Holy Roman Empire

"Check it out, is the real purpose of the Austrians?" Asked Prime Minister Gladstone

After Prussia announced the debt extension, the London government suspected that it had gone to Austria for the first time and discovered what role the Vienna government played.

There is no way to keep such things secret. Austria does not jump out and cheer, and the Berlin government has no guts to do so.

Foreign Minister Granville George Lewesson-Gore: "On the bright side, the Austrians have succeeded in separating our relationship with Prussia.

Our intelligence personnel found that the railway traffic in Austria has skyrocketed recently, and an in-depth investigation revealed that a large amount of strategic materials are converging to the port.

The Austrians seem to be preparing for a war, but their army has not been mobilized abnormally, and it should not be directed at France."

After the outbreak of the Paris Revolution, the London government paid close attention to Austria ’s movements, fearing that the European balance would be broken if they were not careful.

In terms of interests, Fau has been fighting for European hegemony for many years, and now France is ill, and Austria has enough motivation to fall into disrepair.

But France is not a soft persimmon, and even if there is an outbreak of civil strife, it is not a nuisance.Without adequate preparation, Austria cannot do anything blindly.

After looking at the world map, Gladstone nodded, thoughtfully: "Without military mobilization, then Austria's target for this time's hands, the strength should not be very good.

The Vienna system has just been established, and the Austrians will not fight their own faces. This war is mostly outside of Europe.

In the Far East, South America, the Near East, or the African colonies, do you think the Austrians want to attack places?"

The Prime Minister of the Colony Primrose analyzed: "The possibility of the Far East is not high. Austria has limited strength there, and it is not their strategic focus.

The chances of South America are also very small, and the Panama independence movement is progressing very smoothly. Unless they are ready to swallow the Republic of Colombia, there is no need to increase investment.

It is possible to compete in the Near East and the African colonies. Ottoman is the feud of the Habsburg dynasty. Franz has repeatedly stated in public that he wants to eliminate this ...

The core of Fao ’s colonization is on the African continent. The two countries are afraid of each other ’s strength, and coupled with geographical constraints, there has not been a large-scale conflict. The Vienna government has the motive to fall down.

I think they are more suspicious of Egypt ’s hands-on.It is possible to attack the Ottoman Empire at any time, and this time it may be possible to seize the Suez Canal.

France is tough outside and has offended many people in the colonial battle.After the outbreak of the civil war, many countries have engaged in small actions, including that we also want to share a piece of soup.

No war broke out, and that lacked a leader.If Austria takes the lead, the feast to divide the French colony will break out.

France, which has lost its overseas colonies, is unlikely to threaten Austria even if it has ended its civil war."

Fao co-sponsored the Suez Canal, that is no way, it does not mean that everyone does not want to monopolize.

Different from the past, it now has the strength to dominate the Suez Canal.As long as the Egyptian region is taken, the Austrian-African Asian-African colony is connected, and it is not afraid of peeping at all.

Foreign Minister George retorted: "My opinion is just the opposite. Judging from the current international situation, Austria has little chance of starting the Egyptian region."

Immediately, he picked up a baton and walked to the hanging world map and pointed to the front: "Here is Austria. From the map, we can see how bad their strategic position is.

In recent years, the Vienna government has successfully abolished the Ottoman Empire through diplomacy and military strikes, and used the Russian-Russian War to complete Prussia and the Russians. The situation gradually improved.

In the short term, capturing Egypt and fighting against the French Empire may be more profitable; but this will worsen the relationship between France and Austria. After the end of the civil war, France is Austria ’s biggest enemy.

History will repeat the old thing that France and Ottoman jointly formed the anti-Habsburg dynasty.In the interest trend, most Russians will also join.

Against this background, it is difficult for Austria to find allies. Even the pro-Austrian German state will probably lead to the anti-Habsburg alliance."

George drew a circle on the map with his baton and applied a little force: "Every enemy is on all sides. Once the war breaks out, Austria will be exhausted and no matter how powerful its national strength is, it will not be able to withstand such toss.

From the perspective of long-term development, it is Austria's most need to continue to maintain and maintain friendly relations with the French, take advantage of the opportunity to destroy the Ottoman Empire, and obtain a stable rear."

The "strategy" determined by the geographical location can't fool people, the map is there, and you will know at a glance.

Austria, located in the heart of Europe, is a miracle in itself.

Behind this miracle is a series of diplomatic verticals, while maintaining friendly relations with multiple countries, creating conditions for revival.

Needless to say, discovering the Austrian plan, of course, is to destroy it, or else it will live up to the name of "crap stick".

