Romanian Eagle

In the face of the Prime Minister's question, Churchill answered seriously. "Yes, Your Excellency, I know what I'm doing."

Winston Churchill certainly knew what he was talking about. As a cabinet minister at the age of 34, and the most important and key position in the British Empire as the naval minister at the age of 37, it can be seen that his official fortune is prosperous.

But it all made sense when he came from the Churchill family. His father, Randolph Churchill, had a reputation for being unhappy in politics, but that was relative. Served as Minister of Indian Affairs and became Chancellor of the Exchequer at the age of 37, but this made Randolph Churchill, who was intent on becoming Prime Minister, depressed and eventually died at the age of 46.

Take a look at the experience that upset Churchill's father, which speaks volumes about the Churchill family's place in the UK. This was also a major factor in Winston Churchill's ability to stay in the cabinet after his fiasco at the Battle of the Dardanelles.

But as Foreign Secretary Balfour, who has already served as Prime Minister and is almost 70 years old, the old man is not suppressed by the prestige of the Churchill family. Even if he is only the nephew of the Marquis, he slowly wiped his reading glasses and preached .

"Mr. Churchill, please note that this is a meeting to determine the policy of the Empire, not your quarters office. Please state your reasons as you see fit."

In the face of Balfour's questioning, Churchill would not be polite when he was the Secretary of the Navy. You must know that Marshal Fisher, who created the era of dreadnoughts, resigned because of his run on the direction of the attack at one stop. However, Churchill did not end well, because the defeat in the Battle of the Dardanelles was pushed out of the decision-making circle. But fortunately, with the family's connections, he quickly revived and served as the minister of military supplies.

During his tenure as Quartermaster Secretary, he promoted a number of new inventions with far-reaching consequences, including tanks, aircraft and chemical gas. Under Churchill's proposal, the British rapidly expanded the production scale of tanks and promoted the application of aircraft in warfare. If he hadn't performed well in the position of Minister of Quarters, his speech at this meeting would not have received so much attention.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Churchill gave his reasons. "Everyone, how much do you know about Romania?"

Seeing that everyone looked at him blankly, Churchill took out a pile of Romanian materials from his briefcase and distributed them to everyone. "This is the information I have found about Romania over the years from the government, and some of them are compiled by myself. Let's take a look."

Everyone picked up the materials prepared by Churchill and looked at it. From this information, we can see the intention of Churchill. He analyzed Romania's industry, population, resource geography, diplomatic transformation and other aspects, and made comments on several major high-level officials in Romania.

Among them, the chief of the general staff, Prieshan, was evaluated by Churchill as a rare military genius, because he completely changed the Romanian army, which can be seen from the Balkan wars. Moreover, in the field of new military technology, Pulishan is also taking precautions to develop new weapons, so that the Romanian army does not lag behind any powers in equipment.

And Romanian Prime Minister Bretianu, he was also evaluated as an excellent internal affairs genius. During his tenure as Prime Minister, Romania's economy has been developing rapidly.

And Romania's King Eder, of course, was also evaluated by him. In evaluating Edel, Churchill praised his performance in Romania with his shrewd mind, excellent vision, and genius-like vision. Whether it was Romania’s rapid approach to Germany and Austria in the early days, or the transition to neutrality before the outbreak of World War I, the situation has gradually become clear, and an excellent time has been chosen for London and Paris to rely on him to meet his requirements. It's all a manifestation of his abilities.

Churchill's information gave everyone a deeper understanding of Romania,

Among them, Chancellor of the Exchequer Andrew Law couldn't help but talk about it after reading it. "I didn't expect little Romania to have £60 million in income, which is really unexpected."

The Chancellor of the Exchequer made the other cabinet members present also very emotional. Before the war, the British Empire was the world's number one power only close to 300 million pounds. I did not expect that a small Balkan country can reach one-fifth of its own. Although it is unfair to compare the pre-war with the present, it also made the cabinet ministers present sigh, mainly because Romania's income was only 20 million pounds before the war.

Churchill saw that everyone was watching almost, so he spoke. "It is also through these materials that the opportunity for Romania to expand its territory is obtained."

Churchill pointed to a map that the Foreign Secretary had put up for them, and told them. "Look, everyone, this is Romania."

He clicked on the Romanian location, then pointed to the Hungarian part east of the Tisza. "This is the territory that Romania is asking for. I don't think now is the time to be entangled in these Hungarian territories."

He made a stroke in Ukraine, and said all the east of the South Bug River. "We can also give him Ukrainian territory. If that is not enough, we can also give them all the east of the Dnieper."

Those present were senior politicians who immediately understood Churchill's intentions. "You want to keep Russia and Romania alive in the future."

Hearing someone say what he meant, Churchill nodded in acknowledgement. "Yes, I think that we are now personally hijacking a country with potential, which will consume our precious national strength, which is not worth it. Then finding an opponent for him is what we need to prepare for."

It was clear that Russia was the opponent Churchill was looking for for Romania.

Churchill paused here for the rest of the cabinet to digest what he had said before continuing to express his thoughts on making such a decision. "We have been fighting this battle for three years, and we currently have an absolute advantage. I believe that it will not be long before Deau will not be able to fight, so we need to prepare in advance. If De Ao surrenders, we will gain the most. The French allies, they are going to be one family on the Continent, which is a very bad thing."

None of those present expressed surprise to hear that Churchill was worried about his French ally. Don't look at the fact that Britain and France are fighting in a trench now, but there are many times when the two do not face each other on other occasions.

Churchill was not alone in worrying about France's dominance in post-war continental Europe. They believed in the words of Prime Minister Palmerston: There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests.