Chapter 749： 1867 eyeball effect (2/2)
Now that everything is ready, there is only one ”excuse” for war. For this reasonable excuse, Franz's hair was about to fall out.
Foreign Minister Weissenberg: ”We have control of the Ottoman government's evidence of the killing of the Amerians, and the victims include 1,867 imperial citizens.”
After that, Weissenberg took out a thick stack of photos from the envelope, which was the picture of the Ottoman soldiers slaughtering.
If it wasn't for some familiarity, after reading a few pictures, Franz would almost believe it.
The photo must be true, and with the photography technology of this year, it is not realistic to want to make a fake.
It's just that there may be a slight error in the time of occurrence, which is a few years earlier.
The point in time is not critical, as long as the content of the photo is true.
After hesitating for a while, Franz still took out the most impressive ”Gatling Strike Refugee”: ”If it has been published in the newspaper, don't publish it.”
Weissenberg responded without change: ”Her Majesty, please be assured that these photos have not been published.
If you feel familiar, it may be that the content of the shooting is close, but there are still differences in essence. ”
Franz nodded, he still believed in the eyes of professionals. The task of making war excuses to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rather than to the military, is mainly because of ”professionalism.”
Otherwise, there are no soldiers missing or shipwrecking, and such lame excuses cannot be justified.
Don't say whether people will believe in the world, even in the country.
In contrast, the death of thousands of imperial citizens of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was even more shocking.
Anyway, everyone is dead. The Vienna government says that they are Austrian citizens, so Austrian citizens are nothing more than a question of nationality.
The numbers are too big to matter. This big number is designed to divert everyone's attention.
After shifting everyone's attention to the number, deep down, they could not help accepting the claims that Austrian citizens were killed in the Ottoman Empire.
The issue of quantity was a big deal to vindicate them after the war. Replace citizens with ”immigrants whose applications are pending approval”, lower the number of citizens killed, and let the unscrupulous media lose their rigor.
Anyway, until the dust is settled, the Vienna government will not state the number of people killed in official documents. Whatever the outside world interprets, feel free to.
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On April 20, 1882, while the European world was still immersed in the Paris Revolution, a piece of news about the ”Ottoman Empire killing Austrian citizens” published by the Balkan Daily broke the situation.
The number of ”1867” Xuanhong attracted melon-eating crowds in one place. Subsequently, several newspapers followed up, but this number has diversified.
The largest number had exceeded 10,000, and at least only two died. Still, the Ottoman Empire suffered a miscarriage during the slaughter of ethnic minorities in the country.
The quantity doesn't matter, anyway, the Austrians are angry. The **** photos have reached 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 Vienna government formally notified the Ottoman Empire to negotiate the massacre.
The Ottoman government, who didn't know anything, received the Austrian diplomatic note in a face of persecution, and was confused for a while before responding-bad, dangerous.
The purpose is to find faults, and the negotiations naturally cannot go smoothly. On April 24, 1882, the Vienna government unilaterally declared the talks broken.
The reason is: Austria requested an investigation team to conduct field investigations into the Ottoman Empire, which was rejected by the Ottoman government.
The killing of ethnic minorities exists, and a few Armenian villages were recently destroyed in ethnic conflicts in the country, but this was not the main reason for the Ottoman government's rejection.
As long as it can be proven that the Austrian citizens have not been massacred, these things are minor problems, and they will not be scolded for a while, anyway, they have been attacked by European public opinion anyway.
The problem is that at the same time that the investigation team was dispatched, Austria also requested to send troops for protection, and this number was as high as one division, which could not be tolerated.
The Russian-Prussian war has proved the airship's transport capacity. Putting an Austrian infantry division inland was simply suicide.
The reasons for the rejection were naturally ignored by the Austrian media. The Ottoman Empire were all barbarians. For the safety of the investigation team, they must send troops to protect it!
Many people?
There is only one infantry division. As long as there is no ghost in the Ottoman government, it should not be daunted.
The perspectives of both sides in thinking about the problem are not on the same channel, and the conclusions reached in the end are naturally different.
After the talks broke down, the voice of revenge inside Austria suddenly rose.
The voices of the main war factions gradually overwhelmed the anti-war factions, and the atmosphere of the war became more intense.
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