Chapter 1397 The Dilemma of Germany
Berlin.
William II was very dissatisfied with the reversal of Germany's situation in Belarus. In the Prussian Palace, William II's abuse of Russia could be heard for several consecutive days.
"Damn Russians, as expected, no matter what skin they change, they cannot change the greed core of these Slavs."
"This group of Russian Labor Party members is a heresy that is worse than Nicholas II. They not only blatantly continued the expansion policy of the Tsarist Russian era, but did not hide Russia's ambitions for Europe and even the world in the past century, but also cunningly tried to lay the foundation for enslavement of the whole world..."
William II was furious. It was not that he was really worried about Russia's wolfish ambitions, but that the actions of the Russians further wavered the people's trust in their own government.
The German people were already full of anger because of World War I. Although Germany received relatively decent compensation compared to its previous life, then withdrew from the war, the price paid for World War I was obviously not in line with the spoils they obtained.
Then he experienced the heavy blow of European influenza, which made German society even more depressed. This military defeat in Eastern Europe made Germany even worse.
Having experienced rapid development from the last century to the beginning of this century, from national unity, to economic and industrial outbreaks, rapid advances in the scientific and technological level, etc.
Comparing with the unfavorable development of Germany in recent years, it is easy for the German people to experience a huge psychological gap, especially in the military failure against Russia, which is even more unacceptable.
After all, the German people's impression of Russia was still in the period of World War I. Whether it is Tsarist Russia or the current Russian Labor Party, the performance in World War I can be described as retreating step by step.
Now, under the leadership of the Labor Party, Russia has actually achieved military advantages and great breakthroughs in Eastern Europe. The former defeated general successfully counterattacked, which obviously made William II very embarrassed.
Although the fact that the Russian Labor Party’s ability to achieve such a great military advantage in Ukraine and Belarus is not entirely due to the military, the German people only know that the empire’s influence in Eastern Europe is being challenged.
However, although the German people who had been beaten after a war were dissatisfied with the situation, they really supported the war and were unwilling to do so.
The German people's psychology is obviously contradictory. After all, they do not support war, so naturally Germany cannot have too many military actions in Eastern Europe. After all, war will kill people.
If large-scale military operations cannot be carried out, the sphere of influence of Eastern Europe will naturally be taken back by Russia, which makes the German people feel dissatisfied.
In short, William II is now unpleasant, and the German pro-war factions and anti-war factions both put the blame on him, the emperor.
Prince Hermann empathized with William II's irritability and boredom. He said to William II: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to complain. We must respond to things in Eastern Europe. We only have two choices, either support the war, fight the Russians back, and stabilize our sphere of influence."
"Or, choose to negotiate with the Russians. After all, the current situation in Germany is indeed not easy to launch a new war. Germany has experienced war in recent years. Contend, plague, economic depression, the people's war-weariness is high, and the distrust and negative emotions of the government are increasing. Therefore, how to choose next will inevitably affect the future fate of Germany. "
William II also understands the dilemma facing Germany now, so he decided to put some pressure on Hermann: "The Prime Minister believes that we should fight back against Russia strongly, or choose to compromise with Russia?"
Seeing that there was no way to retreat, Hermann said, "If your Majesty insists on asking for an answer, then my idea is to compromise with Russia."
This answer was beyond the expectations of William II. He asked, "Why choose the latter?"
Hermann was silent for a moment and said, "There is an old saying in the Far East that you must first settle the country when fighting foreign countries. I think it makes sense. The situation we are facing now is actually that internal problems are greater than external problems, so internal problems should be solved first. Question, so that Germany can be invincible."
"Now Germany is undercurrent, with Labor, Democrats, pro-war factions, anti-war factions, and... all kinds of interest groups pointing their fingers at us, which is the biggest problem for the current government."
"All domestic conflicts can be said to be about to break out. At this time, a large-scale war will not be successful or not. Just large-scale war preparations may cause serious social problems."
There is no problem with war to divert social conflicts, but ordinary German people who have just experienced World War I will definitely not take this trick.
