Holy Roman Empire
428 Creditor's Trouble
It is very unreliable to expect the African people to fight the British invaders.If they really had such a strong fighting power, the colonial era would have ended long ago.
However, the pit is still to be dug, no matter how much effect it can at least delay the expansion of the British.
The expansion of any country has its limits, and the British Empire, the world ’s first colonial empire, is no exception.
The population is a bruise, and the British Isles add up to 30 million people.Ranked last among the four major European powers, with the completion of the industrialization of France and Austria, everyone's strength comparison is undergoing amazing changes.
There is no need to wait until the twentieth century, and now the local economic aggregate, the British have become the third in Europe and the fifth in the world.
Of course, they are still the world's first industrial power.In the total economic volume of this era, agriculture still holds a very important proportion, so that the British are still behind India.
It's no surprise that a large number of people may not be powerful, at least a large economy.
It is a pity that the total economic volume does not equal national strength. It is industry that determines the strength of the country, and the British Empire is still the most powerful country in the family.
However, they suffered a loss in the expansion. The British population is less than two-thirds of France (including Sardinia) and less than half of Austria (including Balkans).There are also millions of Irish people who are centrifuged from Germany, thinking about independence every day.
The underpopulation only makes the British colonies larger, and on average, every British has a colony of more than 1 square kilometer.
After the Near East War, the London government began to avoid European wars, which is not difficult to understand.
It is not easy to maintain this colonial empire. Thousands of colonists fall every year.The British will not be able to sustain it if they fight a few more big battles.
This is the opportunity in Franz ’s eyes, to make trouble for the British in the colony, seemingly inconspicuous, in fact, the accumulation of less and more, slowly consuming their manpower.
This Ethiopian war is a good opportunity.As long as it can bring tens of thousands of casualties to the British, Franz will be satisfied.
There is no such thing as winning the British. The British Army is not the Italian Army. This century-old joke cannot be made.
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The London Peace Conference has changed on the way of the British army's killing to Ethiopia, and the Russians' diplomatic means are really not complimentable.
Sweden does support them, but it is not the credit of the Russians, mainly because of the role of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Helping relatives and not helping, the Kingdom of Denmark is about to form a member of the Nordic Federation, and Sweden, the old nature, has to take care of their emotions.
From now on, the Kingdom of Prussia has added another enemy, the upcoming Nordic Federation.
Of course, the threat of this enemy is very small. The Danes cannot occupy the dominant position of the new government, at most it is hostility, and it is not enough to cause war.
The German Federal Empire did feel the threat of Prussia, but it was useless. The Russians did not get their support. In the end, they chose neutrality.
Needless to say, the rest of the country, Switzerland ’s neutrality, is known as: eternal neutrality, no public relations, and the remaining countries are Prussian supporters.
Almost forgot, the Principality of Montenegro and Greece also support the Russians.The former has always been supported by the Russians, the latter is just to hold the thighs.
Prussia is thousands of miles away, it doesn't matter if it offends.While the Russians are close at hand, the Greeks cannot afford to offend.
From the point of view of supporting the country, the Russians are not only inferior in quantity, but also incomparable in weight.
In order to prevent the Russians from losing too ugly, Weisenberg had to make a bold proposal to reduce the number of negotiators.
Except for the three mediations of Britain, France and Austria, only the participating countries attended, and the representatives of the remaining countries all became auditoriums.
Fortunately, the Russian representative Clarence Ivanov was smart enough to send the four Central Asian countries and the Eastern Empire successively and sign a truce.
The Russians were still pretentious, and after meeting their own interests, these countries decidedly chose to remain silent.As for the Prussian allies, I am sorry that they have never formed an alliance, and naturally there is no obligation of allies.
Seeing that the momentum was wrong, the Ottoman Empire shrank.The Russians gave up the territories claimed in the Caucasus during the last war and retreated a bit, and the two countries ended the war.(Remarks: Today's Georgia area)
By July, Prussia and Poland were left.Compared to other concessions in other regions, the tsarist government's attitude is quite different in Eastern Europe.
First of all, regarding the definition of the Polish region, the tsarist government did not recognize it, and it was their limit to hand over the Lithuanian region and parts of Belarus.
However, the Prussians still wanted the Latvian region and did not make a request to Estonia. It was too close to St. Petersburg, and the Berlin government was afraid to stimulate the Russians.
The representative of Pupo also made territorial claims to the entire Belarusian region. Obviously they have reached an agreement to divide this region.
The representative of Poland also made territorial claims to the Ukrainian region, mainly from the Warren region to the Kiev region.There are no parts of Lviv, and this time Western Ukraine was Austria ’s territory.
