Chapter 134: Anti-Protection Secret Alliance
After receiving the telegram, Ambassador Ferarowski personally sent it to Serbian Prime Minister Plotic in the evening of the same day.
"Ambassador Ferralowski, thank you very much for your help, and we in Serbia will remember this friendship."
Prime Minister Protic, who had taken a look at the telegram first, said his words of gratitude to Ambassador Ferralowski. He has reason to do so, and the Russian ambassador will join this Serbian-Romanian negotiation, and he will certainly be quite polite. This time it was also Ambassador Ferrarowski's luck that burst out, Serbia was in a hurry to negotiate, and the country had no choice but to take him to the post, so the lucky apple fell on his head.
Ambassador Feralovsky also said to Prime Minister Protic with a smile on his face. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I will endorse the outcome of this negotiation on behalf of the Russian government in the next negotiations."
"Thank you, Ambassador."
After the two had been talking for a while, Ambassador Ferarowski was about to leave, and before leaving, he asked about the time of the negotiations.
"So when will the negotiations begin?"
"The morning after tomorrow, it will start in this hotel conference room."
Prime Minister Protic finally reassured himself after seeing off Ambassador Ferarowski. He did not stay in the hotel for the past two days, but walked around Bucharest, the capital of Romania, to learn about the local price level, wages, living pressures, etc., and in general, Romanians are enjoying the benefits of economic development. Although there are also shortcomings, such as the fact that there are many drunkards on the street, these people are drunk and fall asleep in a corner. The roads are narrow, and the traffic is sometimes congested, which is another reflection of the increasing number of wealthy people in Romania.
Not to mention that Romania's population of 8 million (the number of immigrants at the end of 1912 is counted) is twice that of Serbia's 3.34 million, which is more than the combined population of Serbia and Greece. Prime Minister Plotici is very envious in his heart, worthy of the plains, feeding the domestic population and being the second largest food exporter in Europe.
So after these two days of observation, the city of Bucharest is much more prosperous than Belgrade. And Romania is not only prosperous in the capital, the coastal port city of Constanta is now developing like the Romanian capital, but Prime Minister Plotici does not have time to look at it now, and he has to prepare for the next negotiations.
On the day of the resumption of negotiations, Prime Minister Bretianu and Foreign Minister Barnosque were already waiting in the conference room, and yesterday Prime Minister Protic sent someone to inform them that the Russian side would send someone to participate in the negotiations, which made both of them extremely excited. You must know that after Crown Prince Eder told Romania about the conditions, they didn't think that Russia would agree, after all, the friendship between Bulgaria and Russia can be seen by everyone, and although there is a little contradiction now, they will not just give up Bulgaria. Now they were impressed by the Crown Prince's extraordinary vision.
After receiving the news, Eder also secretly lucked himself for his speculation, if it were not for the memory of later generations, he would not dare to make such a condition, and now it seems that Russia agreed to the Romanian condition It will be much easier. As long as Russia agreed to the Entente, the Entente would not object, and Germany and Austria could not fully support Bulgaria now, which gave Romania an opportunity.
Prime Minister Bretianu and Foreign Minister Barnoske, when they saw Prime Minister Protic and Ambassador Feralovsky walk in, knew that the Russian representative was the Russian ambassador to Romania.
As soon as the negotiations began, Foreign Minister Barnosque asked with a smile on his face. "Your Excellency Prime Minister Protic, I wonder how the Serbian side has considered our conditions this time?"
"The fact that I'm here now speaks volumes." Prime Minister Plotic also said in a relaxed mood.
Anyway, he doesn't want Serbia to pay for its own interests, he only needs to take out the territory of Bulgaria to let Romania join the alliance, of course he will be very relaxed.
After hearing the Serbian Prime Minister's quip, Prime Minister Bretianu said it this time without being so gentle. "So am I confirming that the Serbian government confirms our possession of the territory of Bulgaria from the small town of Svisztov on the Danube along the small town of Preslav to the Black Sea?"
Hearing the undisguised and naked words of the Romanian Prime Minister, Prime Minister Protic said very seriously. "We recognize Romania's sovereignty over the above-mentioned areas and will confirm this in future peace negotiations with Bulgaria."
After listening to Prime Minister Protic's words, Bretianu looked at the Russian ambassador, Filalovsky. The ambassador knew that he needed to speak on behalf of the Russian government at this time, and he said in agreement. "We, the Russian government, will also agree to this condition of your country, and will support this demand in future peace talks."
After hearing that both men had agreed to Romania's terms of accession, Prime Minister Bretianu spoke to the two. "Then both delegates Russia and Serbia agree to our terms, and then we can begin negotiations on the issue of sending troops."
When Prime Minister Plotic heard that talks could begin on the sending of troops, he immediately stated Serbia's conditions. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I hope that Romania will declare war on Bulgaria as soon as the war begins, and that it will send no less than 400,000 troops to attack Bulgaria."
After hearing Prime Minister Protic say the conditions of Sevia, Prime Minister Bretianu reduced him one by one. "Prime Minister Protic, you don't know about the Romanian army, we can now fulfill the promise of sending more than 200,000 troops, and on the question of the time of Romania's entry into the war, we promise that it will not be later than your commitment five days after the declaration of war."
After hearing Prime Minister Bretianu say Romania's conditions, Prime Minister Protic, of course, will not be satisfied, he continued. "Prime Minister Brettianu, it is difficult for you Romanians to satisfy everyone. You know, even our Serbian army can mobilize 300,000 troops. And as an alliance, declaring war at the first time is what should be done. ”
After hearing that Prime Minister Protic was not satisfied, Prime Minister Bretianu continued to explain, "We can only do four days to declare war, after all, we also need to prepare, and as for the issue of sending troops, please rest assured that we can guarantee that the Romanian army of 200,000 will be enough to bring Bulgaria to its knees." ”
The two prime ministers then began to negotiate back and forth over the timing of the declaration of war and Romania's troop deployment, which was not settled until late that day. In this Treaty of Serome, Romania was obliged to declare a state of war against Bulgaria within four days in the event of war between Serbia and Bulgaria. And within three days of the declaration of war, Romania will send no less than 230,000 troops to attack Bulgaria.
As a condition for Romania's military contribution, Serbia would support its sovereignty over Bulgaria's 22,000 square kilometers of territory, stretching from the small town of Svisztof on the Danube to the small town of Preslav to the Black Sea. The Russian government will endorse this, and will also use its influence to get Britain and France to agree to Romania's demands. The treaty of alliance also stipulated that the countries should not negotiate peace with Bulgaria alone.
After the negotiations were completed, Protic returned to Serbia by train in the first few nights, as news came from the country that the Bulgarian army was showing signs of imminent movement.
On the third day, Greece and Montenegro also joined the alliance, this time Serbia took the lead in the middle, and the two countries were of course satisfied with Romania's accession, and they didn't need to pay anything for themselves, who could refuse the benefits of picking up for nothing.
At this point, the secret alliance of Romania, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro against Bulgaria was formally established.