Bulgarian Empire

In the Hungarian capital city of Budapest, Leopold City, a meeting was going on concerning the future destiny of the Kingdom of Hungary. Prime Minister Tisza sat on the main seat with a tense expression, trying to calm himself down.

In this meeting room, almost all the big capitalists, big aristocrats, high-level government officials, and military representatives of the Kingdom of Hungary gathered.

Undoubtedly, it can only be that one thing, or three things that can bring so many great figures together - should the Kingdom of Hungary withdraw from the war? Should the Kingdom of Hungary be independent? What kind of system was established after the independence of the Kingdom of Hungary?

On these three issues, the positions of the nobles and the bourgeoisie are obviously different, which makes Prime Minister Tissar embarrassed. If everyone cannot reach an agreement, then the future prospects of the Kingdom of Hungary will not be good. There will be civil war!

In any case, it has come to this point, and evasion cannot solve the problem. Prime Minister Tisza decided to solve the easiest problem first.

Prime Minister Tisza sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "I'm sure you all know the reason for inviting everyone here today, and I wasted time too. Now let's start the first topic: Should the Kingdom of Hungary withdraw from this war? Please speak in an orderly manner!"

Count Corbett-Adolf was the first to say: "We have paid too much for this war. From the beginning of the war to the present, we have 2.36 million young men in the Kingdom of Hungary who took up arms and went to the battlefield.

The death toll that has been counted is 424,300, the number of injuries is 1,964,100 (note: casualties can be accumulated), and 262,000 of them have been disabled for life. More, at least among the more than 400,000 people in the Russian prisoner-of-war camps, less than half of them may survive now!

These are only casualties of the army. Although we have not been able to count the casualties of civilians, we have a preliminary estimate that there are still 700,000 to 800,000. The number of refugees in Budapest alone exceeds 500,000. The normal order of the Kingdom of Hungary Already messed up!

In addition to casualties, more than 40% of the country's land area has been occupied, and the economic loss is even more inestimable. Anyway, in my opinion, it will not be less than one billion pounds!

We paid so much, but what have we got?

Sorry, nothing!

Of course, if it is insisted on, it is a bunch of empty checks issued by the central government, which cannot be cashed anyway, and we don’t need to think about it now!

Now that the war has progressed, everyone must understand that the Allies have lost. Even if the Germans can finally come back, we still will not be the winners!

If this war continues, the Hungarian Kingdom, which has suffered heavy losses, may not even have an independent status after the war!

For the future of this country, I hope everyone can support quitting this war! "

Count Corbett-Adolf had just finished speaking, and there was thunderous applause in the venue. The issue of withdrawing from this war was not a big controversy, after all, the Kingdom of Hungary could no longer fight.

But how to withdraw from this war is worth considering. Should we turn against each other and join the Allied Powers, or simply declare our withdrawal from the war and then remain neutral?

These two different choices have completely different consequences.

If it joins the Allied Powers, then the Kingdom of Hungary will continue to fight, and will turn against Austria, and everyone will lose all enthusiasm.

If you withdraw directly from the war, but do not join the Allied Powers, even though it is a betrayal, there is still room for relaxation with Austria, so as not to form a death feud, but the Allied Powers are not so easy to explain, how can it be possible without paying the price? Woolen cloth?

Thinking of this question, Viscount Siegel suddenly said: "I have no objection to withdrawing from this war, but how should we withdraw from this war now? What conditions did the Allied Powers offer? Mr. Prime Minister, you and the Allied Powers have already contacted pass,

I think we all deserve to know what we really want! "

These are all expected. For the sake of confidentiality, although everyone knows that the government has negotiated with the Allies, the specific conditions are still kept secret. It is reasonable for them to want to know now.

Prime Minister Tisza replied calmly: "We have contacted the four countries of Britain, France and Russia, and the results are not bad!

Britain and France have made it clear that as long as we join the Allies and declare war on the Allies, we will forget the past and provide us with a loan of 20 million pounds. At the same time, we can also get a corresponding share of spoils according to our contribution in the war.

They also welcomed us and would not hold us accountable for the war if we simply withdrew from the war and did not join the Entente.

The Bulgarian government also made a promise that as long as we join the Allies to fight, they will not hold us accountable for the war.

But the territories they occupy us will not be returned immediately, and if we withdraw from this war without joining the Allied Powers, then we need to pay them a ransom for these territories.

If we join the Allies, they will decide whether to waive this ransom based on our contribution on the battlefield.

The contact with the Russians was not very smooth, but they have no right to decide now. Once we join the Allied Powers, everyone will be allies. The Allied Powers will not let them do anything to their allies! "

Obviously, the conditions of the Allies are not favorable, but they are enough to make them confess to the people of the country. The lessons of the Italians have told them that if the asking price is too high, they will not honor it.

The armistice conditions given by the Allied Powers are obviously forcing them to declare war on the Allied Powers, otherwise it will be difficult to withdraw from the war, but the more this is the case, the more sincere they are.

If, like John Bull did with the Italians, he agreed to all conditions and failed to fulfill them in the end, he would have no choice but to turn his face and deny anyone.

Oh, I also don't know that John Bull played tricks and forced the Italians to admit that the conditions they demanded were too high, which turned the Allied Powers against each other and reversed some of their adverse diplomatic effects.

After John Bull announced the truce conditions requested by the Italians, people all over the world now think that the Italians are greedy and asking for trouble.

Of course, the parties involved knew that these conditions were all false. Even if the Italians were insane, they would not have the guts to propose such conditions.

But the British announced it, and the Italian government recognized it, so no one continued to troublesome.

The conditions are as follows: 1. The French return all the territories ceded to France by the Italian government, including the Nice area;

2. After the war, the Italians obtained Croatia, Slovenia, and the Adriatic Islands;

...