My Italian: Chapter 497 Madrid situation

The idea of ​​reopening the Madrid conference, proposed by German Prime Minister Billo, 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 countries gathered in Madrid, that was not the case.

Driven by Britain and France, France received support from 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 has stepped up to connect other countries in Madrid to try to regain its diplomatic disadvantage.

Just after a meeting where German Foreign Minister Hilhofen proposed a new proposal for Morocco and the representatives of the participating countries concluded, Bakona packed up and prepared to leave the venue with the Italian delegation.

He has long seen the predicament of the reopened Madrid Conference and the ally Germany. Compared with Germany, other countries are more willing to trust Britain and France. In this regard, they have no choice but to rely on the Germans themselves.

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

"Your Excellency Bakona, I am a staff member of the French Embassy, ​​can I talk to you?"

"French?"

Bakona looked at him with a puzzled look on his face.

I saw this man, who claimed to be a staff member of the French embassy, ​​walked into Bakona and said in a low voice. "Your Excellency, our Foreign Minister Del Casser, would like to invite Your Excellency for a drink."

Bacona has served as the Italian foreign minister for so many years. Of course, he knows the person in charge of French diplomacy. Del Case can serve as the foreign minister in the six French governments. It can be said that he is a senior French diplomatic controller.

And this Mr. Del Casey 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 for a gradual rapprochement with Britain. He also mediated the Spanish-American War and helped the two countries reach a peace treaty.

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

Such a French foreign minister will definitely not find himself just for a drink. But it's also a good idea to meet him and see what he wants to say.

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

Afterwards, Bakona let the rest of the delegation go back to the embassy first, where he planned to meet Mr. Del Case.

Led by the French embassy staff member, Bakona soon met the French foreign minister in a cafe not far from the venue.

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

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

"Hello, Mr. Del Case."

After a brief greeting, the two sides sat down. I saw Del Casser holding a bottle of red wine and said while pouring the wine. "This is the Romanee-Conti wine that I have been collecting for 16 years. It was given to me by a friend of mine. I was reluctant to drink it before, but I suddenly became interested in it today, so I take the liberty to invite your Excellency."

Facing Del Case's courtesy, Bacona is also very good at doing it. "Thank you for your kind invitation, I'm welcome."

Next, the two of them drank cup after cup, and between the drinking, the two also chatted one after another. Anyway, as long as the other party didn't take the initiative to mention it, Bakona could treat it as an ordinary wine tasting. And how much a bottle of wine can have, it won't take long to see the bottom of the bottle.

Only then did Del Casser speak. "Your Excellency Bakona, our two countries have been good neighbors and friendship in history, and there is no conflict worth fighting. Why is the diplomatic relationship between our two countries so tense?"

Hearing Del Casser's words, Bacona smiled and didn't speak. Because this is too nonsense, the relationship between Italy and France has always been bad, before the reunification, and even more so after the reunification, and now, it is just like that.

Seeing that Bacona didn't talk to him, of course Del Casser knew that if he wanted to resolve the diplomatic tension between Italy and France, how could he be able to do it in one sentence. How is this possible without something practical.

Speaking of the rapid development of Italy in recent years, France has to pay more attention to this neighbor. Fortunately, the other party did not want to expand its army, but in the navy, Italy is doing a lot.

"Bakona, the current relationship between our two countries is not normal, very abnormal."

Del Casser continued. "I know that your country has always been very dissatisfied with our country's occupation of Tunisia, so I was thinking, if our country gave certain concessions on the Tunisian issue, would the situation be different?"

Del Casser's words made Bacona unable to calm down. Because of the importance of Tunisia to Italy, there is no need to say more, so after hearing Del Case, Bacona said. "How is your country going to make concessions to our country on the Tunisian issue?"

"If your country is given the same treatment as my country in Tunisia, I think this will be enough to resolve the unhappiness between your two countries!"

Del Casser's words made Bacona think. 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 Bakona is not so fooled, he asked before. "I don't know, is this what your Excellency meant, or what your government meant?"

Obviously this is asking, did he think of this idea by Del Casey, or was it prepared by Paris?

If it is the former, it means that this is just the private thought of this Del Casey. If it is the latter, then it is the decision of the government. The difference between the two is big.

In the face of Bacona's question, Del Casser answered very calmly. "This is a little bit of my opinion, but if your country wants to, I will push my government to implement it."

"Then it's up to Your Excellency to push it first. It's too early to talk about whether you want it or not~www.mtlnovel.com~ Bacona got up and left after speaking, while Del Casser poured out the last bit of wine in the bottle. Leave after drinking.

"Minister, how's it going?"

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

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

What Del Casser said was right, it was true that they understood each other's requirements. At least he knew where the Italians wanted, they wanted the whole of Tunisia.

I talked about giving the Italians the same treatment before, but the Lord Bacona didn't see much trouble in his eyes. This is obviously because the conditions are not in place.

However, in the entire Tunisian region, Italians have a really big appetite.

When Del Casey lamented the appetite of the Italians, Bacona in the car was also lamenting the good tactics of the French foreign minister.

I said before that Italians should be treated in the same way as the French in Tunisia, which sounds good, but the French have been in Tunisia for so many years, and now what are the benefits of Italians going in? Minister's own ideas.

If you want the two countries to be reconciled as before, it will be in vain to not get Tunisia. Don't think that he doesn't know what this guy's idea is, and tell him directly that if he wants to get friendship from Italy, he will exchange it for Tunisia.

Of course, the matter of contact with Del Case must be reported to Rome, which at least represents a trend, and the French finally face up to the dissatisfaction of Italy. In addition, under the pressure of Germany, France wants to break the diplomatic situation, but also to reduce its own pressure.

In the car, Bacona basically touched the idea of ​​​​this Del Casey.

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