Chapter 101
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British Army acted quickly. Soon after the investigation results came out, they began to untie the German troops.
"General, the British proposed at the Allied Arms Control Committee that they would shorten the time of their troops stationed in our country and try to withdraw all of them before 1923!"Mainz has been paying close attention to the movements of the British and the Eagle Sauce countries, so he specifically told Himmler to report as soon as he had the latest intelligence.
"Oh? Does this also include the Rhine Demilitarized Zone?"
In the Treaty of Versailles, the Gauls demanded the establishment of a military buffer zone between Hans and Gaul, and the German army was not allowed to enter here. This area was called the Rhine Demilitarized Zone.
On the surface, it was called a demilitarized zone, but in fact, the German army was not allowed to set up defenses here. The French army itself was not affected at all. They had sent troops to attack Hans several times before, and up to now, there is still a considerable number of French troops stationed in the Rhine area and have not completely evacuated from here.
Mainz was not surprised by the reaction of the British. In fact, after the British saw the Gauls' eagerness to destroy Hans, they would definitely take this step. After all, the British, who had been a troublemaker in Europe for hundreds of years, lived up to their reputation!
"It is not clear yet, but it should be included!"
The Allied Arms Control Committee is only held for the Allied Powers themselves, and only some core member states of the Allied Powers can participate in such meetings, such as the three countries of Eagle Sauce, British Empire and Gaul. Other small countries that make up the numbers are not eligible to participate!
"Oh, that's very interesting. By the way, how do the Gauls react?"
Compared to the attitude of the British, Mainz is more concerned about the attitude of the Gauls, because the success of his plan does not depend on the British, but on the Gauls. If the Gauls don't cooperate with him, Mainz is not sure to realize his plan!
"Haha, the Gauls' attitude is very fierce. They strongly oppose the early withdrawal. Not only that, they still insist that we are secretly developing tanks, aircraft and other weapons in the country, and they also say that they want to investigate and monitor our enterprises across the country!"
Himmler said with a sneer. Like Mainz, Himmler had no good feelings for the Gauls, especially when the other party's hostility to his own country was so obvious, it was even more impossible for him to have any good feelings!
"Very good, you go down and continue to keep a close watch, but be careful not to expose our agents!"
Mainz encouraged, Himmler was very excited, saluted respectfully and said:"Yes, General!"
The Gauls cooperated so well, which made Mainz feel relieved.
If the Gauls had no objection to the proposal made by the British Empire, then perhaps the British Empire would continue to wait and see for a while, but the Gauls had a fierce attitude towards the British Empire's proposal, which made people doubt their will and determination to destroy Hans!
In short, the British Empire would never sit idly by and watch a hegemonic country appear on the European continent.
No matter whether this country was Gaul or Hans, they could not accept it.
The more the Gauls wanted to suppress Hans, the more they would arouse the suspicion of the British Empire, and the more they would not let the Gauls succeed in their plan.
In this case, Hans, who was caught in the gap, could slowly gain some freedom in the suspicion of both sides!
Mainz's prediction was very accurate. After the Gauls clearly expressed their opposition , the British Empire still insisted on its previous proposal.
Moreover, the British Empire also stated that if the Gauls disagreed, they would unilaterally withdraw their troops and lift military restrictions on Germany.
This statement surprised the Gauls. They did not expect that the British Empire was serious. At this moment, if they continued to insist on their point of view, the British Empire might act alone. In that case, the situation would be very unfavorable for the Gauls!
Moreover, the situation in Gaul was not good at this time. After the war, due to the shortage of young and middle-aged labor, a large number of factories and farms could not resume production. Therefore, in order to solve the problem of insufficient population, the Gauls began to try to attract immigrants from colonies and other European countries.
From 1918 to 1920, within two years, about 1.2 million immigrants from various countries entered Gaul, and these immigrants Their arrival immediately caused social conflicts in Gaul.
The people of Gaul were very discriminatory towards these outsiders, especially the black uncles from Africa, and would even attack them. Within just a few months, hundreds of such incidents occurred, causing hundreds of casualties.
This attitude of the locals also caused resistance from the new immigrants. Both blacks and Eastern European immigrants began to arm themselves and use force to fight force, which made the problems in Gaul very prominent. Unfortunately
, the Gallic government lost too much blood in World War I. In order to raise funds to fight the war, they borrowed a lot of money from foreign countries, and both North America and South America issued war bonds.
In order to attract investors to buy their bonds, they set the yield on the bonds they issued relatively high. Generally speaking, the yield on war bonds is set at 5%. It was already very good, but in order to raise funds in a shorter time, the Gauls set the interest rate at more than 5%, with a minimum of about 6% and even up to about 10%!
Therefore, the repayment of the interest on these bonds every year alone was overwhelming, not to mention the repayment of the principal!
Unfortunately, the repayment period of these bonds was between 190 and 1922, and the French government was already preparing to repay the principal!
As the largest creditor of the Gauls, the Eagle Sauce in North America has urged them several times in a row. Half of 1920 has passed, but the Gallic government has not yet repaid the principal of this year, and has not even paid the interest. This makes the Eagle Sauce very dissatisfied. Many Eagle Sauce investors are worried that the Gauls will default on their debts, so they jointly petitioned the White House and asked the White House to negotiate!
Of course, the White House could not negotiate directly like this. They just expressed their concerns and worries to the Gallic government, but this statement was enough to make the Gauls nervous!
Because of the various symptoms in Gaul, the Gauls only had a tough attitude towards the outside world, but they did not have the capital to be tough to the end.
Therefore, facing such a tough statement from the Sun Never Sets, the Gauls were reluctant, but they had no way to oppose it, so they had to agree to the proposal of the Sun Never Sets.
Therefore, on July 17, 1920, after a vote within the Allied Powers, the proposal was agreed with 7 votes in favor, 3 votes against, and 3 abstentions.
This treaty signed in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, is called the"Brussels Treaty" and because its content is to withdraw troops from Hans, it is also called the"Treaty of Withdrawal from Germany".
The signing of this treaty marked that the shackles on Hans began to loosen, and the development of the German army began to usher in spring!
However, this does not mean the end of the crisis for Hans. Gaul, unwilling to fail, began to ask the Weimar Republic government to pay this year's war reparations in advance because of the serious debt crisis in the country.
In the Treaty of Versailles, 80% of the German war reparations had to be paid to the Gallic government, which meant that the Gallic government had an income of nearly 100 million pounds a year.
This money was like a long-awaited rain for their current debt crisis, so the Gallic attitude was very tough, and they would rob if they didn't pay! In
August 1920, after the Wei Republic explicitly refused to pay the war reparations in advance, the Gallic people and the Belgians officially marched into the Ruhr area!
The Ruhr crisis broke out!
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