If these conditions are agreed, it will mean that the Russian Empire will lose 860,000 square kilometers of land, more than 21 million people, and 30% of industry.
At the same time, the Russian Empire will lose its demographic advantage over Austria. After all, Central Asia has become independent, and the Far East and Caucasus have given up a lot of land.
With less land, the population will naturally decrease.Fortunately, these areas are vast and sparsely populated. In addition to the population of 5 or 6 million in Central Asia, the other two areas are only 1.8 million.
Eastern Europe is different. This is the core region of the Russian Empire.Any piece of territory is precious, and the tsarist government will naturally not easily stop.
The meeting reached a deadlock again, and representatives of the three countries of Britain, France and Austria held a secret meeting.There is nothing embarrassing, the weakening of the Russians is what the Three Kingdoms are happy to see.
After all, the Russian Empire is too large. Once industrialization is completed, everyone's interests will be lost.
At the same time, France and Austria do not want to see the Kingdom of Prussia grow bigger. On this point, the British and French attitudes are exactly the opposite. They want Prussia to block France and Austria.
The French want to support Poland, and Austria has the opposite attitude.
On the side of the couch, how can one not allow others.
In order to curb the rise of Poland, Austria will not hesitate to support Prussia's acquisition of the Lithuanian region, blocking the Polish estuary.
This is also creating contradictions, the problem of the estuary cannot be solved, and the relationship between Pupo will break sooner or later.
Of course, they can also exchange land.Obviously this is even more impossible. The Poles ca n’t just switch out the Warsaw area just to get out of the sea?
The Kingdom of Prussia was not fortunate enough to fight hard, and the last benefit was not recovered.The geographical location determines the expansion to Lithuania and is their only choice.
The conflict between the three countries of Britain, France and Austria has made the negotiations more complicated.
In the summer, the smell of gunpowder in Eastern Europe becomes stronger again, and if there is still no discussion, war will continue to erupt.
Do n’t look at the Prussians taking advantage on the battlefield, but they have no money!Once the war continued to erupt, it was the British who finally paid the money.
The London government is not a big deal, they always calculate the cost.Now the goal of suppressing Russia has been completed. If they continue to kill Russia, they will not get much benefit.
Don't look at Russia and Austria as allies. Allies are also dangerous when they are weak.In case the Prussians were lucky, and won another conference battle, the tsarist government collapsed directly. Who knows if Austria will fall to the ground?
Smart British people will not do their own money and let competitors pick cheap things.
Moreover, they have lent a lot of money to Prussia and Poland, their debts continue to increase, and the possibility of becoming bad debts in the future is also increasing.
To end this war, first of all, the three countries of Britain, France, Austria and Austria must reach an agreement, otherwise everyone will stab each other and stir up the flames in it, and a bad war will be ignited again.
In the face of the pound, Raistlin must also persuade France and Austria to join forces to put pressure on them to end the war.
Not only the British have such worries, but both France and Austria are also worried.Everyone is a creditor, except that Britain and France mainly borrowed money from Pubo and Austria, while Austria lent money to Russia.
At present, the British have borrowed the most, with a total amount of up to 320 million pounds; Austria follows closely, and the total debt has reached 240 million pounds; the French have the least, which is also 120 million pounds.
Regardless of whether or not to admit it, this war is actually a game of capital.There is no doubt that the black hands behind the scenes are all winners, and everyone is joining hands to trade.
Even if all of these debts die, everyone can still recover costs from elsewhere.Of course, no one wants to do this.
Why should the loan that can be recovered become dead debt?
Do n’t look at a few debtor countries with a lot of collateral. If something happens, these collateral may not be able to be cashed.
Take Poland as an example. In case the Polish government is finished, who is going to ask for money?
In comparison, Austria still has an advantage.The distance is so close that you can still cut a piece of land to make up for the loss.
The French can also pay attention to the Rhineland region. Anyway, they owe money to repay debts, which is also a reasonable excuse.
The British are miserable.Even if others dare to cut the ground, the question is whether they dare to either?
Various taxes, minerals, and right of way mortgages, and the prerequisites for fulfillment must be to ensure the stability of the debtor's regime.
This means that after the war, they still continue to lend money to Pubo.Otherwise, the two poor ghost governments will either declare bankruptcy or collapse, or they will collapse because of the financial crisis.
Of course, the risk is proportional to the profit.In this war, the British were profitable.
Not only did he gain the position of world hegemony, he also added several younger brothers, which ensured the security of India and completed the strategic layout of Eurasia.