Chapter 331

Naturally, the governments of the other countries would not know about the death struggle of the federal government and the funding of revolutionary organizations in various countries.

If the news was leaked, the northern government might not be finished. The other countries still needed a divided United States. They would not be killed instantly, but Lincoln's government would definitely be finished immediately.

Even the capitalists who supported them would abandon them immediately. They might even jump out and step on them.

There was no other way. The great powers were unreasonable. What would happen if they were reasonable? If they did not give the Fao a reasonable explanation, the federal government would not be able to get away with it.

Of course, this was no longer important to President Lincoln. According to the current situation, he would have to step down even if he did not cause trouble. The worst result would be to step down early.

He did not directly plan these actions and secretly funded these revolutionary organizations. As long as no one was caught with direct evidence, it would be reasonable for him to be kicked out of office within the scope of political struggle.

The real responsibility was the federal government. It was just a matter of how much money they would have to pay. At the very least, it was better than letting the various superpowers interfere.

Dividing the United States was the common wish of all countries. The division would depend on the actual situation. Lincoln did not want to pin his hopes on the moral integrity of the various countries. He chose to take a gamble.

If he succeeded and civil strife broke out in various countries, the situation might turn around. If any country's anti-war faction gained the upper hand, then the League of Intervention would have one less member.

In the worst-case scenario, the anti-war faction could at least buy some time.

Historically, the Government of London delayed the government's decision-making time because of the anti-war faction's checks and balances.

In this era, most Europeans were very arrogant and looked down on the United States, a country that had risen up halfway. Most people did not see them as a threat.

This kind of contempt was undoubtedly an opportunity for the federal government to survive this disaster. President Lincoln decided to use this opportunity to take a gamble.

At the end of 1864, under the cover of the federal government, the members of these revolutionary organizations began to secretly return to the European continent in batches.

On the ocean, some were happy and some were sad.

True revolutionaries were naturally full of enthusiasm and ready to devote themselves to the cause of revolution in their country. Those who spent their days in the United States were different. They could stay well in the United States and occasionally publish a few articles. Who would really want to go and risk their lives?

People died in a revolution. The more conservative a country was, the greater the risk of a revolution.

On the contrary, countries deeply influenced by liberalism were safer. At least they did not have to worry about being executed before being convicted.

Stephen and Gallipoli happened to be on the same boat. Perhaps the Americans wanted them to cooperate, so they arranged for the leaders of organizations with similar political stances to be together.

On the surface, there was no so-called conflict between the Hungarian and Italian independence organizations.

After all, Hungary's independence would not have any interest in the Italian region, and the Italian independence organization had no interest in Hungary.

On the other hand, the French Revolutionary Party was in serious conflict with the Italian independence groups. Many young Frenchmen believed that Italy should be part of France. The reason was that Napoleon was Italian.

The reason was ridiculous. It was good enough that there was a reason. To put it plainly, the French Revolution needed only the Parisians to take part in it, and the rest of the country would follow; there was no need to unite with the Italians.

Since that was the case, he naturally couldn't spit out what he had already swallowed.

It was easy to give up the Kingdom of Sardinia, but if the government really did it, there would be another revolution among the French people.

The bosses of the two organizations, who were thought to be able to cooperate with each other, didn't have a pleasant conversation.

They thought.

Stephen explained, "Mr. Garibali, if you take action in the Venetian region, we can still cooperate.

Stephen explained, "Mr. Gallipoli, if you take action in Venetia, we can cooperate.

If you take action in other regions, I'm sorry, but we can't guarantee that we will be able to contain the Austrians. "

This was the truth. Stephen thought that it would be God's blessing if he could get more than three digits of troops in Hungary. During the Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Republic did not gain the support of the people.

Back then, everyone was very arrogant. When defining the Magyar nation, they did not consider the serfs at the bottom as their compatriots and did not give them the corresponding treatment.

The Hungarian nobles were mainly responsible for this. In order to protect their own interests, they refused to recognize these people as their own.

In terms of blood, the middle and lower Hungarians were the real Magyars. On the contrary, the upper nobles were outsiders and not Magyars.

