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The negotiations between Russia and Russia have ended, and the Vienna Peace Conference has entered the most critical moment, disarmament and the establishment of a new international order.

The progress of disarmament is relatively smooth, and everyone believes that disarmament is necessary.At the core of the dispute is how much troops are specifically retained.

Let alone a small country, the number of its own army is limited, and no one is threatened, and the impact of disarmament is not significant.

The core contradiction lies in the three countries of Russia, Austria, and France. Austria has proposed a 10: 10: 7 military strength comparison. Both: Russia and Austria maintain a total army strength of 500,000, and France maintains 350,000 army.

French representative David Proval strongly opposed: "As a big country, this is an insult to France.

We cannot accept this ratio. France must have an army that matches its own strength. I propose that France, Russia, and Austria maintain the same size army!"

The Austrian Foreign Minister Weisenberg shook his head and smiled: "His Minister, the essence of disarmament is to save military expenses, maintain the European military balance, and avoid the outbreak of war.

Your country's army has the world's highest combat effectiveness. With equal strength, who is your opponent? How can this balance be maintained?"

This hyped explanation made David Proval's anger calm down, but he still insisted: "No!

There are many colonies in France that need to be maintained, and we cannot simply consider the combat effectiveness of the army. We must comprehensively consider factors from various aspects."

In this era of weak meat and strong food, strength is the embodiment of status.Now it is not only the share of troops that is allocated, but also the right to speak in continental Europe.

If you get the same number of troops as Russia and Austria, and with the advantage of combat effectiveness, even if France is not a continental overlord, it is also the uncrowned king.

"Fighting power advantage", well, the French's self-confidence in this respect is really bursting, and has always claimed itself as the world's first army.

Perhaps the French Army was really the first in the world, but the Italians joined it, and now it is the number in the world, no one knows.

There is no specific interest involved. Austria has not sung the French against this issue. It has been a long time, and everyone will default.

Weissenberg nodded: "Your Excellency is not unreasonable, it really needs to consider all aspects.

But there are too many aspects involved, such as: population, economy, number of colonies, territorial area, defense pressure, etc.

Which one do we use as the reference standard, or do we all consider it and calculate a comprehensive value?"

This is a collapsing topic, no matter which aspect is compared, France is in the disadvantage.

David Proval carefully calculated it, and embarrassedly found that it was a mistake to mention the colony.

Now the world ’s first colonial empire is Britain, followed by Austria, and France can only rank third.And the gap between the third and second is still very wide, even less than half.

Using the colony as the standard, wouldn't it allow the British to maintain the world's largest army size?

European countries may have no opinion, John Bull thinks it is impossible to agree, that will make them from a sea power country to a land power country.

In terms of population, economy, and territorial area, France does not have the upper hand. Based on these data, they may not even get 70% of Austria ’s military share.

Not to mention the pressure of national defense, France has always put pressure on others, and David Proval is really embarrassed to mention it.

After hesitating for a while, David Proval replied bitterly: "Of course it is a comprehensive calculation, but you can focus on regional military balance."

British representative Edward: "I propose to consider regional military balance on the premise of giving priority to meeting the needs.

Take France as an example. It is simply not enough to keep only 350,000 troops."

The consistent style of shit sticks seems to be good to meet the demand. The question is how to define the standard of this demand?

Satisfying the military needs of all countries first, and then considering the military balance, it can only be calculated on the basis of a high calculation. The ceiling of 500,000 will certainly not be maintained, and eventually disarmament will become expansion.

The British conspiracy is naturally not so easy to succeed.Other countries raise a few more soldiers, perhaps the problem is not big, the Russian Empire can not afford it.

Russian representative Nikita Titov immediately retorted: "Sir, we are a disarmament conference, not an expansion conference.

If you meet the military needs of all countries, are you sure you can still disarm?"

Disarmament, why disarm?

From the standpoint of the British, the European countries maintained the best current situation. One by one, they spent a lot of military expenses on the army, and they were unable to compete with them for hegemony at sea.

