...accept an armistice on the mainland (May…
1897 CE
...accept an armistice on the mainland (May 20, 1897).
Prime Minister Theodoros Diligiannis's support for the insurgents in the so-called Thirty Days' War with Turkey culminates in a humiliating peace treaty, concluded on December 4 that compels Greece to pay the Turks an indemnity and to accept rectifications of its frontier by yielding some territory in Thessaly to Turkey.
Moreover, the repayment of its substantial external debts is to be overseen by an international financial commission, another humiliating erosion of Greek sovereignty.
By 1897, Greece is bankrupt, and its age of reform, which yielded many beneficial and permanent changes, has ended.
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