Chapter 155: The Intermediary of the Powers

After Spain learned that the German government had sent its navy to conduct military exercises in Morocco, Alfonso responded immediately.

"Send the Navy Prince Asturias and related formations to the North Sea for military exercises!"

The arrow has to be on the string. If you are indifferent in the face of the provocation of the Germans, the outside world will only think that Spain is weak and can be bullied.

At present, only the Prince of Asturias is left in the navy stationed in the mainland. The two Castile-class ships returned by the Mediterranean Fleet have not yet reached the mainland.

At the same time as receiving the order, there was little hesitation to start the journey to the German North Sea from the port of A Coruña.

Different from the two kittens and puppies of the German Navy, Spain's deterrent fleet can be said to be powerful and huge.

News of Spain sending a fleet to the North Sea for military exercises immediately spread throughout Europe.

The smell of gunpowder on both sides can be said to be a lot thicker at once.

For the Germans, the self-proclaimed second power in the world is being provoked by the Spaniards at this moment.

The German people have ignored the reasons that caused the conflict between the two sides at the beginning, but began to choose to support their own country.

Although the provocation of the incident was initiated by the Kaiser himself, the response of the Spaniards seemed to be a blatant provocation in front of the Germans.

"Give the Spaniard a color, doesn't he know that the Moroccan Empire is never afraid of any threats and challenges!"

"The mighty French have all been defeated by us, and the Spaniards dare to provoke us so wildly!"

"We demand that the government must respond strongly to the threat of the Spaniards, otherwise what is the majesty of the German Empire..."

When the two ships, the German Bomb and the Berlin, sailed to the waters of Morocco in North Africa,

They should have thought that they would be strongly opposed by the Spaniards.

But they did it anyway, and in the eyes of the Spaniards, it was a blatant act of erosion and provocation.

The response made by the Spanish government can be said to have made the Spaniards proud.

Internationally, Spain has had less and less right to speak in recent years.

In the face of a large number of international interest demands, Spain's voice is not valued by the powers.

This also caused the Spaniards to hold a fire in their hearts all the time.

"Do these Germans think that the Kingdom of Spain is their servant state?"

"If the Germans did start a war on us because of this, we would donate money to our troops anyway!"

"Spain is just a little weaker these years, but it doesn't mean they can bully at will. If there is a war, I will join the army immediately to defend the motherland!"

The atmosphere in Spain, the public opinion can be said to be very good, and the evaluation of the Germans has also dropped to the bottom for a while.

For Karl Benz as well. Daimler and others, the most uncomfortable thing about the conflict between West Germany is these Germans working in Spain and the Spaniards working in Germany.

But countries can never be terminated or forced to compromise because of the interests of one or two people.

Seeing that the smell of war gunpowder between the two sides is getting more and more abundant, the British, the world hegemon, can't sit still at this time.

There was no war between the Germans and the Spaniards in the British European strategy.

Because once the Spaniards and the Germans go to war, the French are bound to take this opportunity to start a war of revenge against the Germans.

No matter who wins or loses, both sides will become the most unstoppable military bloc in Europe.

The successive germination of the Allies and the Allies shows that the era of European balance of power since the Vienna Peace Conference has come to an end.

"Fairy Wood"

A new era of alliances has come, and on the surface this change seems to be moving towards a balance.

In fact, international peace is walking a dangerous tightrope, and if you are not careful, you may fall into the abyss.

Although the Moroccan crisis between Germany and France in later generations,

The German navy also directly demonstrated, but they were all pushed back by France.

This is unimaginable in today's Bismarck era.

Bismarck, who pursued the policy of iron and blood, successively launched the Prussian War, the Prussian-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War, and finally unified Germany in 1871.

For Bismarck, the external attitude has always been tough, and now the Spanish countermeasures against the Germans have seriously provoked Bismarck's personal policy.

How things will develop, even Alfonso XII of the Royal Palace of Madrid dare not say at this time.

But Alfonso knew that so many Spanish soldiers had died in this matter,

If the domestic people cannot be given an explanation, it will inevitably lead to the resistance of the domestic people.

No matter how to deal with it, the Spaniards must not weaken their attitude towards the Germans at this time.

After all, there is a France between West Germany. Even if a full-scale war breaks out between the two sides, it will definitely not cause too much threat and casualties.

This is also why Spain, which is already declining, dares to challenge the German Empire, which is now in full swing.

But taking into account diplomatic factors, Austria and Russia will not allow either side to be weakened too severely.

This represents a war between West France and Germany, which is bound to involve Austria-Hungary and Russia.

And the British Empire, which is isolated overseas, is certainly not immune to it. For them, once a full-scale large-scale war breaks out in Europe.

The European policy of balance they have always pursued is bound to be disrupted after the war.

The only thing that can change this result is that the British also participated in the war, and obviously facing a small Morocco, the British will not be so aggressive.

British Prime Minister Disraeli made a proclamation in London three days after the Spanish labor riots erupted.

"Both sides, a major power in Europe, shouldn't be fighting so much over a small West African country."

"Once a war breaks out between the two sides, it will inevitably affect the peace of the whole Europe and even the peace of the world."

"The peace-loving British Empire is willing to act as a mediator between the two countries, and the two sides should hold talks in London on the Moroccan issue."

"The two sides can get a peaceful solution, which is what the people of the world want to see."

British Prime Minister Disraeli directly ignored the Moroccans, one of the parties involved, and directly invited Spain and Germany to mediate.

At the same time in Madrid, Spain, King Alfonso XII officially announced that he will give a speech in Madrid at 9 am tomorrow.

The significance of the speech at this time is self-evident. The negotiations with Germany to be held in London are bound to not affect any domestic affairs in Spain.

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