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Text Chapter 1405: Divide Overseas Colonies

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    French Prime Minister Joseph Caillot signed the peace treaty on behalf of the French government, which meant that France lost 60% of its native land and all overseas colonies at this peace conference.  In addition, they have to bear huge war compensation of up to 3.5 billion yuan!  Of course, the current French government simply cannot afford such a large amount of war reparations. A large part of it can only be paid with mines and machinery in France and even gold reserves and foreign exchange reserves in the Bank of France!  Moreover, the restrictions on armaments and the German garrison in France have completely reduced France to a third-rate country, completely under the control of Germany. If it wants to rise again, there is no possibility of it!

    After France signed the peace treaty, both China and Germany gained huge benefits!  Especially Germany, the huge war reparations plundered from France and the occupation of the territory in the northern region of France, the most economically developed area, will greatly enhance Germany's strength!  In addition, Germany and Austria-Hungary also divided the remaining ships of the French Navy!  Hundreds of light cruisers, destroyers, gunboats, patrol boats and more!  China does not look down upon these old warships, but the German Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy are not powerful in the first place, so naturally they will not dislike these warships!

    On the afternoon of October 26, representatives from China, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire held a closed-door meeting.  The main content of this meeting was the distribution of French overseas colonies.  Before the World War, France had a large number of overseas colonies!  Of course, these colonies have now fallen into the hands of China and Germany.  As for how to distribute these colonies, it is a problem that needs to be solved at this meeting!

    "Everyone, France's overseas colonies are mainly located in the Caribbean, Africa and Oceania in North America! Now, how to distribute these colonies is what we need to consider!" Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said.  On the conference table in front of them, a large world map has been laid out, with the locations of France's colonies marked on it, and which country currently controls these colonies.  What they have to do now is to fix the distribution of these colonies in the form of a treaty!

    "Prime Minister Wu Tingfang, France has vast overseas colonies. But it mainly hits Africa, especially North Africa! However, these colonies seem to have been controlled by China now! The German government believes that these colonies should also be taken out and we will distribute them together.  !" said German Prime Minister Holweg.  France's colonies in Africa were the largest, but they were mainly desert areas.  The only rich areas are probably western Africa along the Mediterranean coast and the Gulf of Guinea.  However, the Mediterranean coast has fallen under the control of the Chinese army, while the vicinity of the Gulf of Guinea is under German control.

    ¡°The Austro-Hungarian Empire also believes that we should redistribute these colonies!¡± said Mario Weber, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  Among the overseas colonies, the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not grab any of them. If it belongs to which country it occupies, then the Austro-Hungarian Empire will undoubtedly suffer the most!

    "Okay, then let's allocate the colonies in French Africa first!" Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said!

    French colonies in Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Benin, Burkina Faso, C?te d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Gabon, Congo, and the Indian Ocean  on the island of Madagascar.  Among them, Algeria, Tunisia and Madagascar are all under the control of the Chinese army.  The other colonies all fell under the control of the German army.  In terms of area, the two sides are almost equal.

    "The Chinese government believes that among France's overseas colonies, Algeria, Tunisia, Madagascar and Cameroon should be allocated to China! Morocco, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire and Mali should be allocated to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the rest should be occupied by Germany!" Chinese Prime Minister  Wu Tingfang said!  However, such a distribution will obviously not satisfy Germany!

    ¡°The Austro-Hungarian Empire supports this plan!¡± Mario Weber, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, jumped out immediately!  You know, the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not acquire a single colony in Africa. Now China supports the allocation of these colonies to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This is a great thing!  Morocco is at the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, so the importance of its geographical location is self-evident.  Benin and C?te d'Ivoire are also located in the Gulf of Guinea, which are also fertile places.  Only Mali is in the desert.  However, if these colonies could be allocated, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would be very satisfied!

