Chapter 234 The Jewish Question

Judging from the current results obtained by each of the three Balkan countries, Bulgaria has undoubtedly benefited the most.

Although Greece and Bulgaria were almost the same in terms of newly acquired territory, by occupying Thrace, Bulgaria not only expanded its territory and population, but also changed Bulgaria's strategic position.

The victory in Western Thrace gave Bulgaria an extremely important Aegean port, and Bulgaria became an Aegean coastal country.

The port city of Kavala in Western Thrace is not as important a port city or transportation hub city as Thessaloniki, but it is indeed extremely precious to Bulgaria.

With this city, Bulgaria's overseas trade and commercial exchanges no longer have to pass through the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits as before, except in the Black Sea area.

Bulgaria can now connect to all parts of the world conveniently and quickly through Kavala and communicate with all parts of the world without hindrance.

The importance of Salonika to Greece was much lower than that of Kavala to Bulgaria.

After all, Greece had no shortage of excellent ports before.

The long and winding coastline provides Greece with a large number of deep-water ports.

On the contrary, although Serbia has gained territorial expansion, the rope around Serbia's neck has not been lifted - Serbia is still a closed landlocked country.

Therefore, Serbia was the one that benefited the least from the expansion of the three countries. It simply expanded its territory and increased its population.

Moreover, Serbia's most important acquisition this time, Kosovo, is the largest Albanian settlement area outside of Albania, and is home to more than 200,000 Albanians who believe in YSL.

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In the office in Constantine's temporary residence, the officers of the Macedonian Legion gathered together again.

"Frankly speaking, the Greek army's entry into Salonika was not as welcomed as expected. Many of our soldiers are quickly getting bored after the initial novelty," Legion Chief of Staff Samaras complained gloomily. .

"Yes, there are so many Jews here. It's hard for me to imagine that this is the historical city of Thessaloniki in Greece."

“There are Jews wearing yarmulkes and big beards everywhere.”

Constantine listened silently.

The soldiers were told by their commander that they had liberated a Greek city, but what they saw and heard after entering the city quickly calmed them down from their enthusiasm.

"Well, nothing can be changed about this situation in a short period of time. Tell us about your impressions of the Macedonian region," Constantine interrupted everyone's discussion.

"Moreover, Macedonia has just stopped fighting and has not yet recovered from the chaos caused by the war. You should not cause any more chaos."

Constantine knew what these people were paying attention to.

The outbreak of the war provided the Balkan countries with an excellent opportunity to solve the mixed population problem.

Thousands of MSLs fled from the Macedonian region to the Ottoman Empire. According to Constantine's intelligence, about 400,000 people fled to Asia Minor during the war and in the ten days after the armistice.

The chaos in Macedonia has lasted for too long. Long before the Balkan War, Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia had already sent paramilitary forces to infiltrate Macedonia.

The underground armed forces supported by each of the three countries have been engaged in tug-of-war here for a long time, attacking villages and towns that reject them, and winning over villages and towns that are close to them.

After this war, Macedonian population declined, the land was desolate, and the number of people was lost in large numbers.

After arriving in Macedonia in person, Constantine felt a strange feeling.

There are vast and vast primeval forests here, in which there may be more bison than the population here, let alone other wild animals; there are completely unmodified muddy roads and a blue sky without any haze. .

Except in the city of Thessaloniki, there is no trace of any industry at all.

To the east of Thessaloniki is a large swamp, with long-legged storks walking leisurely on the water.

Naturally, these Greek officers did not want the Jews to get involved in such a fertile land full of primitive charm, and instead wanted to drive away the Jews.

Colonel Hammett, Constantine's attendant, suddenly walked up to Constantine, bowed beside Constantine and whispered: "Mr. Yakov has something urgent to ask you. He is waiting for you in the back garden."

After Constantine apologized to everyone, he walked towards the back garden. Vaguely, Constantine seemed to have guessed Yakov's intention.

Seeing Constantine walking into the back garden, the two people who were sitting at the round table drinking tea and chatting quickly stood up and said hello to Constantine.

Yakov, the president of the Purple Robe Foundation appointed by Constantine, is dressed in black business clothes. It is obvious at a glance that he is a shrewd and capable businessman.

"Your Highness, this is Mr. Jacob, the general manager of Thessaloniki City Bank." Yakov pointed to a man next to him wearing a blue round hat and a long beard tied into a small braid. He was about fifty years old. said the year-old man.

Constantine welcomed the two of them to sit down together and asked curiously: "So, what is Mr. Jacob doing here this time?"

Yaakov obviously had a purpose in introducing this fellow Jew to Constantine.

"Your Highness, there are a large number of Jews living in Thessaloniki. I know that Thessaloniki was built by the Greeks in history, but these poor people have nowhere else to go except here," Yakov said with tears in his eyes.

"Your Highness, who is tolerant and kind, please give these poor people a place to stay." Jacob looked at Constantine with expectation in his eyes.

Constantine fell into deep thought when he heard the two people's request.

Anti-Semitism in Europe is a thing with a long historical tradition. Almost every country in Europe has excluded and expelled Jews.

These Jews have been wandering around the world since they were destroyed by the Romans. Jewish settlements can be found in many countries in the world.

Especially after entering the 20th century, Poland and Russia, where a large number of Jews originally lived in Eastern Europe, also began to persecute and expel Jews on a large scale.

At present, the preferred place of residence for these Jews has become the United States across the Atlantic Ocean.

The reasons why Jews are excluded and expelled by Europeans are complicated.

Of course there are European reasons, but all European countries have the same attitude on the Jewish issue, and the problems of the Jews themselves cannot be ignored.