According to Austria ’s proposal, the number of French and Austrian armies was suppressed to 350,000 and 500,000 respectively, which means that the governments of the two countries can save tens of millions of pounds in military expenditure each year.

This money will certainly not lie in the bank to generate interest, and most of it will flow into the navy, which will have a very big impact on British maritime hegemony.

Edward was unimpressed and deliberately confused: "This is of course a disarmament conference. It is the best proof that everyone can sit here.

How many troops are retained is the freedom of a sovereign country and should not be interfered by outsiders.Disarmament depends on everyone ’s voluntary rather than external force."

The disturbance of the British made David Proval's pressure increase.Everyone can "voluntarily", but France alone cannot.

This is a problem left over by history. Most of the countries present are members of the anti-French alliance.

Even now, everyone is still alert to France.If no one takes the lead, the French government will not admonish a crowd.

Unfortunately, it is not the same now. There is an Austria on the European continent that has not been suppressed, and there is a British outside the strait.

Once France refuses to disarm, it is likely to be misinterpreted by the outside world, which may easily lead to a new round of international tension.

French representative David Proval retorted: "The sovereignty of an independent country must be respected, but as a responsible country, it must also be considered for world peace.

Excessive freedom is actually the root cause of war.For the prosperity and stability of Europe, disarmament is imperative."

David Proval's words are still extra points.France does not oppose disarmament, but only the ratio of the military size of France, Russia and Austria.

The pit dug by the British was directly avoided by him perfectly.The focus of the controversy was pulled back again.

To be reasonable and to present evidence, a new round of lip battles started again.It's just that the dispute is not about the quantity ratio, but the calculation rules.

Comprehensive consideration seems good, but in fact, the most headache is the synthesis.Because the more directions involved, the more problems there are, and the longer the pull time.

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Just as everyone was talking, a crisis also struck in the capitalist world.

The cause was the defeat of the Commonwealth of Pope, which triggered turmoil in the London financial market.

However, with the efforts of the British government, the debtors were retained, and part of the debt was transferred, which reduced financial risks and restored confidence in the market. The crisis was calmed down.

Can not escape Easter, but not Halloween.

Despite the existence of the Berlin government, the debts are being fulfilled normally.But with the end of the war, the factory orders were gone.

Not only that, there are still many companies that have n’t delivered the last batch of orders, and the Berlin government has breached the contract.

Order breach of contract is a commercial act, and at most it will compensate for a small amount of liquidated damages. Specifically, the deposit is not required.

The sequelae of breach of contract is that a large amount of material backlog.Ordinary products are okay, and the price can be reduced to a small amount after being transferred to the civilian market.

Specially produced strategic materials are in trouble. Capital is willing to sell them. The problem is that there is no buyer at all.

It ’s not just the UK that has problems, most European countries have a backlog of strategic supplies, just in time for great disarmament, and the market demand has dropped significantly.

Production companies with weak financial strength are now on the verge of bankruptcy because of the large backlog of commodities.

It is not just those enterprises that produce strategic materials that are hit, almost all industries are affected.

After the war, export orders decreased, and companies that started with export trade had to turn around and grab the domestic market, and market competition became brutal.

Overcapacity has become a common problem in the capitalist world.In order to survive, companies have begun to show their magical powers, and discounts are indispensable.

Taking Austria as an example, the prices of various domestic commodities fell after the war, including: daily necessities prices fell by 24%, clothing commodities prices fell by 31.6%, hardware commodities prices fell by 18.5%, machinery and equipment prices 9.8%, food commodity prices fell 6.4% ...

Falling prices is not necessarily a good thing. Behind falling prices is also accompanied by brutal market competition.

Looking at recent economic data, Franz knows that the economy is coming.

Most companies are now gritting their teeth. Once the market has not improved for a long time, the weak SMEs will take the lead.

Once the bankruptcy wave appears, the economic situation will deteriorate sharply.

Putting down the information in his hand, Franz sighed: "Notify the cabinet and the head of the economic department to come to the meeting."

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