Chapter 94： 3-country loan

After returning to the headquarters of the Liberal Party, a group of senior leaders discussed with Prime Minister Bretianu. I didn't discuss the reason, so I could only act by chance and see if the crown prince would do anything. The reason for this result is that everyone has long been warned that the crown prince will take over power. It was already obvious in the performance of the king before, but I didn't expect that even the power to approve the cabinet was given to the crown prince. Now it is only necessary to send the crown prince to the king for instructions, and the rest will still be fine.

After negotiating with a group of high-level officials to no avail, Prime Minister Bretianu and his cousin Wentiler walked out. After boarding the carriage, Wendyle quietly said to his cousin. "They said they hope to come and visit tomorrow night."

"Okay, I will wait for them at home."

Prime Minister Bretianu knew that his cousin was talking about the ambassadors of Britain, France, and Russia. For them now, being able to bias Romania towards neutrality is a diplomatic victory. Because they know that Germany's economic and military penetration of Romania is too high, and they cannot pull it back in a short period of time. (As of 1910, Germany had invested 36.7 million pounds in Romania, mainly in manufacturing and mining.)

Sure enough, the news of the Crown Prince's approval of the cabinet list reached everyone's ears after they discussed it. However, the top leaders of all parties have been mentally prepared for this, and they still do what they should do. Only the lower-level people talked about it.

The next day, Prime Minister Bretianu returned home in the evening after finishing his government work, waiting for the visit of the three ambassadors. Nearly 7 o'clock, the three ambassadors all came, and his cousin Wendiller went out to greet him.

Seeing the three ambassadors entering the door, Prime Minister Bretianu stood up and spoke to the three ambassadors. "Ambassador Richardman, hello. Welcome to the humble house."

Richardman is the new British ambassador, succeeding Liszt, the former ambassador who had made no progress in Romania.

"Congratulations to Mr. Bretianu for assuming the post of Prime Minister, Romania, under your leadership, will surely be more prosperous." Ambassador Richardman said to Prime Minister Bretianu.

"Thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for your concern for Romania."

After Bretianu finished speaking, he continued to greet the French ambassador Jeanbad and the Russian ambassador Ferralovsky.

Then everyone sat in the living room. After the servant brought tea, Prime Minister Bretianu started talking. "Mr. Three Ambassadors, what do you think of Romania."

The three ambassadors sitting across from each other still talked about it first by the British ambassador Richardman. "Your Excellency, Romania has achieved good results in the past few years. Many of your products have good sales in Europe. Let me tell you that before I came to Romania as ambassador, I drove Volkswagen."

Everyone smiled kindly upon hearing Ambassador Richardman's words. Having said that, if it weren't for Romania's development in recent years, plus a seemingly good army, or the appearance of five years ago, it is estimated that they would not be so concerned about Romania. After all, it is now the most powerful country in the Balkans (except Austria-Hungary), and it is also worthy of the Allied Powers.

"Thanks to Ambassador Richardman for his love of Romanian products. In the past few years, Romania has achieved current results under the leadership of the old Prime Minister Sturlier. It is the result of the help of friends from all sides." Bretianu was polite. Speaking of. Everyone understands the role of the crown prince in the economy, but it is impossible to say that to the outside world, after all, the government is the main body of management in the country.

"Your Prime Minister is absolutely correct in saying that Romania needs help from friends from all walks of life. It's just that Romania seems to be a bit out of balance in diplomacy in recent years, which is not good for the country." Russian ambassador Ferralovsky put forward his own opinions.

"Mr. Ferralovsky, you are too impatient. Every country has its own time of inconsistency. We have to trust Prime Minister Bretianu's vision. And Romania naturally has its own considerations and cannot treat other countries. Too much accusation."

The French ambassador asked Bud to advise the Russian ambassador Ferralovsky not to be too impatient. When he said this, the French ambassador did not blush.

Ferralovsky stood up and bowed his head to apologize when everyone hadn't reacted. "Sorry, Prime Minister, I was too impatient."

Bretianu also stood up to support the Russian ambassador, and said with a smile on his face. "It doesn't matter, after all, Mr. Ambassador is also for our consideration."

suddenly staged a scene of a good-neighborly and harmonious society in the living room. In fact, Prime Minister Bretianu knew that the ambassadors of Russia and France were playing doubles, but Romania just happened to need to show goodwill to the three countries and devote itself to the role it should play. In fact, Romania placed half of its army on the Russian border, and Russia also tried to overthrow the Romanian government a few years ago. A few years ago, I could not wait for the other party to die, and now I look like a guest. This is politics.

