Chapter 528: A Different Path to the Same Destination
Chapter 516: A Different Path
Vienna Palace, looking at the telegram in hand, Franz do not know what to say. With “people lying at home, pot from the sky” description, seems a little out of character.
This time things, but Austria’s own make up. If the negotiation place is not in the Austrian embassy, no matter how President Juarez died has nothing to do with Austria.
Throwing the blame on Minister Compton? That’s not right either. He did his duty. He did his duty. He placed the negotiations in the Austrian Embassy in order to gain an advantage in the negotiations and to secure greater benefits for Austria.
President Juárez’s death was an accident, and Minister Compton was not responsible for it in any way.
Now a black pot fell from the sky, no matter how to explain it, there will be people who will accuse: Austria poisoned President Juarez; or: Massimiliano I poisoned for revenge.
In reality, to the very end Franz was not prepared to finish off President Juarez. His existence was not considered a threat to Austria, and there was more value in keeping him than in killing him.
Not to mention Massimiliano I. If he had been able to assassinate President Juarez during the negotiations, he wouldn’t have ended up in this situation.
Prime Minister Felix proposed, “Your Majesty, after what happened, it’s time for us to withdraw our troops from Mexico. At this time, it’s morally unjustifiable to hold them accountable.”
Franz nodded, no matter how good the reasoning was before, now that Mexico had a dead president in the Austrian embassy, it could be accounted for.
Any further aggression and Austria’s international image would be finished. This was inconsistent with the Vienna government’s longstanding business philosophy, and even the shameless British, then, could not do such a thing.
“Order Governor Hummel to withdraw his troops, by the way, even the embassy and expatriates together, Mexico will soon be in chaos, we do not go to the muddy water.”
The process doesn’t matter, the ultimate goal has been achieved. The sudden death of Juarez, the republicans for the position of the successor, there is no shortage of dragon fights.
Huarez was the president more than ten years ago, his term of office ended long ago, and in the middle of this decade everyone was playing guerrilla, so naturally it was impossible to hold an election.
Since the overthrow of Massimiliano I, the Mexican election is in preparation. If President Juarez does not die, then the possibility of his re-election is very high.
Unfortunately, the reality is not if, without Juarez, Mexico no longer have a second political figure to calm the scene.
The central government lacks prestige, internal contradictions can not be suppressed, the international forces and then a pounding, civil war want not to break out are difficult.
Perhaps in the near future, the United States of America’s North and South song will also shine in Mexico. Whether it is the Confederate States, or the United States, they all want to support a pro-self Mexican government, to enhance their influence in North America.
Britain, France and Austria are not willing to be lonely Lord. The French in the strategic contraction is correct, but as the Mexican debtors, they want to keep a low profile, the reality does not allow ah!
The British and Austrians are idle, if they do not engage in things are problematic. I do not know why, in the overseas colonial expansion, Austria by John Bull influence is very serious, get things more and more skillful.
Foreign Minister Weissenberg analyzed: “Your Majesty, giving up Mexico City is enough. The several southern Mexican states that have already been occupied by us can be slowed down for a while.
Austrian colonies in Central America have always had territorial disputes with Mexico, these issues need to be resolved slowly by negotiation, we can wait for Mexico to elect a new government before discussing.”
President Juarez’s death, Austria must make a gesture to the outside world, the withdrawal of troops from Mexico has become inevitable, but how to withdraw will have to test the technology.
The labor was not to be wasted, nor could it be in vain, but at least the cost of sending out the troops had to be recouped. Stalling for a while, waiting for the outbreak of civil war in Mexico, resulting in the occupation of the southern territories of the established facts.
In any case, as long as Mexico did not elect a government recognized by Austria, then the occupation could continue. It doesn’t take long, just three or five years of work to be swallowed.
This was a practical necessity, the plantation owners in Austrian Central America had wanted to expand for a long time, and now they needed to be appeased as well.
The Viennese government needed them to maintain a certain amount of strength and be able to hinder the Americans from reaching out to Central America. As long as Austria was still hogging Central America, the Panama Canal was not to be opened.
After a little thought, Franz made the decision, “Don’t occupy under the government’s banner, Austria has never invaded Mexico.
Southern Mexico that is just a bunch of civilians who do not want to accept the rule of the Mexican government, the Mexican government is incompetent, even their own people can not control, we can only express regret.”
Once the bottom line was put down, Franz was not afraid to play dumb. Anyway, as long as it is clear that Austria is not occupying Mexican territory, the international community can not say anything.
The Mexican government can also send troops to take these areas back if it has the ability to do so. Of course it must be a one-time success, if it fails the mob is also going to expand. If it fails once and loses a few more states, then they can only be blamed for their incompetence.
After three or five years, when the furor of this incident has passed, these areas will then be added to the Austrian colony of Central America.
