{{short description|Preliminary peace treaty between Kingdom of Romania and the Central Powers}} {{Infobox Treaty | name = Treaty of Buftea | long_name = | image = 1918 - Pacea preliminara de la Buftea.jpg | image_width = 200px | alt = Bukarester Tagblatt announcing the conclusion of the preliminary peace treaty | caption = ''[[Gazeta Bucureștilor|Bukarester Tagblatt]]'' announcing the conclusion of the preliminary peace treaty | type = | date_drafted = | date_signed = {{OldStyleDate|5 March|1918|20 February}} | location_signed = [[Buftea]], [[Kingdom of Romania]] <small>(under [[Battle of Bucharest|Central Powers' occupation]] since December 1916)</small> | date_sealed = | date_effective = 5 March 1918 | condition_effective = | date_expiration = | parties = * {{flagicon|German Empire}} [[German Empire]] * {{flagicon|Austria-Hungary}} [[Austria-Hungary]] * {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]] * {{flagicon|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] * {{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] | signatories = * {{flagicon|German Empire}} [[Richard von Kühlmann]] * {{flagicon|Austria-Hungary}} [[Ottokar Czernin]] * {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Talaat Pasha]] * {{flagicon|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} {{ill|Nikola Momchilov|bg|Никола Момчилов}} * {{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} [[Constantin Argetoianu]] | depositor = | languages = | website = | wikisource = }} {{Campaignbox Romanian Campaign}} The '''Treaty of Buftea''' was a preliminary [[peace treaty]] between the [[Kingdom of Romania]] on one side and the [[Central Powers]] on the other.
Following the stalemate on the Romanian front after the [[Romanian Campaign (1917)|campaign of 1917]], the [[October Revolution]] and Russia's subsequent unilateral exit from [[World War I]] (see the [[Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers]]), Romania had little choice but to conclude a truce with the Central Powers (see the [[Armistice of Focșani]]).
On {{OldStyleDate|27 February|1918|14 February}}, during the {{ill|lt=meeting|Meeting between King Ferdinand and Ottokar Czernin (1918)|ro|Întâlnirea Ferdinand-Czernin de la Răcăciuni (1918)}} between [[Ferdinand I of Romania]] and [[Ottokar Czernin]], the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, at the [[Răcăciuni]] railway station, the Central Powers issued an ultimatum to Romania, threatening to denounce the armistice and resume the hostilities in 48 hours. Therefore, King Ferdinand summoned a {{ill|lt=Crown Council|Romanian Crown Council (1918)|ro|Consiliul de Coroană din 17-19 februarie 1918}} on {{OldStyleDate|2 March|1918|17 February}} in [[Iași]], the Romanian capital-in-exile. After long and difficult discussions, which lasted 3 days, and despite the strong opposition of Queen [[Marie of Romania|Marie]] and General [[Constantin Prezan]], the Crown Council decided to accept the ultimatum and send envoys to [[Buftea]] to negotiate a preliminary peace treaty.
The Treaty of Buftea was concluded on {{OldStyleDate|5 March|1918|20 February}}.<ref name="Iorga">Nicolae Iorga, ''Acte privitoare la istoria marelui războiu'', "Revista Istorică", Year XVIII, Issues 7-9, Bucharest, 1932</ref><ref name="ropeace">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=joHTAAAAMAAJ|title=Texts of the Roumanian "Peace"|author=[[United States Department of State]]|publisher=Washington Government Printing Office|page=4|year=1918}}</ref>
==Preamble== The preamble of the treaty stated the wish of the signatory parties to end the hostilities and to extend the truce for 14 days, starting with 5 March 1918, during which the provisions of the final treaty could be agreed upon.<ref name="Iorga"/><ref name="ropeace"/>
==Terms== * Romania relinquishes to the Central Powers the [[Dobruja]] as far as the [[Danube]].<ref name="Iorga"/><ref name="ropeace"/> * The Central Powers will take care to maintain the commercial route for Romania by way of [[Constanța]] to the [[Black Sea]].<ref name="Iorga"/><ref name="ropeace"/> * The frontier corrections demanded by Austria-Hungary along the Austro-Hungarian-Romanian boundary are, in principle, accepted by Romania.<ref name="Iorga"/><ref name="ropeace"/> * Likewise, measures of an economic nature and adequate to the situation are, in principle, accepted.<ref name="Iorga"/><ref name="ropeace"/> * The Romanian Government obligates itself to demobilize forthwith at least 8 divisions of the Romanian Army. The operation of the demobilization will be carried out in common by the supreme command of the [[Army Group Mackensen (Romania)|Mackensen army group]] and by the supreme command of the Romanian army. As soon as peace is reestablished between Russia and Romania, the remaining parts of the Romanian Army are also to be demobilized, in so far as they are not needed for the maintenance of order along the Russo-Romanian frontier.<ref name="Iorga"/><ref name="ropeace"/> * The Romanian troops must immediately evacuate the territory of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy occupied by them.<ref name="Iorga"/><ref name="ropeace"/> * The Romanian Government obligates itself to aid as far as lies in its power in transporting troops of the Central Powers by rail through [[Western Moldavia|Moldavia]] and [[Bessarabia]] to [[Odessa]].<ref name="Iorga"/><ref name="ropeace"/> * Romania obligates herself to dismiss at once officers of the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] and still in Romanian service. Safe conduct is insured to these officers on the part of the Central Powers.<ref name="Iorga"/><ref name="ropeace"/> *This treaty goes immediately into force.<ref name="Iorga"/><ref name="ropeace"/>
==Aftermath== {{main|Treaty of Bucharest (1918)}} The preliminary treaty of Buftea was followed by the negotiation and signing of the [[Treaty of Bucharest (1918)|final peace treaty]] between Kingdom of Romania and the Central Powers, concluded on 7 May 1918 in Bucharest.
==See also== *[[Romania during World War I]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
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