Chapter 492 Interference in the Civil War

"We must not sit back and watch the peace of Europe be destroyed, and we must not sit back and watch the red terror sweep across Europe. Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps such a choice will lead Europe into war again, but we have no other choice. In order for all the countries present here to maintain peace, we should firmly eliminate all forces that cause trouble to peace, even countries. Let us act, everything is for peace, long live peace!" At a meeting of the World Alliance, when discussing the Hungarian Civil War, the British representative stood up and said passionately.

Regardless of whether what the British representative said made sense, thunderous applause broke out from the audience.

There is no way, the British Empire is the most powerful country now. At present, the only country that can fight against the British Empire is France, but the French will not easily anger the British.

The representatives of Australasia are naturally among them, after all, interfering in the Hungarian Civil War is also what Australasia wants to see.

For monarchies such as Australasia and the British Empire, Soviet Russia, which can destroy the ideology of monarchies, is definitely the biggest worry for monarchies.

Even the United States can be slowed down a bit, after all, the Americans threaten the whole of Australasia, but Soviet Russia threatens Arthur and the monarchy.

The British representative was very satisfied with the applause from the audience, and then said: "The World League properly fulfills its duties and provides assistance to weak countries. I propose that all member states jointly send troops to help Hungary end the war, and jointly introduce policies to restrict the spread of Soviet Russian ideas to ensure that our countries will not be affected."

If there is a map, you can see that Hungary's location is actually very important.

With Hungary as the center, it can threaten Russia's Polish region to the north, the entire Balkans to the south, Italy and Austria to the west, and Russia's Ukrainian region to the east through Galicia.

If Russia controls this area, it can not only consolidate its rule in Poland and Galicia, but also use Hungary as a springboard to gradually erode the Balkans and expand Russia's territory to Central Europe.

This is unacceptable to the British Empire. Let’s not talk about the impact of Soviet Russia’s expansion on neighboring countries. Russia’s control over the Balkans alone is enough to affect the hegemony of the British Empire.

The British Empire did not allow such a situation to happen during the Tsarist Russia period, let alone the current Soviet Russia.

A considerable number of countries are willing to accept the British Empire’s proposal, such as Romania and Serbia near Hungary.

Romania is directly adjacent to Russia, and it is difficult to guarantee that the next victim after Hungary will not be Romania.

The only way to ensure Romania’s safety is to defeat Soviet Russia in this Hungarian civil war and directly prevent the possibility of Soviet Russia’s ideology from expanding to the outside world.

In addition to being adjacent to Hungary, Serbia is also a country supported by Tsarist Russia.

If Tsarist Russia falls, it will not be a good thing for Serbia.

In addition, Italy has also expressed support for intervening in the Hungarian civil war.

However, Italy’s purpose is different from that of small countries like Romania. Italy’s more real purpose is to extend its hand to the inner part of the Balkan Peninsula.

But no matter what, with the support of these countries, more countries supported the intervention in the civil war.

In addition to the many countries that had originally joined the British Empire, the British Empire took the initiative in this meeting with its numerical advantage and successfully made the World League issue a resolution to intervene in the Hungarian Civil War.

In May 1919, a few days after the Hungarian Civil War began, the World League publicly announced that it would intervene in the Hungarian Civil War to help the Hungarians restore peace.

This intervention was definitely not just talk. The British Empire planned to send 50,000 troops, Italy 30,000, France 30,000, Australasia 10,000, and the remaining member states ranging from 20,000 to 50,000, with a total force of more than 150,000, to carry out compulsory intervention in the Hungarian Civil War.

Both sides of the Hungarian Civil War had few troops. As one of the defeated parties, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army was reduced by more than half.

The original Hungarian Kingdom government only had more than 60,000 troops, which were fully inherited by Prime Minister Tisza, the commander-in-chief of the joint armed forces.

The workers' party supported by Soviet Russia had less than 40,000 troops in the armed rebellion, but there were some soldiers with strong combat effectiveness in these troops. These people might not be Hungarians, but might be soldiers sent by Soviet Russia.

After all, these 40,000 people were able to fight against the government army of more than 60,000, which was enough to prove that these temporary troops were not simple.

It would take some time for the joint army of the World Alliance to be formed, but this did not mean that the World Alliance had no plans before the real action.

