Without any surprises, after Austria took the blame, the relationship between France and Austria deteriorated rapidly, with their foreign ministries engaging in daily verbal disputes.
For a time, Europe was clouded with suspicion, with Britain and Russia locking horns over Central Asia, while France and Austria were entangled over Central Europe.
Roughly rounding up, it was almost equivalent to: the Anglo-French Alliance and the Russian-Austrian Alliance facing each other.
This was clearly the prelude to the outbreak of a war in Europe.
The most anxious were Prussia and Germany, which had been forced to choose sides due to the aggressive stance of France.
It seemed that Austria had intervened to break their encirclement, but in reality, it also pushed them to the opposing side of France.
