Romanian Eagle

"Luo-Hungarian reconciliation?"

Edel looked at the panting Deputy Foreign Minister Narol and asked in surprise. "This is real?"

Narol, who has been deputy foreign minister for many years, nodded and replied: "It is true. This is a telegram from the Hungarian republican government, and I trot all the way here."

Saying that, Narol placed the telegram in front of Edel.

Regarding the Hungarian telegram, Narol believes that this is a godsend opportunity and an excellent opportunity to expand Romania's territory to Central Europe in one fell swoop. Consider Romania's borders with Austria and the Czech Republic, which would bring huge economic and diplomatic benefits to Romania.

And more importantly, Romania will become a regional power in one fell swoop from a small power in the Balkans. As long as the next development is good, it is not impossible to add a Romanian seat among the European powers. In his lifetime, seeing Romania turn from a Balkan country to a great power, Narol felt that his life was worth it.

His Excellency the Deputy Minister was imagining the bright future of Romania, while Eder was checking the conditions given by Hungary with a telegram.

There are many conditions listed in this telegram, but Eder seems to be able to summarize only a few. First, political independence. The Republic of Hungary will be transformed into a kingdom, and will merge with Romania in the form of a kingdom to form a new imperial government higher than the two kingdoms. The imperial government cannot issue decrees directly to the Hungarian region, it needs to be issued through the Kingdom of Hungary.

Second, limited military independence. The two kingdoms will send troops to form a new imperial army, and the command of the imperial army will be led by the military department formed by the new empire. And that army will pay allegiance to the monarch. Its main defense is the border area, and the kingdom can form a defense army to guard the place.

Third, judicial independence. Imperial Acts require the approval of both kingdoms councils to be implemented.

Fourth, the communist monarchy. The Kingdoms of Hungary and Romania will all pledge their allegiance to the same monarch. The monarch will be the Hohenzollern Sigmaringen family, which will be determined by existing royal acts in Europe.

As for the small clauses like returning the expelled Hungarians to their homeland and getting some compensation, Eder is too lazy to remember.

Looking at the conditions given by Hungary, Eder smiled, he was laughing at these Hungarians over their own abilities. What is this about Romania? They also want to form a new Austro-Hungarian dual system government, they think that the Habsburg family is not enough.

And the deputy minister Narol saw Eder's smile and asked with some misunderstanding: "Your Majesty, do you think the conditions given by the Hungarians are good?"

Looking at Narol's cute expression,

Edel said angrily: "It's really good, I'll give them a condition, as long as they agree, they can prepare for the merger immediately."

Saying that, Edel picked up the pen and scribbled a few lines on the paper.

"Take it and send it to the Hungarians. If they agree, they can merge. If they don't agree, forget it. This is the final clause."

Narol took over Edel's condition, and he was stunned at first glance. Just a few words above, Hungary will be incorporated into the Kingdom of Romania in the form of a region, and the army will also be decided by the Romanian military after inspection. After the Hungarians can fight for their rights in the Kingdom Council in Bucharest.

These few sentences rejected all the articles proposed by the Hungarians, which were intended to annex Hungary. It seems that His Majesty does not intend to accept Hungary's conditions.

Narol, who felt a little pity, couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, don't think about it anymore?"

"Don't think about it, just do as I say."

Eder certainly could not accept the Hungarian conditions. Apart from Austria-Hungary, a country with a dual system, where else can one find it in this world? And even if it annexed Hungary, it would be a long-term burden for Romania. Moreover, the Hungarian national consciousness is too strong, and its own population has surpassed that of Romania. Maybe in the future, the Hungarians will stand on the heads of the Romanians.

Instead of annexing Hungary, it is better to annex Bulgaria. Although the Bulgarian national independence is also strong, at least Bulgaria has a small population and will not threaten the status of the main Romanian nationality. Or Ukrainians, there are many people but independence can be regarded as the few ethnic groups in Europe at present.

And Eder had a point in his mind that annexing Hungary would be too close to Germany in the future, and it was not worth it. Yes Eder is also a strong supporter of geopolitics. Geopolitical blood was first proposed by Swedish political geographer Chiron in his book On the Nation. This was the year before Europe was at a dead end when the book was released.

However, as a half keyboard politician in the previous life, Edel would not be laughed at if he did not understand geopolitics. Of course, Mackinder's Luquan Theory and Du Heikongquan Theory will not be expressed one by one.

And Edel is also in accordance with these theories, completing his own vision. In his view, the current risk of Romania's expansion into the Balkans and Central Europe is too great, and it is very likely to lead to the intervention of other countries.

According to Romania's position in the junction of the Balkans and Eastern Europe, the vast Eastern European Plain will be the source of Romania's growth. And the status of Ukraine needs to be given absolute attention, because it is the essence of the Eastern European Great Plains.

In this black land that can support countless people, there are also industrial raw materials such as coal, iron, manganese, nickel, titanium, mercury, graphite and other industrial raw materials needed by heavy industry. The only places in the world that can be compared with this region are the northeastern region of China and the Great Lakes region of the United States. These two countries are both world powers that rely on the region to develop rapidly.

So Romania's way out can only be Ukraine, which is also determined by geopolitics. Even if there is Soviet Russia, the world's largest territory, it cannot shake Edel's determination.

Looking at what happened to Ukraine in later generations by those people, Eder believes that it is better to let Romania run this area.

Edel's order made Narol feel regretful. In his opinion, the addition of Hungary will increase the weight of Romania and make other powers worry about Romania's strength. But Edel thought it was puffiness, which would not really help Romania, but would drag down the kingdom.

But no matter what Narol thought, it was Edel who made the final decision, so the king asked him to send it, and he could only send it.

So when the Romanian telegram was sent to the republican government station in Kaposi Fort, it caused an uproar. They did not expect that the Romanians would be so disrespectful and only intend to annex Hungary, without giving them the terms of their merger at all.

In the face of Romania, which has no intention of merging at all, these republican government personnel who were driven out of Budapest can only ask the Allied countries to get the support of Britain, France and the United States, so that they can obtain the power to continue to govern.

Eder continued to pay attention to the current situation in Hungary. The three-way army was gradually approaching Budapest. It was reported that the Hungarian Communist Party planned to fight to the death. Edel certainly has to keep an eye on the dots.

The proposal for the merger of Romania and Hungary was hastily ended.

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