There were also supplementary agreements. Since the Ottoman Empire had violated its treaty with Russia by allowing the British Navy into the Black Sea, the Ottoman Empire had to pay Russia a separate lump-sum penalty of two hundred million Rubles.
There was also a series of disputes concerning the Black Sea Straits, though the main parties to those disputes were Britain and Russia. The Austrian Empire did not particularly care about the Black Sea Straits, so long as the Ottoman Empire continued, as before, not to charge transit fees.
In this regard, the Ottomans were the most miserable. They were clearly clutching a hen that laid golden eggs, yet helplessly, the eggs it laid did not belong to them. Worst of all, they still had to hold it, guard it, feed it grain, and could not even throw it away if they wanted to.
It was nothing short of the ultimate humiliation.
The Austrian Empire still held more than a hundred thousand Ottoman prisoners of war, as well as 2,713 British Army prisoners. The 2,713 British Army prisoners would naturally be released free of charge on humanitarian grounds.
However, the British government would have to settle their food, lodging, and medical expenses during this period, amounting to a total of thirty-five thousand Pound Sterling.
As for the more than a hundred thousand Ottoman prisoners, the Ottoman government was unwilling to pay ransom for them. Nor could the Austrian Empire have these people doing odd jobs everywhere all day long, not to mention that the Russians would never allow it.
Normally, the Austrian Empire's customary approach was to have labor repay the debt. It had used this method on the Italians before, on the French as well, and even when dealing with the Hungarian and Spanish questions.
The Austrian Empire's officials