Vol 5 Chapter 121: , 9 countries side by side

A genius remembers the address of this site in one second: (Vertex Chinese), the fastest update! No ads!? On October 4, 1927, British Foreign Secretary Attlee submitted the "Proposal on Handling Russian Issues" to the League of Nations Conference. Kicked off the prelude to the division of the Russian Empire.
It was also on this day that the League of Nations meeting accepted representatives of Russia’s Poland, Finland, Belarus, and the three Baltic States to join the talks.
In the case of Bulgarian soy sauce, Britain and France dominated the League of Nations meeting. The only legal position of the Tsarist government on behalf of the Russian Empire no longer exists, and representatives of all parties appear as heirs of the Russian Empire.
On October 7, the League of Nations General Assembly approved the application for independence of the above-mentioned regions. This move was strongly opposed by the Tsarist government, but it was still approved by a high number of votes.
Nicholas II wanted to become the nominal leader of the major forces, but was rejected by representatives of all parties. The division of the Russian Empire was inevitable.
St. Petersburg
After receiving the final decision of the League of Nations meeting, Nicholas II tore the telegram angrily, and then had to accept this reality.
At this point, all he can do is to preserve the vitality of this country as much as possible and prepare for the future.
"Prime Minister, what do the Bulgarians say?" Nicholas II asked with concern
"Your Majesty, Bulgaria promised to continue to support us at the League of Nations meeting. But from the perspective of the progress of this conference, the attitude of the Bulgarians towards us has changed. Many times they have chosen to be silent!" The Prime Minister said embarrassedly.
"Asshole, they are a naked betrayal!" Nicholas II slapped the table fiercely and said angrily
"Your Majesty, calm down!" the Prime Minister exhorted
"Do you think I can calm down? The most important ally of the Russian Empire suddenly betrayed us, but we have to endure it!" Nicholas II said fiercely
"Your Majesty, the situation is not so bad. The Bulgarians are actually on our side, but ~ for the benefit, they cannot resist the pressure of British and French diplomacy for our sake!" The Chancellor of the Exchequer said nervously.
"Tell the Bulgarians, if they cannot fully support us in the following meetings, then dissolve the Russian-Russian alliance!" Nicholas II sneered.
"Your Majesty, no! If there is no Russia-Russia Alliance, the situation will be even worse!" the Prime Minister said hurriedly
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is right. Without the Russian Alliance, the situation will be even worse.
In the following negotiations, the rebels with the support of Britain and France will certainly make progress! "The chancellor reminded
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In an instant of effort, the military and political leaders below each urged Gu La II to damp it. Such an untimely move is simply a way of death.
Nicholas II is not stupid, how could he not know? Just out of anger, he blurted out, and he regretted it.
There are some things you can think about, but you can never say it!
The current Tsarist government, without the support of Bulgaria, may collapse within half a year! Everyone is a person in this chain of interests, and it is natural to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening.
The current czar is not as deterrent as the previous czar. In order to suppress the rebellion, Nicholas II also made a series of concessions, and the power of the cabinet has been greatly increased.
Before the world war, when the czar was angry, he could get the cabinet out, but now Nicholas II cannot.
In theory, he has the right to dissolve the cabinet. In fact, Nicholas II dared not toss about it casually. Without the support of these people, his czarist position could not be guaranteed at any time.
He imitated the military aristocracy system developed by Bulgaria. It was indeed very effective, allowing him to gain military support and keep the throne, but now this group has begun to lose control.
The newly emerging military aristocrats no longer completely obey the czar's command, they also began to consider their own interests.
Coupled with a series of failures, they are also constantly attacking the czar's prestige. In the minds of these bureaucrats, Nicholas II is no longer a superior god, just an ordinary person.
From to man, the consequences are naturally catastrophic. If this is not Europe, maybe he has been replaced by others.
Faced with one after another persuasion from everyone, Nicholas II withdrew his fate from good faith.
He didn't know this sentence himself, and directly allowed the Russian Empire to take an important step from a monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.
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On October 10, the deliberation passed by the League of Nations, a new country was born:
Independence of the Russian Polish region and the establishment of the New Kingdom of Poland;
Independence of Finland, the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Finland;
The Belarusian region became independent and established the Kingdom of Belarus;
The Baltic region became independent and established Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
In one day, the tsarist government lost nearly 800,000 square kilometers of territory, and six more independent countries were added to the world.
This is not over yet. If the territorial issue is not resolved, two more independent countries will be born.
It can be said that the independence of these six countries is entirely the result of the single-handed operation of Britain and France. Otherwise, these independent organizations do not even have the qualifications to enter the League of Nations, so how can they talk about independence?
