Chapter 976 Detaining the Warship

For Austria, the greatest significance of the Vienna Treaty was not to limit France, but to clear the final obstacle to the unification of Germany.

Osibiri and other countries have been bought off. Even if the rest of the Netherlands, Portugal, and the Nordic Federation want to oppose, they must consider whether their bodies can withstand revenge.

European countries do not object, let alone overseas countries. These years, only European powers have interfered in overseas affairs, and no overseas country has ever interfered in European affairs.

Unable to find like-minded supporters, the British are also helpless. Diplomatic protests are ineffective, so armed intervention is impossible, right?

In desperation, the British government could only choose to compromise. At the price of recognizing Austria's annexation of the German Confederation, in exchange for the Vienna government's recognition of their annexation of the French Indo-China Peninsula.

Apparently everyone knows that such an admission is as much as it is not. Britain could not prevent the German-Austrian merger, and Vienna could not interfere with the British annexation of the French Indo-China Peninsula. Mutual recognition is nothing more than a better face for everyone.

On June 12, 1892, under the witness of the international community, Austria and the German states signed the Treaty of Holy Rome.

At about the same time, the German Federal Parliament announced the dissolution of the North German Empire. In the afternoon, George I issued a proclamation of abdication.

As a witness to history, I have witnessed the destruction of a country and the rebirth of a country in one day. The impact on everyone is undoubtedly huge.

Anyone with a little political savvy knows that the world has changed. The European continent has once again returned to the era of the Holy Roman Empire, and the international situation has changed from the three giants to the two powers side by side.

Fortunately, the conflict between the British and the Olympics did not intensify. But everyone knows that this kind of stability is only temporary, and it will be a matter of time before Yingao turns his face for world hegemony.

...

As night fell, sighs were heard from the Japanese embassy in Vienna.

"If you don't go out for a walk, you don't know how fast the world is changing. There is an old Chinese saying, "Thirty years Hedong, thirty years Hexi".

How long has it been since then, the mighty French Empire has just fallen. We originally thought that we were developing fast enough, but we are still too far behind compared with the great powers.

It seems that the reform cannot be stopped. After this war is over, we will continue to deepen the reform of the system and strive to catch up as soon as possible. "

It was Ito Hirofumi at the bottom, and he quickly strengthened his confidence after sighing. It's just that the sadness between the eyebrows can't be dissipated for a long time.

Political speculation has always been a high-yield, high-risk job. The Japanese government made mistakes in its previous operations and failed to switch jobs in time. Now it will pay the price.

It is fortunate that this speculation was spared, and he did not jump directly onto the French ship, otherwise it would sink with the big ship now.

"Reform, isn't Austria the most conservative country in Europe? Except for the Russian Empire, they are the most conservative."

Xixiang Congdao asked suspiciously.

This is also the impression of the outside world. Compared with France, which is the pioneer of "freedom", Austria can indeed be called "conservative".

Now that "freedom" has lost to "conservative", many people are wondering whether France is "free" too much. The causes and consequences of the European War have been disclosed by the newspapers. Everyone knows that France was pushed into the chariot by the "public opinion" coerced by capital, and finally set foot on the road of no return.

Ito Bowen shook his head: "Where did you see that Austria is conservative? In addition to the lack of a bunch of big trolls, there are no strikes and marches everywhere, and there is no election manifesto posted everywhere, what else do they lack?"

Thanks to the strict implementation of the Press Act, newspapers are responsible for the authenticity of the content of the newspapers, and the social atmosphere of being kidnapped by money has been reversed.

In this context, it does not matter to spray, but it must be in line with reality. Articles that are casually sprayed will not be published in newspapers at all.

There are still strikes and marches, but they are not as frequent as in France, let alone in Vienna. After all, the factories have moved away, so where did the labor movement come from?

Because the colony has recruited immigrants for a long time, the Austrian capitalists have to rob people from the colony, and they dare not squeeze the workers too much.

The opposite case did not happen. For example, in which factory, because of the serious labor conflict, the workers collectively carried buckets and ran away, no one fulfilled the order, and the boss was almost driven crazy by the liquidated damages.

