Chapter 1181: Don’t mind the big deal
Chapter 1158: Not Too Much
After a lot of war of words and interest transactions, on June 16, 1905, the countries of the world signed the Vienna Agreement in Vienna, and the World War drew to a successful conclusion.
The content of the treaty was, on the whole, considered generous to most countries. Even for the defeated countries, the dispositions were not harsh.
The countries that withdrew from the war and jumped ship in front of them are now barely considered part of the Continental Union and are no longer held accountable for the war.
The real responsibility, only Britain, Japan and the United States. The most tragic natural British Empire, as the main force of the World War, directly lost a bottom.
The content of the treaty is as follows:
1, each defeated country (Britain, Japan and the United States) admitted defeat in the war, and is fully responsible for the World War;
2, Cede all colonies to the Continental Union;
(respectively: Shinra received British Australia, Canada, New Zealand, parts of the Central and Southern Peninsula, and overseas islands, including: Hawaii, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and other areas;
Spain recovers the Strait of Gibraltar;
West, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavia, Sardinia, Greece …… and other countries jointly divided British India;
……)
3. Payment of war reparations of 66 billion guilders, to be repaid in 99 years, with interest at five thousandths of a percent per month; (respectively: 33 billion for Britain, 32.5 billion for the United States, and 500 million for Japan)
(Distributed as follows: Holy Roman Empire 79.6%, Russian Empire 8.8%, Spain 4.9%, Netherlands 3.5%, Belgium 0.7% ……)
Note: Considering the financial situation of each country, the annual repayment can be made as long as it is not less than fifteen percent of the government’s revenue, and the outstanding portion will be automatically accumulated and compounded with interest.
4. In order to maintain world peace and stability, the defeated country shall not develop any military industry, and all weapons and equipments shall be purchased from the countries of the Continental Union;
5、The armed forces of the defeated country must be limited to not destroying the regional balance, including: army, police, militia and other kinds of armed forces, the size of the army is authorized by the upcoming League of Nations every year;
6. From the date of signing of the treaty, each country will complete the handover within one year, and all British, Japanese and American troops will be withdrawn to their homelands;
7, from the date of signing the treaty, within one month, the countries begin to exchange prisoners of war, and the extra prisoners, in accordance with international practice, pay ransom;
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More than one hundred articles in total, the content is a lot more, but compared to the punishment of the French back then, it is still a lot lighter.
Surrender loses half the battle, and the only people to blame are the French for surrendering too late. When the British surrendered, there was still a Royal Navy in their hands, and when the French surrendered the allied forces were almost killing Paris.
Of course, this is only a superficial reason, the fundamental reason is that the French are a much bigger threat, and the British, who are alone overseas, are completely out of power once they lose their colonies.
Looking at the content of the treaty, it is clear that even the Royal Navy Vienna government is not interested in incorporating. We all know why, and the landlord’s family didn’t have anything left.
The scale of the Shinra Navy is large enough, the future is the era of aircraft carriers, and then a bunch of obsolete battleships back, in addition to pulling out the target, can only be dismantled and sold for scrap metal.
Anyway, after the war, the British can not afford to raise, and even the world can not find a country that can afford to raise, just the annual maintenance costs more than most of the country’s financial income.
Tearful sale will not be wanted, by the Treaty of Vienna restrictions, after the war Britain will lose the military industry, which means that spare parts are out of print.
For most countries, buying such a disposable warship back is purely taking up space.
Small potential also has the benefit of small potential, after paying the cost of colonies, war reparations, military industry, Britain successfully retained the British Isles.
Only this success is only temporary, five years later there is the Irish referendum, Scottish referendum, Welsh referendum waiting for them.
Being able to extend the referendum for five years is all the result of the British government’s hard work. Who made them offend so many people in the past?
The government in Vienna was bought off, but other countries were not willing to let them off the hook. It can be imagined that the next few years in the British Isles are destined to be unsettled.
A Britain that was trapped hand and foot was obviously unable to deter the countries. It is natural to have revenge and complain.
In any case, if it makes a big fuss, Britain, as a defeated country, is unlikely to start a war to retaliate.
The other terms are nothing, only the reparations are the most striking. It is not that the amount is huge, compared to the reparations of France in those years, the British are still several billions less.
What is really surprising is the amount of reparations allocated to Britain, the United States and Japan, the Japanese only five hundred million, everyone can understand.
The Japanese government was poor, 500 million guilders has been their financial income for more than ten years, and then more that is really more debt is not pressure.
What’s more, although the Japanese are on the wrong side, but in the fight against the Russians, they also made a great contribution.
It’s just that this kind of credit can’t be brought to the surface. It was only right that they should be taken care of, not to mention the fact that they had lost all their colonies and had their armaments restricted as well.
However, it is expected that the Japanese government will not be able to experience this kind of favorable treatment. Once the content of the treaty is publicized, it will be time to punish the traitors again.
In contrast, the United States was treated very unfavorably. The same is an accomplice, the Japanese to pay 500 million, they have to pay 32.5 billion, almost the same treatment as Great Britain.
There is no doubt that this is the result of insider trading. 66 billion of the total amount of reparations is the continental alliance jointly determined, but about the distribution of war reparations for each of the three countries, is the result of the activities of the three countries.
