. The cradle of the war, the Near East and Pan-Germanism. With foreword by A. Lawrence Lowell . reaty itself, foresaw theprobability that internal or external difficulties inTurkey itself might render the maintenance of theStatus Quo impossible and fixed the terms upon whichaction might then be taken. In addition it definitelydecided the future distribution of any areas acquiredeither as a result of the defensive treaty or of whatmay be called the offensive annex. Whilst all terri-torial gains were to constitute common property, theirrepartition was to take place upon a definite r
. The cradle of the war, the Near East and Pan-Germanism. With foreword by A. Lawrence Lowell . reaty itself, foresaw theprobability that internal or external difficulties inTurkey itself might render the maintenance of theStatus Quo impossible and fixed the terms upon whichaction might then be taken. In addition it definitelydecided the future distribution of any areas acquiredeither as a result of the defensive treaty or of whatmay be called the offensive annex. Whilst all terri-torial gains were to constitute common property, theirrepartition was to take place upon a definite recognised the right of Bulgaria to the territoryeast of the Rhodopes and the River Struma, whilstBulgaria recognised the similar right of Serbia to theterritory north and west of the Schar regard to the area lying between these twoboundaries, if the two governments became convincedthat the formation of an autonomous province wereimpossible, then Serbia undertook to ask for nothingbeyond a line drawn from Mount Golem on the north-east to Lake Ochrida on the southwest. Bulgaria. M. GUESHOFF THE NEAR EAST BEFORE THE GREAT WAR 23 promised to accept this line, if His Majesty the Tsar,who was to be requested to arbitrate, decided in itsfavour. As autonomy was not then possible, themeaning of this agreement was that the Serbs wereto claim nothing beyond the Mount Golem-LakeOchrida line, that the Bulgarians were to claim nothingto the north and west of the Schar Mountains, and thatall disputes concerning the district between these twolines, known as the Contested Zone, were to besubmitted to the final decision of Russia as soon asone of the contracting parties declared that, in hisopinion, an agreement by direct negotiations is im-possible. The military convention subsequently signed be-tween Bulgaria and Serbia — a convention later fol-lowed by various agreements between the respectiveGeneral Staffs — defined the military liabilities of thetwo countries towards one
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