Chapter 273 The Final Conditions of the Allies (Part 2)
The words of the Foreign Secretary made everyone feel that they were very feasible. Because although the Chief of General Staff Marshal Hindenburg said the final solution to the Romanian problem, for the Allies themselves, this was also consuming the remaining power brought by defeating Russia.
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As Hindenburg said, this restrained the Allies' military strength of about 1.5 million. If Romania can be brought into the camp, these forces will bring huge advantages to the Allies whether they are used on the Western Front or Italy, and even
Let France or Italy withdraw from the war. It is not worth it to waste this military power in Romania.
“So what conditions should we give Romania?”
William II was still very interested in bringing Romania into the Allied Powers, even though he just wanted to send troops to destroy the country. However, there were so many benefits to Romania joining the Allied Powers that William II had to think more about the empire.
It was still Foreign Minister Wilhelm Zolf who suggested. "Your Majesty, I think Bessarabia can be used as a reward for Romania to join the camp."
As soon as the Foreign Minister finished speaking, Prime Minister Olge Meese stood up and asked. "We already mentioned this condition when the war started, and it is still the same condition now. It should not be able to impress Romania. You must know the conditions Romania put forward to the Allies.
But the area east of the Tisza River belongs to it, and we are just a Bessarabia region, so it is difficult for Romania to be attracted by it."
Prime Minister Org Meese's opinion made all the important ministers here nod secretly. They had all seen the conditions offered by Romania to the Allies, and everyone was still surprised by Romania's appetite.
Foreign Minister Wilhelm Zolf obviously not only prepared these conditions, but he continued to talk to the important ministers. "I know that it is difficult for Romania to be attracted by the Bessarabia region alone. If Odessa and Vinnitsa are added,
Woolen cloth?"
Foreign Minister Wilhelm Zolf was well prepared and took out a map of Ukraine to explain to everyone. "We can use most of Vinnitsa and Odessa as rewards to win over Romania. I believe these two areas can give Romania enough
satisfy."
Everyone was surprised when they saw the generosity of Foreign Secretary Wilhelm Zolf. These two areas plus Bessarabia are a territory of no less than 100,000 square kilometers. Mainly these territories are fertile plain areas. If not
Knowing that Wilhelm Zolf was the German Foreign Minister, I thought he was pretending to be a Romanian.
Even though he was aware of the Foreign Secretary's proposal, Admiral Scheer couldn't help but asked, "Is this too much?"
On the Romanian issue, Scheer actually did not intend to speak, because it would not require the German fleet. But when faced with the Foreign Minister, he could not help but speak.
After hearing Scheer's question, Wilhelm Zolf did not answer immediately, but continued. "Not only that, we should also discuss with the Austro-Hungarian government to let them out and plan to let Transini after the war."
Is the way out for sub-regional self-determination in Austria-Hungary?”
The words of Foreign Secretary Wilhelm Zolf surprised all the ministers present. Even Kaiser Wilhelm II was surprised. But he quickly came to his senses and said to Wilhelm Zolf, "What are you going to do with this?"
Does public opinion influence the Romanian government to make decisions?”
Seeing the emperor's reaction so quickly, Wilhelm Zolf nodded and said. "This is a condition that the Romanians cannot refuse, and it is also impossible for the Allies to give. If Romania still refuses, then we have reason to believe that Romania does not intend to
Negotiate for us, and only want to join the Allied Powers. If this is the case, then you need to use the plan of the Marshal."
Seeing the foreign minister mentioning himself, Hindenburg stood up and said, "What Lord Zolf said makes sense, and we have given the most favorable conditions. If Romania still pushes back, we must respond to them.
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In order to emphasize the tone, Hindenburg said to those present. "We cannot leave instability behind us."
Hindenburg's words made everyone present nod in agreement. A sudden attack from behind without precautions would be too harmful. No one knew this.
Prime Minister Olge Mies pointed out a difficulty for the Foreign Minister. "Then we need the cooperation of Austria-Hungary. Their new emperor is not an easy person to talk to."
When it comes to the new Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl, Germany has a huge headache. This new emperor is constantly making small moves in the alliance. Not long after he took over the throne, he dismissed Konrad, the Austrian Chief of General Staff who had good relations with Germany, from his post.
He was sent to the Trentino front in Italy as a field commander, which gave the Austrian army, which was subordinate to the German army, a lot of autonomy.
Moreover, on the battlefield, the orders of the Eastern Front General Headquarters (German officers served) were also violated. Especially during the Kerensky Offensive, as the chief of staff of Crown Prince Leopold, he had the actual command of the German troops on the Eastern Front.
Major General Max Hoffmann, who was in power, originally planned to wait for the Russian attack force to be exhausted before launching a counterattack. However, the Austro-Hungarian 7th Army took the lead without waiting for orders, which made Max Hoffmann furious. Unexpectedly, the Austro-Hungarian army
It worked.
These are not the most painful things for the German government. This year, the new Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl conducted secret peace negotiations with France through his brother-in-law, Prince Sixtus of Parma. Fortunately, because he refused to give any piece of the Habsburg family
The cession of territory to Italy led to the failure of secret peace talks. However, because he supported France's demands for Alsace and Lorraine, Germany was greatly angered. For this reason, the Kaiser said on more than one occasion that the Austrians could not be trusted.
It is very difficult to get Austria-Hungary to announce that it is willing to allow Transinia to self-determine after the war, but these are goals that the German government needs to worry about.
Now Ambassador Filalovsky is having a huge headache, because the information about the Romanian negotiations has disappeared, and the embassy counselor Andizi Danton has also been missing for three days. He now wants to die.
"Damn it, didn't any of you find Andizi Danton?"
Ambassador Filalovsky angrily vented to the other staff of the embassy. After saying this, he once again asked the last guard who saw Andizi Danton. "Ivan, tell me about Andizi Danton again."
What Dandong said to you when he left."
To Ambassador Filalovsky, who had listened eight times and still wanted to listen, the guard named Ivan continued to speak. "The Counselor said to me that if anyone comes looking for me, just tell me I'm out."
Facing the guard named Ivan, Ambassador Filalovsky also knew that he should not be blamed. He blamed himself for not being vigilant enough about Andizi Danton and allowing him to steal these secrets.
When Ambassador Filalovsky was worried about this, the staff he sent out to find Andizi Danton also returned one after another, but the news they brought back made him despair.
"Sorry. Ambassador, I didn't see Mr. Counselor."
"We didn't see Mr. Counselor either."
These bad news made Ambassador Filalovsky know that he had to make a decision quickly. He turned to a staff member and said, "Get me a car, I'm going to the French Embassy."
Half an hour later at the French Embassy, Ambassador Filalovsky told the French Ambassador Jean Bard that he had lost the information on the negotiations with Romania.
"This is so bad, we have to rush to the British Embassy and hope we can make amends before it's too late."
So the news that the Russian Embassy lost confidential documents also came here.
