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Chapter 1175: Trembling Argentina

Chapter 1175: Trembling Argentina
The foreign ministers of the Group of 13, who held a summit in Kiel, Ecuador, issued a joint declaration expressing deep concern about the deepening bilateral relations between Britain and the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and accused the German Empire of playing a key role in assisting the Austro-Hungarian Empire's invasion of Mexico.

However, the German Empire and the United Kingdom expressed strong dissatisfaction with this and made solemn representations to the Group of Thirteen.

Not only did the German military representative spokesperson accuse the Thirteen-Nation Group of attacking the German Empire, but even Moltke the Elder, the Chief of the General Staff of the German Empire, came out to respond.

"The German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were allies, and it was natural for us to support the Austro-Hungarian Empire. I don't know why the 13-nation group is accusing us now, but I do know that we will not stop the progress of our relationship with our good neighbor and ally the Austro-Hungarian Empire because of this accusation. We will definitely not stop.

Look, we will continue to support Austria-Hungary in developing its economic and military base, and we will not prevent any military action by Austria-Hungary within its sovereignty. As for where their sovereignty lies, that is for the great Emperor Franz Joseph I to decide."

Finally, we Berlin and Vienna have existed as the German Confederation for many years, and no country, including the G13, should criticize our close relationship at this time, because no matter how dissatisfied you are, we will continue this relationship. The German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire will firmly maintain it. "

Moltke the Elder was the third most important figure in the German Empire in terms of authority and status, second only to William I and Bismarck. Even the German Crown Prince Frederick was far inferior to him.

In particular, his counterpart is the German Army. As the person in charge of Germany's most proud military assets, his words symbolize Germany's true attitude.

The Thirteen-Nation Group was naturally extremely dissatisfied with this, especially the embassies of these countries in Berlin began to express dissatisfaction with Moltke the Elder's rebuttal and continued to demand that Berlin cut off this "abnormal relationship" with Vienna.

Unfortunately, the German Foreign Ministry controlled by Bismarck refused again, and even summoned the heads of the embassies of the Thirteen Group in Berlin, asking them to stop such groundless accusations. It even announced that Germany was ready to provide Austria-Hungary with another 10,000 guns to help it better protect its interests.

Germany's tough stance has displeased many countries.

The UK also expressed its position at this time.

Granville George Leveson Gower, the British foreign secretary who has been in charge of the Foreign Office since 1878, responded by saying that "the declaration of the -nation summit is full of belligerent rhetoric, and contains provocations, lies, incitement and smear campaigns against Britain."

The current No. 2 figure in British liberalism made a strong statement in London: “Britain was not the creator of the Austro-Hungarian crisis of invading Mexico.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Group of Thirteen. We strongly urge this organization not to become an anti-British and anti-German alliance, but an organization that contributes to the maintenance of peace in America, not the opposite.”

Greville also said: "We in London will not prevent the Foreign Office from continuing to maintain alliances with Germany and Austria-Hungary, because this is a normal practice between countries, just like the relationship between the Netherlands and Spain. We also think that the establishment of an alliance between the Netherlands and Spain threatens our security interests, especially when Dutch officials have repeatedly expressed support for Spain's claim that Gibraltar is Spanish territory. We should oppose the alliance between Spain and the Netherlands.

Maybe we know the rules, and we understand that we need to adapt to the international rules for interactions among countries.

So we have never opposed exchanges between the two countries.

In view of this, we also ask the Netherlands and other countries not to prevent us from exercising our own rights. Prime Minister William Gladstone is preparing to visit Berlin and Vienna again, and we will ignore those warnings to defend the close relationship between our three countries. "

Although British Foreign Secretary Greville's tone was softer than that of Moltke the Elder, the choice they made was actually the same, that is, they would not sever ties with the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In response, Kiel's G13 strongly condemned Britain and Germany for continuing to "stubbornly" act.

Martinus, secretary general of the G13, made a public statement in Kiel: "The G13 is committed to providing Mexico with more weapons to resist the invasion of Austria-Hungary. We know that Austria-Hungary currently lacks the resources needed for a large-scale offensive in the territory it occupies in southern Mexico."

"In addition to our concerns about Britain and Germany, the most important topic of our 1883-nation summit this year is military aid to Mexico. Fortunately, the leaders of the 7-nation group decided to raise more military equipment to support Mexico in the next year, from July 1884 to July 7. The goal set by the volunteers is 5 people. We firmly believe that Mexico will be the final winner."

"The G13 urges Germany and the United Kingdom to cease all material and political support for the Austro-Hungarian war effort, including the transfer of dual-use minerals such as weapons components and equipment and raw materials. We also warn that Germany and the United Kingdom will be undermining their own interests and reputations by their actions."

Mexico and Austria-Hungary accused each other of the massacre of civilians on Mexican territory some time ago.

Secretary-General Martinus simply ignored the accusations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. "We believe that the massacre of Mexicans came from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This is a characteristic of the brutality of the invaders. We will formulate more countermeasures to prevent those behind such actions from being severely punished. As for what kind of punishment, everyone will wait and see."

Martinas finally said that the group will let the world better understand the meaning of his words in the coming period of time. "The G3 is not an empty shell. We are a real strong organization. No one should ignore our existence."

Martinas' strong statement, coupled with the toughness of Britain and Germany, has led many to speculate that this means that the world will see a more chaotic pace in the future.

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Other countries were watching carefully, including the Russian Empire, the hegemon in the north, and the Qing Dynasty, an ancient great power in the east.

Argentina, which was at odds with the Netherlands in Latin America, was even more trembling. After all, this organization was lurking right next to them, and Argentina was afraid of retaliation from the Netherlands.

After all, the Netherlands was the boss of this organization. After offending the Netherlands, the Argentine people began to blame President Barolomé Mitre. After all, in the 1861 years since he took office as president in 1876, Argentina's economy had prospered since the Netherlands' ally period. But when they fell out with the Netherlands in , the economy plummeted.

Now the external environment is even more difficult. Mitre has caused a huge crisis. Therefore, his support rate in Argentina has begun to drop to a historical low.

Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret.

(End of this chapter)

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