Chapter 607: Response
Chapter 594 Response
Thanks to the credit of the telegraph, what happened in Persia quickly spread across the European continent, instantly shocking the world.
Jerusalem, as one of the first to know the actions of the Ottomans, to the Ottoman Youth’s decisiveness, Franz was also shaken by it.
It wasn’t the best option, but it was the one that suited the Ottoman government best. With finances drying up, diverting refugees to neighboring countries was the most effective way to get through the crisis.
Austria and Russia could not afford to offend, the two countries blocked the border line, only a few people can be smuggled across, then we can only catch Persia this soft persimmon to bully to death.
As for the horrific consequences, isn’t there still a British endorsement? Fighting the Persians is what the London government would like to see, with the British stepping in and maneuvering, in the end, most likely to be a big deal, trivialized.
Franz asked with concern, “How many Ottomans have entered the country illegally in recent times?”
Even though Austria was not suitable for smuggling, under the pressure of hunger, the number of Ottomans who had entered the country illegally had increased dramatically in recent times.
Felix: “About 80,000, of which 78,000 have been caught. The defenders have tried to catch as few as possible, but some of the Ottomans are hungry and deliberately send themselves to be caught by the defenders.
According to the regulations, these people had violated Austrian law and had to be punished, and the garrison could only apprehend them and bring them to justice.”
Franz thought unscrupulously, I’m afraid that not only a part of the people were intentionally caught by the garrison, but a lot of them were intentionally sent to the door.
Who cared what would happen if they were caught when they were about to starve to death? The worst that could happen was nothing more than being killed on the spot by the defenders as a relief.
In addition, whether it is repatriated to the country, or sentenced to squatting in prison, Austrians also have to manage the first meal, right? To be able to mix a full meal, that is also earned.
After a few moments of contemplation, Franz made a decision: “Sentenced in accordance with our laws, the Arabian Peninsula needs to fallow and return to forests and grass, these people will stay to plant grass and trees!
After their service is over, they will be sent back to the Ottoman Empire, and I’m sure the Ottoman government will have the ability to accept them by then.”
The dignity of the law must be upheld, and no matter what the reason, if the law is violated, one must be held accountable.
As for the completion of service and repatriation, everyone simply ignored it. According to Austrian law, illegal entry starts at five years, and the penalty is doubled for mass incidents.
By the time these people finish their service, they are probably almost wasted. For a long time to come, the Arabian Peninsula is in a state of fallow, thousands of miles of uninhabited, guards can be saved a lot.
It’s not a good time to be in jail in Austria these days, especially for repeat offenders.
Whether you go to the mines, or to build the railroad, you have to finish your daily work to get food for the next day, or you’ll be hungry all the time!
It’s not like we’re talking about human rights now, and we’re not even responsible for starving to death. It’s best not to get sick, or else the likelihood of surviving is very low.
This is true for the whole society, workers enter factories with a life expectancy of only ten years or so, and this is still the result of tighter management by the government in Vienna.
Prisons, not to mention the fact that those who served more than ten years should not even think about getting out. Those who managed to last more than five years were blessed by God.
Foreign Minister Weissenberg: ”Your Majesty, the Persian government has protested the Ottoman atrocities in the international community and requested our intervention in this incident.
The Persians are sincere, and if we intervene we can increase our influence in the Persian region. Considering the strategy to follow, the Foreign Ministry feels it is necessary for me to intervene.”
Austria is now the “enemy” of the Ottoman Empire, so how can you not do something that will cause trouble for your enemy?
If the government of Vienna does not act on the excuse presented to it, I am afraid that everyone will feel that there is something wrong.
Intervention is necessary, but how to intervene is a test of diplomatic skill. In the face of an enemy whose body is full of flaws, it is necessary to strike selectively, and it would be a tragedy if he accidentally got killed.
Franz: “Form an international mission of inquiry to diplomatically cause trouble for the Ottomans. It is expected that the British will make trouble, it’s good to let them exert themselves.
As for Persia, it’s not a target for our expansion, if the British are willing to pay the price, just let them have it.”
Austria now needed time to develop the African continent and did not have the energy to continue expanding into South Asia, and hosting Persia against the British at this time was not strategically worth it at all.
Franz didn’t like to sell out his teammates, so the benefits promised by the Persians had to be painfully given up.
