Whether there was a genuine alliance did not matter to East Africa, because if it truly encountered an enemy, that was not something the Austro-Hungarian Empire could settle either. After all, only great powers would dare disregard the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
"This matter still lets Austria off too easily!" Ferdinand said, greatly dissatisfied with the outcome of these negotiations.
"There is no need to worry. We have already achieved our goal. Even Austria alone can deter ordinary nations. Though the Austro-Hungarian Empire has been split internally, in the eyes of outsiders, Austria is the Austro-Hungarian Empire." Ernst said to his father-in-law.
Just as Ernst had said, news of East Africa's "alliance" with Austria still stirred a certain reaction among the other European nations.
British Prime Minister Benjamin paid particular attention to Austria's actions. "This treaty between the Austrian government and East Africa shows that the Austro-Hungarian Empire has designs on Africa!"
"That may be one reason. With the economic depression, there are not many ways to divert internal conflicts, and colonies have become all the more important," the Foreign Minister said.
"We cannot sit by and watch Austria act. And how is the intelligence gathering on the Kingdom of East Africa progressing? I never expected them to cling to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's thigh first."
Benjamin was vastly different from his predecessor Gladstone. As leader of the Conservative Party, he was an active advocate and guardian of British colonial imperialism, vigorously pursuing policies of foreign aggression and colonial expansion.
One point worth noting was that Benjamin himself was a Jew, so he had particularly close ties with the Jewish Conglomerate, especially Britain's Rothschild family.
In 1875, Egypt's governor Ismail Pasha encountered a financial crisis and intended to sell the canal shares he held. But the French were insatiably greedy and intended to