Chapter 494： France and Russia move closer (1/2)

In the spring of 1871, the Roman uprising led by Garibaldi and Mazzini finally ended in failure, and the leader of the rebel army was forced into exile.

In the context of the soon-to-be-established Anglo-French Tri-League Alliance, in order to maintain the Anglo-French relationship, the London government did not accept their political asylum this time.

However, the nature of the **** sticks made John Niu take them to the United States of America. This is a favorite of the European Revolutionary Party, and likes to travel to the United States for political asylum for two main reasons.

On the one hand, it is far from a thousand miles away, and is less affected by the politics of various countries. The federal government likes to shelter political prisoners, and everyone's safety is guaranteed.

On the other hand, economically, the United States of America has a good economic development, and it is also a European immigrant country, where funds can be obtained from fellow citizens.

If we just start from the safety, in fact, hiding in a sparsely populated colony is more concealed. It is no problem to build a farm in a certain country and live an isolated life.

Few people choose to take refuge in the colony, unless they have done something terrible, have been hunted down and forced to change their looks.

The end of the Italian regional revolution marked the consolidation of French rule in the region. After cleansing during the war, Italian anti-French forces were devastated.

Originally, France threatened everyone. This threat was not in human resources, economy, or industry, but more due to the shadow left by Napoleon's time.

The French claim to be the world's first army power, and European countries have not expressed opposition, which is sufficient to illustrate the problem.

Otherwise, in terms of human resources, Russia and Austria are twice the size of France; in industry, England and Austria are above France; economically, John Niu is far ahead of France.

If France's comprehensive national strength is to be calculated in the future, France will lag far behind Britain and Austria, and will be equal to the Russian Empire. Even if there is a gap, it will not be too big.

However, on the European continent, France has the strongest sense of crisis.

Don't look at Austria's larger territory and population. However, in the impression of everyone, the Balkan Peninsula is a wild place, and Hungary is also a small country in the countryside.

Not to mention the Russian Empire, the concept of barbarians is popular. After the defeat of the Russian-Prussian War, everyone's attention to them dropped.

In everyone's impression, France, which was originally very powerful, has now annexed the rich Italian region, and European countries are generally anxious about the expansion of the French.

There is nothing wrong with it. The impression that Italy gave everyone in this era is richness. Even Sicily, which is poor and backward in future generations, is now a rich country.

After the annexation of Italy, France's population, economy, and resources have been strengthened, and the French Empire has become even more powerful.

Faced with this situation, European countries are striving to ensure their own security through diplomatic means, while avoiding conflicts with France or other countries.

As the leader of power politics, Napoleon III's forcible annexation of the Italian region is not difficult to understand. In addition to paving the way for his son, there is also the need to mobilize national emotions and strengthen the cohesion of the country.

This is the price that a strong and historic country must pay, as Engels said: Forcibly annexing the Italian region is the best way for France's authoritarian system to be proud forever.

Otherwise, Napoleon III was only the emperor of Italy, and it was more convenient to rule, and the Italian people would not be so resistant.

This point is similar between France and Austria, except that Franz has the banner of the Shinra Empire and can be used. The legal foundation is very sufficient. The people of the German state were not in conflict, but Napoleon III did not.

The establishment of Greater France, Napoleon III has completed the great cause of the annexation of Italy, although Lombardy and Venesia are missing, this is also harmless.

What's more, with two regions missing, the difficulty of ruling is also reduced.

The cost of forcibly annexing the Italian region is naturally very clear to the French, but they are confident that they can use their own power to suppress the Italians.

In this case, of course, it is better to be smaller in Italy. It is not too late to expand after the results of the war have been digested.

The annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia had already provided a reference for the French. With its mighty strength, it was easy to establish rule there.

The current rebound is to eat up all of a sudden, there is no time to digest.

In order to establish a stable international situation to digest the results of the war, Napoleon III repeatedly issued statements proclaiming that France is a ”satisfied” country and will not continue to expand on the European continent.

This appeasement does not smooth out the anxiety in everyone's minds, forcing governments of all countries to accept this statement.

What Napoleon III was most worried about was being isolated. Just like during the anti-French war, the powerful France was dragged down by enemies on all sides.

To avoid the worst, Napoleon III accepted the speculative British to join the French-Austrian League. While the three countries were allied with Britain, France and Austria, he was also relaxing relations with the Russian Empire.

Today, unlike the past, the Russian Empire is no longer a threat to France. To go one step further, the French government has already called for a ”French-Russian alliance.”

There is no doubt that this call was ignored by Napoleon III, but it did not prevent him from using it as a cover-scary.

The alliance between France and Russia is simple to say and difficult to do. The Russian-Olympic Alliance and the British-French-Austrian Alliance are two insurmountable obstacles.

Unless the Vienna government is crazy, it will allow the Franco-Russian alliance to emerge. The British were also reluctant to see such alliances appear. He knew that in order to split the French-Austrian alliance he had gone to battle.