Political Intrigues of Austria Germany Against Balkan States

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Austria always looked upon the Balkans as her sphere of influence, and in particular, the western and middle portion of it with Salonica as the center goal. This would be the first step to the gradual and complete absorption of the whole Balkan Peninsula. In this she always had the warmest support of Germany, as the latter regards herself as the prospective heir of Austria. Indeed, Germany always considered her self as the legitimate successor to the posses sions of the Turkish and Austrian empires when their final liquidation should come. This is why both of these countries always dreaded an alliance of the independent Bal lkan states.