Chapter 1401: The Danger of Isolation

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The evening of October 21 was destined to be a sleepless night for the missions of various countries participating in the Beijing Peace Conference! Diplomats from various countries have begun secret contacts to ensure that their national interests are secured in the peace conference to be held tomorrow! And the Russian mission, in order to reduce its own losses as much as possible, also launched active mediation! It's just that for the victorious powers, except for Germany, everyone wants to be able to plunder as much of the benefits as possible from Russia, which makes the diplomatic efforts of the Russians almost ineffective!

At the same time, the tandem of the victorious countries of various countries has also attracted the attention of the German side! In the present peace conference, Germany's attempt to favor Russia by its own strength is almost impossible! Germany is not the most powerful country in the world, China is much stronger than Germany! This, coupled with the fact that Austria-Hungary, Germany's staunch ally, was also completely contrary to Germany's opinion on this issue, which made Germany behave very much like a mantis arm as a car!

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, this is the latest news we have received! Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi held secret talks with the Austro-Hungarian embassy in China for more than an hour. However, we have no way of knowing the specifics of the talks. After that, the Austro-Hungarian Empire sent people to contact the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and the Kingdom of Romania. We have reason to believe that this is a series of negotiations between countries for tomorrow! It is clear that the attitude of the Reich towards Russia. It has already caused dissatisfaction in various countries! If it continues like this, it will be very detrimental to the Empire! The German Ambassador to China, August. Feng. Clint said!

"Damn. Do they want to leave the empire behind? If they were not recognized by the Empire, they would not have been able to sign a peace treaty with Russia! German Chancellor Holwig said with some anger! This feeling of being deliberately set aside made them very dissatisfied!

"Your Excellency, the strength of the empire now has no upper hand over China and Austria-Hungary! The Empire's military power is even more unable to defeat them! If they continue to be tough, then the Empire may not be able to stop them! German Foreign Minister Stresemann said with some concern! It is clear that Germany is now behaving in a good way. It is very unwise to be completely hostile to the entire victorious bloc! Even if Germany does this for the sake of future layout, if it offends the other victorious countries, it is extremely uneconomical!

"Your Excellency, this is a very big threat to the Empire! As a result, China and Austria-Hungary and other countries were brought closer and closer, and the empire wanted to challenge China. That's even more difficult! The German Ambassador to China, August. Feng. Clinder said. Germany is already worse than China, and if China unites other countries, then Germany will have no chance of winning!

"Do you mean to sit back and watch Russia be weakened by the strict? If Russia is weakened by Yan Zhan, then Russia will not be able to play the important role of assisting the Empire! What we need is a strong Russia, not a weak Russia! Prime Minister Holwig said with a frown!

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister. A strong Russia is indeed beneficial for the empire! But if the empire is isolated, it will be very bad for us! At least for a long time to come, we will need to maintain friendly relations with China and the rest of the allies! Foreign Minister Stresemann reminded!

"So be it. We will make a judgment based on the specific situation at tomorrow's peace meeting! If China, Austria-Hungary and the other victorious powers are still very tough, we will do something else! Holwig said with a bit of a headache! The current situation. It's really hard for Germany! Strict Germans are accustomed to speaking with strength in many cases. However, when they are inferior in strength, they have already found that diplomacy is not very useful either! In the face of the joint pressure of China and Austria-Hungary, this put a lot of pressure on Germany!

At 9:30 a.m. on October 22, the peace conference resumed. This peace meeting is still a discussion of Russia's disposal plan! However, at this peace meeting, the representatives of various countries were smiling, and the eyes of the representatives of the Kingdom of Romania were full of joy. This made the German delegates, who were aware of this situation, look unpleasant. In their view, this undoubtedly meant that the other victorious powers had already agreed on their own, leaving Germany alone! If Germany continues to insist on favoring Russia, it will really be completely isolated!

"Ladies and gentlemen, during yesterday's talks, we had very big differences on the plan for dealing with Russia! Now the armies of various countries are stationed on the territory of Russia, and the daily consumption is an astronomical amount! Therefore, we hope to be able to reach an agreement at today's talks! The interests of all the victorious countries are the same, and they should all be guaranteed, and they must not be harmed by the interests of all the victorious countries for their own selfish interests! Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said in a deep voice!

