My Italian: Chapter 497 madrid

German Prime Minister Bülow's idea of ​​reopening the Madrid Conference to internationalize the Moroccan issue. It was originally intended to use the interests of various countries in Morocco to force France to make concessions.

But who knows, after the countries gathered in Madrid, this is not the case.

Driven by Britain and France, France received the support of ten countries including Britain, Russia, Spain, and the Netherlands. As for Germany, only Austria-Hungary and Italy supported it. This was a fiasco for German diplomacy.

Faced with this situation, Germany is of course unwilling, so it stepped up to connect with other countries in Madrid, trying to regain its diplomatic disadvantage.

Just after a meeting in which German Foreign Minister Hirhofen put forward a new proposal for Morocco to deal with representatives of participating countries, Bacona packed up his things and prepared to leave the venue with the Italian delegation.

He has long seen the dilemma of the reopened Madrid meeting, the ally Germany. Compared with Germany, other countries are more willing to trust Britain and France. In this regard, they have nothing to do in Italy, they can only count on the Germans themselves.

After he left the venue, when he was about to board the car and return to the embassy, ​​someone stopped him suddenly.

"Your Excellency Bacona, I am a staff member of the French embassy, ​​may I talk to you?"

"French?"

Bacona looked at the other party with a puzzled expression.

I saw this man who claimed to be a staff member of the French embassy walked into Bacona and whispered. "Your Excellency, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of our country, Delcasse, would like to invite you for a drink."

Bacona has served as Italy's foreign minister for so many years, so of course he knows the person in charge of French diplomacy. Delcase was able to serve as foreign minister in six French governments, and he can be described as a senior French diplomatic controller.

Moreover, this Mr. Delcasse is very capable. As soon as he took office, he concluded an agreement with the United Kingdom and successfully resolved the Fashoda crisis. France continued to consolidate its colonial empire in West Africa while striving to gradually become friendly with Britain. He also mediated the Spanish-American War and helped the two countries reach a peace treaty.

As foreign minister, Delcasse continued to maintain his consistent anti-German stance, and Kaiser Wilhelm II even called him "the most dangerous Frenchman to Germany". Delcasse gradually broke the diplomatic isolation of France since the Second Empire, and instead launched a diplomatic offensive against Germany.

Such a French foreign minister would definitely not be looking for him just to have a drink. But this might as well meet and see what it wants to say.

"No problem, I happen to be a little thirsty too."

Subsequently, Bacona asked the rest of the delegation to go back to the embassy first, and he planned to meet Mr. Delcasse.

Led by the staff of the French embassy, ​​Bacona soon met the French foreign minister in a cafe not far from the venue.

"Your Excellency Bacona, it is a pleasure to have a drink with Your Excellency."

In a relatively secluded room, Delcasse looked at Bacona who entered the door, and greeted him warmly.

"Hello, Mr. Delcase."

After a brief greeting, the two parties sat down. I saw Delcasse holding a bottle of red wine and talking while pouring the wine. "This is the Romanée-Conti wine that I have treasured for 16 years. It was given to me by a friend of mine. I was reluctant to drink it before, but today I suddenly became interested, so I take the liberty to invite you."

In the face of Delcasse's politeness, Bacona is also very good at it. "Thank you for your kind invitation, I will not be polite."

Afterwards, the two drank one cup after another. During the drinking breaks, the two chatted casually. Anyway, as long as the other party didn't take the initiative to mention it, Bacona could treat it as an ordinary wine tasting. And as much as a bottle of wine can have, it doesn't take long to see the bottom of the bottle.

Only then did Delcass speak. "Your Excellency Bacona, our two countries have historically been good-neighborly and friendly, and there is no conflict worth fighting. Why is the diplomatic relationship between our two countries so tense?"

Hearing Delcasse's words, Bacona smiled and said nothing. Because these words are too nonsense, the relationship between Italy and France has never been good. It was the same before the unification, and even more so after the unification. As for now, it is just like that.

Seeing that Bacona did not speak to him, Delcasse certainly knew that if he wanted to resolve the diplomatic tension between Italy and France, he could do it with just one sentence. How is this possible without something practical.

Speaking of which, Italy has developed rapidly in recent years, so France has to pay more attention to this neighbor. Fortunately, the opponent did not wantonly expand its army, but in the navy, Italy did a lot of actions.

"Bacona, the current relationship between your country and ours is abnormal, very abnormal."

Del Case continued. "I know that your country has always been very dissatisfied with our country's occupation of Tunisia, so I was wondering, if our country made some concessions on the Tunisia issue, would the situation be different?"

Delcasse's words made Bacona unable to calm down now. Because of the importance of Tunisia to Italy, there is no need to say more, so after hearing Delcase's words, Bacona said. "How does your country plan to make concessions to our country on the Tunisia issue?"

"If you allow your country to receive the same treatment as ours in Tunisia, I think this will be enough to resolve the unhappiness between your two countries before!"

Delcasse's words made Bacona think about it. This condition seems to be very favorable, and it can be regarded as a huge concession for the French to allow Italy to return to Tunisia.

But Bacona is not so easy to fool, he asked before. "I don't know, is this your Excellency's meaning, or your government's meaning?"

Obviously, this question is asking, is this idea proposed by Delcasse, or is it prepared by Paris?

If it's the former, it means that it's just Delcasse's own private idea. If it's the latter, then it's the government's decision. The difference between the two is huge.

Facing Bacona's question, Delcase answered very frankly. "This is my humble opinion, but if your country is willing, I will push our government to implement it."

"Then it's up to your Excellency to promote it first. It's still too early to talk about whether you are willing or not."

Bacona got up and left after speaking, while Delcasse poured out the last bit of wine in the bottle and drank it before leaving.

"Minister, how did the talk go?"

The man who claimed to be a staff member of the embassy asked at the door.

"It's okay to talk, at least we know each other's requirements."

What Delcasse said is correct, it is indeed mutual understanding of each other's requirements. At least he knew where the demands of the Italians were, they wanted all of Tunisia.

When I talked about giving the Italians the same treatment, Lord Bacona didn’t see much disturbance in his eyes. This was obviously because the conditions were not in place~www.mtlnovel.com~ But in the entire Tunisian region, the Italians really have a lot of appetite.

When Delcase lamented that the Italians had a lot of appetite, Bacona in the car also lamented the good means of the French foreign minister.

It sounds good to let the Italians be treated the same as the French in Tunisia before, but the French have been in Tunisia for so many years, what benefits can the Italians get if they go in now, it’s just empty talk, and it’s still the diplomat The minister thinks for himself.

If you want the two countries to reconcile as before, everything will be in vain if you can't get Tunisia. Don't think that he doesn't know what this guy is up to, just tell him that if he wants to get Italy's friendship, he will exchange it with Tunisia.

Of course, the contact with Delcase must be reported to Rome. This at least represents a trend. The French finally faced up to Italy's dissatisfaction. In addition, under the pressure of Germany, France wants to break the diplomatic situation, and also to reduce its own pressure.

In the car, Bacona basically nailed the idea of ​​the Delcasse.

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