Time passed quickly. Seeing that the three parties could not reach an agreement on the territorial issue, the three countries of Britain, France and Bulgaria had to help them make a decision.
The vast area east of the Ural Mountains is the territory of the Soviets, the east of the Volga River and Central Asia are the territory of Tsar Nicholas the Little, and most of the rest of Europe is still the territory of Nicholas II.
Since then, the Russian Empire has been divided into nine, the Soviet Republic with the largest territory, with a total area of ​​approximately 12.59 million square kilometers and a total population of approximately 22 million.
The Eastern Russian Empire has a total area of ​​about 4.5 million square kilometers and a total population of about 23 million.
The Western Russian Empire has a total area of ​​about 3.8 million square kilometers and a total population of about 47 million.
The Grand Duchy of Finland has an area of ​​approximately 330,000 square kilometers and a population of approximately 1.5 million.
The New Kingdom of Poland has an area of ​​approximately 210,000 square kilometers and a population of approximately 6.3 million.
Belarus has a territory of approximately 200,000 square kilometers and a population of approximately 2.1 million.
Lithuania has an area of ​​approximately 65,000 square kilometers and a population of approximately 800,000.
Latvia has a territory of approximately 65,000 square kilometers and a population of approximately 500,000.
Estonia has a territory of 45,100 square kilometers and a population of about 300,000.
It can be said that the long-term war has consumed the rich human resources of the Russian Empire. After independence, all countries have faced a common problem of lack of young and strong labor.
From the perspective of human resources, the Western Russian Empire still occupies an absolute advantage and still has the potential to dominate the Russian Empire in the future.
Therefore, the League of Nations led by Britain and France passed a resolution that after independence, the Russian people can freely choose their country of residence, and no country can obstruct it.
This is equivalent to encouraging everyone to pull people. As long as you have the patience, it is legal to pull the other party's population away.
If you really do it, you don't need to do anything else, you can swallow the opponent without a blade.
Such a good thing, of course, cannot continue. The League of Nations will send supervisors into various countries, and they can recruit people at will within one year.
This move of John Bull made Ferdinand very uncomfortable, which means that governments of all countries must find ways to retain the population, and there will be no more immigrants from the Russian Empire from now on.
Even more uncomfortable is Nicholas II, who will undoubtedly become the biggest victim of this policy.
Because of the war, there is a situation of sparsely populated areas in various places. At this time, everyone can easily settle a large group of people.
The population advantage that was originally leading will gradually be leveled out. Now he is fighting against the other eight countries with the power of one country.
For national security, after independence, several other countries will inevitably join forces against the Western Russian Empire.
This is a balance set by John Bull, allowing them to contain each other.
The Western Russian Empire, which was strategically surrounded, had to pull Bulgaria into the water.
Once Bulgaria supports the Western Russian Empire, its relations with the other eight countries will automatically turn into hostility.
And with the deterioration of the Russian-Russian alliance, Bulgaria can no longer support the annexation of the eight countries by West Russia, and even maintain this balance for its own benefit.
This will inevitably arouse dissatisfaction from West Russia. In the end, the Russian-Russian alliance came to an end and brought a bunch of enemies to Bulgaria.
It can be said that John Bull's calculations are very accurate. If they follow their script, the diplomatic relations between the nine countries and Bulgaria will not be good in the future.
This is a conspiracy. If Bulgaria gives up support for the Nicholas II government, the Russian-Russian alliance will immediately end; if it continues to support the Nicholas II policy, the final gain will not be worth the gain.
As soon as the final decision of the League of Nations came out, Metev's face became gloomy. There is no doubt that Bulgaria was overshadowed by John Bull this time.
This also marked the complete end of the honeymoon period between Britain and Bulgaria. From now on, there will only be confrontation.
Sofia
After receiving this result, Ferdinand did not feel angry. This is inevitable.
With the gradual increase of Bulgaria's comprehensive national strength, it will be very difficult for Bulgaria to stand on the opposite side of the British Empire sooner or later.
Moreover, the current Russia-Russia alliance is no longer necessary for Bulgaria. Even if the covenant is immediately lifted, will the tsarist government be able to get rid of Bulgaria’s economic control?
After so many years of operation, Russia has actually been reduced to Bulgaria's raw material source and commodity market.
It's just that Ferdinand has done a superficial effort and done it well. At first glance, the two sides are fair trade. Under the guise of trade balance, both sides seem to get what they need.
But industrial products all have added value. The economic value of a meal of raw ore is not as good as a radio, and the difference in between is very amazing.
