Chapter 600: Bewildered

After the end of the 19th century, the colonial wave came to an end. The land suitable for colonization in the world has been divided up, and all that remains is leftovers and hard bones.
With the continuous deepening of colonial expansion, buffers between countries no longer exist, and international conflicts are increasing.
In particular, the competition for the remaining land is intensified. This situation continued until the "English-Burmese War", after the British and Austrian countries had a serious pk in South Africa, everyone realized the horrors of the war, and then calmed down.
The essence of European colonialism was to make money, not the so-called land expansion. While conducting a colonial scramble, we must first consider the issue of investment and returns.
The three countries of Britain, France, and Austria were all big winners in the colonial era. Even the French empire with the fewest colonies started at 10 million square kilometers.
As vested interests, the three countries, Britain, France and Austria, are full. The pursuit of the colonies is not so fanatical, the most fertile areas have been divided up, and the remaining scrap areas are no longer worth the confrontation of the three countries.
The British took the initiative to form an alliance between the three countries. In addition to splitting the Franco-Austrian alliance, it was also necessary to alleviate the conflict between France and Austria.
Opening the map shows that Britain, France, Austria and Austria have occupied half of the earth. As long as no problems occur within the three countries, this hegemony cannot be shaken at all.
For vested interests, stability is the best option. Everyone wears shoes now and can't play as hard as the barefoot period.
The tripod is the most stable framework. Before the balance is broken, the world situation is difficult to chaos. Including the contradictions between Russia and Russia, the three countries deliberately let them go.
It is better for three countries to divide the world together than for four or five countries to divide the world together.
Prussia and Russia are not weak. If they do not confront each other, they also have the strength to participate in dividing the world. This is something that no old empire wants to see.
Under the common will of the three countries, the contradiction between Russia and Russia cannot be resolved. Just like the contradiction between France and Germany in the original time and space, there is no possibility of relaxation without distinguishing a victory or defeat.
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At the Vienna Palace, Franz also had high expectations for the three-nation conference. Don't look at Britain, France, Austria and the three countries confronting each other, but we still agree on the core issues.
For example: maintaining European stability, combating the challengers of the new empire, and consolidating the world hegemony of the three countries.
If you look at the distribution of hegemony, Britain, France and Austria are basically 4.2: 3.0: 2.8. Judging from the statistics alone, Austria seems to be losing money and totally inconsistent with its national strength.
However, accounts cannot be counted this way. The so-called hegemony is essentially the right to speak internationally. The time of Austria's colonial expansion was much later than that of Britain and France, and its influence abroad was naturally not comparable to that of Britain and France.
This cannot be changed overnight. Anyway, as long as the substantive interests are in hand, it is enough. Franz, the international influence, is not in a hurry.
Foreign Minister Weissenberg submitted a document: "Sir, this is the draft of the first day of negotiations. There are two main parts:
First, clarify the sphere of influence of each country based on the treaty situation, reduce international conflicts, and may invite other colonial countries to participate in the later stage;
Second, the joint suppression of potential competitors, the British also classified according to the size of the threat.
The first echelons are: the Russian Empire and the United States of America;
The second echelon are: Commonwealth of Popo, Confederate States of America, Spain;
There are more third tiers, including: Nordic Federation, German Federal Empire, Brazil, Argentina ...
All in all, with the exception of the first and second echelon countries, the rest is not a concern. These countries may have development potential, but in the short term no one can see any signs of rising. "
There is no doubt that this threat report is simply made up. Now the British people are really worried that the threat is only France and Austria, and other countries are far from them.
I really want the three countries of Britain, France, Austria to cooperate sincerely. Unless the Russian Empire opens and swallows the Federation of Popo, then the three countries may panic and attack together.
Otherwise, everyone will talk about it or make it difficult in diplomacy. It is usually impossible to directly target, and the relations between the three countries are not so good. It is too difficult for everyone to let go of alert cooperation.
Franz accepted the document: "Let's talk about sphere of influence first! What areas do we need to pay for?
To suppress the emergence of new powers, this is not an overnight problem. As long as we do not allow the United States to unite, and let Russia and Russia not separate the victory and defeat. "
It's not that Franz didn't know the importance of suppressing competitors. The problem is that these countries still have limited power, and everyone is unaware of the threat.
The British can put forward this early, it is considered a strategic vision. But these threats only exist in the future, full of uncertainty, and the benefits of dividing spheres of influence are in sight.
Politics cannot be taken for granted, and no one can ignore the immediate interests in order to fight against possible enemies in the future.
Rather than worrying about potential competitors, consider your immediate competitors first. It is good to have a good vision and a long-term perspective, but the prerequisite for all this is that Austria is still strong.
If you are not strong enough to share world hegemony, then even if you eliminate these potential competitors, that is to make wedding dresses for others.
Weissenberg replied: "This time, the scope is very broad and covers almost the entire world. It includes the Mediterranean, Western Asia, the South Ocean, the Far East, Africa, South America and other regions.
Our interests are mainly concentrated in the Mediterranean, Africa, South Ocean, South America, and Western Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. "
Franz was shocked that if the plan became a reality, the international situation would change dramatically.
The division of spheres of influence by the major colonial empires through the treaty situation seems to have little effect. In fact, as long as an agreement is reached, conflicts between countries will be reduced by half.
Even if there is a conflict, you can involve the three major powers in mediation, which greatly reduces the possibility of war.
From this point of view, it does not look like John Bull's style at all. When did the British love peace?
Well, Franz admits that he is biased against the British, but this is the conclusion that countless cases have accumulated.
In the last few hundred years, more than half of the wars in Europe have been related to the British, but it has nothing to do with peace-loving.
"Do you know why, why did the British suddenly want to reduce international conflict?"
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