Chapter 37, Four-Power Convention
In Constantinople, a meeting of dividing spoils is currently underway within the coalition command. Since the anti-Turkey alliance consists of four countries, the dividing spoils naturally requires four families to come together.
In this regard, the Vienna government paid great attention to eating habits. No matter what, Greece and Montenegro are also victorious countries, and they still have their own trophy.
As the essential leader of the anti-Turkey alliance, Austrian Foreign Minister Wesenberg took the lead and said, "With everyone's joint efforts, we finally won this Near East War.
Now that the war is over, it is time to distribute spoils. In principle, we distribute spoils according to the contributions of each country in the war.
If you have any special requirements, you can put forward them first. We will give priority to those that can be met."
"Priority" is not "priority satisfaction", which has set the tone for the spoils sharing meeting. Wesenberg's meaning is very obvious, and there is no need to mention excessive demands, and it is impossible to pass.
Ftoriak, the governor of Constantinople, laughed and said, "The Black Sea Strait is the gateway to the Russian Empire. We hope to obtain the Ottoman territory along the Marmara Sea."
If you sell land, you still have to compete for trophy. As long as the negotiations on St. Petersburg are not over yet, Russia and Austria will not be able to make accurate territorial transactions on the Asia Minor Peninsula.
But compared to the nervous Greece and Montenegro representatives, Ftoriak is much easier.
As a senior leader of the Russian Empire, Ftoriak knew how determined the Tsarist government was to throw away this burden.
The negotiations are still in a stalemate, and that is just to maximize profits. The deal is almost inevitable, otherwise the negotiator would not be him, the governor.
Greek Foreign Minister Nislav followed closely and said: "We hope to obtain the Izmir region to accommodate the Greeks in the Ottoman territory."
The Vienna government's immigration plan also depends on people's food. It is not on the first batch of migration list with a background background. Only after confirming that the background is left alone will it be packaged and sent away.
Although Greece is a little weaker, it is also one of the members of the Anti-Turkish alliance. The Greeks who survived the Ottoman territory are not within the scope of migration for the time being.
Although Nislav had tried his best to restrain himself, Wesenberg was still stunned by the Greek lion's mouth.
The Izmir region is not a remote area. After the loss of Constantinople, it was the most prosperous port of the Ottoman Empire and the largest city in the country.
Located on the western coast of Ottoman, it can be said to be the most elite area on the Asia Minor Peninsula. Even the capital Ankara was not as prosperous as before the war.
After doing diplomatic work for a long time, Wesenberg was also knowledgeable. His unhappy expression flashed away, and he still smiled and turned his eyes to the representative of Montenegro.
Nicholas Cage, the Foreign Minister of the Duchy of Montenegro, said expressionlessly: "We have no requirements for territory, we just hope to obtain economic compensation."
Is there really no territorial requirements?
The answer is: No!
The problem is that Montenegro is too weak and has no strength to operate an enclave. What they want is adjacent territory, and the problem is that those areas are Austrian, who dares to raise it?
Peeking at the homeland of the great powers? This joke cannot be made randomly. If you reveal a little thought, it may lead to the disaster of destroying the country.
Wesenberg nodded with satisfaction: "I understand everyone's request. Except for Baron Nicholas Cage's request, everything else needs further discussion.
During this war, everyone seized a lot of property, and in principle they belonged to their respective owners.
Since the Principality of Montenegro has given up its territorial requirements, we will take part of the trophy from the Austrian military to compensate you, and give you another active-class battleship."
Nicholas Cage was already satisfied with this result. The strategic materials of this war were all made by Austria. The price paid by the Principality of Montenegro was only the casualties of two battalions, and only one hundred and eighty people were actually killed in battle.
The first-class battleship is not cheap. This thing is not available in the Principality of Montenegro. I don’t know how much it costs. However, the Austrian external sales price is as high as 1.15 million ASUS.
Now is the ocean era, and everyone has a naval dream. In order to go to the sea, the Duchy of Montenegro fought with the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years.
Unfortunately, the government's fiscal revenue is limited, and the Navy's fleet only has a few sailing warships to support the facade.
Nicholas Cage would be enough to return home to pay for the job. As for other spoils to be compensated, he no longer expects it.
What can be cashed out has long been dealt with, and now the rest are the kind of products that are difficult to sell, which are not worth anything at all.
After thinking a little, Nicholas Cage replied: "No problem, we are very satisfied with this compensation."
There is no such thing as a verbal battle. Diplomacy negotiations are sometimes troublesome and sometimes very simple.
We need to keep bargaining, which is based on the fact that both sides have the close strength, the ability to bargain, and the negotiation conditions are very different.
