Chapter 656： Russian-Olympic agreement (1/2)

Once the seeds of suspicion are planted, they will never linger. A closer look at the actions of the Vienna government in recent years has made Dumbledore increasingly confused.

If Austria wants to target France, why let them annex Italy?

When it comes to publicity, you can use France's strength to explain. As a senior government official, Dumbledore does not think so.

No matter how strong France is, it cannot defeat the European countries. If European countries put pressure together, they can only retreat dimly.

It was never easy to expand territories in continental Europe, and the Italian region was not a remote country. Dumbledore did not believe that Austria had no ambitions.

The French government has studied this issue for many years, and in the end everyone came to an incredible conclusion-the Vienna government abides by the spirit of contract.

The truth is not important anymore, the meat is eaten anyway. No matter how doubtful, the French government cannot abandon the Italian region.

It doesn't matter if you can't figure it out, just look at Austria's military strength. The so-called ”threat” is based on strength.

After sorting out the data of the Austrian army in recent years, Dumbledore was relieved. Although the threat does exist, France still fights it.

Take action?

Sorry, as a qualified bureaucrat, the first thing is to weigh the pros and cons, not to act blindly.

The threat from Austria is only potential. Without sufficient interests, it is impossible for France and Austria to fight for no reason.

The war of this era is obviously the defensive side has more advantages. Not to mention, it's just the troop deployment.

By contrast, as a member of the cabinet government, Dumbledore was even more worried about the military's growth. It can be said from the beginning that Jeffrey Friedman found the wrong person.

France and France are different. One country has an army and the other has an army. The things that are right in Berlin's eyes are quite different in the eyes of other governments.

Because there may be threats, we take direct measures. That is the thinking model of the soldiers. Politicians have always put their interests first.

Knowing that others are provoking alienation, without thinking, they jump out and act as guns for others, which is a reckless behavior.

Jeffrey Friedman successfully provoked the relationship between France and Austria, but did not change the outcome of this negotiation. If France wants to restrain Austria, it can be done in exchange for benefits.

In front of interests, the Paris government is still reluctant to compromise. Because of the threat from Austria, we support the Commonwealth Federation. That does not exist.

Everyone is a continental country. For France, Puao is a potential threat, it's just a matter of ”threat”.

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At the critical moment of the Franco-Prussian talks, Russia-Austria negotiations have come to an end.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Weissenberg: ”My Excellency, I don't see the sincerity of your country. Your country has too few collaterals, and their values ​​are not equal at all.

If there were only these collaterals, I doubt very much that your government would directly abandon these areas, and we would lose money. ”

Russian Minister Nikolayevich: ”No, we are very sincere. Your Excellency, don't forget, we have bet our gold reserves, there is no possibility of breach of contract.”

Weissenberg was unmoved. He wouldn't have talked to the Russians here unless he wanted to get Russian gold reserves and promote currency hegemony.

The so-called territorial mortgage has no sincerity at all. Perhaps in order to prevent Austria from entering the Black Sea, the territory that the Russians mortgaged did not have estuaries.

The most critical coastal areas are missing in Bulgaria, which the Tsarist government mortgaged, and west of the Dnieper (Midwest Ukraine + Moldova).

In the era of sea power, there were no ports, and all of them were inland areas. Naturally, the value of these territories was greatly reduced.

From the standpoint of the Russians, they have reasons to do so. It was easy to release the Austrians into the Black Sea, and it was difficult to expel them.

As for the broken ships of the Black Sea Fleet, once the Austrian Navy enters the Black Sea, Russia's interests in the Black Sea region will be seriously threatened.

In the face of interest, the Tsarist government did not dare to test Austrian conduct. If the interest is too great, the Vienna government may deliberately defeat them for collateral.