Culturally, the Hungarian nobles were deeply influenced by German culture. Most of them wrote in German, and some wrote in French. Less than five percent of them could use normal Hungarian, and less than half of them were proficient in Hungarian.

On the contrary, the middle and lower classes mostly used Hungarian, and about thirty percent of them had learned German. Under the influence of the nobles, most of them wrote in German.

This was due to historical reasons. If one studied carefully, they would find that a large part of the nobles in Europe were from the German Region.

When they exported the king, they also exported the nobles. In addition, there were many wars in Europe in the Middle Ages. The German Region was poor at that time, so they had no choice but to join the army.

As they fought, the lucky ones would stand out from the rest and gradually struggle to become nobles. Over time, the number of nobles from the German Region gradually increased.

The Hungarian Republic was too short to recognize the identity of the people at the bottom. Naturally, they could not expect the people at the bottom to have much of a sense of identity with the republic.

In order to solve the problem once and for all, Franz directly created the Austrian race. Originally, he wanted to call them Germans directly, but this was rejected by many people, so he settled for the second best, Austrian.

This was a characteristic of European culture. Many people in Austria only identified with Austria, but not the German Confederation at that time.

Of course, later on, Austria formed the new Holy Roman Empire. The reason was very simple: Austria had an absolute dominant position.

This was the nature of human nature. For example, if someone wanted to merge your company, you would naturally be unwilling. If it was your turn to merge with someone else's company, the situation would be different.

The Austrian race not only included Hungarians, but many people who did not know their race were stuffed into it by Franz. It had now become the second largest race in Austria.

If a race could be created, there was no need to talk about other races. The Germans were called Northern Austrians, and the Austrians were called Southern Austrians. They belonged to a branch of the German nation.

Because of the long-term marriage with the nomadic tribes of Southern Austria, and the invasion of the Osman Empire, and many other reasons, caused the different living habits.

Regardless of whether the outside world believed it or not, the Government of Vienna believed it. The family history of the local nobles could prove that their ancestors came from the German Region.

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These various factors directly led to the difficulties of the Hungarian independence organization. Even within the identified Magyar race, there were many people who believed that they were also a branch of the German nation.

There was no other way, the information in hand was insufficient. Coupled with thousands of years of marriage, most of them were mixed-race, and there was no way to prove their bloodline.

They could only prove it from the cultural tradition, which made Stephen even more desperate. Even the members of the Hungarian independence organization mostly used German, and there were only a few who could use Hungarian.

Without István Szechenyi to revive the Hungarian language and traditional Hungarian culture, where would the Hungarian nation come from?

In this era, transportation was inconvenient, and communication was limited. Even if there was a telegram, with the high cost, no one would be extravagant enough to use it to send such unimportant news. Naturally, Gábor did not know about this situation.

He thought that Stephen refused for the sake of profit. After all, no one dared to be a philanthropist on such a big issue. So he promised:

"Mr. Stephen, don't be in a hurry to refuse. This matter will not be in vain.

The Austrians are our common enemy. They are very powerful, and only if we unite will we have a chance to win.

Now that you have helped to contain the Austrians, I can guarantee that when you need us in the future, we will do our best to help you.

Lombardy and Venetia are still in the hands of the Austrians, and there will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future. You don't have to worry about my promise being invalid. "

Now Gábor could only make empty promises, and he could not offer practical benefits even if he wanted to. The entire Italian National Salvation Army only had a little more than a thousand people.

If the revolution was successful, then he, who controlled the political power, might be able to come up with real money, but now he did not even have enough funds.

Stephen was even more tragic. The Hungarian independence organization was nominally powerful. The Hungarian independence movement in 1848 proved their strength, but they were at the peak when they started, and then they fell all the way to the bottom.

It was not that there were no domestic supporters, but after so many years, everyone's desire for independence had decreased.

When they were young, they could risk their lives for their ideals, but when they had a lot of wives and children, it was not so easy to let them take risks.

Moreover, even if these people were mobilized, they would not be able to make a splash. At the beginning, they did not pay attention to the ethnic division, and directly made themselves a very small minority.

