Robert Cohoun is obviously much more sophisticated. He will not accept any explanation from the Provisional Republic of Wallachia. If the explanation is effective, do you need police and prisons? He only wants results, and he only wants blood repayment for the murderer.
Can't do it?
If you can't do that, don't blame him for being cunning. Cohon will definitely use this to put pressure on Wallachia and force them to make huge concessions.
To put it bluntly, don’t expect to deal with him with a few useless empty words. The British Empire only cares about gold and silver, and it’s not that cheap to just settle down and settle down with nothing!
Anyway, Cohon has set a small goal in his mind, which is to extract at least as much profit as the French, and it must be a benefit without any political conditions.
I have to say that this old fox is too shrewd. During his trip to Constanta, he received many private messages from friends in the country. He basically understood the situation in the country and knew that John Russell truly loved Wallachia.
Not much interest in this area.
The Prime Minister only hopes to maintain the current international structure. As long as the Russians do not provoke the British Empire on the issues of Iran, Central Asia and India, and do not continue to engage in drastic expansion, the British Empire has no intention of quarreling with the polar bear.
In other words, as long as Wallachia and Moldavia still belong to Ottoman Turkey in name only, No. 10 Downing Street can accept it even if the Russians actually continue to "garrison protection" and "maintain order" in these two countries.
This means that no matter how hard he encourages, the country will not allow him to continue to cross the line and provoke Russia. There will never be an official British voice to support Wallachia in the future, and there will be nothing in the future.
Under such circumstances, if Cohoon continues to pursue those unlikely things, the country will be very annoyed with him. Even if he has Foreign Secretary Palmerston as an ally, an angry John Russell will tell him to pack up and get out, at least give him
It is entirely possible for him to be transferred and sent to Africa for retirement.
This is not what Cohon is pursuing. He knows very well that as long as he is transferred, the next consul general will definitely not be anti-Russian. That means that all the efforts of the past few years have been in vain.
All regional efforts will be nullified overnight.
So for the present, it is better to strive for something more realistic and make long-term plans. At this time, an idiot from nowhere sent a divine assist and killed Thomas Edwards. This meant that he had more to do with Tangning.
Street No. 10 can use the bargaining capital to obtain more favorable conditions.
"I need to see your sincerity!" Cohon said rudely to Jan Jika who came to negotiate. "Because of your mistakes, our senior diplomats were unfortunately killed. Is such a tragic tragedy just
Is it okay to apologize? Instead of punishing the murderer, you should at least deeply repent and express deep condolences, right?"
Cohon angrily condemned: "But it has been five days since the incident happened, and we have seen nothing! There has been no arrest of the murderer, no repentance and reflection, and no large-scale mourning and commemoration activities! This is what you call
Do you express deep regret and deep sorrow? I think you don’t care at all!”
This accusation and lesson made Yang Jika unable to hold his head up. It was not that he was speechless, but that Kehong's momentum was too strong. It was not so much a condemnation as an order. His meaning was very clear.
He wants these, and he wants them immediately! No bargaining!
This made Jan Gica very uncomfortable. Did the Provisional Republic Government have a correct attitude towards the assassination of Thomas Edwards? In a sense, it was indeed not correct: it was very clear that it did not actively catch the murderer.
But there is a reason for this. Not to mention other aspects, the interim government's attitude is really correct. It immediately sent senior officials headed by Jan Jika to pay tribute, and also organized a large number of people to go together.
, the momentum really cannot be said to be small.
But Cohon was not satisfied yet. He even asked the Provisional Government to repent and reflect, as if it was really the Provisional Government that had done something wrong, and he would see large-scale mourning and commemoration activities as soon as he opened his mouth.
Damn it, this is too much! You die as a counselor and we have to mourn as a nation. This is too low for us in Wallachia. It’s not like we have lost our own father, and we have to give you the British
Wearing clothes and wearing filial piety is too bullying!
Anyway, this is too embarrassing. Good old people like Jan Jika are not willing to do it, let alone the reformists and liberals who have always been radical in the provisional government. Those two groups of young men cannot accept this kind of humiliation. After all,
They talk about national dignity and independence and sovereignty all the time. How can they tolerate this from you?
Just when Jan Jika was about to explain and persuade, Cohon spoke again: "In addition, you have shown no sincerity in the issue of pension and compensation for Sir Thomas Edwards. The simple and shabby memorial ceremony is simply shocking.
I won't say anything about it... What's even more frightening is that you have caused a heavy blow and huge losses to his family and you didn't show any sign of it!"
"Do you know how much damage and loss his death will bring to his family and his relatives? How will his wife, children and young children live? You have destroyed a happy and happy family, and you haven't even said anything!
It’s simply heartbreaking!”
Jan Jika, who was sprayed in the face, became more and more speechless. He really admired Cohon for confusing right and wrong. Because after the incident, in order to appease the anger of the British, how could the Provisional Republic save money?
The memorial ceremony was a sensation. All the respectable people in Bucharest came to pay their respects and donated generously. The donations alone amounted to thousands of pounds. In addition, the interim government also approved a pension of five thousand pounds.
That adds up to tens of thousands of pounds!
This is really not a small amount of money. It only costs 50,000 pounds to buy a first-class battleship these days. An ordinary family can live comfortably for a year with a hundred pounds. Even the princes and princesses of the British royal family can only live a comfortable life for a year.
It’s only a few thousand pounds. Ten thousand pounds is really a lot!
But Kohon is still not satisfied. Is this guy's appetite bottomless? Or does he want to drain Wallachia dry?
Anyway, Yang Jika was quite annoyed by the British's insatiable desires. They were not so shameless. But what he didn't expect was that he still underestimated the shamelessness of the British, because they were so shameless.
There is no lower limit!
Because Cohon immediately said: "The main responsibility for the death of Sir Thomas Edwards lies entirely with your country's provisional government. It is precisely because of your incompetence that led to this tragedy, so you must bear the main responsibility! You must be responsible for
To pay this price, we must unconditionally meet all conditions of our government and the family of Sir Thomas Edwards!"