Chapter 1166, signing the peace treaty
The meeting of Sino-Russia peace negotiations soon entered the formal state, from the first meeting on the afternoon of June 7 to the presumption of the agreement on June 13, during which there were some disputes between China and Russia, but overall everything went smoothly, China's enthusiastic diplomacy obviously played a lot of role before, allowing Kerensky to make concessions on the terms of peace negotiations again and again. Kerensky and his delegation basically agreed, but they made some efforts on the measurement of the territory borders of the Outer Khingan Mountains.
The conceptual approach of measuring the borders of the country will not be adopted in the previous conceptual approach of the Treaty of Aihui, that is, what is the boundary, who will belong to the south and who will belong to the north. Because such a conceptual approach will only make the border issues of the two countries ambiguous, and may even become a hidden danger that will last forever
The territory division between China and Russia in the Outer Xing'an Mountains will be sent to the local area. The boundary markers set by field considerations shall be based on the map boundaries at the peace negotiation meeting.
Although this move is too troublesome, it is a long-term solution after all. In the future, China and Russia will have local conflicts on the land issue in the Outer Xing'an Mountains, which will affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In the negotiations on the territory division of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, Kerensky insisted on assigning the Udi River north of the Outer Xing'an Mountains to Russian territory, while the rest belonged to the Republic of China
Strictly speaking, Kerensky's request is not completely excessive, because as early as the Treaty of Nibchu signed by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia, the land between the Wudi River and the Outer Xing'an Mountains was a land to be discussed, and there was no clear issue of ownership. That is to say, the Wudi River was originally outside the historical territory of China, and it was nothing more than a few hundred kilometers of land. If the dispute continues, it will only waste time and make China aggressive.
After all, in future diplomatic activities with Tsarist Russia, China will try its best to win over Kerensky's faction. At this time, it will simply give Kerensky a favor and make clear the matter for the time being.
On June 15, the representatives of the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Tsarist Russian peace talks formally signed the peace talks.
In this treaty, Tsarist Russia recognizes the three parts of the Ulianghai. Outer Mongolia is the territory of the Republic of China, and also recognizes the civil affairs appeasement policy adopted by the Chinese side in the Wulianghai area. That is, as long as the Tsarist Russians who register their identity certificates in the Wulianghai will be regarded as departing from Tsarist Russian nationality and becoming a French citizen of the Republic of China. In addition to the northern Wudi River, all Xing'an Mountains belong to the territory of the Republic of China. On the border, the Wudi River is used as the horizontal standard and set as the most border between the two countries.
In addition, the Tsarist Russian territory next to China's Heilongjiang Province will also recognize that the land in the surrounding areas of Hunchun, including Vladivostok, Nahodka, Spascadalini and other regions will be returned to the Government of the Republic of China in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Nebchu.
From the map, it means digging out all corners of Tsarist Russia in the East. From then on, Tsarist Russia no longer borders North Korea and will lose some of the sea rights of the Sea of Japan.
As an additional clause, Kerensky asked China not to force Tsarist Russia to submit a surrender. The negotiations were based on an equal and friendly identity relationship, and the purpose was only to resolve the conflicts between China and Russia. In addition to the land issue stipulated in the clauses, the Tsarist Russian Empire would not provide other compensation, such as war reparations, military restrictions, etc.
As for the matter of trade exchanges between the two countries, we can sign a mutually beneficial and equal trade treaty at the starting point of friendly relations. Anyway, the Tsarist Russian Empire is now bordering China, and it is not a bad thing to open up free trade between each other, and there will be no inequality due to geographical reasons.
After several hours of discussion on this proposal, China finally agreed to it after several hours of discussion.
Anyway, the peace talks with Tsarist Russia have caused rumors to spread within the allied camp. Although Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy and Ottoman Turkey did not pay much attention to it. On the one hand, it is because it still looks down on Eastern countries in its bones, and on the other hand, China has done what it can do. It defeated Britain in South Asia and Japan in North Korea, and has won considerable help for the European battlefield.
It's just that the German Empire influenced it, these countries had to develop a prejudice against China.
Nowadays, the matter of peace talks between China and Russia is dealing with low-key, which may be a way to alleviate the pressure of the alliance.
On the evening of the day when the agreement was signed, Wu Shaoting held a banquet at the Presidential Palace again. The matter of warmly entertaining Kerensky and others was settled. China and Russia can finally resolve the conflict legitimately. This is a heart-wrenching problem for Wu Shaoting and Kerensky.
After letting go of this psychological burden, everyone was very happy at this banquet
Just halfway through the banquet, Kerensky also specifically proposed to meet with Wu Shaoting alone, but there was no formal conversation about this meeting. It was just that Kerensky personally learned about the Asian Community Plan from Wu Shaoting, including the purpose of the Community Plan and the direction of future development.
Wu Shaoting was thinking a little bit about this. After all, the Asian Community plan is centered on the Republic of China. The interests of the overall plan are ultimately gathered on the Republic of China. Therefore, the content about the Asian Community is an inside story that may be unspeakable. Of course, he will not say everything, and even try to be vague in some official introductions that were originally semi-public.
He is not a fool. Since Kerensky came to him so deliberately to inquire about the Asian Community plan, it naturally means that the Tsarist Russian Empire was somewhat interested in this plan. No matter what the Tsarist Russian Empire was planning, before China lays a solid foundation for the Asian community, any country that is not in the plan is a threat.
Today's world is not a period of peaceful development. Any attempt to divide the interests of the country will be regarded as hostile and even likely to trigger war.
Wu Shaoting did not think about expanding the Asian community in the true sense. In order to cope with the threat of Western powers, it is inevitable that Asian countries should be united as much as possible. Even like Japan, India and the Tsarist Russian Empire can fight for it. But for now, what he values is how to take advantage of the chaos in the Tsarist Russian Empire and take the opportunity to collect interests from the Tsarist Russian Empire. When the Tsarist Russian Empire has no time to expand abroad, he will seize the territory of Asian forces as much as possible.
If the Tsarist Russian Empire joins the Asian Community, and thus the Tsarist Russian Empire develops with the help of the Asian Community, it will not only make these Russians turn against each other, but will directly lead to China losing the opportunity to gain more benefits.
Therefore, at this time, he did not want Tsarist Russia to interfere in the Asian Community. He just gave a brief introduction to the harmonious relationship between the two sides.
Although Kerensky vaguely felt Wu Shaoting's conservative side in the Asian Community Plan, he didn't think too much about it. The reason why he asked about this was just to find some common interests from it. Moreover, he has no definite concept of the Asian Community Plan now. Even if Wu Shaoting introduced him in detail, he could not make a decision immediately.
After the banquet, both Chinese and Russian officials had fun. Everyone greeted each other and then returned to the resting place to end the day's activities.
From the second day, Wu Shaoting focused all his energy on cultural and educational construction. No matter what Zhang Taiyan's attitude was, since he had made a solemn promise to the other party, as the head of state, he had to fulfill this promise. Not only that, since it was originally a national cause, he should do his best to do his best. A country without a strong cultural and educational foundation, even if it has a strong industrial foundation, it is just a blank space
On the night when Zhang Taiyan made a big fuss in the Presidential Office, the staff of the Presidential Office began to actively work hard to contact the functional departments of news, culture and education, began to draft relevant budget plans, and focused on counting educational resources across the country, and formulated a basic framework and basic situation for the current status of China's cultural and educational undertakings.
Chapter completed!