Chapter 495： A bleak trip to England and France

The evening breeze of the Atlantic Ocean made the cruise ship cool and breezy, which greatly eased the scorching heat of the scorching summer. Many tourists came to the luxury cruise ship St. Louis to escape the heat. And Captain Abel looked at the leisurely tourists, turned his head and asked the chief mate concerned: "Is our distinguished guest getting better?"

The first mate who was the captain's deputy nodded and replied. "In the afternoon, I took someone to deliver some fresh fruit. I heard it was much better."

Hearing what the adjutant said, even though Captain Abel, who had been accustomed to seasickness, was relieved. No way, the distinguished guests this time were a bit too noble, so Captain Abel didn't care.

In the largest and most luxurious guest room on the St. Louis luxury cruise ship, Edel's complexion is still a little pale, and there is no way he can make him seasick. He has never traveled far since he was born, and of course he has never been on an ocean liner. Unfortunately, I was seasick the first time I sat down, and the situation was still serious, which made the entourage busy.

But at present, there is no special medicine for seasickness in the world, only some sleeping pills can be prescribed to relieve it. So Edel has looked sluggish these days. Fortunately, with a few days of adaptation, Edel's symptoms of seasickness improved a lot, and people looked less worried.

"Mary, it's okay, it's just seasick."

Edel looked at his worried wife beside him, and comforted her.

"Your complexion is so bad these days, how could I not worry about it."

"It's really okay, you think I'm much better."

When facing Edel, his wife Mary's complexion eased a lot. You should know that when Edel was just getting on the boat for a day, he vomited so much that he almost vomited bile. Compared with that time, Edel's face is not so good now.

"Then you can eat some fruit. I heard that eating some fruit can relieve seasickness."

Looking at his wife's caring eyes, Edel took the apple in her hand.

In fact, Edel's complexion is not good. In addition to the cause of seasickness, there is also the unsuccessful visit to Britain and France.

If all the previous visits to the three countries were a complete success, then the visits in Britain and France have somewhat discouraged Edel. At that time, Edel, who had just visited Italy, was a bit full of ambitions to obtain satisfactory results in three consecutive countries. Therefore, he had some high expectations for the visits to Britain and France, and the result was a blow to him.

try{mad1(\'gad2\');}catch(ex){}　　 Originally, Edel planned to discuss the introduction of military industry and other technologies with the French government, as well as discussions on the relationship between the small Allied powers and Romania, and so on. However, I don't know if it was because the Soviet Union turned to domestic construction. France used various excuses to delay the export of various technologies. And regarding the relations between the Small Allies and Romania, they also refused to discuss with Romania on the grounds of not interfering in other countries.

This makes Edel very discouraged, because the so-called small allies currently composed of France include Poland, the Czech Republic, and Serbia. Although these countries have good relations with Romania at present, looking at their geographical location, maybe this alliance against Germany may turn its guns to Romania.

Although it hasn't appeared in the original history, Romania has grown to such a degree now, and it is not impossible to say that there is no such possibility. In Romania, many people are a little worried about this alliance.

Because these countries cannot be said to have no disputes with Romania. For example, Poland has conflicts in Western Galicia. Because Lviv is a famous Polish city, it should belong to Poland in terms of history and ethnicity, but it was taken over by Romania. Therefore, despite the fact that Romania and Poland are as good as honey, the Romanian government has not let down its vigilance for the Polish people there. Because Romania cannot afford to lose the area, it is currently its only heavy industry base. Just like the relationship between Northeast China and China in the 1950s and 1960s, it was the top priority.

The Czech Republic also has disputes with Romania in the Eastern Outer Carpathians because of its annexation of Slovakia, and the Slovaks in the Eastern Outer Carpathians account for more than 40% of the population. In the Czech Republic, from time to time, there are newspapers claiming that the region should be incorporated into the country. Especially after the discovery of oil resources in the area, this call has reached a new height. Although the Czech government did not respond to this, Romania still remains vigilant in this regard.

And Serbia also has disputes with Romania about the Sava Valley. Because the area is inhabited by nearly half of the Serbs, but because of the treaty, it was assigned to Romania.

So for this small Allied country led by France, many people in Romania think that this kind of alliance may be directed against Romania. We must know that the tragic battle that just ended not long ago was caused by the small Serbia. If Russia were not behind it, would they dare to hold on to Austria-Hungary like this?

try{mad1(\'gad2\');}catch(ex){}　　 So after France categorically rejected Romania’s request, it also attracted Romanian people to speculate about its intention to organize alliances In essence France also had the idea of ​​pulling Romania into this alliance before, but considering that Romania might compete for the dominance of its alliance after joining, this idea was shelved.

And the frustration in France, let Edel see the complicated mentality of France towards Romania at present. It is because Romania is on the front line of the Soviet Union, hoping that it will grow to stop the invasion of the Red Empire, but also because Romania is too strong to compete with France for the interests of the Balkans and Central Europe. This behavior of worrying about gains and losses caused Edel to fail to achieve much success in France. Except for a treaty on the two countries' joint response to the red threat, it has almost nothing.

As for the visit to the UK, it was not bad.

In addition to the Englishman's efforts in etiquette, it is also difficult for Romania to introduce many technologies such as shipbuilding, aviation, and engines.

In the meeting between Edel and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, the moderate Conservative Party leader was not as vigilant about the Red Empire as the previous prime ministers. This makes Edel, who planned to start with this aspect, feel that the results of this visit are worrying, but in fact it is true.

Although the British government held a grand welcoming ceremony for the arrival of the King of Romania, King George V even invited the Edels to stay at Buckingham Palace. But at the meeting, the British were not so hospitable to Romania, and various excuses made the results of the meeting almost useless.

This made Edel, who had planned to stay in the UK for more than half a month, took the St. Louis to the US in just one week.

Next, I hope that the United States will not be like Britain and France. You must know that Edel has high hopes for the trip to the United States.