the territory taken from Turkey. She was especially anxious to keep Salonica. The outcome of the dispute was that Bulgaria soon found herself at war with her former allies, Montenegro, Serbia, and Greece.
Rumania had remained neutral during the first Balkan War and expected compensation to balance the gains of the other states. She was promised Silistria, but was dissatisfied at not having gained more territory. When the second Balkan War broke out, she notified Bulgaria that she had raised the price of her neutrality. Bulgaria hesitated to meet her demands, and Rumania joined the list of Bulgaria's enemies. Turkey, too, entered the war and recaptured Adrianople.
Bulgaria soon grew tired of the unequal contest and asked (July 21) the King of Rumania to intercede with the other rulers for peace. A peace conference was held at Bucharest and a treaty was signed (August 10) by all the Christian belligerents. By the treaty of Bucharest Rumania "secured an extension of her southeastern frontier," [notes 1] and Bulgaria gave up certain territories to Greece and Serbia. Later, by the treaty of Constantinople (September 29), Bulgaria had to give up Adrianople and other territory to Turkey. Turkey now had
- ↑ Int. Yr. Bk., 1913, 699.