"Election manifestos" are flying all over the sky, not to mention. This is expressly prohibited by Austrian law. When the small advertisement is posted, it will be posted in it, and naturally no one will do it.

In the eyes of Ito Hirobumi, this is the performance of order. The cultures of the East and the West are different, and Japan pays special attention to the rules.

Especially with the current prosperity of Austria, it magnifies these advantages. Ito Hirobumi, who is good at learning, naturally wants to learn from it.

After pondering for a while, Xixiang Congdao nodded thoughtfully.

Austria now has a vast territory, rich resources, developed industries, a prosperous economy, a strong military, and political stability. Specifically, what is missing?

It is estimated that few people can answer this question. If you insist that it is insufficient, only the navy is not number one in the world.

However, this is not a disadvantage. Austria is not incapable of developing a navy. Compared with the Royal Navy, the only difference is the number and experience.

These can be solved, the quantity can be thrown into the money, and the experience can be accumulated. There is no qualitative difference between the two sides, the second and the first are not very different.

For Japan, the second navy in the world they can't even think about. In any case, it is impossible to say

The location lacks the navy.

After a while, Saigo said slowly, "Ito-kun, are you going to restart the Vienna route?"

At the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, Japan visited a number of European countries, which resulted in a number of reform routes, including the Vienna route that followed Austria.

However, due to various factors, the Vienna route was eventually rejected. The Meiji Restoration was mainly modeled on the three countries of Britain, France and Prussia, and formulated its own development route based on the actual situation.

In addition to politics, the reform line of the Japanese in the original time and space is basically a success. It is different now. With the successive failures of Prussia and France, Japan also has doubts about this reform line.

Ito Bowen waved his hand: "No! Austria's development route cannot be replicated at all, we don't have such a solid background as them, even if we want to learn it, we can't learn it!

You must know that when they were at their worst, they were one of the four major powers in the world. After Emperor Franz took the throne, he immediately joined the wave of colonization after solving the internal troubles.

It has successively opened up Austrian Africa, Austrian America, and Austrian Southeast Asia. After its strength developed and grown, it turned around and annexed the Ottoman Empire, and the Austrian Empire became today. "

In a sense, the Japanese government's strategy is also imitating Austria, but unfortunately their luck is not good, and they have encountered difficulties just after stepping out of the country.

In the past, European countries competed for colonies, and after gaining territory, as long as they showed enough strength to let their opponents know that the gains outweighed the losses, everyone could solve the problem at the negotiating table, and it seldom happened that they would fight to the end.

Judging from the current situation, even if the Spaniards were able to retake the Philippine Islands, they would have to pay a heavy price. The risk here is very large, and the benefits are not proportional to the pay.

It stands to reason that now is the time to get to the negotiating table. As long as the Japanese government pays a certain price, things can be understood.

Unfortunately, none of these lessons apply now. Even if you lose to a European country, what's the point of losing to the Japanese? Spain can't afford to lose this man.

Especially after the defeat of France, Spanish nationalism became active, and the voice of revenge rose to the sky.

With the proceeds from the anti-French war, the Spaniards quickly formed an expeditionary fleet and possessed the capital for revenge.

The first step was hit hard, and the blow to the Japanese government was unprecedented. Continuing to imitate Austria's colonial strategy, Ito Hirobumi even dared to think about it.

If possible, he prefers to pack up and go home now, stop the pace of expansion, and slowly farm to accumulate wealth.

Japan lacks resources and simply relies on farming, and the development speed will definitely be very slow, but it is safe!

Radical development is indeed fast, but it also dies fast. Prussia a few years ago, and now France, are all negative teaching materials on the road of expansion.

Xixiang Cong said: "It's really impossible to learn, our family is too weak. If it is replaced by our old neighbor next door, it is estimated that there is still a certain degree of success.

Don't talk about this, let's take care of the eyes first! The Anti-French Alliance proposed to carry out a maintenance on the warship before delivery, which would take a month.

