The events in Alsace-Lorraine were not complicated.
The Zaber incident in November was just an outburst of years of dissatisfaction stemming from the unfair treatment and discriminatory attitudes that Alsace-Lorraine had suffered over the years.
Hilde was crowned Princess of Alsace-Lorraine.
This is equivalent to solving the problem of discrimination. Prussia would discriminate against people from Alsace-Lorraine by calling them wackes, which is equivalent to derogatory words such as rogue and tramp. However, Hilde is from Alsace-Lorraine now, and scolding Alsace-Lorraine is equivalent to being the Princess of Alsace-Lorraine.
Then.
It is a matter of vital interest.
The negotiations between the empire's monopoly capital and the small workshops in Alsace-Lorraine involved interests that could not be explained in just a few words by Hilde. The specific implementation was up to them. Hilde only needed to know that the general direction was correct.
after all.
Germany's future development direction is in this direction.
If the execution goes wrong, then Hield will find trouble with Stinis. Of course.
None of this matters.
What Hilde wanted was something more profound. With Hilde's identity, it was easy for her to obtain citizenship of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Poland, etc. It was even easier for her to obtain citizenship of Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and even easier for her to obtain citizenship of Italy, Spain, and the British Empire.
But getting French citizenship is a bit troublesome.
Even if Hilde wanted to obtain French citizenship, French President Poincaré would tell her to get out.
That requires a special approach.
After the meeting.
Hilde went straight back to Sanssouci Palace in Berlin.
Apart from attending official events with William II, he basically did not appear in any formal or informal occasions.
Including social season.
The so-called social season originated from aristocratic activities in the UK. From late April to mid-August, British aristocrats would gather in London to participate in a series of social activities, which were generally open to young people. After meeting the King of England, aristocratic women would officially enter the social world.
Germany is less formal than the UK. After all, Germany has many states, so the form is still similar.
In fact, it is summer in the UK and winter in Germany.
The social season at the end of 1913 and 1914 was crucial.
After all, this could be the debut of the Princess of Alsace-Lorraine.
If you can win Hilde's favor, you can not only get this princess who is known as the most beautiful in Europe, but also
Gain a claim on Alsace Lorraine.
Nothing more.
Hilde didn't go at all.
No one can say that he didn't go, after all, Hilde is not yet an adult.
In fact, Hilde not only did not participate in the German power system.
Including Bulgaria.
After the Second Balkan War, Hilde, who had attracted much attention during the war and was also a popular figure in Bulgaria, almost never appeared in Bulgaria again after the war.
If placed at the national level.
That is, Germany's minimal interference in Bulgaria.
Even the Bulgarian King Ferdinand I did not understand what Hilde meant. After helping Bulgaria win the unwinnable Balkan War, he provided economic assistance to Bulgaria. He originally thought that Hilde wanted to completely sideline him, but he did not expect that Hilde basically ignored him after that.
With the economic stimulus of 500 million Reichsmarks, Bulgaria needed a large number of workers and farmers, resulting in a labor shortage.
Just like a treasure bestowed by God to Bulgaria, it left this land after the war.
Bulgaria is also undergoing major economic reforms.
Bulgaria is showing a thriving scene. Economic problems can cover up all social contradictions. As Schacht, Vice President of Dresdner Bank and President of Bulgarian National Investment Bank, said, such an economy is the most efficient one, but it is also accompanied by strong side effects.
The disorderly expansion of capital will accumulate a large amount of wealth in the short term, but will also quickly destroy the entire capital market.
But this is not yet seen in Bulgaria.
For ordinary people in Bulgaria.
They defeated the once-mighty Ottoman Empire, won the Balkan War, obtained investment from Germany, and the entire country was in urgent need of workers. Everything was developing in a good direction.
Europe and America in 1914.
It was a relatively peaceful year.
Except the United States and the United Kingdom.
During the Mexican Revolution, General Victoriano Huerta launched a coup to overthrow the democratically elected President Francisco Madero and subsequently became the President of Mexico. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize the presidency of Mexican General Victoriano Huerta, who came to power through a coup, and signed the Embassy Treaty with the nephew of former President Porfirio Diaz, the rebel General Felix Diaz, which was ratified by the United States.
This led to an escalation of the conflict between the two sides.
The situation in the UK is simpler.
Still Ireland.
