Chapter 60 The Far East War Ends (2)
After hearing Witt say it, Qin Zheng did not reply to him immediately, but handed Witt a copy of information. Witt took it and saw it, and was shocked. It turned out that the information was all written in Russian, which recorded detailed events such as Russia's infiltration into the Mongolian region over the past 50 years, as well as supporting the **** forces and inciting ****.
Although Vette only looked at the catalog and did not look at the detailed content, only looking at the title, you will know that the East China ** has conducted a very detailed and serious investigation of Russia's activities in Mongolia over the past 50 years, because two of them were planned by Vette. This shows that the East China ** included Mongolia's affairs in this negotiation, which was far-sighted and not a temporary intention. It also means that after the East China ** occupied the Northeast region, its next goal was Mongolia, and Russia and East China **'s strength in the next stage would probably be in Mongolia.
To be honest, whether Russia can compete with East China in Mongolia is not sure. Although Russia has made early arrangements in Mongolia and is now quite effective, East China has only been around for 6 or 7 years, and now it is a powerful and terrible opponent. Therefore, who dares to say that it is sure to win. Moreover, the competition between countries, although the comprehensive national strength is in competition, military strength is also an important part of it. To put it bluntly, it is to compare whose fist is hard. In this war, the military strength shown by East China should not be underestimated. Therefore, Russia is indeed seriously damaged now, and its support for Mongolia's separatist forces will definitely be much worse than before.
However, it is not the time to consider these issues, but how to deal with the requirements of East China. Although Qin Zheng only presented information on Russia's support for the ****, he did not show corresponding evidence, because these information were compiled based on information from the old time and space. East China could not be able to provide any political constraints, but Witt was a smart person and knew that at this time, it was meaningless to deny and argue, because East China had made up its mind to intervene in Mongolia. If anything, it would be impossible to stop East China's actions.
After negotiations with Russia, Witt decided to accept the conditions of East China **. For Russia, ending the war and restoring peace is the most important thing. Other things must be sidelined. Of course, this negotiation will not fail for this. Besides, what can we do if we sign such a treaty? Will Russia honestly respect the treaty? At that time, as long as we secretly support the Mongolian separatist forces, it is enough? If it is discovered by East China **, it will be no more than to admit it.
In fact, the East China *** had long anticipated this consideration by Russia, because Russia has never been a country that respects the spirit of the contract, but East China ** still requires this to be proposed in this negotiation and written into the treaty, which is also a reason. Although East China ** does not intend to fully control the Mongolian region in a short period of time, after all, the Mongolian region is too large, exceeding 2 million square kilometers, and now East China ** cannot invest too much power in Mongolia, but it is still necessary to prevent Russia from continuing to conduct activities to split Mongolia and maintain a certain influence and power in the Mongolian region, which is also in line with the current capabilities of East China **.
First, Russia recognizes Mongolia belongs to China and does not support Mongolia's separatist forces in the treaty. In the future, in the process of fighting for Mongolia, East China will occupy the highest moral point in law. This is actually quite important at this time. Although the competition between countries is essentially the law of jungle, the world's morality has made certain progress overall. Although the essence has not changed, the technique has become much gentler and no longer so direct. Simply put, it seems that eating is beautiful. Even a big meal, it is necessary to fry, stir-fry, cook and fry, chew slowly, be gentle, and even musical accompaniment. Therefore, it is still necessary to occupy the advantage of legal and morality.
On the other hand, it is also a blow to the Mongolian separatist forces. Although Russia will still secretly support Mongolian separatist forces, after all, it is written in black and white on the treaty that Mongolia belongs to China and does not support Mongolian separatist forces, and will still restrain their actions. The Mongolian separatist forces will have some psychological grudges and their confidence in Russia will also be somewhat reduced. After all, if Russia signs such a treaty, will it still support **** with all its strength? Once such crack occurs, it will be very difficult to recover, not to mention that East China will continue to expand this crack.
In any case, the two sides finally reached all agreements and discussed in detail the details, words, words, and sentences of the treaty in detail. There are also an annex to the treaty, first the attachment to the amount of compensation, which determines that the amount of compensation in Russia will be paid in 6 months, and will be paid in three batches, with a total of 1.2 billion rubles, and it will be converted into other currencies. Of course, it will take time. 200 million rubles are paid in the first two months, and the remaining 1 billion rubles will be paid in two periods. If there is an expiration date, it will be calculated as one expiration date and an additional 100,000 rubles. After all the compensation amounts are paid, East China ** will hand over the released prisoners to Russia.