If nothing else, the Spanish expedition fleet will also set off within a month. If you want to dare to send the warship back to China before the war starts, it is probably hopeless. "

Ito Bowen: "This is to be expected. As a member of the Anti-French Alliance, the Spaniards still have this bit of face. Even if the Anti-French Alliance does not detain them, it will be difficult for us to take the lead in sending these warships back to China.

This is today's paper, the Suez Canal has resumed navigation. With the end of the French, ownership of the canal has completely fallen into Austrian hands.

According to the "Océ Port Agreement" more than 30 years ago, Spanish warships can use Austrian ports to dock, and it is not a problem to pass through the Suez Canal.

We don't have to think about it. Leaving aside the erroneous statements in favour of the French in the past, our relations with Austria have been frosty even if we go back a few decades.

As for the warship, now we can only find a solution from the British side. Simply they also have a conflict with Spain, happy to see the Spaniards unlucky. "

There are two main reasons for the cold relationship between Austria and Japan: First, Japan's reforms were mainly based on learning from Britain, France, and Prussia. Trade orders also flowed to the three countries, and there was very little trade with Austria.

Secondly, Franz was not able to control his emotions perfectly at the beginning of his succession, and he showed no interest in the Japanese.

Without sufficient economic interests, the relationship between the two countries cannot be deepened. Coupled with the indifference of the emperor, the bureaucrats will naturally not spend time for a dispensable Japan.

At that time, Austria was far less powerful than it is now. After being coldly received, the Japanese government did not make any efforts to improve the relationship between the two countries.

I don't usually burn incense, but it's not so easy to want to crawl again at a critical moment.

If it weren't for the British fear of a Spanish revival taking back the Roussillon region, threatening the safety of the Strait of Gibraltar, the Japanese would now be the real tragedy.

Hearing that the warship had landed, Xixiang let go of his dangling heart, and couldn't help saying, "Great, with the support of the British, it will not be difficult to defeat Spain."

There was a battle experience, the Japanese navy still has an advantage over the Spaniards, the only worry is that the gap between the fleet strengths of the two sides is too great.

Ito Bowenru replied with a bitter look: "It's not that simple, Spain is a member of the anti-French alliance, even if the war is over, the incense love will still be there.

once the british

Intervening in the war, the anti-French alliance will not ignore it, and the British are even less likely to turn their backs on us and the anti-French alliance.

In order not to stimulate the anti-French alliance, the British will certainly not be able to give us too much support. It is up to us to win this war. "

Facts once again prove that if a country wants to be successful, it is very important to find teammates.

The British are obviously unreliable representatives. Ito Bowen has not forgotten how the French were sold in the just-concluded European War.

You must know that Britain and France were allies in the early days of the war. Although the British government did stand on the side of France, they did not give up any opportunity to take advantage of the fire.

It seems to be supporting France, but in fact, it is trying to maintain the balance of power between the warring parties and wants Fao to lose both.

However, the plan did not change quickly. The London government did not expect that Austria would hide its strength and directly dealt a fatal blow to the French at a critical moment.

Seeing that the situation in France was over, the British's first reaction was not to pull their allies, but to unilaterally tear up the covenant and get down to the ground.

There are many similar cases. For example, Belgium was originally mixed with the British, and then fell to Austria after being betrayed.

Allies can be betrayed, so Japan, which is not even an ally, has no pressure on the British to betray it.

Knowing and knowing, Ito Bowen still has no choice, or the Japanese government has no choice. Although Spain has always been the bottom line of the great powers, the great powers are the great powers, and their international influence is still extraordinary.

Except for the British, no country was willing to risk offending the Spaniards and sell them warships at this time.

What's more tragic is that if you don't get a batch of warships back from the British, the next battle will not be able to be fought at all.

Xixiang Congdao was thoughtful, and after a while, he said slowly: "Anyway, it is better for the British to provide support than nothing.

As long as we can win the war, we can agree to any conditions at the moment, and we will talk about everything after the war is over. "

The two looked at each other and ended the heavy topic. The content behind is too amazing. If the rumors are leaked, Japan will be finished, and everything can only be kept silent.