So, Hermann did not believe that war could solve the problem. Even once a new war was launched, it would be a huge problem in itself and would most likely become the fuse for the detonation of Germany.
So, Hermann analyzed: "So, once we support the war, we will fall into the trap of a political crisis, which is unfavorable to us. The second point is that even if the war does not arouse the dissatisfaction of the people, if the war fails..."
He did not continue, but William II also knew in his mind that the risk of starting a war is much higher than not starting a war.
William II asked, "But if we stop the war and compromise with the Russians, we may not be satisfied with the Chinese people."
After all, from the perspective of today's German people, the empire's defeat in Eastern Europe is also difficult to accept.
Hermann said: "Don't pay attention to the existence of this voice. In fact, those who really support the war are the military-industrial interest groups or the profiters in World War I, but they are only a very small number of existences."
"As for the opposition of some ordinary people, it is not worth mentioning. Compared with ordinary people who have experienced world wars and long for peace, they are only a minority. In the words of Russia, they are "minorities."
"Their voices seem to be huge, but in fact they are not keen on making remarks. After all, most people are busy with livelihoods and have no leisure to jump up and down."
"We should not be bothered by this voice, which has led to the illusion that before the world war, we were misled by public opinion. If we could make more preparations at that time, we would not have been in trouble because of hasty war."
Before the World War, the public opinion atmosphere in Germany could be described as arrogant as if Germany took any action, the whole of Europe would crawl at Germany's feet.
The factual result is that Germany did show strong combat effectiveness, but due to the insufficient upper limits of land, resources, food, manpower, etc., it is impossible to support the progress of a long-term large-scale war.
As a person who experienced it personally, Hermann also learned from his mistakes and gained wisdom. In the post-war review, he thought he was indeed too irrational at the beginning.
Of course, Hermann's statement was also recognized by William II. After experiencing the fierce beating of the world war, William II himself became more mature than before, or became cautious, and the battle greatly consumed his energy.
Just like Russia's current offensive against Eastern Europe, in the past, William II had long been determined to launch a war against Russia.
Hermann continued: "German needs to rest now, and to summarize the world situation in the past few decades, we can also conclude that Germany itself is in a stage of rapid development, and our population, economy, and industrial vitality are far higher than that of Britain and France." "Even if there is no war, Britain and France will decline day by day. For Russia, Russia is indeed a major concern of the empire, but the current Russian people have shown stronger resilience than the Tsarist Russian era under the temptation of the Labor Party."
"Labor's idealism does condense Russian public opinion, but for this kind of politics The governance model can only play a role in the early stage. We should start from the economic and diplomatic fields. "
"Let Russia fall into the dilemma of economic blockade. As long as economic development falls into a dilemma, then an idealistic government like Russia will inevitably fall into self-consuming due to the actual problems of bread and milk."
According to Hermann, the Russian Labor Party is like a young man who is not familiar with the world, with aspiration and passion for the future, but as time goes by, facing the beat of real society, it will eventually fall into the trap of life, and eventually internalize the spirit and even collapse and collapse.
Of course, William II did not think so. He said: "Who cares about the future of the Russian Labor Party? It is the impact of the Russian Labor Party on the fate of Russia. Under the leadership of the Russian Labor Party, whether it has an effective effect on Russia's national strength, thereby affecting the future empire's strategy for Europe."
William II's words also make sense. The Russian Labor Party does not represent Russia. What he is worried about is the changes in Russia. Just like Russia in the serfdom era, if it does not carry out reforms, it will not be able to make progress. That is the "good" friend of Germany and the entire Europe.
And the Russian Labour Party is obviously different from the Tsarist Russian government. William II is worried that some of their policies will greatly increase Russia's national strength.
Herman said: "So Your Majesty, I just said that we should impose a comprehensive economic blockade on Russia and sanctions in various fields to limit Russia's development."
"And this requires cooperation between other countries in the world and us. After all, the Russian Labor Party is not only a threat to Germany, but also a threat to the world."
"Just like in Ukraine and Belarus, the Russians' military capabilities are still poor, but their thoughts are extremely dangerous, and the spread of ideas is regardless of region or country."
