Treaty of London (May 1913)

• The Treaty of London was decided and agreed upon at the London Conference
• The peace treaty was a result of the negotiations between the Great Powers rather than the Balkan states and the results were not well previewed buy those who they effected
• It was decided that:

  ▪ Greece would receive Crete and Southern Macedonia (despite these being mainly peopled by Bulgarians)

  ▪ Bulgaria would keep Thrace

  ▪ Serbia would receive Central and Northern Macedonia

  ▪ Albania would become an independent state on the Adriatic coast
• Serbian problems with the treaty:

  ▪ Serbia didn’t like the fact that Albania was independent as it prevented them gaining a port on the Adriatic coast, meaning they remained landlocked

  ▪ Serbia also felt entitled to a greater share of Macedonia

  ▪ Serbia resented Bulgarian support for Austria
• Bulgarian problems with the treaty: 


  ▪ Bulgaria felt they done the largest share of fighting and therefore was entitled to more of Macedonia
• Both Serbia and Bulgaria were determined to win back what they felt was theirs

  ▪ On 1st June 1913 Serbia formed an alliance with Greece to do this
• The seeming success of the London Conference in the Great Powers eyes may have been the cause for some complacency in 1914
• Leading statesmen, like Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, were confident that if a war triggered by the crisis in the Balkans could be solved diplomatically it would be straightforward to ensure diplomacy could solve future crisis