Chapter 59 We Can't Admit Her

Tsar Nicholas II died heroically. It is said that in order to protect his family, he gave three girls and Crown Prince Alexei a chance to escape, and personally led the guards to resist - when the Kaiser wanted to betray Soviet Russia and support the restoration of the Tsar After seeking peace, Nicholas II had a guard of more than 50 people, all composed of White Russians from the Baltic.

However, the tsar's heroic resistance was just an egg against a stone in front of thousands of armed revolutionary masses, and finally gained a heroic sacrifice. But the matter was not over yet, because the revolutionary masses in Berlin actually broke out in civil strife after occupying the Glinico Palace. It turned out that the Queen, the Crown Prince and the three Grand Duchess were soon caught, and a part of the revolutionary masses - they all spoke German with a strong Russian accent and claimed to be Baltic Germans - insisted on shooting them! Other revolutionary masses opposed the shooting of women and children, even if they were members of the Tsar's family.

And something even more unexpected happened next. A "Baltic German" took advantage of the dispute between the two parties and suddenly shot at the Crown Prince, the Queen and the three Grand Dukes with an MP18 submachine gun he got from nowhere! Kill them all. Such behavior immediately aroused public outrage! People wanted to capture the murderers, but the murderers and their accomplices opened fire on the angry crowd, resulting in a fight between the two groups in the Palace of Glinico. The revolutionary masses in Berlin were vast in numbers, and although the people sent by Lenin were elite, they could not break out for a while. After fighting for a long time, the nearby Potsdam Guards were finally attracted. As a result, the Bolshevik soldiers suffered a tragedy. The Potsdam Guards also captured several "Baltic Germans". After interrogation, they admitted that they were agents sent by Soviet Russia to support the German revolution.

Supporting the German revolution, and shooting the Tsar and Empress by the way, this is nothing. Both the Socialist Party and the Bolshevik Party have internationalist elements, and they no longer care about foreign revolutionaries interfering in their own countries. However, the murder of the young crown prince and the three grand duchess was a stain that was difficult to wash away, and it became a new excuse for Albert and Scheidemann to slander and attack Soviet Russia. The newly elected People's Committee used this as a reason to refuse to resume diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia. Even Liebknecht, the leader of the Spartacist League, issued a public statement firmly denying any involvement in the murder of the Tsar, Empress and Crown Prince...

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"Damn it, they killed the Tsar and the Crown Prince! Now the Grand Duchess of Baltistan will probably have the Russian throne!"

November 12, just three days after the death of the Russian Tsar and Crown Prince. The French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, also known as the Tiger, hurriedly visited No. 10 Downing Street in London. As soon as he and British Prime Minister Lloyd George walked into this old, narrow, and unimpressive Prime Minister's residence, Clemenceau couldn't help but curse.

"This is obviously a conspiracy! A German conspiracy... I very much suspect that the man named Yulovsky is actually the Kaiser's agent! This matter should be investigated thoroughly. I can guarantee that this will be the German Kaiser's. Another crime!"

Clemenceau's accusation was not unreasonable, because the Tsar was deliberately kept in Berlin by the Kaiser. In later history, many conspiracy theorists believed that the Tsar was killed by the Germans. Others pointed their suspicions at the Stasi secret service, which later became famous.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I think the power to investigate the murder of the Tsar should belong to the legitimate government of Russia in the future." Lloyd George invited the French Prime Minister into an office that was not very well-lit and had some old decoration. This was the British Prime Minister. Office space.

This was not Clemenceau's first time here, and he was not polite. He pulled up a chair and sat down. An older female secretary brought him and the British Prime Minister two cups of freshly brewed milk tea.

"The legal government of Russia?" Clemenceau seemed to have no idea what he meant. "The cabinet executive who went to Siberia?"

The cabinet executive government first in Ufa in the Ural region and then evacuated to Omsk in Siberia inherited the legal authority of the provisional government and was regarded internationally as the legitimate government of Russia.

Lloyd George smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm afraid things are not that simple. We have just received news that Admiral Kolchak, the military minister of the Russian cabinet's ruling government, launched a coup and seized power... He announced at the inauguration ceremony Allegiance to Grand Duchess Olga!"

