Chapter 749 1867 Eyeball Effect

"Find out, is the Austrian's real purpose?" Prime Minister Gladstone asked

After Prussia announced the debt extension, the London government immediately suspected Austria, and found out what role the Vienna government played.

There is no way to keep this kind of thing secret. If Austria does not jump out to cheer, the Berlin government has no courage to do so.

Foreign Secretary Glanville George Levesen-Gauer: "On the face of it, the Austrians want to divide our relationship with Prussia, and they have succeeded.

Our intelligence personnel found that the railway traffic in Austria has skyrocketed recently, and an in-depth investigation found that a large number of strategic materials were converging to the port.

The Austrians seem to be preparing for a war, but their troops have not been mobilized abnormally, and they should not be directed at France. "

After the Paris Revolution broke out, the London government paid close attention to the movements of Austria, for fear that the continental balance would be disrupted if it was not careful.

In terms of interests, Fao has been fighting for European hegemony for many years, and now that France is ill, Austria has enough motivation to get down.

However, France is not a soft persimmon, and even if a civil strife breaks out, it is not easy to provoke. Without adequate preparation, Austria could not act blindly.

Looking at the world map, Gladstone nodded and said thoughtfully: "Without military mobilization, Austria's target this time should not be very strong.

The Vienna system was just established, the Austrians would not slap themselves in the face, and the war was mostly outside Europe.

Far East, South America, Near East, or African colonies, do you think the Austrians want to attack places? "

Colonial Minister Primrose analyzed: "The possibility of the Far East is unlikely, Austria's strength there is limited, not their strategic focus.

The chances of South America are also very small, the Panama independence movement is going very well, and unless they are prepared to swallow the Republic of Colombia in one bite, there is no need to increase investment.

It is possible to compete for colonies in the Near East and Africa. Ottoman is a feud of the Habsburg dynasty. Franz has repeatedly stated in public that he wants to eliminate this...

Faao's colonial core is all on the African continent. The two countries are afraid of each other's strength. Coupled with geographical constraints, there is no large-scale conflict. The Vienna government has the motive to get down.

I think they are more suspicious of Egyptian hands. The Ottoman Empire can be attacked at any time, and the chance to seize the Suez Canal may be this one.

France is very tough on the outside world and has offended many people in the colonial struggle. After the outbreak of the civil war, many countries made small moves, including us wanting to take a share of the pie.

There is no war, there is a lack of a leader. If Austria takes the lead, the feast of dividing up the French colonies is about to break out.

France, which has lost its overseas colonies, even if the civil war is over, it will be difficult for it to have the strength to threaten Austria again. "

There is no way for Fao to jointly manage the Suez Canal, which does not mean that everyone does not want to monopolize it.

Today is different from the past, and now it has the strength to dominate the Suez Canal. As long as the Egyptian region is captured, the Austrian Asian and African colonies will be connected, and they are not afraid of peeping at all.

Foreign Secretary George retorted: "My opinion is quite the opposite. Judging from the current international situation, the probability of Austria's attack on Egypt is very small."

He immediately picked up a baton, walked to the hanging world map and pointed: "This is Austria, and you can see from the map how bad their strategic position is, it can be said that they are surrounded by strong enemies.

In recent years, the Vienna government successfully abolished the Ottoman Empire through diplomacy and military strikes, and used the Prussian War to destroy Prussia and destroy the vitality of the Russians, and the situation gradually improved.

In the short term, capturing Egypt and attacking the French Empire may be more profitable; but this will worsen the relationship between France and Austria. After the end of the civil war, France is Austria's biggest enemy.

History will repeat the old story of France and the Ottomans uniting to form the anti-Habsburg dynasty. Under the trend of interests, most of the Russians will also join in.

In this context, it is difficult for Austria to find allies, and even the pro-Austrian German states will mostly lead to the anti-Habsburg alliance. "

George drew a circle on the map with the baton, and said with a little force: "There are enemies on all sides, once a war breaks out, Austria will be exhausted, and no matter how strong the country is, it can't stand such a toss.

From a long-term perspective, continuing to maintain and maintain friendly relations with the French, taking the opportunity to destroy the Ottoman Empire, and gaining a stable rear are what Austria needs most. "

The "strategy" determined by the geographical location can't fool people. The map is there, and you can see it at a glance.

Austria, located in the heart of Europe, is a miracle in itself to be revived.

Behind this miracle is a series of diplomacy, while maintaining friendly relations with many countries, creating conditions for revival.

Needless to say, the Austrian plan was discovered, of course, it was going to be sabotaged, otherwise it would live up to its reputation as a "scrambler".