Sure enough, after listening to Wu Tingfang's words, German Chancellor Holwig and Foreign Minister Stresemann's faces were a little gloomy!

"China built yì harsh disposal of Russia! We want to get the Siberian Plain, as well as the territories east of the Volga! Austria-Hungary gains western Russian territory in southern Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine! Germany acquired northern Poland and territories along the Baltic coast. The Ottoman Turkish Empire received territories south of the Volga and Don rivers, including the Caucasus! The Kingdom of Romania receives the territory of Moldova! In addition, Russia will pay war reparations totaling three billion Chinese dollars to the victorious powers! Of this part of the reparations, China received 35 percent, and Austria-Hungary received 30 percent! Germany gets eighteen percent, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire gets eight percent! The Kingdom of Bulgaria gets seven percent, and the Kingdom of Romania gets two percent! If there is no objection to this, then the plan for the disposal of Russia will be implemented in this way! In addition, in terms of armaments, give Russia strict restrictions! Russia is not allowed to build a navy and air force, and the army only retains 100,000 men! If Russia breaks through this limit, it will be tantamount to declaring war on all countries! Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said!

German Chancellor Holwig and Foreign Minister Stresemann were about to refute, but the rest of the country had already spoken!

"Austria-Hungary supports this mentions! This disposition plan is completely in the interests of the victorious countries! "The Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Mario. Webb was the first to respond! This would nearly triple the territory of Austria-Hungary, and at the same time, the war reparations worth 900 million Chinese dollars would greatly relieve the financial pressure on Austria-Hungary!

"The Ottoman Turkish Empire agrees with this mentions! The interests of the victorious powers are guaranteed in this disposition! And most importantly, the Russians were duly punished! This will help maintain world peace in the future! "The Prime Minister of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Enver. Pasha was followed by the Austro-Hungarian Prime Minister Mario. Weber's words say!

"The Kingdom of Bulgaria approves of China's Tiyì!" Vasily, Kingdom of Bulgaria. Radoslavov also said! Because the Kingdom of Bulgaria does not share a border with Russia, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria is relatively weak, it is impossible for them to occupy an enclave far from their own territory! However, they were very satisfied with the fact that they had received seven percent of the total war reparations, which was equivalent to 210 million Chinese dollars!

"The Kingdom of Romania supports this Tiyì!" Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Romania Titu. Liviu. Majorescu also expressed his attitude! Being able to get Moldova and receive 60 million Chinese dollars in war reparations has already satisfied the Kingdom of Romania! Compared to the insignificant losses they paid in this world war, the benefits are already very rich!

The successive statements of various countries made German Chancellor Holwig and Foreign Minister Stresemann gloomy as if they could drip water! Although they had expected the consequences to be very strict, now it seems that the consequences are still much stricter than they expected! On the issue of disposing of Russia, the countries have already set aside Germany and come to an agreement! This made them feel a huge crisis, once Germany is isolated by other countries, it will be very difficult for Germany's hegemony to succeed!

"Germany is against this mention! Moreover, Germany is very dissatisfied with the fact that your countries have reached an agreement in private, and this kind of disregard for Germany! Germany was also one of the victorious countries this time, and in order to achieve this victory, Germany paid a huge price! If countries want to leave Germany, this is something that the German government will never be able to accept! Germany will not sign this contract! German Chancellor Holwig said with a black face!

The delegates of various countries began to discuss one after another. Germany's tough attitude seems to have exceeded their expectations! Originally, everyone thought that Germany would choose the default when the wood was already in the boat! Don't they know that if they do so, they will offend all the other countries?

Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang frowned, the Germans have such a hard mouth, which undoubtedly adds a lot of variables to this peace meeting! If the Germans really refused to sign the treaty, then the treaty formed by the peace conference this time would have much less legal effect! Although, in many cases, treaties do not have much constraint on the major countries, but at least there is a fig leaf!

"If the German side refuses to sign the treaty, then the other five countries will leave Germany to sign! If Germany does not recognize the treaty and deliberately breaks it, it will be regarded as a declaration of war against China! A voice suddenly sounded in the venue!