Of course, the prerequisite for all this is that the British are willing to pay the price, otherwise, backstabbing is still rare.
The international situation has developed to this point, within a short period of time the possibility of direct outbreak of large-scale conflict between Britain, France and Austria has been infinitely small, the most commonly used means in the future, most likely backstabbing.
This is somewhat similar to the original time and space, the collapse of the colonial empire, the spread of nationalism, in fact, are imperialist countries stabbing each other in the back.
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St. Petersburg, the Tsarist government was also fretting about the sudden influx of refugees. Although the influx into the Russian Empire was not as great as in Persia, the unit was still ten thousand.
The Caucasus is a mountainous region, not conducive to the passage of large armies, and militarily very conducive to defense. But it was equally favorable for refugees to sneak in, just from one of the hills.
If the defenders want to defend, they can’t do anything about it, unless they deploy heavy troops on every hill, otherwise they can’t stop the refugees from pouring in at all.
Of course, the mountains weren’t completely without their benefits, at least some of the physically weak refugees were intercepted. Those who were able to enter the Russian Empire were basically young and strong, and most of the old and weak died on the way up.
For some countries, an increased labor force might be a good thing, but that definitely didn’t include the Russian Empire.
As one of the most populous countries in Europe, Russia has plenty of people. Combined with a lack of industrialization and a limited need for labor, the Tsarist government had no love for the refugees outright.
Alexander II said airily, “Send someone to contact the Austrians and ask them if they still need labor.”
In order to develop the African continent, Austria had been recruiting immigrants on the European continent. It was all being done in the name of private colonization companies, and the Russian Empire was one of the major sources of immigrants.
Foreign Minister Chris Basham explained, “Your Majesty, the Austrian Colonization Company has never accepted the Ottomans, they are not going to accept these refugees.”
It’s not true that there is a shortage of people in Austrian Africa, but not just anyone. Unfortunately the Ottomans were turned away, and the colonial government had explicit rules organizing the entry of illegal immigrants to go mining.
Not only would the enforcers be out of luck, but even the shareholders of the colonial company would be held accountable. This aspect of the Vienna government regulation is very strict, to try the law are fined to lose their families.
Alexander II asked, “What about the American countries, are any of them willing to accept this group of refugees?”
Now Alexander II very much hope that someone to take over, no matter how high or low the price, to be able to get rid of these people, that is to earn.
Chris Basham shook his head, “Your Majesty, if it’s black slaves there’s still a possibility of selling them, if it’s ****, they won’t sell at all.
Capitalists and plantation owners only like obedient black slaves and have no love for Ottomans. Austria wouldn’t have deported all the Ottomans if they could be sold.”
The slave trade, nominally suppressed by the European nations, had in fact always existed in secret, and even the British, who advocated abolition, were likewise still going on in secret.
In the face of profit, capitalists have never had any sense of propriety. Do not do that just because the interests are not big enough, Austria was able to vacate its cage in the African continent is the result of the government of Vienna paid to subsidize the labor export company.
None of these problems would have been a problem if the Czarist government had been willing to pay for it. The Americas were all rather salty in this day and age, and despite the need for immigrants, the government rarely took the initiative to recruit immigrants to Europe.
On the one hand, the high cost of immigration, on the other hand, the locals are afraid of immigrants taking jobs, the civil society in general is against foreign immigration, the government needs to please the voters, naturally, can not be against it.
Unfortunately, Alexander II didn’t want the refugees, essentially because he didn’t want to pay for them either. The Russian Empire was not industrially developed and did not have that many jobs to house the refugees.
Even sending them to dig in mines was a money-losing endeavor. It would have taken jobs away from the original group of miners and increased social tensions.
After hesitating for a few moments of effort, Alexander II frowned and made a decision: ”Order the garrison to deport these people to the Ottoman Empire, and if any more refugees break in – kill!
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns the Ottoman government that if they are incapable of maintaining order in the country, we will gladly send troops to help.”
The “reputation” thing worked for others, but for the Tsarist government, it couldn’t get any worse anyway.
The fact that Alexander II didn’t order the massacre of the refugees was due to the international influence. Otherwise, given the feud between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, it would have been normal to kill all these people.
“Yes, Your Majesty!” Chris Basham replied
(End of chapter)