Chapter 1995 First Contact One

Under the arrangement of the two parties, Prince Albert and Earl Caliput from Bavaria received the British representative Foreign Secretary Balfour and the former British Navy Minister Prince Mountbatten in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. However, what the British did not expect was that the place where the two parties met was only 500 meters away from the office of the French representative in the Netherlands!

"I seem to see the shadow of the previous Austro-Hungarian Empire from the two. Maybe in the future, the German Empire will become a dual empire. And the Prussian eagle and the Bavarian lion may appear on the national flag at the same time." Belfort looked at the opposite side Prince Albert and Earl Caliput said calmly.

"The Prussian eagle and the Bavarian lion are fighting side by side for the future of the empire. And the people of Ireland launched an uprising against the British king on Easter in 1914. What a touching thing Ah. And it all started because of the inaction of the British government during the Great Irish Famine in 1945. During this famine, the population of Ireland fell by a quarter.” Prince Albert said with a smile. (Historically, the Great Irish Easter Rising took place in 1916, which is brought forward in this article.)

"It's only been a few decades since the empire was established, but all the countries can fight against each other. Ireland has been a vassal of your country for hundreds of years, and now it sees the London government as an enemy. It really makes people feel that things are changing. Don't you think so, Mr. Belfort?" Earl Caliput slashed at the side.

"The situation is now very clear. The Allied Powers are at a military disadvantage. Since you are planning to pray for peace, you must first show your sincerity. I don't know what conditions your country is going to use to appease the long sword of Germany this time. " said Prince Albert arrogantly.

"The British Empire will never pray for peace. We would rather fight to the end than want peace of humiliation! In this world, no one can bring the Empire to its knees. We are here only to reduce unnecessary casualties. Attrition, now the situation is obvious, on the western front, neither side can break through the opponent's defense, and on the sea, the High Seas Fleet has been at home for a year. The Grand Fleet is still firmly in control of the North Sea." Belfort countered.

"It seems that your country still doesn't recognize its own situation. Or is it that you recognize the situation but are unwilling to admit it? Well, let's be straightforward. We firmly believe that the Allied Powers have a huge military advantage, and your country's mission Arrival is a sign of weakness. Therefore, you must first make concessions. This is a matter of principle. If you do not agree, then this meeting can only be suspended, and then we will discuss this issue on the battlefield." The Earl of Caliput is not in the mood to talk to the British. He knew that the British were definitely ready to compromise this time. Because Crown Prince Ruprecht directly rejected the arrogant conditions of the British last time.

"It's a threat! It's blackmail!" exclaimed Belfort.

"Understand it as you like. Now you have three minutes to think." Prince Albert said.

"We can relax the naval blockade against Germany. In addition to weapons-related equipment, components and resources, civilian products such as food, cloth, and medicine can be properly released after registration. But we have one condition. In return, Germany should Stop the air raids on London and cancel the unrestricted submarine warfare, because the air raids on London are more harmful to the people, and most of the merchant ships sunk by the unrestricted submarine warfare are also civilian ships. At the same time, these civilian ships are also transporting civilian supplies! War should not affect civilians." Belfort said after taking a deep breath and calming down his agitated mood.

"Hehe, this rule doesn't even achieve the most basic linguistic fairness.

You asked us to stop unrestricted submarine warfare while you just relaxed restrictions on civilian supplies. Doesn't this mean that the ships you use to transport military products are also protected from submarine attacks? There is no sincerity in this statement! As for saying that war should not affect civilians? "

"Your Excellency is a diplomat. You should be very clear about the document "Declaration of the Paris Conference Concerning Certain Principles at Sea" signed on April 16, 1856, right? There are two very important items in this declaration. In addition to goods, it is forbidden to capture neutral or enemy goods on neutral ships. The other is that, except for wartime contraband, it is forbidden to capture neutral goods on enemy ships!"

"And in 1909, the "Declaration of London" stipulated that all goods except arms and ammunition and other obvious war materials destined for neutral countries should not be confiscated, even if they are to be transshipped to hostile countries. Well, tell your Excellency Me? Has your country complied with these agreements? One month after the start of the war, your Privy Order mentioned that even if it is on a neutral ship, any contraband destined for Germany must be strictly confiscated, or forced to be purchased by the UK ! And you also limit the amount of imports from neutral countries.”

"I would like to ask your Excellency, is your country's promise inferior to toilet paper?" Prince Albert said angrily. "Don't talk about unrestricted submarine warfare, it was the British who first started this brutal war of wrecks, women and children, and we just fought tooth for tooth, blood for blood!"

"In short, your conditions are impossible to accept. We will put forward our counter proposal. If you disagree, you can leave now." Earl Caliput said directly without giving the other party time to think.

"After the war, the British Royal Navy detained at least 225 ships of various types from the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Turkish Empire. Some of these ships were sunk, but most of them are still usable. These belong to the German Empire Assets. Moreover, these ships were detained at the beginning of the war and were not used for military purposes at all. Therefore, according to your country’s principle that wars should not affect civilians, these ships should be handed over to a third party designated by the German Empire for temporary retention. Not to support the British war machine! And all the citizens of the Allied countries who were arrested should also be released and then transferred to a third country!" Earl Caliput said.

"These detained ships are used to supplement the losses of the British Empire. Your submarines sank our civilian ships, and we use these ships to make up for the losses!" Belfort said. "If the civilian ships we seized have to be compensated to your country, then what if your country's submarine destroys our civilian ships? Believe me, this amount is absolutely unaffordable to your country!"

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