Although Russia tried to intervene throughout August to prevent Edirne from becoming Turkish again, Toshev told the Ottomans at Constantinople that "he Russians consider Constantinople their natural inheritance.
Kuigi Venemaa püüdis augustikuu jooksul sekkuda, et ära hoida Edirne türklastele tagasiandmist, ütles Tošev Osmanitele Konstantinoopolis, et "venelased peavad Konstantinoopolit oma loomulikuks pärandiks.