Of course, Romania could receive the news that the Hungarian Revolution had seized power, and so could the representatives of the Allied Powers negotiating in Paris. In fact, in the evening of that day, the news of the Hungarian Revolution was known to all countries. U.S. Secretary of State Lansing proposed to President Wilson
Opinions, demanding immediate military measures to eliminate the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
Countries also did not recognize the Hungarian Communist government and imposed a strict economic blockade on Hungary. Food embargoes were imposed, the supply of industrial raw materials such as iron ore, coal, and oil was stopped, and trains to Hungary and merchant ships on the Danube River were stopped.
At the same time, it also dispatched intelligence personnel to Hungary through Austria under the rule of the Social Democratic Party, and transported money and weapons to supply the opposition forces in Hungary.
However, these methods can only be used as contingency plans to prevent it from getting bigger, and the real decisive factor is to send troops to intervene. As for sending troops, the U.S. delegation proposed three plans to deal with the Hungarian Soviet regime.
First, American, British, French and Italian troops occupied Hungary.
Second, with the assistance of Romanian, Czech and Serbian troops, an armed intervention against the Hungarian Communist regime was organized.
Third, with the assistance of the right-wing social democrats, prepare to respond internally and counterattack.
Faced with three options, the four countries of the United States, Britain, France, and Italy discussed and decided to use the armies of Romania, the Czech Republic, and Serbia around Hungary to intervene first. Because the Czech Republic and Serbia had a series of domestic problems of their own, the number of troops they could send was limited.
.Romania, which currently has an army of 600,000, is of course the one they rely on.
So in order to let Romania contribute, Bratianu was once again summoned alone.
This time, Bretianu was led by his attendants and walked into a living room in Versailles. When he walked in, he discovered that compared to the last three Big Three, there was more Italian Prime Minister Orlando this time. However, Orlando's face was not very good.
It looks good, but it seems that he was unhappy because he failed to obtain the rights to Fiume Port and Damasia, and he looked like he was watching the fun.
As the driving force behind the intervention in the Hungarian revolution, President Wilson said to Prime Minister Bretianu after entering the door: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, Hungary is currently occupied by evil communists, and the innocent local people are suffering. This time we invite
You came here to ask Your Excellency how Romania, its neighboring country, views this brutal incident."
As soon as President Wilson came up, he asked about Bratianu's opinion on the outbreak of revolution in Hungary. In fact, regarding this matter, Bratianu wanted to say that he wanted to move a chair and sit and watch. But it was so cold.
It's better to keep your jokes to a minimum, lest you make the big shots in front of you angry, which would be bad.
Although President Wilson's question was a bit sudden, Bretianu, who had done his homework before, responded with reasonable evidence: "Everyone, our country is very indignant about the Communist riots in Hungary that overthrew the government. We are very indignant about the sufferings suffered by the people of neighboring countries.
We also deeply sympathize with the suffering.”
Bretianu first lamented the misfortune suffered by neighboring countries, and then changed the subject: "However, currently we are not prepared for the unrest that broke out in Hungary, so specific response measures are still under discussion."
When everyone heard Bretianu's words, they felt that this shrewd Romanian Prime Minister was not a simple person. He talked a lot, but in the end, he did not say Romania's views on this. And the words always mentioned that after consultation, this was the plan.
They won't take a stand until they get enough benefits.
This sounds unpleasant, but as a qualified political figure, isn't this how he should behave?
However, even though Bretianu performed well, there was no one present who was not a human being. How could he give out the conditions so easily? After he finished speaking, Clemenceau said with a smile: "Actually, these Hungarians are in the Communist Party."
Under the leadership of thugs, they resisted our will. However, after breaking away from Austria-Hungary, Hungary has always been a small country and poses little threat to us. It’s just that the armies of various countries are currently farther away. When our armies are gathered in place, it will not be possible to destroy them.
Difficult things.”
Everyone present nodded and admitted to Clemenceau's words that this was the truth. It was not difficult for them to eliminate the Hungarian revolution. This was also a warning to Bretianu not to have too many ideas.
Regarding Clemenceau's words, Bretianu replied with a smile: "The Prime Minister is right, the Hungarians are indeed nothing to worry about. But we all know that the most powerful thing about communism is not their armed forces, but their ideas.
They spread very easily like a plague, and their ideas are fatally tempting to the people at the bottom, so this is the real threat."
No one denies what Bretianu said. It is true that the lives of the people in the major European countries currently involved in the war have dropped too much, which has made many people resentful. And this kind of violent Marxist thought from Lenin is a real threat to all countries.
It was too big and could easily spread among the lower levels of the country. This was also the main reason why various countries were hostile to Soviet Russia.
We are all capitalist countries, and suddenly a heterogeneous country established by workers appeared. Not only that, he also claimed that he wanted workers all over the world to unite to establish a new government. Isn’t this an attempt to seize the life of the capitalists? Instead of launching an immediate attack, he also wanted to
Thanks to this war, no one can fight.
After seeing that the French Prime Minister was also rebutted, President Wilson suddenly said: "Well, Your Excellency Bretianu, under what circumstances do you think the Romanian army can speed up the preparation time?"
This is asking him to make conditions. Brutianu's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about what conditions he should propose. Do you want to try it?
Bretianu tried to say: "I think if Miskolc and Funda, which belong to Hungary, are promised to be owned by our country, then our preparation speed will be very fast."
"This is impossible."
As soon as Bretianu finished speaking, he heard Clemenceau's unceremonious rebuttal. The French Prime Minister said with an angry face: "Romania's border can only be east of the Tisza River.
It is a condition that we cannot continue to negotiate. If you really don’t make changes, you can only wait for the arrival of the French army to intervene. We are confident that these Hungarians will know that the majesty of France cannot be provoked."
Seeing Clemenceau's huge reaction, Bretianu was startled. Prime Minister George, who had not spoken at this time, also said: "This is also our British attitude. Romania's territory cannot cross the Tisza River."
.And I forgot to say one more thing, Kidajin has been assigned to the Kingdom of Serbia and it is no longer possible to give it to you."
When Prime Minister George finished speaking, President Wilson also said: "Our country also agrees with this."
Seeing that the three giants had expressed their opinions, Bratianu knew that it was impossible to claim Hungarian territory. So he put forward another condition: "We ask that we get the same rights as you after the intervention is successful. In addition, Tibetans are currently
The territory east of the Sa River must be transferred to our country in the form of a treaty after the intervention ends."
Faced with the new conditions proposed by Bretianu, the three giants made some eye contact and then Prime Minister George said: "I'm sorry, it is impossible for us to accept your country's request for equal rights in Hungary. As for your request,
It talks about confirming the territory east of the Tisza River in the form of a treaty, and we can agree to this."
After hearing what Prime Minister George said, Bretianu said loudly: "This is unfair to us in Romania."
"Sorry, there is no fairness in this world."
"We in Romania are not weak and cannot accept such a decision."
After ten hours of negotiations, in the end Bretianu did not get many Hungarian benefits from the United States, Britain and France. However, in order to appease Romania's emotions, the three countries stated that in addition to confirming the east of the Tisza River in the form of a treaty
In addition to the territory being owned by Romania, Poland will also be prevented from making territorial claims to Galicia.
Faced with the hard and soft coercion of the three countries, Bretianu had no choice but to agree. Because Romania currently cannot do without the support of the three countries, but in his heart he can feel a trace of the wariness of the United States, Britain and France towards Romania. Especially when he agreed
When the three countries prevented Poland from making territorial claims to the Galicia region, the wariness became even stronger.
It seems that the city itself is not enough, and the territorial claim is somewhat ill-timed.
