Chapter 727: Best Allies
Chapter 710 The Best Ally
After the news of the fall of the Battle of Warsaw spread, the whole of Europe was abuzz. Newspapers have vacated their pages to publish the news.
To know that not long ago the Prussian army created the “Warsaw victory”, uninformed people have always thought that the Prussian army in the Warsaw region prevailed, such a shocking turn of events is really difficult to accept.
Especially for the speculators who bought the war bonds of the Prussian-Polish Confederation, it was even more difficult to accept this cruel reality.
Already the streets of London were filled with protest marches, and the Stock Exchange was surrounded by angry people, three layers inside, three layers outside, and I don’t know how many more layers in between.
“Being cheated”, it is natural to seek justice. Only a small percentage of these people were buyers from the start, mostly high receivers who were lulled into the boat later.
After the Prussian army hit the “Warsaw victory”, the British media have favored the Prussian-Polish Confederation to win the war, along with the war bonds issued by the Berlin government rose sharply.
Facts have proved that the capitalists are not easy to take advantage of, if the Polish Federation is about to win the war, how will they leave the market?
In addition to a few front-line staff, the corporate executives of the “Kalmaca Securities Company”, which is responsible for issuing the bonds of the PBF, have long since disappeared to an unknown place.
“Smash it!”
I don’t know who shouted, the speculators who were overwhelmed by anger, broke through the security personnel’s interception, and began to vent to their heart’s content, leaving a few unlucky staff members to become the scapegoat, and were brutally ravaged by the crowd.
The good thing is that the stock exchange is the key defense area of the London police, the atrocities that occurred in the Kalmar Curry Securities Company, soon got to ask the police to come to stop.
This is just a microcosm, in the background of the capital predator left the scene, and not only the securities market was hit hard, the stock market is also hard to escape a disaster.
Undoubtedly, the banks that took over the loans from Pupo Federal became the hardest hit by this storm, and their stock prices fell wildly.
The PBF has not yet lost the war, London is already in chaos. This year’s British government, or very capable of execution, Prime Minister Benjamin the first time to convene a press conference to appease the people.
The general meaning is: the debtor is still don’t worry, the London government will find a way to keep the Berlin government, the bonds in everyone’s hands will not become waste paper.
If you want to read more deeply, can also be understood as: the debtor is still there, but now very poor, when will be able to pay will know.
War bonds, certainly not immediately pay, the shortest time that is three or five years later, long after ten or twenty years are normal.
By then the British government has long been replaced, to worry about is also the back of the government, Benjamin prime minister does not mind first open blank check.
However, the British Foreign Office has accelerated the pace of action, constantly lobbying European countries to intervene in the Russo-Prussian War, so far there have been: Portugal, Holland, Belgium, the three countries attached to the London government’s armistice proposal.
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Just a short time ago, the Austrian government also received the Berlin government mediation invitation, Franz has been in hesitation, with the end of the war in Warsaw, things can no longer be delayed.
“We can’t wait any longer, the Russo-Prussian War will soon be over, we have to take action or the situation will get out of hand.” Foreign Minister Weissenberg suggested
It was indeed about to get out of hand, really if the Tsarist government swallowed the Kingdom of Prussia, it would be hard to make them spit it out again.
With the current international situation, the Czarist government would most likely take advantage of Austrian nationalism and use the territory of the Kingdom of Prussia to cover its debts, holding the Vienna government over the fire.
What’s even more tragic is that the Russians did this, and the Vienna government not only had to swallow the bitter fruit themselves, but also had to thank them, at least on the surface.
What does the Kingdom of Prussia have now?
The answer is – debt!
If Austria accepted the Kingdom of Prussia now, not only would she not be able to recover the money she had lent to the Russians, but she would also have to pay back the Czarist government a further sum of money.
Not only that, but the Berlin government owed a huge debt that it would certainly not be able to repay after the war, and taking over the Kingdom of Prussia now would mean taking over a huge debt as well.
In addition to the debt, the economic reconstruction after the war would also require a large sum of money, and there was no doubt that the Berlin government could not afford to pay it, and the central government would have to underwrite it.
And that’s just the economy, there were more political troubles. If the diplomacy was not done well, it would be in the crosshairs.
Knowing that it is a mess, Austria is not the wrongdoer, naturally, it is not possible to run to take over at this time.
Interference became the best choice, as long as the Russians are not allowed to occupy the Kingdom of Prussia, these latter troubles naturally do not exist.
Debt, no matter how much, no matter how difficult, that is the Berlin government’s own responsibility, really can not pay the money can also be reneged on, in any case, there is no unification, and will not affect the credibility of the Austrian.