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The British were still a step behind. The success of the Paris Revolution provided Austria with courage. The Vienna government has decided to cut through the mess quickly and wait for diplomatic results.

Franz: "Have you found a casus belli?"

The key to restraining Austria from launching a war is no longer the international situation.

A shot in Paris pushed the European revolution to a climax again, and no one dared to take the risk

Defend the Ottoman Empire to wage war.

Not to mention its strength. After two wars in the Near East, the Ottoman Empire had long since been severely damaged.

Now everything is in place, only one "excuse" for war is owed. For this reasonable excuse, Franz's hair was about to fall out.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg: "We have evidence of the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman government, including 1,867 imperial citizens."

After finishing speaking, Wesenberg took out a thick stack of photos from the envelope, which showed the massacre of Ottoman soldiers.

Franz would have believed it if he hadn't read a few sheets and felt a little familiar.

The photos are definitely real. With the photography technology of this age, it is unrealistic to want to fake it.

It's just that there may be a little error in the time of occurrence, which is a few years ahead of schedule.

The time point is not critical, as long as the content of the photo is real enough.

After hesitating for a while, Franz still took out the most impressive picture of "Gatling Shooting Refugees": "It has already been published in the newspaper, so don't publish it to the public."

Wesenberg replied without changing his face: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, these photos have not been published.

If you feel familiar, it may be that the content of the shooting is somewhat similar, but there are still differences in essence. "

Franz nodded, he still trusted the eyes of professionals. The task of creating a casus belli is given to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, not to the military, mainly because of "professionalism".

Otherwise, some soldiers are missing or shipwrecks, such excuses for holding back are simply unjustifiable.

Don't say whether people in the world will believe it, not even in China.

In contrast, the death of thousands of imperial citizens of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is much more shocking.

Anyway, people are dead, and the Vienna government says they are Austrian citizens, then Austrian citizens are nothing more than a matter of reapplying a nationality.

The numbers are too big, it doesn't matter. The reason for this large number is to divert everyone's attention.

Shifting everyone's focus to the number, I involuntarily accepted the statement that Austrian citizens were murdered in the Ottoman Empire.

The number problem, the big deal is to rehabilitate them after the war. Just replace the citizens with "immigrants whose applications are pending approval", lower the number of killed citizens, and blame the unscrupulous media for being imprecise.

Anyway, until the dust settles, the Vienna government will not state the number of people killed in official documents. How the outside world interprets it is fine.

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On April 20, 1882, when the European world was still immersed in the Paris Revolution, a news article "Ottoman Massacre of Austrian Citizens by the Ottoman Empire" published by the Balkan Daily broke the situation.

"1867", the red-hot number, attracts melon-eating people all over the place. Subsequently, several newspapers followed up with reports, but the number was diversified.

The largest number has exceeded 10,000 people, and at least 2 people died. They were mistakenly in the second train when the Ottoman Empire slaughtered the ethnic minorities in the country.

It doesn't matter how many, the Austrians are angry. Those bloody photos have touched everyone's bottom line, and all sectors of society have asked the government to punish the Ottoman Empire.

Affected by this, on April 22, 1882, the Vienna government officially sent a note to the Ottoman Empire to negotiate the massacre.

The Ottoman government, who didn't know anything, received the Austrian diplomatic note in a confused look.

It was originally to find fault, and the negotiation could not go smoothly. On April 24, 1882, the Vienna government unilaterally announced the breakdown of the negotiations.

The reason is: Austria asked to send an investigation team to go deep into the territory of the Ottoman Empire for on-the-spot investigation, but the Ottoman government refused.

The slaughter of ethnic minorities exists, and not long ago there were several Armenian villages that were destroyed in the internal ethnic conflict, but this was not the main reason for the Ottoman government's refusal.

As long as it can be proved that the Austrian citizens were not massacred, these things are small issues, and they are not a big deal to be criticized by public opinion for a while, anyway, they have been criticized by European public opinion all the time.

The problem is that at the same time when the investigation team was sent, Austria also requested to send troops for protection, and the number was as high as one division, which could not be tolerated.

The Russo-Prussian War had proven the transport capabilities of airships, and to put an Austrian infantry division inland would be suicidal.

The reasons for the rejection were naturally selectively ignored by the Austrian media. The Ottoman Empire are all barbarians. For the safety of the investigation team, they must send troops to protect them!

How many people?

It is only an infantry division. As long as the Ottoman government has no ghosts in its heart, it should not be afraid.

The perspectives of both sides thinking about the problem are not on the same channel, and the final conclusions are naturally different.

After the negotiation broke down, the voice of revenge in Austria suddenly rose up.

The voice of the main war faction gradually overwhelmed the anti war faction, and the atmosphere of war became more and more intense.

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