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The Secret meeting
The secret meeting
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The monarchs met a few weeks after the events in Russia.The biggest problem was to determine the place of the meeting.They couldn't hold it in Serbia,which was occupied by the Austro-Hungarians.Southern Serbia was not occupied,but it would be safer if they tried to hold the meeting in another nation.The Austrains were waiting for an action from the Ballkans and they saw it when the people started revolting against the government, because they can't pay the reparations.Not all Austro-Hungarian agreed to the treaty.Austria-Hungary is a multinational state and most of the people were Slavic.And even the Hungarians did not like what the Austrians did.The people that hold the power in Austria-Hungary were Austrians and they supported the Treaty.The other nations I Austria-Hungary, however didn't like the treaty,because it was too harsh on the Balkan nations.This created unrest in the multinational state,this time not because of Pan-Slavism,but because the Austrians hold too much power.
The rulers chose Bosilegrad,Bulgaria.The Serbian ruler will be able to go there without going through Ottoman lands,The other rulers had to go through Ottoman lands.Luckily ,they ,over through their lands without any problems and they met on 12 October 1913.First they had to discuss what to do with the consequences from the treaty.The revolts that happen everyday harm the countries more than the treaty itself. The treaty of Thessaloniki was called,,Treaty of Bloodshed",because (apart from the war casualties)The ottomans killed many non-muslims after the war to punish them. The treaty of Belgrade earned the name,,Treaty of Disorder"because that is what happened inside the Balkan League.
They have to help each other and the countries(and their monarchs) continue to be allied.
Ferdinand of Bulgaria was from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry,which is a German house,but now that he is King of Bulgaria and has to lead the country against A-H,he is now more Bulgarian than German.
On this meeting Peter I offered an orthodox union until they take their lands from the Ottomans.If the others accept it will change the Balkans and probably Europe

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