Chapter 932： The power of rumors (1/2)

I have to admit the Japanese acting ability, on the one hand, Britain and France made a vow to join the war against Austria; on the other hand, they assured Austria that they would never invade the Austrian South Seas.

As for the gossip that circulated, they were all conspiracies by the French, trying to provoke relations between Japan and Austria through such despicable means.

It doesn't matter whether it's true or false, anyway, after a series of diplomatic harassment, the Japanese government still got real benefits.

Relying on Dafa, on April 11, 1891, Hirobumi Ito signed the ”Japan-French Far East Treaty” with French Minister Gletras, at the cost of joining the war against Austria, in exchange for the French government to abandon its privileges in Japan, and opened the Japanese government. The prelude to the abolition of unequal treaties.

Then on April 18th, Ito Hirobumi performed the same trick again and signed the ”British-Japan Tokyo Treaty” with the British, reclaiming the British privileges in Japan.

Also relying on Fudge Dafa, on April 26, Ito Bowen signed the ”Japan-Austria Security Treaty” with the Austrian Minister. The Japanese government paid the price of an alliance with the French in exchange for Austria to give up its privileges in Japan.

The three big countries have been dealt with, and the rest will naturally not become the climate. Relying on various methods such as coercion and temptation, the Japanese government miraculously abolished the unequal treaties signed by various countries and became the first country in Asia with complete sovereignty.

The news spread to Europe, well, Japan’s presence is too low these years, and no one is interested at all. The media are busy reporting the news of the European War, and naturally they have no time to pay attention.

Not to mention that the people do not pay attention to it, even the governments of various countries do not regard this as a matter. It’s good to have privileges, but it’s okay if you don’t have privileges. Anyway, Japan is so small that there is not much left after the British and French eat the rest.

In fact, after seeing the treaty submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Franz remembered that Austria also has privileges in Japan.

Then there is no more. The Japanese are really poor these days. Only a limited number of commodities can be sold here, and the arms trade is naturally the most profitable.

Unfortunately, the Japanese navy learns from the British and the army learns from the French. The arms market does not have Austria's shares.

The Vienna government also implemented the Mineral Export Approval Act, which blocked the way to sell resources. Except for the rubber and grains sold in Austrian Southeast Asia, only a small amount of industrial products were exported.

There are fewer exports and fewer imports. Compared to Japan, which is poor and white, Austria basically lacks nothing.

Even the Japanese fist product, raw silk, lost the market after it was changed from rice to mulberry in Lombardy and Venice.

The total annual import and export trade between Japan and Austria is less than 300,000 Aegis, which is completely negligible. There is really no reason to take it seriously.

Having been an emperor for so many years, Franz has long become a qualified politician. Apart from adding a little trouble to the Japanese government at the beginning, he has rarely done anything later.

In fact, Austria also paid for the emperor's willfulness. The original purpose of the Vienna government's mineral export approval bill was to crack down on competitors, and the target was mainly French.

Austrian Nanyang is too far away from Europe. If it travels this far to import ores, the freight cost will go up, and there is no need to restrict it.

It was just that while demarcating the scope, Franz shook his hand and drew a large circle on the map, accidentally encircling the Austrian Nanyang.

Then, if the Japanese government wants to import ore from Austria, it has to go through layers of approvals, and it won’t be possible after a year or a half.

For this reason, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also made a lot of efforts. Unfortunately, for the Vienna government, this is just a trivial matter. No one is willing to change a law just because of the Japanese feelings.

To put it bluntly, the benefits are not enough. Changing a law in Austria is very troublesome and requires a new legislative session.

Even if the restrictions are abolished, the big deal will increase the trade volume of hundreds of thousands of Aegis each year, and the taxes that fall into the government's pockets will only be tens of thousands of Aegis.

For this little money, I ran to amend the law. The Vienna government is not so busy yet. Even if he knew it was wrong, it could only be wrong.

Affected by this, Japan-Austria relations have always been lukewarm. I have to admit that in this regard, the book is still talented, and he is absolutely unambiguous when he should pretend to be a grandson.

Putting down the treaty in his hand, Franz slowly said: ”Britain-Russian negotiations have begun. It seems that our actions on the African continent have aroused the vigilance of the British.

According to John Bull's past style, they certainly don't want to see us connecting Asia, Europe and Africa. If nothing else, Britain and France are now close.

The main force of the British Army is still in Afghanistan. In the short term, they are unable to blend in with the European War. The danger will only come from overseas.

Order the Governors of Southeast Asia and Central America to step up their guard, be alert to all neighbors around them, and not give the enemy a chance.

As for other regions, our strength is too weak. If a war breaks out, they are allowed to surrender directly. ”