Regarding the area near the territory division, the two sides agreed that within three months after the negotiations, the two sides would jointly form a survey team to conduct a comprehensive survey of the designated boundaries, determine the location of the border post, send troops to garrison, and border patrol rules and other related follow-up procedures.
Other annexes include: establishing diplomatic relations. Both sides agree that within 2 months after the negotiation, each party will set up a consulate in the other country to formally determine diplomatic relations. The economic and trade exchanges between the two sides agreed that within 2 months after the negotiation, each party will organize an economic and trade delegation to negotiate the economic and trade rules of the two sides. The negotiation location is set in St. Petersburg. The economic and trade delegation of East China ** will set out with diplomatic personnel. After the negotiation is over, it will determine whether the next round of negotiations is needed. If so, the next round of negotiations will be held within the scope of East China **.
The final signing was April 8, 1907, and the two sides had been negotiating for 16 days. Finally, the [China-Russia Harbin Treaty] was signed. Qin Zheng and Witt represented East China** respectively, and Russia signed the treaty.
After signing the treaty, Qin Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the signing of the contract was successful, and the war could come to an end.
The signing of the [China-Russia Harbin Treaty] also symbolizes the end of the Far East War. On February 8, 1904, the Japanese joint fleet began to raid Lushun Port. Now the signing of the contract between East China and Russia has been successful for a total of 3 years and 2 months. The countries involved include East China, Russia, Japan, Britain, France, and the Netherlands. The total number of troops and logistics personnel of each country has exceeded 3 million, and the total number of soldiers and civilians has exceeded 1 million, both in scale and time, which far exceeds any previous war.
The East China ** is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this war. It not only defeated all its opponents, greatly improved its international status and prestige, but also received a total of about 310 million pounds of war reparations, recovered about 750,000 square kilometers of lost land, and opened up 740,000 square kilometers of land. In addition to the three eastern provinces, Shandong, Henan, and some Hebei, Shanxi, Hubei, Anhui and other regions, the East China ** now controls about 3 million square kilometers and has a population of about 80 million.
In terms of boundaries, in addition to Russia and the United States, even if the East China has the largest boundary and the largest population, even if the colonies are included, they are only ranked fifth after Britain, France, Russia and the United States. Even Germany and Shanghai colonies have only about 2.6 million square kilometers, of which 550,000 square kilometers are locally; the population is about 70 million, with locally 56 million. Therefore, in any aspect, the East China today can be regarded as a large country.
Judging from the geographic environment after the war, before the Far East War, Russia, Japan, and East China were three-legged in Northeast Asia, and East China could only rank third, while Britain, France and the United States were on the second line, using their agents to maintain their influence and balance in the Far East. After the Far East War, the strategic pattern of Northeast Asia and the entire Far East has undergone tremendous changes.
First of all, Russia has completely lost all ports and strategic locations in the Far East, and therefore has basically completely lost its say in this region; and Japan has also suffered heavy damage and has suffered great energy. Although it has also preserved colonial areas such as the Korean Peninsula, Ryukyu, and Japan, for a considerable period of time, Japan has been unable to pose a threat to the East China National Congress. Although the United Kingdom, France and the United States have vigorously supported Japan and restored its vitality as soon as possible, due to the current gap in size between Japan and East China National Congress, it can no longer pose a substantial threat to the East China National Congress, and at most it can only cause some trouble to the East China National Congress.
Although Britain and France also failed in this war, their own strength has not been greatly reduced. However, the distance is the biggest enemy of Britain and France, and the focus of the two countries is still in the direction of Europe. With Russia and Japan being deposed, both countries cannot find suitable agents in the Far East, so they cannot confront East China.
Another great power in the Far East region, the United States did not participate in the war this time, and it has a strong national strength and no control in the backyard. It also has a foothold in Asia. However, the United States is now in the process of turning from a large-scale to a strong point. It is very cautious in the use of force, and it tends to solve the problem by using economic means and supporting agents. The United States is also facing the dilemma of distance. Therefore, it can be foreseen that the United States may intensify competition with the East China **, but it will not pose a major threat to the security of the East China **.
Chapter completed!