"This dangerous ideological weapon can cross Germany and affect other countries and regions in the world, so anti-Labor is the common responsibility of all countries around the world."
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"We should also be able to reach a compromise with the United Kingdom on the issue of the League of Nations, but the League of Nations must regard the crackdown on Russia and the Labor Party of the world as a necessary political issue."
Regarding the League of Nations, that is, the League of Nations, this international organization was still proposed by the British.
As for why the British still wanted to form the League of Nations, it is actually related to the current dilemma of Britain. The British need a stable international order. Only in this way can the recession of their own hegemony be avoided as much as possible.
After all, the transition of world hegemony has never been a peaceful transition. Britain won world hegemony and defeated Spain's invincible fleet, the sea coachman, the Netherlands, and the old enemy France.
So, the British knew very well that if they wanted to maintain the world order in Britain, they must prevent the outbreak of war as much as possible.
Of course, this is also a helpless move. World War I have proved that Britain was no longer able to do anything when facing war. Facing Germany, East Africa, and the United States, the military authority of Britain has been greatly reduced.
And if you cannot achieve an overwhelming advantage in the military, the United Kingdom can only think of ways from other aspects, and the League of Nations is an important measure for Britain to continue to maintain its world hegemony.
However, unlike the previous life, Britain was the winner of the First World War, so Britain could barely do it by forming and leading the international organization of the League of Nations.
However, under the influence of East Africa, this battle of time and space has become unrecognizable. If Britain wants to form the League of Nations, it must win over "collaborators".
At present, the UK is actively trying to win over Germany and France.
As for why Germany was chosen as a mortal enemy in the World War, this is a way to take the least of the two.
In Europe, Germany now has checks and balances from Russia, so Britain is not worried about Germany's threat. Moreover, World War I proved that Germany's semi-inland country has too significant geographical disadvantages, so Britain can still suppress it.
However, this is not the case overseas East Africa and the United States. Not only does it have a terrifying scale and scale, but it is also difficult to contain it by the United Kingdom.
So, if you want to restrict these two countries, the best way for the UK to think of is to integrate the power of the entire Europe to suppress the development of the two countries.
And now on the European continent, Germany is obviously a country that Britain cannot avoid. Without resolving Germany, the League of Nations will not be established.
Although pulling Germany into the League of Nations will divide Britain's rights, it is better than not having a unified management in the world.
The so-called unified management of the whole world is mainly to stabilize the old international order and serve the United Kingdom and the entire Europe.
In other words, the League of Nations was dominated by Britain and France in the previous life, and in this time and space, Britain planned to dominate the League of Nations. After all, the three countries belong to European countries. Of course, in this new League of Nations, Britain still has the greatest voice.
Germany was actually not interested in the establishment of the League of Nations at the beginning, after all, the League of Nations was still in fact condescending to Britain.
However, now Hermann plans to use this League of Nations to share the pressure facing Germany now, which is a pragmatic manifestation.
Of course, he also has his own little one in his heart, that is, the British speak very correctly, that is: "The development of the world pattern now does not allow consumption within our Europe. In the past, Europe was the center of the world and had an overwhelming advantage over other sectors."
"However, the rise of countries outside Europe, such as the United States and East Africa, has posed a major threat to Europe's hegemony. If Europe declines, no one will have a good time."
"So, we should eliminate differences as much as possible to deal with threats and competition outside Europe. Otherwise, with the economic scale and industrial scale of the United States and East Africa, it will be sooner or later to surpass Europe."
"Look at the large number of industrial products made by the United States and East Africa that are beginning to appear in the European market today. This is a common threat we face, and Germany is no exception. After all, Germany is now the country with the largest industrial scale in Europe. If the United States and East Africa are allowed to grow, Germany will also be a victim."
German industry is indeed facing competition, especially in East Africa. During World War I, a large number of East African industrial products poured into the traditional market of the former Germany.
So, after the end of World War I, the German government led by Hermann and William II, secretly wanted to squeeze the influence of East Africa out of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and other regions.
(This chapter ends)