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The action of the British was still a step slower. The success of the Paris Revolution provided Austria with courage. The Vienna government has decided to cut corners and wait for diplomatic results.

Franz: "Have you found an excuse for war?"

The key to restricting Austria from launching wars is no longer the international situation.

A gunshot in Paris drove the European revolution to its climax again, and no one dared to brave the world to start a war in order to defend the Ottoman Empire.

Not even strength. After two blows from the Near East War, the Ottoman Empire was already seriously hurt.

Everything is ready now, and there is only one "excuse" for war.For this reasonable excuse, Franz's hair was almost gone.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg: "We have control of the evidence of the Ottoman government's massacre of Armenians. The victims also included 1867 imperial citizens."

With that said, Weissenberg took out a thick stack of photos from the envelope, which was the picture of the massacre by the Ottoman soldiers.

If it weren't for a few pages after reading it, I felt a bit familiar, Franz almost believed it.

The photo is definitely true, and with the photography technology of this year, it is unrealistic to want to falsify.

However, there may be a slight error in the time of occurrence, which is so many years ahead.

Time is not critical, as long as the content of the photo is true.

After hesitating for a while, Franz took out the most impressed "Gatling Sweeping Refugees": "If it has already been published in the newspaper, don't make it public."

Weissenberg replied without changing his face: "Your Majesty, please be assured that these photos have not been published.

You feel familiar, it may be that the content of the shooting is a bit close, but there is actually a difference."

Franz nodded, he still believes in the eyes of professionals.The task of creating an excuse for war is given to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, not the military, mainly because of "professionalism."

Otherwise, if the soldiers were missing and the shipwrecked, such a stoic excuse could not be justified.

Don't say whether people in the world will believe it or not, no one in the country will believe it.

In contrast, the death of thousands of imperial citizens of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is much more shocking.

Anyway, everyone is dead, the Vienna government said they are Austrian citizens, then Austrian citizens, it is nothing more than to reissue a nationality issue.

The number is too big, it does not matter.The reason for this big number is to divert everyone's attention.

By shifting everyone ’s focus to quantity, deep inside, I unconsciously accepted the claim that the Austrian citizen was killed in the Ottoman Empire.

The issue of quantity is not a big deal to redress them after the war.Just replace the citizens with "immigrants applying for approval", lower the number of citizens killed, and dump the pot to the unscrupulous media.

Before the dust settles, the Vienna government will not state the number of people killed in official documents.How to interpret the outside world, just feel free.

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On April 20, 1882, while the European world was still immersed in the Paris Revolution, a piece of "Ottoman Empire slaughtering Austrian citizens" news published by the Balkan Daily broke the situation.

The figure of "1867" Xuanhong attracted melon-eating people everywhere.Subsequently, several newspapers followed up, but this number diversified.

The largest number had already exceeded 10,000, and at least only 2 people died. It was still a mistake when the Ottoman Empire slaughtered domestic minorities.

The amount is not important, in short the Austrians are angry.Those bloody photos have touched everyone's bottom line, and all sectors of society have demanded that the government punish the Ottoman Empire.

Affected by this, on April 22, 1882, the government of Vienna formally notified the Ottoman Empire to negotiate the massacre.

The Ottoman government, who knew nothing about it, received a diplomatic note from Austria in a dazed face, and was confused for a while before reacting-bad, dangerous.

Originally for the sake of finding faults, the negotiation was naturally impossible.On April 24, 1882, the Government of Vienna unilaterally announced that negotiations had broken down.

The reason is: Austria asked to send an investigation team to go deep into the Ottoman Empire to conduct a field investigation, which was rejected by the Ottoman government.

The massacre of minorities exists, and not long ago there were several Armenian villages that were destroyed in the internal ethnic conflicts, but this was not the main reason for the rejection of the Ottoman government.

As long as it can be proven that Austrian citizens have not been massacred, these things are minor issues, and they are not as good as being criticized by public opinion for a while, but they have always been criticized by European public opinion.

The problem is that at the same time as the investigation team was sent, Austria also demanded the protection of troops, and the number was as high as one division, which could not bear it.

The Russian-Russian war has proved the airship's ability to transport. Putting an Austrian infantry division into the interior is almost suicide.

The reason for rejection was naturally ignored by the Austrian media.The Ottoman Empire were all barbarians. For the safety of the investigation team, we must send troops to protect!

Many people?

Only an infantry division, as long as the Ottoman government has no ghosts, it should not be afraid.

The angle of thinking of both sides is not on one channel, and the conclusions drawn are naturally different.

After the talks broke down, the voice of revenge in Austria suddenly rose.

The voices of the main wars gradually overwhelmed the anti-wars, and the atmosphere of the war became more intense.

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