    "No! Morocco belongs to Germany!" German Foreign Minister Stresemann said.  The cause of this world war was the battle between Germany and France for Morocco.  Now that Germany has finally defeated France and monopolized Morocco, there is no reason to hand over Morocco!  In addition, the colonies allocated to the Austro-Hungarian Empire by China were all?They are all occupied by Germany, which makes the German side very dissatisfied!

    "So, which colonies does the German government think the Austro-Hungarian Empire should be allocated to?" Mario Weber, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, asked with an ugly face!  Germany's contempt for the Austro-Hungarian Empire made the representatives of the Austro-Hungarian Empire very unhappy!

    "The German government believes that Algeria and Tunisia should belong to the Austro-Hungarian Empire! And Madagascar belongs to China! The remaining French colonies should be taken over by Germany to make up for Germany's losses in this world war!" German Prime Minister Hollweger  Said!

    ¡°This is impossible!¡± Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang and Austro-Hungarian Prime Minister Mario Weber said almost in unison!

    Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire also covets Algeria and Tunisia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire knows that it is simply impossible to snatch North Africa from China!  In addition, in terms of fighting Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire still relies on China. If it offends China on this issue, it will not be of any benefit to the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

    "China can give up its claim to Cameroon! However, Italy's dense Libya needs to be transferred to China! In addition, Algeria and Madagascar also belong to China! China will not give in on this issue!" Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said!  His attitude is very tough. In this case, China's colonies in North Africa can be connected together.

    ¡°The Austro-Hungarian Empire understands this and supports China¡¯s legitimate demands!¡± said Mario Weber, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  In view of Germany's strength, and the remaining French colonies are basically under German control, the Austro-Hungarian Empire needs to make good friends with China, so that it can force Germany to hand over the colonies it has occupied!

    German Prime Minister Holweg and Foreign Minister Stresemann looked at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes!  The combination of China and the Austro-Hungarian Empire posed a great threat to Germany!

    "Germany agrees to transfer Guinea, Mali, Niger and Central Africa to the Austro-Hungarian Empire! The remaining French colonies belong to Germany!" the German Prime Minister said.  Among these colonies, except for Guinea, most of the rest are located in the desert, which is not very important!

    "No! These colonies are barren deserts, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire cannot accept such a distribution method!" Mario Weber, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, immediately refused!

    Subsequently, the representatives of Austria-Hungary and Germany quarreled.  The Austro-Hungarian Empire wanted to get more and rich colonies, while Germany wanted to pay as little as possible!  The two sides have been unable to reach an agreement!

    "Let's do it! Germany will transfer Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Central Africa to the Austro-Hungarian Empire! The remaining French colonies belong to Germany!" Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi reminded!

    German Prime Minister Holweg thought for a moment and shook his head: "In this case, Germany's losses will still be too great!"

    "What if the Belgian colony Congo is also transferred to Germany? In this case, it should be enough!" Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said!

    Although Belgium is a small country, it has occupied a large colony in the heart of Africa!  However, with the defeat of France, Belgium also became history!  Kaiser Wilhelm II directly announced that Germany had annexed Belgium and turned Belgium into a German state.  Of course, the rest of the world has not recognized Germany's annexation of Belgium yet!  As for Belgium's colonies in Africa, although Germany believes that they should belong to Germany, it is still worried about variables.

    ¡°Okay, Germany agrees to this plan!¡± German Prime Minister Hollweger finally said!

    After the colonies in French Africa are distributed, the Caribbean and Oceania regions will come next!  These areas are just small islands. Although the strategic location is good, the Austro-Hungarian Empire with its weak navy does not have much requirements for them.  In addition, China supported the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the carving up of French Africa, so in the following meeting, the Austro-Hungarian Empire also fully supported China!  This gave China access to most of the islands in the Caribbean, as well as French Guiana in South America.  In the Oceania region, Germany received New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, while China received Clipperton Island and Vanuatu.

    Subsequently, China, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire signed a treaty to carve up French overseas colonies among the three countries, clarifying the ownership of these colonies by the three countries!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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