"What?" Clemenceau was startled, "How could he do this? Without consulting with the Allies, he is like a Russian Grand Duchess controlled by the Germans and loyal to her?"

"Not only him... Denikin, Wrangel and Semyonov also issued a statement of allegiance to the Grand Duchess today. They also called her the mother of Russia in the telegram. Mr. Prime Minister, can we think that Has the Russian Empire been restored?"

The Russian Empire has really been restored! The four main White Guard commanders, Kolchak, Denikin, Wrangel and Semyonov, were all loyal to the Grand Duchess - they had not been loyal to Nicholas II before, but after confirming that the Tsar and the Emperor After the prince was killed, they all couldn't wait to pledge their allegiance to Grand Duchess Olga. This was really beyond Clemenceau's expectation.

This French prime minister with an anti-imperialist background (Clemenceau and his father were both politicians who opposed Napoleon III and were imprisoned for this) did not support the restoration of the Romanov dynasty. His favorites were democratic politicians like Kerensky and Lvov, both of whom were now in Paris.

"It's easy to understand," Lloyd George said to Clemenceau with a smile. "Nicholas II has been in power for many years. He is a king who is not easy to deal with. He also has a bad image and is annoying. And the daughter Olga The Grand Duke had no political experience. During the war, he served as a nurse to take care of wounded soldiers. He also refused to marry outside and stayed in Russia. His image among the Russian people was quite good.

For the leaders of the White Guards, she was also a more suitable candidate for monarch than all the grand dukes of the Romanov dynasty. Because she still has a piece of land close to Petrograd! The center of Russia has always been Petrograd and Moscow! "

Although Russia's White Guards now control most of Russia's territory, they do not control the densely populated and economically developed core. Therefore, the manpower and material resources it possesses are far inferior to those of the Bolsheviks. The total strength of the White Guards was estimated to be only one-third that of the Red Army. And it is difficult to replenish it. Once the war becomes protracted and attrition, the future of the White Guards can be imagined.

Therefore, attacking from Estonia, capturing Petrograd, and then rebuilding the empire with Petrograd as the center became the only way for the White Guards to achieve final victory.

"But the United Baltic Principality was clearly a tool created by the Germans to evade responsibility for the defeat." Clemenceau said angrily, "The real power of that country is in the hands of the Germans. This cannot be allowed. of!"

Lloyd George understood Clemenceau's mood. The French had been badly beaten by the Germans. They were very afraid of Germany's rise again, so they wanted to tear Germany into pieces. But Britain's continental policy is always about balance. Now that Russia has fallen into a terrible civil war, no matter what the outcome, it will be severely weakened. If Germany is torn apart under such circumstances, it means that France loses control on the European continent.

Therefore, Britain is opposed to dismembering Germany. All it can accept is to weaken and constrain Germany...cut off part of its land, force them to pay huge indemnities, and restrict Germany's industrial and military capabilities with harsh treaties.

But the emergence of the United Baltic Principalities dominated by the Germans was a huge uncertainty.

"The Germans must leave!" Clemenceau said, "This is also stipulated in the Armistice Treaty of the Compiègne Forest."

"The Armistice Agreement in the Compiègne Forest?" The British Prime Minister looked at the 77-year-old French Prime Minister, who had a bald head, and his beard and eyebrows had all turned into snow-white. He smiled bitterly, "Mr. Prime Minister, you want to use the Armistice Agreement with Germany." To restrain a Russian empress?"

"No!" said the French Prime Minister, "she is not the Empress of Russia yet, and we cannot recognize her now unless she expels all the Germans in the Baltic territories!"

While the French Prime Minister was speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door of the Prime Minister's office. A secretary of the Prime Minister walked in quickly and handed a copy of the telegram to the British Prime Minister.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, there is a revolution in Vienna, Karl I is expelled, the Imperial Parliament declares the establishment of a republic, and declares joining Germany!"

"What!?" Clemenceau jumped up suddenly, "Damn German, you are still not honest at this point! It's so abominable!"

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