At this moment, Stephen had the urge to change the name to the Austrian Revolutionary Party. In any case, the appeal of the name was at least broad enough, and it was not limited to a single ethnic group.

Although Austria had developed well in recent years, there were still many people who were frustrated. It should be much easier to recruit people under the banner of the Austrian Revolutionary Party.

But he was not willing to compromise and admit defeat. Once the name was changed to the Austrian Revolutionary Party, the Hungarian independence organization would cease to exist, and they would give up the goal of Hungarian independence, recognizing the Hungarian nation as a part of Austria.

After hesitating for a moment, Stephen still did not want to lose face, so he bragged, "Mr. Gábor, it is not that we are not willing to contribute, but we really can't do it.

To contain the Austrians, we need to organize at least hundreds of thousands of people to launch an uprising. Do you think after the last Hungarian War of Independence, the Government of Vienna will not be vigilant?

For so many years, they have not given up on suppressing us. No doubt you have heard that of all the exiled revolutionary groups of the world, the Austrian revolutionary group is the one that has survived the least.

The notorious Government of Vienna's arrest warrant is a sword hanging over our heads. Over the years, more than a dozen of our branches have been destroyed, hundreds of people have been slaughtered, and the organizational structure has been seriously damaged.

In order to keep it confidential, many of our contacts are one-way communication without any backup information. With the destruction of these branches, we have lost contact with more than ninety percent of our members. "

Looking at Stephen's sorrowful face, Gábor did not know what to say. He had also heard about the ruthlessness of the Government of Vienna in attacking the independent revolutionary groups.

The Italian National Salvation Army had not been attacked, but that was because they had just been established and did not run to Austrian territory to cause trouble, so naturally, they did not attract the attention of the Government of Vienna.

Gábor said with a face of shame, "Sorry, I didn't know the situation you faced was so bad."

Seeing that Gábor was tricked, Stephen breathed a sigh of relief. He still had a bit of integrity and did not want to make promises to cheat people. After all, they really did not have many allies now.

If there were not a few major rebels in front, it would be a tragedy if the Government of Vienna targeted them.

Stephen did not want to be the number one target, which meant that he could die in an accident at any time. Unless he lived in seclusion in the mountains, no place was safe.

The Hungarian independence group could survive very well, not because of their strength, but because they had learned to hide themselves.

Since the failure of the Great Revolution, they had stayed in the stage of a verbal party for a long time and had not launched a substantial rebellion.

The so-called destruction was at most writing a few articles criticizing the Government of Vienna, or sending people to put up small advertisements, no, slogans promoting national independence.

This was not Stephen's fault. The main problem was that the revolutionary talents with actual combat ability had all participated in the Hungarian independence movement and basically died in the war of independence.

The fish that escaped the net were mostly the mouths responsible for public opinion and propaganda. Because they did not have combat power, they did not appear in the revolutionary army.

Because too many people were involved, and they were small figures at the time, they escaped the net during the post-war liquidation.

After escaping the first wave, everyone had a guilty conscience. Afraid that they would be found out and sent to prison, they all chose to go into exile overseas.

They had always relied on words to make a living. Even if the time and place had changed, there would not be much change.

After so many years, their theoretical foundation and organizational ability had indeed improved, but it was too difficult for them to take up arms and declare independence.

Being able to brag was also a kind of ability, and with this ability, the Hungarian independence group had a good life in the United States.

Relying on their glib tongues, they successfully fooled a lot of people. Everyone thought that they were a bunch of outlaws, and the American gangs avoided them.

Thanks to their reputation, they also sheltered many Hungarians who immigrated to the United States, and gradually gained a foothold in the United States.

The more comfortable the life, the more people were afraid of death.

Now, Stephen and the others no longer had the will to be revolutionary. Under the banner of the Hungarian independence group, it was to protect their own interests, not to lead Hungary to independence.

The United States in this era was not a pure land. Over the years, they had accumulated a lot of wealth. If it were not for their good bragging, which deterred a group of jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards, their good days would have been over.