If an economist takes a cursory look, they will find that the Russians exported mineral resources into Bulgaria in exchange for lev, and then used lev to buy Bulgarian industrial and commercial products.
In this process, Bulgaria has used the added value created by labor and mechanical production equipment in exchange for more than the value of mineral resources.
It's just that the value is a little bit higher. The two sides are in fair trade, and at most the profit is a little bit higher.
The trade deficit between the two sides is also generated in the arms field, which seems to be really fair.
Just in order to fill this deficit, the Russian Empire shed hundreds of tons of gold and took out a few more pieces of land. The two sides are still in fair trade.
If you count them carefully, you will find that the trade between Russia and Russia is not so beautiful. Under the impact of Bulgaria's industrial and commercial products, does the Russian Empire still have manufacturing industries?
The so-called capitalists in Russia have now become mine owners. After all, the business of mining is stable and profitable. This is much more stable than opening a factory.
In this round of economic cycles, Bulgaria's industry and commerce have achieved considerable development, and the military industry has also reached the forefront of the world.
Up to now, the economy of many parts of the Russian Empire is inseparable from Bulgaria.
Once the Bulgarian-Russian trade ceases, these mines will be closed, and these mine workers will lose their jobs.
The industrial products they need in China may be able to find substitutes abroad, but there is no such powerful ore buyer in the world!
No matter how the Russian empire changes, their manufacturing industry is dead. This is a social reality. It is also a fact that the domestic economy is heavily dependent on Bulgaria!
And this problem cannot be solved overnight. The mine owners with vested interests can make money lying down. Why should they risk investing in manufacturing?
You know, playing manufacturing from scratch is also very expensive.
The quality of the product is not good enough, and the production cost is higher than the selling price of others. Who can sell such a product?
As long as this problem is not resolved, Bulgaria will remain invincible in diplomacy. The military aristocracy entrusted by Nicholas II is actually a combination of interests with Bulgaria.
Anyone who dares to cut off their money, these bayonets will hand them over how to behave. Who has allowed the Russian Civil War to last so long?
Long-term wars will inevitably make the military bigger. This is the law of history! In the 13-year war, the army has long become the foundation of this country.
Even in order to check and balance the army, Nicholas II fostered a group of civilian officials. Unfortunately, the rate of degeneration of this group exceeded his imagination.
No, it should be said that people have always been like this. After all, the corruption of the tsarist government is also a historical issue. Using the power in their hands, these people quickly became members of the mine owners.
When fighting for power, they did check and balance each other, and accomplished the task of Nicholas II beyond the level, which is different when it comes to their own interests.
Well, these problems have not yet been exposed. Perhaps the high-level tsarist government is not aware of this problem, but when formulating policies, they have intentionally or unintentionally tilted.
It is not only West Russia that was kidnapped by the economy, but even the East Russian Empire was not spared, but the two sides were not so deeply.
This is mainly because the amount of mineral resources developed in Central Asia in this era is too small ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and the transportation is not convenient, so the economic impact is not so great.
In contrast, for the remaining countries, Bulgaria's influence is very small. After all, economic control is not so easy. The distance and the inconvenience of transportation cannot be compensated by manpower.
"Prime Minister, send a congratulatory message to these independent countries, I think they will accept our kindness!" Ferdinand said calmly
In addition to interests, what affects politics is geographical location. Otherwise, how is it called geopolitics?
Except for Finland and the Soviet Union, which are far away in the sky, several other countries are not very far from Bulgaria. Poland and Eastern Russia have direct borders with Bulgaria. As long as their leaders are not stupid, Bulgaria will not fight it!
This is a geographical advantage, otherwise Ferdinand would not mind letting them feel what is too far from God!
"Your Majesty, it's too early. We don't know where other countries are except the Soviet Union and Eastern Russia?" Constantine joked
Yes, these countries are independent in name. In fact, they have not yet established a country. Even the representatives participating in the League of Nations meeting were only sent by one of the insurgents.
To establish a country independently, for them, a pie fell from the sky.
The government of Nicholas II could not defeat the joint efforts of Eastern Russia and the Soviet Union, but the strength to suppress these small rebellions of them was still there, but now it was embarrassed on all sides and there was no way to concentrate its efforts against them.
In order to weaken the strength of the Nicholas II government, the representatives of the Eastern Russian Empire and the Soviet Republic proposed at the League of Nations meeting to allow them these rebels against the tyranny of the Tsar to establish an independent state. With the full support of Britain and France, the vote was passed. The League of Nations vote.
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