I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 565 War Maniac
Felix was raised as a girl by Yusupova since he was a child. He started wearing Yusupova's dresses at the age of twelve. While at Oxford University, he organized a gypsy band and often wore women's clothing.

After Felix's brother was killed in a duel, Felix became the sole heir to the family title. At the same time, waiting for Felix to inherit was the Yusupov family's billions of wealth.

After the entire charity gala, the auction proceeds totaled 850 million rubles.

Alexandra spent 15 to buy a necklace that Alexander II gave to Catherine.

This necklace was donated by Anne.

Carol was shocked. She didn't know what the mother and daughter were trying to achieve by doing all this. Couldn't they just donate the money?

It really doesn't work.

This is the tone we want for charity auctions.

The necklace had not even warmed up to Alexandra's touch when Anne took it away again.

The reason was that Anne had just given Alexandra a crown, and Alexandra should give the necklace to Anne as a return gift.

After the dinner, Carol didn't drink much wine but had a stomach full of shit.

Alexandra is nice, but Carol seems a little unable to support her.

Carol thought that Alexandra was spoiled by Anne, but after talking with his friends, Carol immediately concluded that Alexandra was a trap.

Alexandra is easy to deal with, but George is not.

There are many boys in St. Petersburg who are interested in Alexandra, but few of them really dare to pursue her.

The reason is very simple. If you want to pursue Alexandra, you must keep yourself clean. If you dare to flirt with other women while pursuing Alexandra, you will have to wait for the punishment from Grand Duke Yuriev.

Now Alexandra had another supporter, the Bulgarian Tsar.

Carol was not willing to give up the forest for Alexandra, the tree.

Compared to Carol who gave up halfway, Boris and Elizabeth made rapid progress, and Anne and Mary had already begun planning for Boris and Elizabeth to get engaged.

In fact, both children are still young and have just reached adulthood, so it’s okay to wait a little longer.

However, as Bolis is the king of Bulgaria, it would be a good idea for him to get engaged early, which would make the political situation in Bulgaria more stable.

George ignored these things. William II's revenge finally came. If the Kingdom of Greece did not restore Constantine's throne, William II would send the German navy to help Constantine restore his country.

Venizelos was unusually tough, saying that this was an internal affair of the Kingdom of Greece and that he would not accept interference from any country.

French President Raymond Poincaré issued a statement following William II, saying that France would do its utmost to safeguard the independence of the Kingdom of Greece and oppose Germany's interference in the internal affairs of other countries.

Nicholas also issued a statement, hoping that William II would respect the wishes of the Greek people, and at the same time asked the Greek government to guarantee the safety of Constantine's family.

William II did not accept mediation from any party and issued an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Greece, stating that if the Kingdom of Greece did not restore Constantine's throne before May 5, the German Navy would set off.

Nicholas urgently summoned George and little Nicholas into the palace to discuss how to deal with the situation.

"This is probably blackmail. The German Navy does not have the capability to fight in the ocean and cannot fight deep into the Mediterranean."

Little Nicholas is eager to fight, and it would be best if both sides suffer losses.

"The German Navy can obtain supplies from the ports of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is not without the ability to fight in the ocean."

Sukhomlinov was worried; William II's behavior was completely unpredictable.

The Balkan War deposed Waldemar, and the chess piece that William II had carefully cultivated for many years was eliminated.

If Constantine also lost the throne, the Balkan countries would regroup around the Russian Empire, which was difficult for William II to accept. Moreover, it was his French son-in-law George who succeeded Constantine as the King of Greece, which made William II particularly uncomfortable.

"The Kingdom of Greece cannot be conquered by naval power alone unless Germany has a strong ocean-going delivery capability."

Little Nicholas was full of confidence. If Germany really dared to take action against Greece, the Russian Empire would definitely not sit idly by.

"George——"

Nicholas still trusts George the most.

"Why don't we send a telegram to London--"

George wanted Britain to blockade the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal so that the German navy would not be able to enter the Mediterranean even if it wanted to.

"Ha, that's the best way."

Nicholas was very happy. George was indeed the most reliable.

William II may really want to help Constantine restore his country by force.

However, since Britain announced the closure of the Strait of Gibraltar, William II had no choice. He could not order the fleet to bypass Africa and go to Greece through the Suez Canal.

Things on the Greek side were not over yet, and the relationship between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia was becoming increasingly tense.

The Kingdom of Serbia gained North Macedonia in the Balkan War, almost doubling its area and population, bringing it one step closer to the dream of a "Greater Serbia" and with unprecedented confidence.

In early May, the Kingdom of Serbia brought up the old issue again and demanded that the Austro-Hungarian Empire withdraw from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

After the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Austro-Hungarian Empire adopted the Treaty of Berlin to administer Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 1908, Austria-Hungary formally annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, a move opposed by all Balkan countries.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire would definitely not spit out the meat in its mouth, so it rejected Serbia's request.

At the end of May, an uprising against the Austro-Hungarian Empire broke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the one hand, the Austro-Hungarian Empire sent troops to suppress it, and on the other hand, it accused Serbia of being the mastermind behind the uprising and threatened Serbia with war.

King Peter I of Serbia did not show weakness. On the one hand, he announced his support for the resistance struggle in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on the other hand, he carried out partial mobilization in response to the war threat from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Now it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire's turn to suffer.

Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not capable of fighting and relied on marriage alliances to reach its current size, in fact, the Austro-Hungarian Empire believed that it had sufficient military force and would frequently threaten other countries with war, especially the Russian Empire.

During the Russo-Japanese War and the Balkan Wars, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had gathered heavy troops on the Russian-Austrian border, taking advantage of the situation and distracting the Russian Empire's attention.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire dared to threaten even the Russian Empire, so the tiny Kingdom of Serbia was no problem at all.

Although the situation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire was very bad, it had no problem suppressing the peasant uprising.

By the end of September, the uprising in Bosnia and Herzegovina had been largely quelled and the situation was gradually stabilizing again.

Only then did George breathe a sigh of relief.

Since the beginning of this year, George has been worried almost every day that the world war will break out prematurely.

Now I can finally get a good night's sleep. Even if those warmongers want to start a war, they have to wait until next spring.

George fancies himself a peace lover.

Little did they know that in the eyes of Europeans, George was the biggest warmongerer in Europe.

(End of this chapter)