Romanian Eagle

After the military got the funding it wanted, Romania has been quiet in the past few months. The government is functioning well, agriculture is also enjoying good weather this year, and industry is developing steadily. In a word, the country is prosperous and the people are safe.

Edel also works half a day and rests half a day. As the wedding date approached, he also increased training in wedding etiquette. Naturally, he had a large group of people busy with his marriage, and the most enthusiastic of them was his mother, Queen Elizabeth.

Just as Romania is steadily growing, in Morocco, North Africa, an event is taking place here that is drawing European attention.

At the end of March 1911, a rebellion against the Sudan broke out in Morocco. By early April, the sultan was besieged in his palace in Fez. Under the pretext of protecting the lives and property of Europeans, the French prepared to send troops to help suppress the rebellion, and sent troops to occupy most of Morocco at the end of April. On June 8, Spanish troops occupied Larache. Faced with this situation, the German government, which had benefited from the first Moroccan crisis, believed that it was a violation of German interests, and the Panther gunboat arrived at the port of Agadir on the pretext of protecting German trade interests. More importantly, a few days later, the Bremen-class cruiser Berlin also arrived in the port of Agadir, forming a small fleet with the gunboat Leopard that arrived earlier. The main purpose of this move by the German government is to test whether the relationship between Britain and France is solid, and it can also ask France to compensate for the commercial losses caused by Morocco's effective control to Germany.

In the face of German moves, the British began to worry that Germany's arrival would disrupt the situation in North Africa. Now the main fulcrum of the Royal Navy of the British Empire in the Mediterranean, the naval base of Gibraltar is not far from the port of Agadir.

The British Navy believed the Germans intended to turn Agadir into a naval base in the Atlantic Ocean. Britain immediately dispatched warships from the Mediterranean Fleet to Morocco to prevent the outbreak of war between France and Germany due to the Moroccan issue. And as with the first Moroccan crisis, British support for France showed Germany the strength of the Entente.

When Edel received the news, the Moroccan, British and French navies had already surrounded the German fleet in the port of Agadir.

In the face of this Moroccan crisis, Eder still has an impression, which is due to the fact that he was preparing to write a German historical novel in his previous life and specially checked the information. The manager can't remember the specific circumstances, but the general situation still has an image. Edel looked at the information in his hand and compared the memory of his previous life, and it seemed that they were similar.

"Pay close attention now." Edel, who held the intelligence in his hand, instructed Carust.

"Okay, Your Highness."

After the head guard agreed, he walked out of Edel's office.

After watching Carust go out, Edel continued to be busy arranging domestic work.

Under the close watch of Edel, the British and French counterattacks against Germany continued. On July 4th, a sudden financial turmoil broke out in Germany. This financial turmoil came too suddenly, causing a large number of people to suffer heavy losses in this storm. The Frankfurt stock market plunged 30% in one day, and many people's efforts were wiped out. The stock market is also the same. A large number of German securities were thrown out, which caused panic among the people in the market. They began to ask the bank to exchange gold for gold, which caused the German National Bank to lose a lot of gold reserves. Lost a fifth of its gold reserves in a month.

In the palace in Berlin, the Kaiser is anxiously discussing the financial turmoil with Prime Minister Bernhard.

"The financial turmoil that broke out in Frankfurt this time was too sudden, and many people suffered heavy losses. Now there are rumors all over the world, our bank has also been run, and a large number of people holding marks are demanding to exchange gold, what should we do now?"

Prime Minister Bernhard questioned the Emperor a little uneasy. It's not that the prime minister is cowardly, it's mainly that Germany is now at odds with Britain and France in Morocco. He was afraid that if it continued, it would be the same as the first time, with both sides gathering troops on the border to create tension. It is unbearable for Germany, which has a sudden financial turmoil.

"I know the financial hardships,

Your Excellency the Prime Minister. "

Of course, William II knew the prime minister's purpose, but the thought that Britain would actually unite with the feuding France against Germany made his resentment against the United Kingdom increase a lot. He had also had the idea of ​​reconciling with Britain before, as long as the British recognized the status achieved by Germany. They can challenge all European powers like the Thirty Years' War, and this time Britain and Germany will win, which is his affirmation of the strongest combination of the German army and the British navy. It's a pity that the Kaiser's wink was thrown at the blind man. Britain turned a blind eye to Germany's friendship, and directly joined France and Russia in hostility to Germany. The ambitious Wilhelm II couldn't understand it.

