The causes and meaning of the great war . of her European territory,which had been reduced from 65,300 square mileswith 6,130,000 people, to 10,880 square miles withabout 1,900,000 people. Rumania had forced Bul-garia to yield to her 2,687 square miles with286,000 people. Serbia had added to her territorysome 15,000 square miles with about 1,700,000inhabitants, and thereby almost doubled her had gained nearly 18,000 square miles ofterritory—including Crete and many other islands—in all about three-fourths of her original areawith about 1,700,000 people. Bulgaria, humiliatedand cres
The causes and meaning of the great war . of her European territory,which had been reduced from 65,300 square mileswith 6,130,000 people, to 10,880 square miles withabout 1,900,000 people. Rumania had forced Bul-garia to yield to her 2,687 square miles with286,000 people. Serbia had added to her territorysome 15,000 square miles with about 1,700,000inhabitants, and thereby almost doubled her had gained nearly 18,000 square miles ofterritory—including Crete and many other islands—in all about three-fourths of her original areawith about 1,700,000 people. Bulgaria, humiliatedand crestfallen, had been driven out of much ofMacedonia, and although she had made a net gainof 9,660 square miles of territory, with 125,500people, it was of little value. 83. The Balkan Wars Bring Keen Disappointmentto Germany and Austria-Hungary.—These two Bal-kan wars brought keen disappointment to Germany THE GREAT WAR 57 and Austria-Hungary. Germany had lost in mili-tary prestige, because the Turkish armies, after BALKAN STATES1913. & • tfazaaV S E A being trained by German officers, had sufferedgrievous defeat wherever they fought. Both Ger-many and Austria had lost in diplomatic prestigebecause they had incited Bulgaria to war and that 58 THE CAUSES AND MEANING OF Attitude ofBulgaria andTurkeytoward Ger-many andAustria-Hungary country had been ignominiously defeated on the*battle-field. 84. The Outcome of the Balkan Wars a DistinctThreat to Pan-Germanism.—But even worse thanthe defeat of Turkey and Bulgaria, in affecting theambitious schemes of Austria-Hungary and Pan-Germanism, was the change of attitude on the partof these nations toward Germany. Bulgaria wasbitter over the results of the war and sullen towardGermany and Germanys ally, Austria-Hungary,because both of them had advised her to enter uponthe Second Balkan War; while Turkey, having foughther losing battles without support from her Teu-tonic friends, was openly turning a cold shoulder toGermany and Austr
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