Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 302

Remember for a second【】

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In particular, the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire had the strongest desire to emigrate to Greece.

The Greek government and the Ottoman government had been in contact with the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire, and the two governments had reached a tacit understanding that the Ottoman government would not prevent Christians from immigrating to Greece.

For the Young Turks, the rulers of the Ottoman Empire at this time, they wish there were as few non-Turks in the country as possible.

This is also an important reason for the rapid population growth in Greece.

After all, a prosperous and powerful country never lacks citizens.

In a poor and weak country, even its own people can’t help but dislike it.

After Constantine read the document, although physically exhausted, he was still mentally motivated because there was good news everywhere.

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Time entered 1914, Constantine did not feel anything unusual, and the whole of Europe was still calm.

Under the wave of the second industrial revolution, the economy of the whole Europe is also developing rapidly, the productivity is bursting, and there is a lot of material surplus. It seems that everything is going well.

Constantine also took a break from the trivia, and together with Sophie, took a destroyer of the Navy and went to Crete for a holiday.

Crete in June, brilliant sunshine, golden sandy beach, azure sea water, like a pure and flawless sapphire, clear and transparent, rows of white waves, slapping on the beach, making a sound of “rushing” .

Under the umbrella, Constantine and Sophie were lying on the soft chair together, blowing the sea breeze leisurely.

For Constantine, such a carefree day is really rare.

In the past two years, the Balkans have been in flames, and Constantine, the de facto supreme commander of the Greek army, worked hard and slept at night.

Although Constantine did not have to work on many specific things like Prime Minister Venizelos, during the two Balkan wars, Constantine still had things on his schedule: visiting casualties, encouraging people in public Morale, follow the advice of the staff, dictate the battle plan of the General Staff, etc.

The attendant in a black uniform came under the umbrella in an unpleasant sight, and woke up the couple who were enjoying the Mediterranean style.

“His Royal Highness, Crown Princess, has just received a telegram from Athens”

To facilitate contact, the destroyer was also docked in Crete while the Constantines were on vacation, so that Athens could contact them at any time.

With a sigh, Constantine pushed away the sunglasses on his face, squinted at the attendant and said, “Didn’t I say, if you have something to do, try to push it away, don’t disturb me at this time”

As if he had not heard it, the attendant said loudly: “The telegram said that Athens has just received news that the Crown Prince Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by a Serbian during his inspection in Sarajevo, including Crown Princess Sofia. Inside, the couple both died.”

“what!”

Constantine swept away his laziness and snatched the telegram from the attendant, confirming the shocking news.

Sophie, who was enjoying the sunbathing was also disturbed, she sat up from the reclining chair, covered her mouth and exclaimed: “My God, poor Rudolph (the name of the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary

The serious-faced Constantine said to the attendant: “Cancel all vacations, notify the captain, prepare to leave immediately, and let the warship preheat the boiler immediately.”

The Sarajevo incident was like a stone thrown into the water, causing ripples across Europe.

On July 31, at night, Constantine, who had returned to Athens, did not have time to rest, and went to Venizelos’ Prime Minister’s Office~www.mtlnovel.com~ Mr. Prime Minister, I am afraid that war will be ignited in Europe again.” Constantine’s voice was heavy. said.

“Will it lead to such serious consequences?” Venizelos hesitated.

Venizelos, who is also Greece’s foreign minister, is naturally clear about the current European landscape.

After the first Balkan War in 1912, Serbia’s territory and population almost doubled, which inspired the spirit of Serbia and the nationalists.

After the outbreak of the Second Balkan War in 1913, due to fears that Serbia would expand its territory again, it would be difficult to control, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire used military means again – sending troops to live ammunition exercises on the north bank of the Danube River, which is not far away from Belgrade, and the entire Belgrade can be used. The roar of gunfire was clearly heard.

In a very humiliating way, Serbia was ordered not to participate in the war.

As a result, Greece won a great victory after the war, gained a large tract of territory and population, and its strength has reached a new level.

As much envy and jealousy of Serbia towards Greece, she hated and hated Austria-Hungary as much.

The two countries already have old grudges. In 1908, the Austro-Hungarian Empire took advantage of the Ottoman revolution to annex the Slavic-dominated region of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In addition, there are a large number of Slavs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the eyes of Serbian nationalists, these are their own compatriots.

Also out of consideration for weakening Serbia, Austria-Hungary firmly resisted the proposal to merge Montenegro with Serbia.

It is precisely because of the sharp and fierce conflict between the two that although Venizelos was shocked by the news of Ferdinand’s assassination, he was not too surprised.

“Even if the two countries clash over this, it would lead to a war that would spread across Europe.

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