In fact, this is easy to understand. Now Germany and the United States are the two fastest-growing backward industrial countries. Since industrial products need a market, Britain and France, which now occupy the largest market share and colony, have reasons to oppose spoilers. And because of the problems of geography and size, Britain and France have no way to take the United States, so Germany under the nose is able to make a fuss. Coupled with the territorial conflict between Germany and France, then Britain and France are the same on the German issue, plus Russia, which is controlled by French capital, this will be a very stable combination. In a word, Germany is chosen as a soft persimmon.

"This time, the algorithm of Chinese chess is one of the highest."

After pondering, William II could only retreat in the face of the current combination of Britain and France. The Moroccan incident also allowed him to see the figures of Britain and Germany drifting apart. In this sudden financial turmoil, he suspects that Britain and France are among them. Coupled with the current confrontation in Morocco, the two countries have every reason to do so. After all, French capital is much stronger than Germany, and with the British, it is entirely feasible to create a financial turmoil.

"Your Majesty, shall I arrange for the Foreign Ministry to release goodwill to them (British and French)?" Prime Minister Bernhard proposed a solution.

"You can arrange it, but you can't give in too much in terms of interests, otherwise it will be difficult for the country to explain." The Emperor stated his conditions.

"Okay, Your Majesty, I will make it clear to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that they (Britain and France) don't want Germany to submit. We should take a step back at most." The Prime Minister replied and walked out of the palace.

On July 7, the German ambassador in Paris informed the French government that Germany had no territorial desire in Morocco, and would negotiate a “compensation” for Germany in the Congo region, and Germany could give up its economic interests in Morocco.

The French side saw Germany's concessions and agreed to negotiate to solve the problem.

The German clause, presented on July 15, contained an offer for France to abandon northern Cameroon and the Togo region, requiring France to transfer the entire French Congo from the mouth of the Sangha River to Germany, and later French transfers were added to win Belgium. Congo's rights.

On July 21, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, speaking in the hall of his mansion in London, declared that national honour is more precious than peace: "If British interests are seriously affected, we must defend the interests of the British Empire. Now I strongly point out that achieving peace at such a price is an unbearable humiliation for a great nation like ours."

Germany interpreted the remarks as a warning from Britain that it could not impose unreasonable solutions on France.

In Eder's office in Romania, the head of the guard is reporting the latest situation of the Moroccan crisis to the crown prince.

"His Royal Highness has made concessions now that Germany has made concessions, and now it is mainly France that is negotiating with it, and the UK just said that its interests cannot be damaged."

After hearing the report from the captain of the bodyguard, Edel knew that this crisis only had the finishing touches, but it was impossible to end it in a short time.

"What's the matter with the captain of the guard?"

Edel looked at the captain of the guard who seemed to have something to report and asked.

"His Royal Highness now has an update on the Italian situation and needs to report it to you."

Italy? Eder thought in his heart, what can happen to this country that has good relations with Romania.

"Go ahead."

In the face of the crown prince's inquiry, Carust reported the abnormality found by the Romanian oil company to the crown prince.

"His Royal Highness, the Italian government recently urgently purchased 80,000 tons of refined oil from the oil company, and it is urgent and does not care much about the price."

After hearing the chief guard's words, Edel immediately felt a different message. 80,000 tons of refined oil is not a small amount. It can only be said that Italy wants to make trouble in this crisis.

Edel was sitting behind the desk thinking, the captain of the bodyguard stood there and did not dare to disturb the crown prince's thoughts. Edel accidentally saw the globe next to him, and his memory came up. Going forward and flipping the globe, I saw that Italy was still Ottoman territory across the sea. Eder remembered that it was Italian territory during World War II. Before the First World War, there seemed to be an Italian-Turkish war, so was it this time?

Edel thought of this, and immediately ordered it. "Pay close attention to what's going on in Italy, I guess they have an idea for Ottoman."

"Okay, Your Highness, I will arrange for the people below to pay more attention to Italy."

"Go."

Looking at the departing captain, Edel thought about the performance of Italy in the two world wars. This is really not a nation suitable for fighting.

The final solution to the crisis in Morocco was that Franco-German negotiations on the "Fez Treaty" led to a convention under which Germany accepted French protection of Morocco in exchange for the French colony of central equatorial Africa (now the Republic of Congo). ) territory. This 275,000-square-kilometer (106,000-square-mile) territory, known as Neukamerun (northeast Congo), became part of the German colony of Cameroon. The area was partly swampy, but gave Germany an outlet on the Congo River. Germany cedes a small part of its territory to France ().

(My mistake, I didn't think it would be more difficult to code words at home.)