The conditions offered by Austria now exceed the expectations of the Principal of Montenegro, so there is no need to bargain.
As the negotiations entered the next stage, the voice of the guards outside the door rang out: "Governor General, St. Petersburg's emergency electricity."
"Come in!" said Governor Ftoriak
After receiving the telegram, Ftoriak did not hesitate at all and started looking through it.
"Everyone, I think this negotiation can be over."
After saying that, Ftoriak handed the telegram directly to Wesenberg, and the title above was "Agreement on the Territory Disposal of the Ottoman Empire between Russia and Austria".
Both Russia and Austria signed a treaty, and the Tsarist government had sold all the interests after the war, and it would not be of any value if it continued to negotiate.
As for the Greeks, they were naturally ignored by Ftoriak.
Anyway, the interests belonging to the Russian Empire were obtained. If the Greeks wanted to get a share of the Asian Peninsula in Minor, then they would go to the Austrians to ask for it. It was no longer his business.
After browsing the documents quickly, Wesenberg said slowly: "It is true that there is no need to discuss them. Since the treaty has been signed, we will fulfill it according to the contents of the treaty."
Wesenberg didn't think the Russians would play any fake telegram game. Anyway, the treaty did not need to be signed again, so it would be meaningless to deceive him except to cause trouble.
The content of the treaty is as follows:
1. The Russian Empire gave up its territorial demands for the Ottoman Empire and supported Austria's annexation of the Ottoman Empire. In return, the Vienna government needed to compensate the Tsarist government for 68 million ASUS cash;
2. The Russian Empire promised to resettle people in the Ottoman Empire, and the Vienna government would need to pay a resettlement fee of 125 million Aegis; (guaranteed to be placed in territory one thousand kilometers away from Austria)
3. The Vienna government promises that the Austrian Navy will not establish ports in the Black Sea. If warships with displacement of more than 2,000 tons enter the Black Sea, they must first seek Russian consent;
4. Russia and Austria will work together to strike...
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After circulating the contents of the treaty, Nislav became embarrassed. He originally thought that when Russia and Austria had a dispute and needed Greece's support, he would take the opportunity to benefit.
Reality told Nislav that he was completely overthinking. He kept the door closed and did not mean to ask them at all.
Not counting war funds, just paying the Russians, the Austrians would have to pay 193 million ASUS. If the war costs were added, the Vienna government would have to pay at least 400 million ASUS.
The Austrians paid such a great price, why did Greece get a share of the Asian Peninsula?
Perhaps realizing this, Wesenberg added: "Sir Nislav, given your country's performance in this war, I suggest compensating your country with reference to Montenegro standards.
As for the Izmir region, in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts in the future, I think you should give up."
Hearing this "suggestion", Nislav burst into cold sweats on his forehead. He was not discussing, but clearly notifying the results.
The scene suddenly became awkward, and Nislav no longer knew how to reply.
Reject Wesenberg's "suggestions"?
It would be fine to think about it. Even if Izmir was given to Greece, Nislav would not dare to accept it now. Otherwise, when a conflict broke out, he would be responsible for it.
But after agreeing, Nislav was unwilling to give up and didn't fight for it. How could he get the job when he went back?
Seeing that the negotiations were about to come to a deadlock, Governor Ftoriak, as the host, came out to smooth things over and said, "The problems of the two Izmirs should be put aside first.
The Ottoman Empire has perished, and now it is necessary to send an announcement to the outside world to warn those villains who are making trouble behind their backs.”
On this issue, the four anti-Turkey alliances have the same position and have no favoritism for the British who are making small moves behind them.
Austrian Foreign Minister Wesenberg echoed: "Your Excellency's advice is very constructive. We should indeed warn the villains behind the scenes, so that they will not be able to advance or retreat and continue to do some disgusting things."
Both bosses said ok, Nislav and Nicholas Cage naturally would not have any objections.
I was yelling and threatening to the British from a distance, and I was imagining that this was something that European countries wanted to do but dared not do.
If it weren't for the big banner of the anti-Turkey alliance, Russia and Austria rushed in front to carry thunder, they wouldn't dare to participate in such a thing as showing their faces.
Soon a stern-worded announcement was born. The representatives of Russia, Oghegemony and Greece jointly signed the title, and the title was directly titled "The Four-Country Anti-Turkey Alliance Convention".
1. From now on, the evil Ottoman Empire will perish;
2. For the sake of world peace and stability, the anti-Turkish alliance will continue to fight the remnants of the Ottoman Empire around the world;
3. Any act of hiding and covering up the remnants of the Ottoman will be regarded as a challenge to the anti-Turkish alliance. Once discovered, the anti-Turkish alliance will take extraordinary measures to fight, including war means;
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Chapter completed!