Chapter 361： The defeat of Austria-Hungary (Part 2)

Sure enough, the situation was as expected by Prime Minister Heinlein, after Carl accepted President Wilson's 14 recommendations.

The political forces behind immediately declared that this was a helpless move by the Habsburg family to ensure their status and that they were evading responsibility for the war. More importantly, the Allied Powers did not express their views on Karl I's words, which made many people feel worried.

It was the third day after Karl announced his acceptance of Wilson's fourteen suggestions. Also in the parliament building, a new proposal is being debated before the final vote.

"I oppose changing Austria to a republic."

A member of the Parliament shouted his opinions hoarsely.

And this congressman's words immediately evoked a counterattack.

"Do you want to stay in the kingdom? You can guarantee that the Habsburg family will not regain the rights. Or you can leave the Habsburg family room to operate for your own selfish desires."

The royalist congressman saw that it was a republican congressman who was rebutting him and immediately defended: "This is not to leave room. My opinion already contains restrictions on imperial power. The Habsburgs will give up. Allegiance to the government and the army, and give this right to our parliament, and retain only the nominal national leader. How can this leave room for operation?"

The words of this royalist congressman won the approval of some neutral congressmen.

In this proposal on the political structure, the royalists made major concessions in order to prevent the Habsburgs from being punished. First, based on the political structure of the Kingdom of Sweden, they divided the rights currently held by Habsburg. They assigned the military power to the government, and assigned the leadership and supervision of the government to the parliament. He only retains the right of reputation, and he also handed over a lot of the Habsburg family's property to the government in the name of the need for relief to the suffering people.

However, the proposal of the royalists was refuted by the Republicans. Their reason is that the Habsburg family has taken a lot of property from the government over the years, and these belong to the people, so it is necessary to transfer all the property of the Habsburg family to the government. In addition, for the rights of Habsburg, these people are not even willing to give it to the nominal monarch. On the grounds that the republic is suitable for the current Austria, it was directly rejected. Therefore, the royalists can only deny the republic first, otherwise the Habsburg family will not even have a place to stay.

"But how do you guarantee that the Allies will not hold Habsburgs accountable. If they are still the monarchs, will these responsibilities be borne by the government?"

Faced with the language of the republicans, the congressman also retorted: "Then how do you know that the Entente will be held accountable for Habsburg."

"I'm doing this for the public's consideration."

"You are a mess."

"You're the one who messes around."

"what did you say."

"I am talking about you"

"court death."

"Damn."

A good debate immediately turned into a boxing match, which made the parliament hall more lively.

"Pull them away."

The President of Parliament, Berlik, looked at the two MPs who had physical contact because of their differences in political opinions, and quickly asked the guards to pull them away.

The two parliamentarians who were pulled apart were all disheveled, one had a bruise on his left eye, and one had bleeding from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing the actions of the two people, the Speaker of Parliament Berlick himself also had some impetuous emotions in his heart. I saw him step onto the podium and said to the parliamentarians present: "This proposal is very important. It is related to our future institutional issues. It is also difficult for us to make such an important decision once in our lives. So I I beg you to discuss peacefully and stop letting this sacred council be noisy like a market."

Berlik's words did not let the two parties put aside the scene of the dispute, but only minimized physical contact. The President of Parliament Berlik was also powerless to do anything about this situation. In the past year, the Parliament has been discussing issues without peace. But he became the head of the parliament in a few days, so let them go.

Thinking of this, President Berlik felt that he was also discouraged.

Debates and disputes will eventually come to an end. When the time for the debate is up, the vote is announced by the President of Belize. These parliamentarians can only wait quietly for the result to come after the vote. At this moment, it seemed that the parliament had finally returned to what it was, and only the counters were left reporting the votes.

"One vote for the republic."

"The kingdom has one vote."

"The kingdom has two votes."

"Two votes for the republic."

"Three votes for the republic."

...

"A total of 263 people participated in this vote. After counting, 167 votes were in favor of the republican system and 96 votes for the kingdom system."

After counting the votes, the voter tells the result of the vote. This result naturally made the Republicans cheer, while the royalists were downcast.

After the teller finished speaking, the Speaker of Parliament Berwick came to the stage and said in a calm tone. "Everyone knows the result. I hope that everyone present will respect this sacred voting result. I'm finished."

After the Speaker of Parliament Berwick finished speaking, the royalist leader called a young man and said: "Tell your majesty the result, this time we really can't help it."

After the young man nodded, he hurried to Hofburg immediately. Today, the people of the Habsburg family are there anxiously awaiting the result of the parliamentary vote.

When the results were delivered to Hofburg, the people of the Habsburg family who were waiting for the news were all panicked and uneasy, as if the end was coming.

Someone cried out on the spot. "What can I do about this."

The thought that I, who has always been pampered, would run for life in the future, which caused many people present to shed tears.

The cries of the Habsburg family present, the behavior of these tribesmen troubled Karl I.

"Okay, don't cry. First think about what we should do next."

Carl's words stopped the crying clansmen and looked up at the young patriarch.

An older tribe suggested: "Should we go to lobby again and let the parliament vote again."

This unreliable proposal was refuted by a young tribe before Karl could answer. "This is impossible. What do you mean by parliament? Those republicans can still allow us to vote again. If I say, let the army that is still loyal to us control the parliament and directly overthrow the result. Then, more compensation will be given to Britain and France. I believe they will agree to the loss."

Carl almost fell down when he heard it. This proposal was even more unreliable than the last one. When is this, the people of their own tribe still can't bear these powers. For this he had no choice but to talk about it. "It seems that we can't continue living in Austria, so let's think about where to move temporarily."

And Karl admits the decision of the parliament, so that the Habsburg people present have no other idea. At this time, some people proposed to go to Germany to avoid it, but some people retorted that it is better to go to Spain. For a while, the people who were there were arguing about where to go, and some even suggested to go to Romania on the grounds that Carl’s sister Sophie Marie was the Queen of Romania.

Carl was so dizzy by these people's proposals, he even more scolded the tribesmen who proposed to go to Romania. Romania is currently at war with Austria-Hungary. It is nothing to go to Romania. The pride of the Habsburg family prevents him from accepting this proposal.

After everyone was scolded by Carl, there was a sensible person who said: "Let’s see which country is willing to accept us and at this time, everyone realizes that it’s not just them. The question of willingness to go, who is willing to accept their hot potato is the problem.

Carl made a decision at this time. "It's so decided, first ask which country is willing to let us avoid it for the time being."

Subsequently, the Habsburg family applied for asylum to the current neutral country. As a result, many countries did not reply. As a result, only a few countries agreed to their request.

And after comprehensive consideration, Carl took out a receipt agreeing to their asylum and talked about it. "That's it."

Everyone saw that this was a receipt from Switzerland. As a famous neutral country in Europe, this is also the best choice for the Habsburg family.

And Karl didn't say a word in his heart. "Switzerland is the closest to Austria. In the future, as long as there is a chance, the Habsburg family can return to Vienna as soon as possible."

It seems that Carl is also quite unwilling to hand over power to Habsburg.