Sending the islanders away would be easy. Aside from Crete, which had a somewhat larger population, most of the other islands had only a few hundred or a thousand people. One ship could handle each of them, and even all two hundred-odd islands combined had fewer than a hundred thousand people!
But the Greek Peninsula was a difficult problem. Ferdinand did not even dare act rashly on the Peloponnese Peninsula, after all, there were still several hundred thousand people there.
If too much of a stir was caused, the Great Powers probably would not agree. After all, the Greek Government still owed enormous foreign debts. If all the people fled, who would be responsible for repaying them?
Unless the Bulgarian Government could pay off all of the Greek Government's foreign debt in one lump sum!
Since Bulgaria had taken over Greece, the forces of the various Great Powers had begun withdrawing from the Greek Peninsula. However, the interests of the Great Powers had to be guaranteed; this was the prerequisite for their withdrawal.
Simply put, the Greek Government's debts had now been placed upon Bulgaria, and the Bulgarian Government had guaranteed its ability to make repayments!
Of course, this guarantee had limits. It applied only to the Greek Government's annual payment amount, which could not be lower than it currently was, and the Great Powers had to be given priority!
This did not mean Bulgaria had to ensure that the Greeks could immediately pay off their loans. After all, the Greeks' loans had basically all matured. The Bulgarian Government could not come up with such an enormous sum all at once either!
Therefore, the Greek Government had to continue existing. No matter what method he used, Ferdinand had to make the Greek Government shoulder it themselves. Repaying their debts for