The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . r Greece had takenKavala and Drama from Bul-garia in the Second BalkanWar, and these cities Bulgariaintended some day to the Allies guaranteeto Greece the integrity forher of these cities, the hopesof Bulgaria would be im-periled, and so Bulgaria pro-tested, whereupon the Alliessuggested to Greece that shegive up Kavala and Drama, in return for prospective gainsin Asia and notably Smyrna. Greece balked at this. Venizeloshad been willing, b
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . r Greece had takenKavala and Drama from Bul-garia in the Second BalkanWar, and these cities Bulgariaintended some day to the Allies guaranteeto Greece the integrity forher of these cities, the hopesof Bulgaria would be im-periled, and so Bulgaria pro-tested, whereupon the Alliessuggested to Greece that shegive up Kavala and Drama, in return for prospective gainsin Asia and notably Smyrna. Greece balked at this. Venizeloshad been willing, but King Constantine was not, and thenVenizelos fell from power. Italy had raised a question inthis negotiation. Italy held Rhodes and the Dodecanesiangroup of ^gean Islands, whose population was Greek, andItaly had forbidden Greek expansion in Northern Epirus,altho the population was Hellenic. Italian ambition, there-fore, ran counter to Greek all the way from Smyrna toAdalia. The Allies redoubled their efforts to pacify Bul-garia, that insisted on Kavala and Drama, demanded SerbianMacedonia and the Bulgar lands taken by Roumania at the. SorHIA OF HOHENZOLLERN The former Queen of Greece, sisterof the former German Kaiser 196 DECLARATIONS OF WAR Treaty of Bucharest. Greece would not yield Kavala andSerbia would consent to give up only half of Macedonia,insisting on keeping the west bank of the Vardar. SerbiasAllies could not coerce her further, so that from Mayto October the Balkan game had remained what wasdescribed as a perfect reproduction of the once familiarPigs in Clover puzzle. Either Greece, Bulgaria, or Rou-mania might be had, but it was only at the risk of drivingthe two others into an oppo-site camp. Further complica-tions came from the fact thatthe kings of the thre6 Stateswere Teutonic or Teutonic insympathies. Germany at this time hadoffered to Bulgaria all ofSerbian Macedonia, had prom-ised to use her influence atAthens to get for Bulgaria,Kavala and Drama, had pr
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