New Year's Day in 1899 was fast approaching, and the whole of Europe was in a state of extreme anxiety, and the French government made a strong statement that they had the right to occupy and colonize the Gisanja region, and demanded that Britain abide by the Berlin Treaty of European countries on African colonization 13 years earlier, and these demands were ruthlessly vetoed by British Prime Minister Salisbury.

On 3 January, German Foreign Minister Schleier, Austria-Hungary Minister Pilar, Chinese Minister to Germany Wang Li, and Italian Minister Emüller sent a joint note to British and French ministers to convene a mediation meeting on the Gisanja incident in Berlin, Germany.

This formulation is obviously far from the irresponsible big mouth of Kaiser Wilhelm II earlier, and the French and British ministers were surprised, but they had to carefully consider the plan jointly proposed by Germany and China, and the most surprising of them was the French minister Brisson, a diplomat who had served in Berlin for more than 10 years, and was surprised to find that Germany was actually helping France against Britain!

This unbelievable sudden change of situation actually shocked the British, and the mediation meeting lasted less than half an hour that day, and the British and French ministers who were not surprised immediately rushed back to the consulate and sent the shocking news from Berlin to China!

In the evening of the same day, the British Minister to Germany, Lubet, again paid a hurried visit to German Foreign Minister Schleier to convey an inquiry from Prime Minister Salisbury...... The British government wants to know whether the consensus reached between the two countries on the Boolean issue can continue to be fulfilled! It is clear that the British were interested in exchanging Middle Eastern interests for the benefit of the Transvaal. I'm already starting to have doubts!

on this issue. Kaiser Wilhelm II did not make a remorseful move. The German emperor clearly had a strong desire to occupy the destination of the Crusades, so although Schleier had doubts, he could only explicitly assure the British that the agreement between the two countries would be valid, but Germany expressed his gratitude to the British. The attempt to acquire the Gisanja region by military force is not recognized!

After the French government received the support of Germany, Prime Minister Dupiy immediately expressed the attitude of the French Republic that he would never make any concessions in the interests of Africa! At the same time, the Paris side also made an amusing statement at the first time, saying that Prime Minister Dippiy believes that the good offices of many countries are the best way to resolve the differences on the colonial issue in Africa.

Since Germany, Austria-Hungary and many other countries supported the provisions of the Berlin Treaty, there was no doubt that the French Republic should have gained control of the Gisanja region. However, the French were prepared for the outbreak of a war against the British at Gisanja. But there was no confidence at all, and if it had not been for the Germans' sudden intervention in the situation, Paris would probably soon be ready to propose an exchange of views!

After the British secretly raised the middle finger of the Germans with a black line, they had to accept the reality that although the Royal Navy had a strong sea power, even in the face of the combination of the German Navy and the French Navy, it could still maintain its superiority, but the rulers of the British Empire were not the kind of mindless military recklessness, each of these politicians was a simple person!

Germany suddenly began to support France's territorial claims, this sudden situation immediately shocked London, Prime Minister Salisbury immediately convened an emergency cabinet meeting, so that the German government can actually put down its position to support the rival French, this huge variable, although the entire cabinet is political and capable, but after discussing for most of the day, no one can say the mystery.

In the end, it was Chamberlain, the colonial minister, who made his point of making the mediator China, a large country in the Far East that had come close to Germany in recent years, and apparently had some influence, so he guessed that it might have something to do with it.

Fortunately, the Germans' promise to the Boer question was reconfirmed, which convinced Prime Minister Salisbury that Germany had no intention of entering into a full-scale confrontation with the British Empire, and after a full day of deliberations in the cabinet, Prime Minister Salisbury finally made up his mind and issued an order to the Admiralty to appoint Vice Admiral Salman as Fleet Commander to take charge of eight naval battleships anchored in Plymouth Military Port to form the Second Squadron of the Home Fleet, and Vice Admiral Salman received the order very clearly - Prepare for an attack on the French Navy across the Channel.

This time, however, the British did not hide anything about their naval movements, and on January 8, less than five days after the Berlin mediation conference, the British ambassador to Berlin, Lubet, informed Germany of the news from London that the British Empire was ready to use its navy to defend the interests of the Reich!

Just when German Foreign Minister Schleier was surprised by the tough attitude of the British, Wang Li, the minister to Germany, suddenly came uninvited, and he brought a telegram from Beijing, and it was a telegram sent by Qin Kai to Schleier...... This was obviously another accident, and after reading the telegram, the German diplomatic upstart looked anxious and thought about it for nearly half an hour, and finally decided to take Wang Li to the prime minister's office.

Prime Minister Hohenlore did not focus on the small contradictions between Britain and France that day, there was a little problem in the Balkans again, the Ottoman Empire, which was supported by Britain, recently began to quarrel with Russia again, and the Russian Black Sea Fleet had a little conflict with the Ottoman weak navy before, and the Ottoman navy, which had only a few armored ships, immediately took refuge in the harbor, and then asked Britain and Germany at the same time to help build new warships.

The Ottoman Empire has always been very close to the British, and it is almost the vanguard of the British against the Russian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire survives in the environment of the surrounding European powers, and a large part of it has a lot to do with the secret support of the British Empire, and now the Ottoman Empire can take the initiative to ask the German Empire for help, naturally because of the influence of the German Empire in the Balkans.

However, as Chancellor of the German Empire, he was undoubtedly involved in the struggle between Britain and Russia...... As a result, the matter has not been solved here, and Schleier has brought new problems!

"Prime Minister, the prince and the envoy believe that we must not sit idly by and watch the British use huge ships and cannons to settle the conflict in Africa, if this time the British move works, then in every future conflict, the British will use their large fleet at the first time!" Schleier barely showed any politeness and immediately went straight to the point.

Hohenlohr naturally understood what Schleier meant, and he naturally knew the information that Britain had sent to Germany, but Kaiser Wilhelm II was now obsessed with building a direct railway from the empire to Baghdad in the Middle East, and once it was implemented, Germany, an army power, would be able to greatly strengthen its control over the Eurasian region, so Kaiser Wilhelm II seemed to be more happy to see France and Britain fight.

"Minister Wang Li, I am afraid that at present Germany will not be able to stand in opposition to Britain at once...... Although His Majesty the Emperor is building a powerful German Imperial army with all his might, we are consolidating the foundations of the Empire, and it is absolutely impossible to fight a war with uncertainty at this moment! Chancellor Hohenlore looked embarrassed and politely rejected Schleier's offer.

"Prime Minister, we don't need to confront Britain head-on, and at the mediation conference, we can use the diplomatic power of various countries to exert influence, and we don't even need to send troops to let Britain know our determination...... Minister Wang Li also reminded us that the Chinese Grand Fleet is visiting the Netherlands and can intervene in a maritime conflict in Europe anytime and anywhere! Schleier was clearly not willing to give up and immediately explained loudly.

Hearing this news, Prime Minister Hohenlore was also stunned, and he immediately glanced sideways at Wang Li, who looked relaxed at the moment, "Envoy Wang, does your navy also have the intention of intervening in Europe?" ”

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the mediation we have initiated naturally hopes for a successful outcome...... The Chinese navy could enter the English Channel at any time, and Wilhelm was afraid that he had misunderstood the interests of the British in the Middle East, which seemed to me to be completely misdirecting Germany's attention...... And now the only question is whether your country can make up your mind! Wang Li immediately threw out the most crucial content, Germany must not relax in this matter, once Germany shows its intention to retreat, then it will be a matter of time before the French give up. (To be continued......)