Chapter 265： Romanian conditions

Prime Minister Bretianu returned to the Prime Minister's Office after discussing with Edel.

Prime Minister Bretianu, who returned to the Prime Minister's Office, did not rush to open the bag of documents the king gave him, but focused on handling many government affairs. Because he knew that if he saw the paper bag that the king gave him, he was probably full of negotiations, and there would be no way to do the government work this afternoon, so it would not be too late to go home and read it.

After a busy afternoon of government work, Prime Minister Bretianu returned home in his car. After accepting greetings from the family, Prime Minister Bretianu returned to the study. After ordering not to disturb others, he opened the light blue file bag.

In the negotiation conditions carefully prepared by Edel, the Allied Powers were opened along the Tisza River as the boundary, extending to the Eastern Carpathians, and connecting Southeast Galicia (Lviv, Ivano, Chernivtsi, as well as the southwestern corner of Ternopil and the southwestern corner of Khmelnitsky) are also included. According to Prime Minister Bretianu’s estimation, this is a territory larger than Romania, but I don’t know how the Allied countries will react to it.

Of course, here is the demarcation of the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Edel knew that the Russian Provisional Government could not agree to this condition, but he was also preparing for the future. As long as Soviet Russia and Germany sign the "Brest Peace Treaty", then the British and French will ask Romania to sign this condition.

In addition to territorial conditions, Edel also prepared political and military conditions. Among them, the first political article, signing a peace treaty with the Allies, must ensure that Romania obtains the territories that are due in the clause as much as possible. If there is any entry or departure, the Allies cannot sign a peace treaty with the Allies. This is Edel's guarantee that in the future the Allied Powers will write down words and phrases, and it is also a normal basis for obtaining new territories in the future.

Article 2: When deciding on a peace treaty, the five countries of Britain, France, Russia, the United States, and Italy have equal status with Romania, and there is no big or small inferiority. This is also what Edel painstakingly prepared in order to improve Romania's position in the war. Otherwise, in the future Paris Peace Conference, Romania is likely to be in the second- and third-rate status like the Republic of China at that time. This is very detrimental to the improvement of Romania's political and military status, and it is what Edel tried to avoid.

In terms of military conditions, Edel intends to take advantage of the Allied forces relying on the Port of Paralia. He intends to launch an attack in Romania while the Allied forces, which are still confronting the Bulgarian army, can launch an attack to contain Bulgaria's return aid.

Here is one more thing about Greece's situation. After the Allied countries forcibly landed in the Greek port city of Paralia, Prime Minister Venizelos strongly advocated that Greece join the Allied countries to gain benefits. However, he was always opposed by King Constantine, advocating to maintain neutrality. In order to be neutral, the king also removed Prime Minister Venizelos.

So in 1916, the former prime minister went to Paralia to establish a new government, completely ignoring the neutrality principle of Athens, so two governments appeared in Greece. After entering 1917, Britain and France decided to increase their control over Greece.

So in May of this year, there were a lot of comments in Greece, accusing King Constantine of remaining neutral because he received a private gift from his relative, Kaiser Wilhelm II. These remarks were inadvertently expanded and spread throughout Greece. In the face of the people's discussion, King Constantine knew that this was forcing him to step down, and the master behind it must be the Allied Powers Group.

However, in the face of such accusations, Constantine knew that this was a force of Britain and France. If he continued to prevent Greece from joining the war, then it is estimated that the popular riots would not be far away. You must know that Greece has always been deeply controlled by Britain. Now there is no ability to break away from the control of the Allies. This can be seen from the fact that the Allies landed at the port of Paralia and the Greek army did not fire a shot.

According to information obtained by Edel, I heard that the king had abdicated and intended to let his son inherit the throne. But what is the specific situation, this requires further information.

Prime Minister Bretianu was watching, and after Edel gave himself the Romanian final conditions, he burned them in a brazier.

Looking at the documents burned to ashes, Prime Minister Bretianu let out a long sigh, the king gave himself a difficult condition. These contents are difficult for the Allies to agree, especially Russia will never agree to Romania's acquisition of Galician territory. Now we can only continue to talk with the Allied countries slowly, and hope that the Allied countries will not be greatly annoyed by it.

After the ambassadors of the three countries of the Allies received the Prime Minister’s offer of Romania’s participation in the war, they all looked at each other, especially the Russian ambassador Feralowski expressed great anger. Because of Romania's request, there was no scrupulous attitude towards Russia, which embarrassed Ambassador Ferrarovsky.

Even Russia, who was hung up and beaten by Germany and Austria after the revolution, is not so humiliated by Romania. That's right. This is what Ambassador Feralowski has in mind now.

In the presence of the British and French ambassadors, Ambassador Feralowski couldn't help but roared. "Damn Romanians, is there any Russia in their eyes?"

Facing the anger of the Russian ambassador, the British and French ambassadors glanced at each other, and in the end, the French ambassador who succeeded Jean Bard, Franck, told him. "Your Excellency Feralowski, calm down and don't be so angry. We are equally dissatisfied with Romania's conditions, but our most important thing is to send Romania's conditions back to China."

The words of the French ambassador calmed Feralowski a little bit. UU read and the British ambassador Franley, who succeeded Richardman, also spoke. "These Romanians are really boring. We have been talking with them for almost a year, and we still insist on our terms. Fortunately, we have increased the terms. I really don't know why the government is accustomed to these Romanians."

Facing the speeches of the British and French ambassadors helping him, Ambassador Ferralovsky observed that it did not look like a fake. It seems that Britain and France are still on the side of Russia. So he followed the stream and said. "These Romanians are too procrastinated and unhappy at all, and they have too much appetite. I think we can mention it to our government to suppress the arrogance of the Romanians."

If the Russian ambassador tried, he was immediately pushed off by the British ambassador Franley. "I think it is serious to send Romania's conditions back to China first. To deal with Romania's measures, I believe the government will give us instructions."

"I agree too."

Seeing that the British and French ambassadors did not make any suggestions, Ambassador Ferralovsky had no choice but to speak. "Then I will go back to the embassy and send a telegram, bye."

"Goodbye."

Ambassador Ferralovsky looked at the French ambassador who did not move, and had to leave first. It seems that the Russian Revolution and this fiasco have caused it to slip from the position of the Big Three in every respect.

After seeing the Russian ambassador leaving, the British ambassador Franley preached to Frank. "London sent a telegram asking me to increase my wooing of 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, I believe that Romania is only a backup option for Britain and France. Well, it all depends on the development of the Russian political situation, but the situation in Russia is currently a bit bad.