder had set for himself.

Looking at the documents that burned to ashes, Prime Minister Brettianu let out a long sigh, the conditions that the king had given himself were very difficult. These contents were difficult for the Entente to agree to, especially since Russia would never agree to Romania's acquisition of the territory of Galicia. Now we can only continue to talk with the Entente slowly, and I hope that the Entente will not be very angry when they see it.

After the ambassadors of the three Entente countries received the Prime Minister's terms for Romania's entry into the war, they all looked at each other, and the Russian ambassador in particular, Feralovsky, showed great anger. Because of Romania's demands, there was no regard for Russia's attitude, which embarrassed Ambassador Ferralovsky.

Even Russia, which was hung up and beaten by Germany and Austria after the revolution, is not something that Romania can humiliate like this. That's right. That is the word that comes to Ambassador Ferralowski's mind right now.

In the presence of the British and French ambassadors, Ambassador Ferralowski could not help but roar. "Damn the Romanians, do they still have Russia in their eyes."

In the face of the anger of the Russian ambassador, the British and French ambassadors exchanged glances, and finally the French ambassador Frank, who succeeded Jean Bud, spoke to him. "Your Excellency Ferralowski, calm down and don't be so angry. We are just as unhappy with the conditions in Romania, but the most important thing is for us to send the Romanian conditions back home. ”

The French ambassador's words calmed Ferralowski a little, and the British ambassador Franley, who succeeded Richardman, also accosted him. "These Romanians are just too grinding. We've been talking to them for almost a year, and we're still sticking to our terms, and now it's better to add terms, I really don't know why the government is still used to these Romanians. ”

In the face of the speeches made by the British and French ambassadors to help him, Ambassador Ferarowski did not look like a hypocrisy, and it seemed that Britain and France were still on the side of Russia. So he answered and said. "These Romanians are too procrastinating, they don't do things at all, and they have too much appetite. I think it would be useful to mention it to our government to suppress the arrogance of the Romanians. ”

The Russian ambassador's tentative words were immediately dismissed by the British ambassador Franley. "I think it's only right to send Romania's conditions back to China first, and I believe that the government will give us instructions on the measures to deal with Romania."

"I agree with that."

Seeing that the British and French ambassadors did not mention his own proposal, Ambassador Ferarowski had no choice but to speak in passing. "Then I'll go back to the embassy to send a telegram, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Ambassador Ferralowski looked at the French ambassador who did not move, and had to leave first. It seems that the Russian Revolution, coupled with this fiasco, has slipped from the Big Three in every way.

After seeing the Russian ambassador leave, the British ambassador Frankley preached to Frank. "A telegram from London asked me to step up my efforts to woo Romania."

Ambassador Frank, who understood what Ambassador Franley meant, replied. "Paris sent me the same telegram."

It seems that Britain and France are also worried about the chaos in Russia, but as long as Russia is willing to continue fighting, it is believed that Romania is only an alternative option for Britain and France. Then it depends on the development of the political situation in Russia, but the situation in Russia is a bit bad at the moment.