Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . y and murder Treaty ofLondon SecondBalkan War,•913 resumed in January. Everything went against them, and in Maypreliminaries of peace were signed in London in which Turkeyturned over Macedonia and Crete ^ to the Balkan allies. But Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece were all jealous of one an-other, and the division of the booty led immediately to Bulgariasturning around to wage war on Greece and Serbia. There wasa month of frightful war (July, 1913) and then the
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . y and murder Treaty ofLondon SecondBalkan War,•913 resumed in January. Everything went against them, and in Maypreliminaries of peace were signed in London in which Turkeyturned over Macedonia and Crete ^ to the Balkan allies. But Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece were all jealous of one an-other, and the division of the booty led immediately to Bulgariasturning around to wage war on Greece and Serbia. There wasa month of frightful war (July, 1913) and then the Bulgarians, 1 This island had revolted from Turkey in iqog and raised the Greek flag. Turkey and tlie Eastern Question 701 defeated on all sides,—for even the Turks recovered Adrianopleand the Roumanians invaded on the east, — agreed to considerpeace, and delegates met in Bucharest, the capital of the partition of Macedonia was agreed upon. The treaties concluded at Bucharest between the Balkankingdoms disposed of practically all of Turkeys possessions inEurope. The Sultan was left with Constantinople and a small. Treaty ofBucharest Fig. 181. The Bosporus Looking across to Asia from Robert College (American). These towers of Europe, about five miles above Constantinople, were erected by the Turks in their campaign against the city in the fifteenth century area to the west including the important fortress of great powers, particularly Austria, had insisted that Albaniashould be made an independent state, so as to prevent Serbiasgetting a port on the Adriatic. The rest of the former Turkishpossessions were divided up between Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria,and Montenegro. Greece got the important port of Salonica andthe island of Crete as well as a considerable area in was extended to the JEgean Sea on the south. Serbiawas nearly doubled in area, and Montenegro as well. (See map.) 702 Medieval and Modem Times QUESTIONS Section 143.
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