Les relations bulgares et austro-hongroises durant les Guerres Balkaniques
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The object of this report form thè private behind the scenes affairs of
the carriers of the national policy of Bulgaria and king Ferdinard’s with the
headleader of Foreign affairs, Minister of Austro-Hungary, count Berchtold,
just short before the burst of the first Balkan war until the sign of the treaty
of Bucharest.
The unpublished stuff has been derived from thè politicai records of
Austria-Hungary (PA. XII) and mainly from the files K. 405-455 that concern
the Diplomacy behind the scenes of the Balkan Wars.
Distinctive characteristic of bulgarian foreign policy in this criticai period
is the maintenance of close and secret relationships with Powers belonging
to those fighting against the allied, like Austria-Hungary and Russia.
This strategy would have brought momentary important benefits to
Bulgaria, benefits that could have been Consolidated if Berchtold, contrary
to the previous ministere Andrassy and Aehrenthal, had applied actively the
Programm of Eastern policy of the Monarchy during the second Balkan War.
Confirmation of the formation of the bulgarian foreign policy has consisted
thè faci that since Russia (the great competitor of the Dual Monarchy
in the Balkans) cooperated actively to the conclusion of the serbo-bulgarian
alliance and the Balkan alliance in general, encouraging the bulgarian daims,
in the beginning of 1913 the Austrian initiatives were brought forward in order
to grani Thessaloniki to Bulgaria, as is concluded from the top-secret commentary
of the austrian minister of Foreign affairs to his ambassador in Sofia,
Tarnowski. And all this when officially Austria-Hungary followed a policy
of “well-balanced friendship” towards the Balkan Alliance and its claims.
The skilful handling of the Bulgarians had been approved by the greek
prime-minister Eleftherios Venizelos himself, who admitted in the close environment
of the austrian ambassador in Athens, that Bulgaria had a lot of
protectors to rely upon, a vision that the greek politicai leadership did not
finally succeed.
the carriers of the national policy of Bulgaria and king Ferdinard’s with the
headleader of Foreign affairs, Minister of Austro-Hungary, count Berchtold,
just short before the burst of the first Balkan war until the sign of the treaty
of Bucharest.
The unpublished stuff has been derived from thè politicai records of
Austria-Hungary (PA. XII) and mainly from the files K. 405-455 that concern
the Diplomacy behind the scenes of the Balkan Wars.
Distinctive characteristic of bulgarian foreign policy in this criticai period
is the maintenance of close and secret relationships with Powers belonging
to those fighting against the allied, like Austria-Hungary and Russia.
This strategy would have brought momentary important benefits to
Bulgaria, benefits that could have been Consolidated if Berchtold, contrary
to the previous ministere Andrassy and Aehrenthal, had applied actively the
Programm of Eastern policy of the Monarchy during the second Balkan War.
Confirmation of the formation of the bulgarian foreign policy has consisted
thè faci that since Russia (the great competitor of the Dual Monarchy
in the Balkans) cooperated actively to the conclusion of the serbo-bulgarian
alliance and the Balkan alliance in general, encouraging the bulgarian daims,
in the beginning of 1913 the Austrian initiatives were brought forward in order
to grani Thessaloniki to Bulgaria, as is concluded from the top-secret commentary
of the austrian minister of Foreign affairs to his ambassador in Sofia,
Tarnowski. And all this when officially Austria-Hungary followed a policy
of “well-balanced friendship” towards the Balkan Alliance and its claims.
The skilful handling of the Bulgarians had been approved by the greek
prime-minister Eleftherios Venizelos himself, who admitted in the close environment
of the austrian ambassador in Athens, that Bulgaria had a lot of
protectors to rely upon, a vision that the greek politicai leadership did not
finally succeed.
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