However, the solution this time was relatively good. The British Parliament passed the Irish Government Act, and the British Army
There was a barely achieved ceasefire with the Unified Support Force in Northern Ireland.
Belgian surgeon Albert Hustin used sodium citrate as an anticoagulant and successfully performed the first indirect transfusion
By the way.
35,000 rifles and 3 million rounds of ammunition were sent to Ireland via German dealers.
Other than that, everything else is just some miscellaneous stuff.
It symbolizes another breakthrough in the history of human medicine.
This will greatly reduce casualties caused by acute massive bleeding.
It seems like God is exercising His will for something.
June 12, 1914.
The Ottoman Empire was a region of Fusa in the westernmost part of the Anatolian Peninsula. The Ottoman Greeks in the region were part of the Ottoman Empire.
The massacre by irregular troops once again attracted the attention of Europeans to this almost forgotten land.
Let the Europeans watch.
This is a Balkan land that is devastated, heavy, miserable, and God has left.
This news was terrible for the German Empire.
German Empire.
Brandenburg.
Berlin.
Sanssouci Palace.
Hilde sat by the small pond in the courtyard, still wearing the same black evening dress, playing with an exquisite pocket watch with her slender fingers. The sunlight shone through the mottled leaves onto Hilde, making her look like a princess who had no idea what sadness was in the world.
Prince Eitel came before Hilde.
"What do you want from me?"
Theoretically, Hilde and he should not meet in private. Even if they meet, they should be in a public place with many people. As an unmarried woman and a married man, although Germany's industrial progress is very fast.
But German thinking is still very traditional and conservative, and interactions between unmarried women and married men in private settings are extremely inappropriate and shameful.
Especially since the identities of Prince Eitel and Hilde are so sensitive.
"You are too involved in politics. I hope you won't get involved in politics in the future, Brother Eitel."
"Did your father ask you to tell me?"
Prince Eitel looked away.
Everyone believed that Hilde was William II's agent, including Prince Eitel.
In addition, William II had a bad relationship with almost all of his sons, including Prince Eitel. If William II directly told Prince Eitel not to interfere in politics, the two would inevitably have another quarrel. Letting Hilde come was a better way.
"Why? Do you also think that what I did was wrong? Do you also think that we should not interfere in the Balkans?
Prince Eitel really couldn't get angry with Hilde.
Hilde shook her head.
"No, that's what I meant."
Prince Eitel frowned.
What happened in the Ottoman Empire and Greece in the past two days.
This made Prince Eitel, a radical, somewhat dissatisfied. It was not a question of whether Prince Eitel stood on the side of Greece or Austria, but that now that the German Empire had extended its hand to the Balkans, the order in the Balkans should be guaranteed by Germany.
In 1913, the German Empire sent General Otto Victor Karl-Jacques von Sanders as a military representative to the Ottoman Empire to guide its army.
Just like General Bello was to Bulgaria.
Now.
The German Empire sided with Bulgaria in the Second Balkan War and wanted to establish
In the new world order, the Ottoman army, supported by the German Empire, actually committed a massacre, even if it was not
It is not a regular army but an irregular army.
But the international community doesn't care about this. This is the army of the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman army is supported by the German Empire.
This is equivalent to a slap in the face of the German Empire.
It also caused serious dissatisfaction among the moderates within the German Empire, such as the workers of the Baghdad Railway and the officials.
Both the staff and the capital have expressed concerns about Osman, which will directly affect the domestic political orientation and also affect the internal
Cabinet decision.
Prince Eitel's attitude is this.
It was necessary to maintain a military alliance with the Ottoman Empire, and Germany could make excuses for the Ottoman Empire's actions.
Covering up, this time is fine, but what about the next time, and the next time? The Ottoman Empire must make a guarantee to the German Empire.
certificate.
so.
Prince Eitel just couldn't understand why Hilde didn't let him interfere.
Hilde asked back.
"Can you afford the cost of war, Brother Eitel?"
"I'm not saying to start a war...I'm saying..."
Prince Eitel fell silent.
Of course he has no right to start a war, so what Hilde said is intriguing enough.
At least Prince Eitel was certain of one thing.
Hilde wouldn't hurt him.
"What should I do?"
"Stay in Berlin and do nothing."
Hilde slowly raised her head, her red eyes staring at the land, her slender fingers clasped tog
ether in her arms.
It's like closing this era.
"What is taken must be restored."
June 18, 1914.
Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Duchess Sophie, in Sarajevo.