“It is still too early, the strength of the Puppo Federation still exists, it must be consumed by the hands of the Russians, otherwise it will be a big trouble in the future.” Chancellor Felix objected
As the leader of Greater Germanism, Prime Minister Felix never put the unification of the German region in the first place, the Kingdom of Prussia has a strong military power, obviously not conducive to the unification of the country.
Foreign Minister Weissenberg reminded, “Prime Minister, our first national policy is the indigenization of Africa, and the unification of the German region can only come in second place.
As of now, most of our African strategy has been completed, and apart from the French-occupied Egypt, there is only a half-dead Ottoman Empire.
It is imperative to stabilize the European continent as soon as possible, establish a new international order, and look for an opportunity to resolve the Ottoman Empire first.”
There were actually many more Austrian state policies, only that they had changed over time, and now there were only these two left.
For example, the original Near Eastern strategy, with the decline of the Ottoman Empire, directly became part of the African strategy.
This was also forced out, after the localization of Africa, the connection with the mainland became a priority. Taking the sea route was indeed convenient, but unfortunately security was not guaranteed in times of war.
The Royal Navy was too dominant for the Austrian Navy to compete. In a short time, not to mention catching up with the British, even the French navy pressed the Austrian navy.
Since the sea can not, then we can only think of ways on land. Most of the Middle East has fallen into the hands of Austria, the Vienna government wants to connect the mainland and Africa, across the center of the obstacles only French Egypt and the Ottoman Empire.
Rice to eat one bite at a time, the French strength is not weak, the Vienna government for the time being did not hit the Egyptian idea, but the Ottoman Empire this weak chicken will be a tragedy.
Prime Minister Felix nodded and shook his head: ”Our core strategy is the integration of the African homeland is correct, but this is not contradictory to the German unification plan.
To solve the Ottoman Empire we have plenty of opportunities, after the Russo-Prussian War the Czarist government will be at peace for a long time and will not have the energy to compete with us in the Near East.
It is safe to say that within the next ten years we will dominate the fight against the Ottoman Empire, and the Russians will not prevent us from extending the railroad to the Suez Canal.
On the contrary, the Kingdom of Prussia is more troublesome, we can’t do it ourselves, and if we don’t solve them now, it will be hard to find an opportunity in the future.”
Bosses are not easy to be, especially bosses who love their image. Even when the German region was divided, everyone still recognized Austria’s leadership, and the most central reason was that the Vienna government had been running its own image for decades.
It is hard to create a good reputation, naturally, can not be destroyed in the civil war. Especially for Franz, the emperor, would rather let the German region can not be united, but also can not smash their own signboard.
Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to find out that the country had been reunified with great difficulty, and the throne of his own family had been tossed away.
Similar cases can be quite a lot, Franz does not think that their own offspring are all bullish Lord, can be subdued.
Do not want to pull hatred, then the best way is to let the German unification process less bloodshed, even if it is really necessary to bloodshed, but also to find a good scapegoat first top cylinder.
In this regard, the Russians are really a good ally of Austria. The Ottoman Empire, the old enemy in the south, was taken down by Russia and Austria together, and the ambitious Prussian kingdom in the north was being cleaned up by the Tsarist government.
Whenever there was a conflict of interest between Russia and Austria, just think of the contribution of the Tsarist government and Franz’s mind was instantly calmed.
It didn’t matter if it was money or not, it was mainly for the sake of Russo-Austrian friendship. You can’t see that the Austrian government didn’t even get mad when the Tsarist government declared a debt default last time.
Franz interrupted the quarrel between the two: “Mediation of the Prussian-Russian war can be slowed down for a while, send people to test the bottom line of the tsarist government.
If they intend to take the Kingdom of Prussia against the debt and want to hold us over the fire, they will immediately cooperate with the British and intervene in the war.
Beyond that, all other cases are negotiable. A weak, even divided Prussia is the best Prussia.
As long as it doesn’t go too far, we can acquiesce to the Tsarist government’s annexation of parts of the Kingdom of Prussia, and as long as it doesn’t involve the German region, everything else is negotiable.”
A fighter needs an appearance fee, let alone a Russian. People were fortunate to have fought all the way here, paid millions of soldiers’ casualties, and fought their way out of debt, so there had to be something in return.
In Franz’s opinion, the Kingdom of Prussia has had too much of a good time in recent decades and has become oblivious to the fact that it actually wants to form its own system and separate itself from Austria, a situation that must be fought.
If we do not make an example of it, what about the German states that follow suit?
For example: the Hanoverian Kingdom, which is eager to try, is not satisfied with the current German Federal Reich, relying on the support of the British, secretly drumming up the unknown North-South German plan.
The government of Vienna did not seek their misfortune, that is, Hanover is still in the stage of imagination, plans to do a lot, but did not take substantive action.
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(End of chapter)