First of all, the support for the Hungarian government was given. The Italians took the initiative to contract the weapons and equipment and promised to deliver them to the Hungarian government within a week.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Italian army was not very good, the weapons and equipment produced by Italy could barely be regarded as world-class, and it was more than appropriate to support the civil war of the Hungarian government.

Faced with such a positive attitude of Italy, others naturally would not say anything, after all, weapons and equipment had to be paid for by themselves.

In addition to supporting the Hungarian government, the World Alliance also publicly announced that it would block all trade routes to Soviet Russia and prohibit all member states of the World Alliance from trading with Soviet Russia privately.

As a new country, Soviet Russia was not that strong at the beginning.

After all, no matter how strong the Soviet consciousness is, it is only a country that inherited part of the Russian territory. Its strength is not even comparable to that of the Tsarist Russia in its heyday. Therefore, it urgently needs materials from the outside to make up for the domestic production gap.

As long as all the foreign trade routes of Soviet Russia can be cut off, even if it will not hurt Soviet Russia, it will definitely hinder the development of Soviet Russia.

The British Empire wanted to cut off the foreign trade routes of Soviet Russia, and it was definitely not just talk. Under the leadership of the British Empire, the member states of the World Alliance signed a restrictive trade convention, requiring the signatories to prohibit trade with Soviet Russia, and no materials could enter and leave the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea at will.

The World Alliance's decision to interfere in the Hungarian civil war and the treaty to restrict Soviet Russia became hot news in Russia and even the world in a short period of time.

Hungary welcomed the decision of the World Alliance to intervene in the civil war. After all, the Hungarian people initially just wanted to break away from the Austro-Hungarian government. After the establishment of the Hungarian Democratic Republic, they were satisfied. They never thought about it, nor did they support the workers' party to start a civil war.

But it is obvious that the Hungarian civil war is no longer something that the Hungarians can decide.

Not to mention the Hungarians, even the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was the suzerain of Hungary before, had no better way to deal with the situation in Hungary at this time.

The current Austro-Hungarian Empire should theoretically be called the Austrian Empire. After all, Hungary has long been independent, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire has not taken any countermeasures so far.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After all, as one of the defeated countries, the size of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army was strictly limited to less than 150,000.

Although the restrictions on the Austro-Hungarian Empire by various countries were not as strict as those of Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which lost 60,000 Hungarian troops, currently has less than 90,000 troops that can be mobilized.

It is unlikely that even Karl I, who made many stupid moves, wants to rely on less than 90,000 troops to solve the civil war in Hungary.

Moreover, after Hungary's independence, many countries immediately expressed their support for Hungary's independence, including Tsarist Russia and Italy.

It was not easy for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to maintain unity after the war. It was almost impossible to compete with the victorious countries and regain the rule of Hungary under such circumstances.

Under the intervention of the World League, the civil war in Hungary was quickly calmed down.

Compared with the raging fire of Soviet Russia, the Soviet civil war was just a little spark, and it was immediately extinguished as soon as the World League took it seriously.

But Hungary after peace is the region that governments are vying for.

Although it is nominally to restore peace in the Hungarian region, the actions of various countries cannot be fruitless.

For an important country like Hungary that can threaten Russia and Poland, the British Empire really wants to control it in its own hands.

If you want to win over the Hungarian government, Prime Minister Tisza, who controls its government, is a key figure.

Prime Minister Tisza had a high prestige in Hungarian politics. As early as during the Royal Government, Prime Minister Tisza was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Royal Government many times, and even had a certain say in the cabinet of Franz I.

However, after the death of Franz I, the cabinet of the Imperial Government was controlled by Austria, and the Kingdom of Hungary could no longer intervene.

It was precisely because of this incident that Prime Minister Tisza lost his support for Karl I and tacitly agreed to the policy of the Royal Government of Hungary to resist the Imperial Government.

The previous refusal to collect grain, even openly raising prices, and falsely accusing the Imperial Government of purchasing grain that led to price increases, all had the shadow of Prime Minister Tisza behind them.

This allowed Prime Minister Tisza to gain the support of Hungarian petty bourgeoisie and some farmers. Not only did he have a high prestige in the political arena, but he also had a considerable degree of support among the people.

In addition, he won over the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and directly controlled Hungary's military power, making Prime Minister Tisza the person who had the final say in the government of the Hungarian Democratic Republic, and all the power of the government was basically controlled by Tisza.

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