After the Russian ambassador and Prime Minister Bretianu performed this good-neighborly friendship, British ambassador Richardman said. "His Excellency Bretianu, although what Ambassador Filarovsky said is a bit awkward, it is also his own sincerity. Romania's current diplomacy is indeed not good."

Bretianu answered what the British ambassador Richardman said. "Ambassador Richardman, we have a close relationship with Germany, mainly due to their investment in Romania. As we all know, our country used to have a relatively poor economy, single production, and mainly relied on agricultural exports. With the help of German loans six years ago, our country was able to From a single exporting country of agricultural products to a country that is now preliminarily industrialized. How can this kind of help not make the people of our country be grateful to Germany."

After hearing this, the ambassadors of the three countries knew that this was Prime Minister Bretianu who said that Germany had given a loan, so he got close to Germany. However, the three countries of Britain, France, and Russia did not benefit them, and could only treat them indifferently. The ambassadors of the three countries understand and understand, but the work to win Romania has to do.

The British ambassador Richardman and the French ambassador made Bud a look at each other, knowing that Romania would not be biased towards neutrality without any capital.

Ambassador Richardman still speaks first. "Our country is also saddened by Romania's economic backwardness, especially the poor medical and health conditions, which will lead to unhealthy people. Our country intends to provide assistance to Romania's medical equipment."

After the British ambassador finished speaking, it was the turn of the French ambassador to Jean Bard. In fact, France had a good influence on Romania before, and many Romanians had studied in France before. Like the current Minister of Industry La Caturi, and Chief of Staff Prieshan, who have all studied in France, some nobles still like to send their children to study in France. However, at the national level, France's influence is much worse, worse than Austria-Hungary and Germany, and only slightly better than Russia. This is all the effect of the alliance with Russia. Now it is for Russia. The French intend to ease the pressure on their allies.

At this time, I heard Ambassador Bard talking about it. "I will try to apply for a batch of low-interest loans from the country to help Romania develop its own economy."

After speaking, let the two ambassadors, Bud and Richardman, take a look at the Russian ambassador Ferralovsky. The Russian ambassador had no choice but to bite the bullet and state his terms. "I will ask domestically to reduce the price of coal, iron and iron ore imported from Romania."

After hearing Ferrarovsky’s condition, the three of them sighed in their hearts, "It's really stingy." But thinking about the current economic situation in Russia, it is indeed difficult for Russia to take money. Today's Teddy Bears rely on French loans to survive, and the domestic economy is not good. It is normal to have to rectify the economy, expand the military and prepare for war.

"Thank you very much for the care of the three ambassadors to Romania, and I believe that our relationship will get better and better in the future." Prime Minister Bretianu also said some more friendly words looking forward to the future. He would not be easy when he did not see assistance. Give the result.

The three ambassadors did not expect Prime Minister Bretianu to promise anything immediately. This time, it was mainly for Romania to feel the goodwill of the three countries. After talking about business and chatting for a while, the three ambassadors left with the satisfaction of today's gains.

After sending off the three ambassadors, Bretianu asked his confidant to send a note containing the terms of the Three Kingdoms to the palace The transformation of diplomatic relations is such a big matter, he would not dare to make private decisions without the approval of the royal family. .

Edel looked at the note written by Prime Minister Bretianu in his hand. He had already read it. Unexpectedly, Romania only signaled that these allied countries would come to the door immediately. But this also meets my needs, but I don't know how much benefit can be gained from them. Thinking of this, Edel wrote down a receipt agreeing to continue the conversation, and called a guard to send him to the Prime Minister.

It didn’t take long for Prime Minister Bretianu to get a receipt from the guards, which said he agreed to continue the talks.

After getting the crown prince’s consent, Prime Minister Bretianu negotiated with the three ambassadors who were also agreed by the government. After some friendly conversation, the two sides reached an agreement.

On March 4, 1911, the two sides unanimously announced the news of the three countries’ loans to Romania. Among them, France will provide Romania with a low interest loan of two million pounds for ten years, and the United Kingdom will provide a medical equipment purchase loan worth one million pounds. Doctors will also be sent to train Romania's backward medical technology. Russia reduced the tariffs on coal and iron ore imported by Romania by five points, but only for imports in 1910, and the excess will be levied in accordance with the original tariffs.

Facing the terms signed by Romania and Britain, France and Russia, I don’t know what attitude the German side has.

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