Chapter 372: The War of the Poor
In Vienna, Foreign Minister Wessenberg analyzed, "Although the Polish independence movement dealt a blow to the Russians, it also set the European Continent ablaze.
Influenced by the success of the Polish uprising, revolutions have been erupting frequently across the European Continent recently. A new wave of revolution has arrived.
Since January, uprisings have already broken out in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Papal States, Spain, and Portugal, while varying degrees of unrest have also appeared in Switzerland, France, Ireland, and other regions.
Most of these revolutionary organizations recently returned to the European Continent from America. Our preliminary judgment is that the Federal Government has been driven into a corner and is lashing out. They have both the motive and the capability.
The decisive battle President Lincoln had pinned his hopes on became a war of attrition because neither side could afford to lose, and both chose to advance steadily and cautiously.
The Federal Government feared that the various countries would continue carving America apart. To divert the attention of other governments, they chose this moment to stir up chaos on the European Continent.
It has long ceased to be a secret that the Americans fund revolutionary parties. Their influence over those parties is self-evident. It was merely that they had never caused any major disturbances, so this thin paper over the window was never pierced.
Now that it has happened, the nations of Europe will realize the truth before long. At that point, the Americans will very likely cast these revolutionary organizations aside as abandoned pawns in exchange for the understanding of the various countries.
If enough pressure is brought to bear, we might even be able to make them pay a sum in compensation. But with this disruption, I fear