The rules of the game are such that when it is time to be hypocritical, one must be hypocritical. As long as the substantial benefits are in hand, there is no harm in going through the motions a little more.
Most of the proceeds of this expansion were for the plantation owners in Austrian Central America. Since they took the proceeds, they had to pay the price, and the responsibility of ruling the region fell on their shoulders.
Mexico can not be ruled well, the French have not swallowed them, Franz does not think Austria will be able to swallow in one bite.
Now Franz decided to decentralize, the Austrian colonists in Central America have as much strength as they can eat as much land. Can expand to what point, all depends on their own strength, the expansion of the consequences of failure, the same is also their own to bear.
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Mexico City, the death of President Juarez, has made a big fuss. Under the organization of the people who have the intention, the demonstration crowd has already surrounded the Austrian Embassy.
Tolerance for the dead are higher than the living, President Juarez is still under fire before he died, and now that he is so dead, his image is instantly taller, as if he has become a saint overnight.
Embassy Minister Compton has long been fidgety, outside the demonstration of the crowd, 24 hours non-stop rounds of bombardment. Slogans shouted earth-shattering, the embassy district raised a dog are trembling.
In order to prevent the marching public impact on the embassy area, Compton Minister has transferred a battalion of troops from outside the city, the outside has pulled up a cordon, but also in the gate set up a Gatling.
This was no small matter; in just a few days, there had been a number of storming incidents, and the dozens of corpses parked outside were evidence of that.
In that respect, Franz had been wise to order the evacuation of the embassy. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to ensure the personal safety of the embassy staff.
While Minister Compton was at a loss, a young officer held a telegram and whispered in his ear, “Your Excellency the Minister, this is the latest order from the Vienna government.”
As soon as he snatched the telegram, it was dated five days ago. Compton did not care for time, and looking at the message on it ordering the evacuation of Mexico, he was momentarily speechless.
Not even the embassy was to be retained, and it was evident that this was to be a complete abandonment of Mexico. Their own painstakingly run for several years of the embassy area, to be so abandoned, Compton Minister’s heart is a mixture of flavors.
After a moment’s pause, Minister Compton said sternly: “Notify the Mexican government, we want to evacuate, and order them to disperse the crowd within three hours, otherwise all the consequences.”
It was all about leaving, so naturally there was no need to worry about anything. The powers have never lacked strong-arm tactics, if the Mexican government continues to not know how to die, then before leaving the blood of Mexico City is not impossible.
No annexation of Mexico, does not mean that Austria is afraid of their strength. The main thing is to defeat the government forces is easy, to rule Mexico is difficult.
Mexico’s territory has shrunk again and again, and now there are still nearly two million square kilometers. Such a large territory, and more mountainous, want to clean up again, no hundreds of thousands of troops simply can not do.
This cost has far exceeded the benefits, the French abandoned Mexico, is because see this clearly, not willing to continue to fill this hole.
Not now, Austria is leaving anyway. Even if it makes the world angry, there is no pressure in Minister Compton’s heart.
He had a good idea of how the protest crowd outside came to be. The Mexican government did not dare to directly find Austria’s trouble, so they pushed the people forward, and hid themselves in the back to watch the fun.
There has been no seizure, not that Minister Compton is afraid, mainly because there is no need. On the surface, it seems that this is creating trouble for Austria, in fact, the biggest trouble behind or will leave the Mexican government.
If there is governing experience, the Mexican government will never do this. Public opinion is a double-edged sword, when Austria withdrew, the burst of public opinion is to take out the sharp edge of the Republican government.
To put it bluntly, from the moment the autopsy report on President Juarez came out, it was decided that Austria had failed in this political blackmail.
The Mexican government, from beginning to end, was doing nothing. Even without the protesting crowds, the Vienna government would have given up on Mexico all the same.
Having received the news of Austria’s withdrawal, the Mexican government had a rare moment of efficiency. This time the major factions within the government were united in their opinion to hurry up and send this plague away.
The aftermath erupted with violent clashes between the demonstrators and the police who came to disperse the crowd. Including the organization of the demonstration, were unable to control the high emotions of the people.
Three hours passed quickly, and the outside of the embassy district was in chaos. Watching the Mexican government take matters into its own hands to suppress the marching public, Compton just a burst of cold laughter.
Even if he had to move, it wasn’t something that could be accomplished in a few hours, and he still had time to watch the fun. As for the trouble, Compton is not worried at all, the Mexican government is still worried that they rely on not to go?
Anyone who dares to block the Austrian evacuation is the Mexican government’s greatest enemy. The Mexican government, inexperienced in governing, does not know that the Austrian withdrawal is only the beginning of the trouble.
While the withdrawal was taking place on one side, military operations were being intensified on the other. Be suffocated colonists, will not give up this rare opportunity for expansion.
(End of chapter)