For the purpose of dividing the relationship between the three countries, the Vienna government deliberately indulged in all this, and in the end, naturally, it was Britain, with its poisonous methods, that won and succeeded in dumping half of the debt on its allies.
This is still the result of someone who saw that they were not happy and deliberately stumbled, otherwise the United States would have lost even more.
Regardless of what others think, anyway, Franz saw this treaty and could not understand how the Americans dared to sign it.
He knew that the Japanese delegates had refused to sign the treaty in protest against the unfair treatment at the Vienna Peace Conference.
Only after the blockade of the Sea of Japan by the Union fleet, plus a Tokyo bonfire, the Japanese delegates decisively signed their big names.
It is said that the unlucky one was about to play harakiri after the signing was completed, only that he could not find a katana at the scene and had to stop for the time being.
Then, naturally, he was warned by the foreign ministry officials. Hara-kiri has nothing to do with, back home casually cut to go, if in Vienna to do things, the South Pacific fleet will have to go to Tokyo to visit.
The Vienna Agreement was signed, and half of the mission of the Peace Conference was accomplished, followed by the formation of the United Nations and the establishment of a new international order.
Unlike in the past when the powers were side by side, this time it was completely dominated by Shinra. Theoretically, Franz could completely construct the international order according to his own will.
Obviously, this was impossible. Don’t look at the fact that the countries weren’t strong, without everyone’s cooperation, this international order really couldn’t be established.
As the big winner of this war, what the Holy Roman Empire needs now is a stable world.
To mess around, to provoke the relationship between countries, to play regional balance that is the kind of island countries like Britain to play.
As a strong continental hegemony, there is no need to play these small tricks, directly on the yang plot on the line.
Looking at the map on the wall, the double eagle flag all over the world has become a beautiful landscape, Franz slowly said: “the establishment of the United Nations, to speed up the progress; but the organizational structure, function, do not have to rush to finalize.
The world war has just ended, international conflicts are in a period of détente, we do not need an organization over their heads for the time being, it is easy to be bent on triggering everyone’s resistance.
For a short period of time, the United Nations will serve as a liaison organization, with specific functions to be filled in slowly according to the needs of the future.
This world has never been calm. As long as mankind still exists, contradiction is the eternal subject, and when international conflicts intensify, countries will naturally realize the value of the United Nations’ existence.”
The boss is also not good to be, in order to consider the long-term stability, Franz must take into account the feelings of the countries, can not offend the people.
The United Nations must be there, but it can’t make everyone think that this is a conspiracy of Shinra, wanting to interfere in the internal affairs of countries and dominate the world through this organization.
As the only hegemon, and still far behind his competitors, Franz was in no hurry at all when it came to establishing an international order.
Just take your time, if you do it all at once, what will the next emperor do?
Prime Minister Chandler: “Your Majesty, the issue of the United Nations is fine. As long as the organization is not given substantial power, countries will not refuse to join.
The trouble is the follow-up issue, the agreement is signed by the countries, but whether it can be fulfilled as agreed is still an unknown.
Britannia’s problem should not be too great. Britain lost at least three million people in the recently concluded World War, and it is at a time when civil anti-war sentiment is at its strongest.
Besides, our punishment of the British Empire is not too harsh, except for the slightly higher amount of reparations, other than that it has little to do with the general British public.
The same cannot be said for Japan and the United States. Look at the performance of the Japanese representatives know that the Japanese domestic can not accept such an armistice conditions, the follow-up will continue to make trouble.
The United States, not to mention, has a lot of internal conflicts, and the Vienna Peace Conference has not yet begun, but the country has begun to make a fuss.
The terms of the treaty against the United States are too harsh, once the word gets back, I’m afraid it’s going to be another storm.”
The big picture, that was something only politicians needed to consider. The reaction of the general public never follows the heart, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction.
Fragile Japanese nationalism, chaotic United States disorganizationism, obviously couldn’t afford the blow of the Vienna Agreement.
When the people are in an uproar, it is inevitable that politics will suffer.
There were already a few signs of madness in Japan these days, and Franz would not be at all surprised if a coup d’état overthrew the sell-out government.
The United States of America’s nationalism wasn’t as explosive, but each state was a great vassal, no less powerful than the states under Shinra.
A coup was unlikely, but impeaching the president and changing the government was a matter of minutes.
If the political situation is unstable, the treaty is a waste of paper. If you want Japan and the United States to honor their agreement, you don’t even know who to call.
Knocking on the table, Franz calmly said: “Let them make a fuss or not, there may be unexpected gains.
The Russians in this war suffered heavy losses, after the war also did not get the desired India, is holding a bellyful of fire, do not punish Japan, Nicholas II is afraid of swallowing this breath.
The other day, the Far East Empire is not want to recover the colonies occupied by the Japanese?
This is good, if the Japanese are making trouble, the Japanese colonies will be sold to the Far Eastern Empire. Order the Nanyang Fleet to blockade the Japanese waters and let them send out their own troops to recover the lost land.
The United States of America is better. I am not afraid that they will make a fuss, but I am afraid that they will not. Add fire to them and stir up conflicts between the states.
Obviously it was the eastern states that started the war for their own interests, why should the western and central states pay for it?
If it really came down to the Union splitting, waiving the reparations would not be non-negotiable. The responsibility is all Washington’s, and the independent fledgling states are not responsible for it.”
(End of chapter)