After the outbreak of Ottoman Turkey, this attracted the attention of all the surrounding countries. Because now Ottoman Turkey still has a good territory in Europe, and they all want to carve up a piece of fat on Turkey.

In Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, discussions about the bourgeois revolution in Turkey also arose among Franz Joseph and his ministers.

"This revolution in the Young Turks is an opportunity for us now, and we prepared this plan last year. Now as long as the countries are well coordinated, I believe that they (Bosnia and Herzegovina) are very willing to join the empire. Foreign Minister Aloyce Ehrenthal made his own proposal.

Prime Minister Alois Elenthal also spoke about the Russian side. "Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Isvorsky, the day before the outbreak of this Turkish revolution, offered to discuss the mutual changes of the Berlin Treaty of 1878, allowing us to support Russia's demand for Constantinople in exchange for our annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Novi Pazar."

"These Russians have just healed their wounds and are interested in Constantinople again, aren't they afraid of another Russo-Japanese War?" Chief of the General Staff Conrad said with a smile.

"These Russians are so greedy, they have been thinking about Constantinople for more than a hundred years, did the British acquiesce to them?" Another important minister voiced his doubts.

"This is impossible, until the last moment, the British will not allow this polar bear to have territory in the Mediterranean, and Constantinople is so important to Russia that even if we agree with it, other countries will not agree." Foreign Minister Arois Ehrenthal refuted the important minister's remarks.

For the current Austro-Hungarian. The Italian War of Independence of 1859 deprived it of all non-Austrian historical territories in Italy, and the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 excluded it from the German Confederation.

In the mid-seventies of the nineteenth century, a series of riots against Ottoman rule took place in the Balkans, and the Turks adopted an equally violent and repressive attitude. Tsar Alexander II of Russia wanted to intervene in the Ottoman Empire, seeking an agreement with Austria-Hungary. In the Budapest Convention of 1877, the two countries agreed that Russia would annex Bessarabia and that Austria-Hungary would show benevolent neutrality towards Russia in the war with Turkey. As compensation for this support, Russia agreed to the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary.

Shortly thereafter, the Russians declared war, and after some setbacks, the Turks ruthlessly drove back to within a few miles of Istanbul. What prevented the Russians from completely driving the Turks out of Europe was the willingness of other powers, notably Great Britain and Austria-Hungary, to implement an earlier treaty, the 1841 Convention on the Straits of London, which stipulated that the Strait of Constantinople would be closed to warships in wartime. This has the effect of loading the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, but it will be worthless if the Russian army relies on land to control the straits.

Immediately after the victory, the Russians imposed the Treaty of San Stefano on the Ottomans, in part in violation of the commitments of the Budapest Convention, and declared that Bosnia and Herzegovina would be occupied by both Russian and Austrian forces.

The Treaty of Santo Stefano was overturned by the Treaty of Berlin in 1878. Under Article 29, Austria-Hungary received special rights in the Ottoman province of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Novi Pazar. Article 25 states: "The province of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be occupied and administered by Austria-Hungary" and continues: "Austria-Hungary reserves the right to maintain garrisons and to have military and trade routes throughout the region."

The secession of Montenegro from Serbia prevented the geographical and political union of the two countries, which were often closely aligned. The Austrian occupation of Sanjak was also important because it provided Austria-Hungary with a transit zone that could in the future expand to the Ottoman-controlled port of Shassalonica in Macedonia in the Aegean. Bosniaks are already religiously divided between ***, Catholics and Orthodox Christians.

Austria-Hungary exercised its right to firmly control Bosnia and Herzegovina, occupying Sanjak in Novi Pazar together with the Ottoman Empire. The Treaty of Berlin allowed Austria to occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina alone, but did not specify the final disposition of the provinces. But nominally still part of the Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary had long wanted to turn escrow into self-management.

But the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina would cause contradictions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, and in 1903, a coup d'état in Serbia introduced a new pro-Russian Karatilesewicz dynasty and shifted political power to elements that broadly focused on expanding to Bosnia. These Serbs wanted to take over Novi Pazar and Sanjak in Bosnia and Herzegovina from Austria-Hungary. Serbian-Austro-Hungarian relations gradually deteriorated.

However, Russia's military humiliation in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905 and the ensuing internal unrest made it much less able to support Serbia. Last year, Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Alois Elenthal began working on a plan to consolidate Austria-Hungary's position vis-à-vis Serbia through the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Now the Austro-Hungarian attempt to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina caused discontent in Serbia, since Austria-Hungary did not promise Serbia, Novi Pazar and Sanjak regions at all.

In Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, King Peter Karageovich convened important ministers to counsel about a matter that was very bad for the kingdom.

"Vienna did not agree to our request." The Minister for Foreign Affairs uttered this unpleasant remark.

"We Serbs live in those two places, and these Austrians are so ignorant of our demands." The representative of the military, General Putnik, spoke his mind.

"Yes, the Austrians must be made to face up to our reasonable demands." Another intelligence chief, Colonel Dragutin, also agreed with the military's words.

"It's better to ask for Russian help." A dignified minister said.

"Now that Russia has not recovered from the wounds of the last (Russo-Japanese) war, will it help us? And the Russians also have their own interests, and we are not necessarily afraid of the Austrians. Dragutin spoke his advice.

After intense discussions, Serbia made a decision. If Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina and cannot give Novi Pazar and Sanjak to Serbia, then Serbia will mobilize its army to express its determination.