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Peasant Christians in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the westernmost Slav settlement of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, staged an uprising against the religious and ethnic oppression of the Turkish sultans against them. The Bosnian insurgents demanded national independence and demanded that the Turkish nobility roll back from the land that had usurped them.

The uprising in Bosnia and Herzegovina was sympathetic to the southern Slavs of Serbia and Negoro in Men, and the spearhead of the uprising was aimed at Turkey and his brutal Sultan Mahmoud II. The tsar's sinister intentions behind the scenes aroused the disgust of the sultan.

At this time, the self-righteous Achiz freed himself from the constraints of his ministers and turned to a dictatorship, emphasizing the essence of the Turkish Empire. Diplomatically, he had been close to Russia when the Balkans were in turmoil, but when the flames of the Bosnia-Herzegovina uprising spread to Bulgaria, he felt bad about Russia behind it. turned to the British, hoping that the British Empire at this time could save itself for the sake of the godfather.

Turkey is a pawn in everyone's hands in this crisis, but he also has no control over his own outcome.

At this time, Austria-Hungary also felt threatened, as Austria and Hungary ruled millions of southern Slavs. If the struggle for Bosnia and Herzegovina is won, they will face the danger of independence demanded by the Slavs in their territory. Austria-Hungary decided to support Islamic Ottoman Turkey.

However, Russia had long had ambitions for hegemony in the Balkans, so Russia considered the Slavs to be a powerful force against the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires.

The fragile alliance of the Three Emperors began to falter, Austria-Hungary and Russia were all planning their own small calculations, and as the leader of the Three Emperors, Bismarck was destined to abandon one of his allies. The Vienna military party of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had long wanted to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to create a triad. For this purpose, the Austro-Constitutional Emperor made a trip to Dalmatia in the spring of 1875, where he received representatives of the Catholic Church in Herzegovina. to incite Catholics in Bosnia and Herzegovina against Islam in Turkey. Russia did not want Austria-Hungary to play the role of sheltering Bosnia and Herzegovina, but they also did not want to turn against Austria-Hungary. Neither country wants the other to act alone and monopolize the benefits.

Bismarck knew that the time had come for the final decision, and that if he did not give up one of his allies, he would most likely lose both.

Moreover, the Bosphorus and Dardanelles were the only routes for maritime trade in the south of Russia. Britain also coveted hegemony in the Channel. Whoever has the upper hand in the Balkans will be able to strategically control the strait area off the coast of Europe. In particular, the control of France, since France's colonies and allies, encompassed almost the entire Mediterranean.

However, it is unfortunate that Gladstone is a domestic giant, a diplomatic dwarf, and his performance in the Balkans is really unbearable even for the British capital.

The crisis of national independence in the Balkans has touched the hearts of the leaders of every country.

Prime Minister Gochakov visited Berlin and explained to them the current political power field in Russia.

Bismarck received him, and it was his first political battle since his comeback. He had to maximize Germany's interests in order to be able to silence the gang behind him.

"We hope that Berlin will support us in attacking Ottoman Turkey, for the sake of our allies and allies. It is hoped that Germany will adopt a supportive attitude. ”

Gochakov was silent for a long time before he spoke, "Regarding the recent rebellion in Bosnia, Russia wants to intervene in Ottoman affairs because of this. But we need allies, and the Russian side does not want to go it alone. ”

Bismarck pretended to understand the other side's thoughts, and then said, "We understand and sympathize with the situation that Russia is facing. On the issue of the liberation of the Slavic peoples, Berlin could support Russia, but this was conditional. ”

"If you are willing to agree to German ownership of Alsace, then we are willing to support Russia in its move against Ottoman Turkey."

Bismarck stared at the Russian prime minister and made his own demands.

"We have only one condition, that the Alsace region is recognized as German sovereignty, and that our desire to obtain Alsace is the same as the Tsar's desire to recover Constantinople."

Bismarck, however, stressed the importance of the Alsace region and raised a dilemma for Gochakov, who was still the big financier of Russia. Now all the investment loans for the railways in the territory are provided by the French, which means that as soon as he agrees to Berlin's demands, the French will immediately turn around and take back all the investments.

Although France and Russia did not show too close political behavior, there were secret secrets in the economy and military trade.

Gochakov is not a fool and will certainly not agree to this condition. If it were not for Paris's repeated refusals, the Franco-Russian alliance would be far more reliable than the alliance of the Three Emperors, after all, the two sides have no entanglement of interests, but a common opponent.

"I think we can talk about something else."

"Of course not."

Bismarck rejected the other party's bargain, and he said bluntly, "If Russia wants to take the initiative in the Balkan Bosnian question, this is the only way to go." ”

"But ......"

"No, but."

Bismarck rudely interrupted the other party's request, who did you stand on in the Franco-German war crisis? Now want to go back and ask the Germans for help? It's late!

The iron-blooded prime minister once again explained his demands to the other side, "There will always be only one condition for Germany, and that is for the European countries to recognize the sovereignty of Alsace as ours." If that doesn't work, sorry, we won't get involved in the Balkans. On the contrary, we will defend the interests of the Germanic people in the conflict zone. ”

Gochakov frowned, he heard the subtext of the other side, Berlin might not only not help them, but would also be on the side of Austria-Hungary and work together against the Slavs.

"I don't want anything to break our covenant, Chancellor Bismarck."

Gochakov stood up, and he solemnly stated his position and ideas to the German Chancellor.

"You are only challenging our bottom line now, and Russia will defend its sovereignty to the death and will never take a step back."

After listening to the rhetoric of the Russian prime minister, Bismarck smiled and asked rhetorically, "Then do you know what the consequences of rashly provoking a war in the Balkans will be?" The situation in the Balkans will collapse completely, and the situation will be beyond your control as Russians. By the way, I heard that three years ago, Russia began to cooperate with the French shipyard company to continuously build ships in the Black Sea region to expand the strength of the fleet? Let's not forget, there is also a Great Britain watching the situation in Europe. That's a country that goes to war at the slightest disagreement, and if you wage war against Turkey, don't forget that they are watching you! Even if everyone stood by and watched, do you think that the Black Sea Fleet, which was hastily formed in cooperation with France, would be able to deal with the British ships and artillery? ”

Gochakov got up angrily and left his seat. He finally realized that Bismarck's purpose was to humiliate the Anglo-French question, and Russia was not on their side.

But the other party had an expected expression, Bismarck wanted to frustrate the Russians first, so that he would know that Russia was not the only country with the right to speak on European issues.

"If the Russians are wise, what you have to do now is not to co-opt allies, but to convince the countries that might become your enemies to remain neutral before attacking Ottoman Turkey."

Bismarck uttered the last words of advice behind Gochakov, "Remember, your greatest adversary in this crisis is the British. They are the ones behind this mess. ”

Hearing Bismarck's words, Gochakov froze. The German Chancellor's proposal coincided with what he had in mind.

Earlier, he had told Alexander II that if Russia were to go to war with the Ottoman Empire, the British would always be an insurmountable hurdle. They were the greatest obstacle to Russia's march to the sea, as well as to Articles 8 and 9 of Peter the Great's will.

"I will take your advice to heart."

Gochakov turned back and said, "I hope Germany will advise me too." ”

"Russia remains an indispensable link in the situation in Europe. I hope that it would be better to think it through when each country is making its own small calculations. ”8)

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