According to the "Fourteen Points Peace Conditions" proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson, who later won the Nobel Prize, all ethnic groups under the Austro-Hungarian Empire can decide their own future. This is called the principle of "national self-determination".↗The same principle applies to Russian Poland and the Ottoman Empire.

However, the "peaceful president" who allowed the United States to participate in the World War and the Russian Civil War forgot a common sense that there was a nation called Germany in the Austro-Hungarian Empire! According to the "Four-point Peace Conditions" he proposed, the German nation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire seemed to be able to decide its own future. At least from October 1918 to September 1919, the Austrian Germans believed so.

So when Austria became a republic on November 12, 1918, the country was named "Germany Austria", and they also formally requested to Germany to join.

"Great! It's so good!" Lloyd George applauded the news - this was his reaction after hearing about it.

"Okay?" Clemenceau looked at the British Prime Minister with his eyes narrowed, "What's the good thing? If Germany and Austria merge, the new country might have 80 million people, more than twice that of France!"

The population of France has been a tragedy since the 19th century. It was originally the most populous country in Europe except Russia. However, on the eve of World War I, France's population was far less than that of Germany and Austro-Hungary, and slightly less than that of the British mainland. If the white people in the British overseas rank were included, the gap would be even greater. If Germany and Austria merged, the population of the new Germany would be more than twice that of France, and the growth rate of Germany's population was significantly higher than that of France.

In addition, Austria also has abundant iron ore and coal mine resources. It is possible to fill the shortage of iron ore resources in Germany after Lorraine-Alsace was ceased, which will vain France's efforts to restrict Germany's industrial development!

"Of course it's a good thing!" Lloyd George said, "this means the complete collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...not because of the Hungarians, but the Germans themselves abandoned the country first."

Although the Hungarian Revolution took place on October 30, the newly established Hungarian government was not a republican government, but continued to serve allegiance to Emperor Karl I - this shows that the Hungarians knew very well that if they wanted to save their great Hungarian country, they could only join forces with the Germans.

"The results of the Hungarian Revolution on October 30 show that the Hungarians were willing to fight." Lloyd George continued, "70% of the land was cedeed, and no one would accept it. Without the possibility of the merger of Austria and Germany, the Germans and Hungarians of the Austro-Hungarian Empire would have the possibility of choosing to resist... This is very terrible! George, you know, we didn't really win."

"What should we do now?" Clemenceau seemed to be convinced by Lloyd George.

"Oppose," Lloyd George said, "we, Britain and France, and the United States do not speak positively. In this way, the Germans in Austria will not despair, the Hungarians will lose allies and will face the war that will be defeated. In this way, they will likely surrender without a fight..."

"But Austria's prospects are still worrying," said Clemenceau. "I always have a premonition that this country will merge with Germany sooner or later, and then we French will be in trouble."

Lloyd George pondered for a while before saying, "Actually, we Britain always thought that maintaining the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also a good choice. This is an ancient country, and its source can be traced back to Charlemagne... Unfortunately, it no longer exists now, and we will face a more troublesome and unstable Balkans."

"Isn't there the United Kingdom of Serbia-Croatia-Slovenia?" The country mentioned by Clemenceau is the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. There are not many supporters in maintaining Austro-Hungary's policy in maintaining Austro-Hungary. However, the Balkans do need a force to maintain stability. So all kinds of whimsical methods were proposed, including the establishment of a plan to tie Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia together.

"I hope it can do it." Lloyd George nodded. The Germans could not merge through national self-determination, while the Croats and Slovenians were to be self-determinated by nationality and to live with the Serbs. Is this possible?

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"Tsar, the queen, the crown prince and three female grand dukes were all killed by you?"

"Yes, it's just hateful that I didn't kill them all!"

"There is still a female grandfather left?"

"Yes! Oliga of Polo, she is the enemy of the Russian people!"

"You're going to see her soon."

"It's a pity that I can't kill her!"

"May I have your name?"

"Yakov Yulovsky! The Russian people will always remember my name!"

In the heavily guarded Potsdam Railway Station, Ludwig von Hessman was talking to a thin, weak young man locked in shackles. The young man was named Yakov Yulovsky, who was the murderer who led the team to assassinate the Russian Tsar. He would transfer the coffins of the Tsar, the Queen, the Crown Prince and the Three Grand Dukes to Oliga's Grand Duke.

The murderer did not feel any guilt at all. Although the German newspapers unanimously condemned him, even the Red Flag Newspaper, written by Rosa Luxembourg, was no exception. But Yulovsky was holding his head up at this moment, as if he was a hero rather than a sinner - in fact, he was a hero! On April 16, 1934, he was posthumously named "Soviet Hero". There are his full-body statues in his hometown and in the headquarters of Chika. Under the Red Army Military Intelligence Bureau, there is also a "Yulovsky Special Forces" named after him. This is the origin of the Soviet Special Forces!

"Who sent you here? Can you tell me?" Hessmann then asked.

"It's the Bolshevik Party!" Yakov Yulovsky replied loudly, "I was ordered to execute the death penalty of Tsar Nicholas II and the Queen!"

There is nothing that cannot be said! Because Lenin has personally admitted that Pravda also published an editorial, praising the assassination of the Tsar as a just revolutionary action.

This is true for the Bolsheviks! The only regret is that one of the daughters of the Tsar escaped. Moreover, Oliga, the oldest of all the children of Nicholas II, is also the only grand duke of the Tsar family with territory and army. Therefore, it is very likely that she inherited the Russian throne and was supported by the entire Romanov family and all the White Guard leaders.

If she became the co-lord of the Bai Guard Army, considering the hatred of her family being killed, she would probably become a very difficult revolutionary enemy to deal with?

"Captain Paulus!" Hessman called Paulus, who had just been pulled into the Military Intelligence Agency as the captain of the Special Operations Team. "This person is handed over to you... and must be taken to Polo intact and then handed over to Stacey for care."

When he heard "Stasi", a trace of fear slipped through Yulovsky's face, who had originally looked fearless.

Paulus waved behind him, and two soldiers wearing wild gray military uniforms and carrying rifles ran over, erected Yulovsky, and put the future Soviet hero on the train as if he was catching a chicken.

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Chapter completed!