Before the ink was drying on the terms of the alliance with Germany, public opinion erupted from Romania.

They published about the oppression of Bulgarians in Greece by the government, and many newspapers published pictures of local Bulgarians being beaten by the Greeks. One of the most cited is one of Bulgarian women with a blue nose and swollen face sitting on the ground, still holding a crying little girl in her arms, while next to them stand several Greek teenagers with fierce faces.

The photo sparked the anger of the Romanian people, who demanded that the government provide protection for these poor people. In the former Bulgarian territory, the population became even more angry, and they took to the streets to demand that the government take decisive measures against Greece to protect the Bulgarians abroad.

At the same time, outside the Greek embassy, demonstrators crowded the place, asking them to burn the Greek flag, throw paint at the embassy, throw rotten eggs, stones and everything else that could be thrown. This made the Greek embassy a mess, and at the same time, the bad smell could not be dissipated here for a long time, so that the staff in the embassy were not in the mood to work. For this reason, the Greek ambassador Aristine protested to the Romanian government, but in exchange for a single message, asking him to remain calm.

At the height of popular anger, Romania summoned the ambassador.

Kostel, who was the Romanian foreign minister, looked at the Greek ambassador with cold eyes. "Ambassador Aristine, this is a diplomatic letter from our country, please reply to the above request within three days."

Kostel handed the letter to the Greek ambassador in front of him, and left without looking back, leaving the ambassador alone here with some misfortune.

This is a letter from Romania to the oppression of Bulgarians in Greece, which also represents Romania's attitude. However, Kostel's attitude just now made Ambassador Aristine feel terrified. When he opened the letter and looked at its contents, he was even more speechless.

In fact, there are not a few articles above, nothing more than an apology and compensation for these Bulgarians, but there is one most crucial condition that makes Ambassador Aristin feel almost out of breath.

This clause is based on the fact that Greece has committed racial oppression of the Bulgarians in the region, and that Romania, as the successor to the former Kingdom of Bulgaria, now demand that Greece return the territories set aside by the Peace of Nay so that the population of the region will not continue to be oppressed by the Greek Government.

In a nutshell, Romania is now disappointed in Greece's oppression of the Bulgarians in the region and demands that Greece return these territories.

Moreover, this diplomatic note has a time limit, requiring Greece to reply within 72 hours. Looking at this letter, which was like a declaration of war, the Greek ambassador Aristine had no other idea at all, and he now just wanted to send the news back home as soon as possible.

When an urgent telegram from Romania arrived in Athens, Metaxas, as the prime minister of Greece and also the dictator, immediately realized that the situation was not good, and on the one hand issued a mobilization order, on the other hand, he asked Britain and France for help, asking the two countries to intervene in the dispute with Romania.

At this time, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and France's Daladier were busy with their feet because of the Czech crisis. At this time, Chamberlain had not yet flown to meet with Hitler, but he had already exchanged views with the French Prime Minister and Daladier, that is, to try to avoid a new war between Britain and France.

Therefore, in the face of the sudden outbreak of the Greek crisis, the two countries have even more headaches. Since Romania was a newly rising power, it was necessary to be cautious in its approach to it. If Britain and France had strongly supported Greece, there was a possibility of war, and although this could have been helped by Greece, Romania's strength was very considerable.

The two countries have estimated that Romania, with its population of 48 million (the latest statistics in 1938), is enough to break out an army of three or four million, and the Romanian military industry is good enough to meet its own needs. It was very difficult for the British and French governments to get the army to fight against them.

The difficulties mainly came from the people's antipathy to the war, mainly because the First World War was too tragic, in which the British suffered 2.4 million casualties, and although there were colonial troops as cannon fodder, the main battle had to be borne by British soldiers. (This is also the reason why in World War II, Britain used more colonial troops, and the local casualties in World War I were too heavy, so it was better to be cannon fodder)

France was even worse as the main target, with a total of more than 5 million casualties among French soldiers, and it took almost a generation to defeat Germany. Moreover, after the victory, the two countries were heavily indebted, and their economies were also depressed due to the aftermath of the war.

Even in 1936, the British pacifist organization conducted a poll and found that 90% of the people refused to participate in the war, and the idea of anti-war and peace was deeply rooted in almost everyone.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the current economic downturn in Britain and France, and many social problems caused by the unemployed.

In addition, the attitude of the British and French governments towards economic interest above all else also fully shows that neither government is ready for war.

All these reasons combined with everything made Britain and France fear war.

Therefore, upon receipt of the request from Greece, Britain and France immediately sent a diplomatic note to Romania, demanding that Romania lift the time limit for the letter, and that no military action should be carried out until the negotiations were fruitless.

Although the attitude of Britain and France seems to be a little tough, the powerlessness revealed by them has long been seen through by Eder.

Before, Romania had an attitude of going to fight a big war in Greece, which was equivalent to me burning the house, which caused others to quickly dissuade me, and at this time you said that you would not burn the house, but I would open a window.

Although this is just a matter of expressing a statement, there should also be a stance of expressing a tough attitude. First of all, Romania mobilized 24 divisions and nearly 400,000 troops to the border area, and at the same time, the navy consisted of four battleships (including the Vlad, which was undergoing sea trials), two aircraft carriers, four heavy cruisers, and a large fleet of light cruisers and destroyers, which were marching through the Black Sea straits and heading towards the Sea of Love.

In addition, Romania issued a call order, announcing a national conscription of 500,000 recruits. It is worth mentioning that in this conscription order, the largest number of soldiers from Bulgarian ethnic groups, this Greek crisis, the former Bulgarian territory, in one fell swoop, completed 230,000 of the 500,000 conscription orders (21 Romanians, 40,000 Ukrainians, 10,000 Hungarians, and about 10,000 other ethnic groups), worthy of the highest mobilization rate in World War I.

It is precisely because of such a move by Romania. Let Britain and France think that Romania wants to do something against Greece, so they have to stop the Greek crisis first.

As for how to solve the Greek crisis that broke out, this is a simple matter that can be discussed slowly.