My Italian: Chapter 372 Anglo-German relations deteriorated

"How can this William send such a telegram?"

The joy of signing a shipbuilding contract with Spain has not lasted for a few days, and Carlo has a headache reading the newspaper in front of him.

Carlo is in front of a Times newspaper, which published in its entirety a telegram from William II, which was sent to President Kruger of the Delaware in South Africa. In this telegram, William II praised Krueger, President of the Transvaal.

"I would like to express my sincerest congratulations to you and your people who, without the help of any friendly forces, fought off the invading militants that damaged the peace. You have maintained the peace of the country and the independence of the country."

Such telegrams were an affront to the British Empire, which had always regarded these two Boer nations as vassals. So the Times article said, "England will never back down from a threat, never yield to an insult!"

Not only that, the windows of German shops in London were smashed, and German sailors were frequently attacked in British ports. It can be said that because of this telegram, the Germans in the UK are not very happy.

Of course, as to why the Kaiser Wilhelm sent such a telegram to the little-known President of Travas, Kruger. This leads to another question, where is Delandvas?

Transwass is in the northeast of South Africa, and it was originally a country dominated by cattle herding Boers.

However, in 1884, prospecting experts discovered the world's largest Witwatersrand gold mine (Land for short) on a remote pasture between Pretoria and the Vaal River in the Transvaal Republic. Gold Mine) on which Johannesburg was subsequently established. In addition, one more thing to say, Delawares owns 40% of the world's gold reserves at this time.

Get it now, money moves people's hearts, and in the face of 40% of the world's gold reserves, it doesn't seem like a congratulatory message from the Kaiser.

But unfortunately, this congratulatory message was intercepted by the British, and now it is troublesome, and it is a big trouble.

So in the face of the Kaiser's peeping, which is already considered to be their own gold, how can they not make the British angry. Especially in recent years, the factory owners who have been devoured by Germany have taken this opportunity to stir up everyone's emotions.

Speaking of which, the British people's sense of Germany has been rapidly deteriorating in recent years, because Germany's rapid rise has occupied too much of the British share. We can see this from the data.

Take steel as an example. In 1875, Britain produced 47% of the world's pig iron and 38% of the world's steel. Compared with Germany, Britain's pig iron and steel output had about twice the advantage. Yet 18 years later, in 1893, Germany's steel production surpassed that of Britain.

The British had a more intuitive experience of the growth of German industry at the time, from the large-scale substitution of German exports for domestic and overseas products. A British bestseller this year, Made in Germany, warned that "a vast merchant nation is rapidly rising at the expense of our prosperity and competing with us for the supremacy of world trade."

A British newspaper even made the following statement: "If Germany disappeared tomorrow, all the British people in the world would be a little richer. There were years of wars between nations over a city or inheritance. Wouldn't they A war over hundreds of millions of pounds a year in trade? The expansion of the German fleet will only hit them harder, and their ships will soon sink to the bottom of the sea or be towed to British harbours."

These blatant remarks show that Britain is uneasy about the rise of Germany, its trade and market share are being occupied by Germany, and the British Empire is increasingly dissatisfied with it. And the Kaiser's telegram was more like a fuse, which broke out the dissatisfied British people who had suffered damage because of their interests.

And this approach of William II is really speechless. In addition, one more thing, the Kaiser had put forward an idea in the parliament before. He believed that Germany should be declared as the protectorate of Tranwas, and then sent troops to the place. When Prime Minister Hohenloe heard the remarks, he opposed this practice on the grounds that "this is equivalent to declaring war with Britain". The Kaiser replied bluntly: "Yes, but only on land."

Well, no one can blame this. It was the growth of the German economy that gave the Kaiser the confidence to propose a world policy. Germany needed colonies to provide raw material bases, product dumping sites and capital export markets, which would definitely conflict with Britain and France, which had a large number of colonies. .

The Kaiser's move just gave the British Empire room to play.

Carlo clearly saw the dispute between England and Germany. Of course, this is not the path that Italy may take in the future. The industrialization of Italy over the years has also produced a large number of commodities. If Carlo led Italy to seize several colonies and a huge share of the Far East, how could this industrialization have been so smooth.

Of course, Italy cannot yet threaten the status of Britain and France, so it cannot be the main target for the time being. But in the future, this is also bound to be doomed.

"By the way, is there any news from Berlin?"

Benefiting from the good relations between Italy and Germany, Germany's move has always been attached great importance. If there is any situation, we will send a telegram to the country as soon as possible.

"Listening to the news from Berlin, the Kaiser is a little remorseful. He probably didn't expect the British to react so much."

Foreign Secretary Bakona, reporting to Callow the news from Central Berlin.

"It's a pity that it's too late. The relationship between Britain and Germany can't be returned to the past~www.mtlnovel.com~ The trade and economic conflict between the two countries is destined to require a dispute."

Carlo is now commenting on the relationship between Britain and Germany in high spirits. Because there is no one else, he is not afraid to spread it outside.

Of course, he didn't say anything nonsense. In the future, the relationship between the two countries will only go further and further.

As for Italy, it is simple, Carlo will work hard to improve the naval level of Germany and Austria. In the army, Carlo can't help much, but in the navy it's okay. After all, judging from the current Three Emperors Alliance, the Italian navy can beat the Germans and Austrians no matter what. So listen more to Big Brother's words, for the navy that has not yet formed, it is beneficial and not harmful.

Besides, how could Carlo harm them? As long as he developed it himself, it would definitely be used by his allies. To let Deo feel the sincerity of Italy. At least the navies of Germany and Austria should be better than they have been in history, preferably to a level sufficient to threaten the British Empire. Only then did the importance of Italy become apparent.

When Italy becomes the winner of the war, then the two sides will make enough bids, and it is reasonable for Italy to be up for sale.

Don't think there's anything wrong with Carlo doing this, it's politics!