Chapter 1310: Diverting the Trouble to the East

Compared to losing the war, giving concessions to East Africa is obviously not unacceptable. Today, Prime Minister David and other British senior officials have been very clear that no country can stop the rise of East Africa and the United States, two countries outside Europe.

Not to mention East Africa and the United States, two countries with relatively strong strength among the great powers, even Japan is not a younger brother that Britain can easily control.

Even if East Africa did not appear, Japan's development in the past was beyond the control of Britain. Later, Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations led by Britain and France was a good proof. During World War II, Japan even hit Britain hard in the South Pacific.

Japan is certainly not as strong as Britain, but Japan is far enough away from Britain. This is Japan's advantage. Even relying on the advantage of its geographical location, Japan can compete with the United States, which is also a Pacific power.

East Africa and the United States are not far away from Britain. After all, theoretically, all three are part of the Atlantic coastal countries, but the size of East Africa and the United States is several levels higher than that of Japan.

As the world develops today, it can be said that the world order dominated by traditional powers such as Britain and France in the past has reached the brink of collapse, and even Europe's status as the world's "center of civilization" has been challenged.

This is the first time since the Age of Discovery when European countries rose rapidly and became the founders and leaders of the new world order.

The root cause of this situation is the rapid rise of the United States and East Africa in North America and Africa respectively.

From the last decade of the 19th century, the United States officially surpassed Britain to become the world's largest industrial country, and then in the early 20th century, East Africa became the new world factory.

The rise of the two powers gave North America and Africa the strength and confidence to compete with Europe, although the United States and East Africa, the two countries, still have a significant gap with Europe in terms of population, economy, industry, military and so on.

However, this gap can be eliminated in other aspects, and the most important point is that both the United States and East Africa belong to a unified country.

The overall strength of the European continent is still strong, but the presence of many countries makes them far inferior to East Africa and the United States in terms of resource integration, and they are caught in internal friction. The outbreak of World War I in Europe today is an important proof of this.

Of course, Russia also has good potential, especially after the Russian Labor Party took control of the country's political power. As long as it makes up for its shortcomings in industry, Russia will obviously be the next world superpower capable of standing on equal footing with the United States, East Africa and the United Kingdom, which still has its residual power.

These four countries, if nothing unexpected happens, will be the leaders of the world order for some time to come, until the next reshuffle comes.

As for France and Germany, according to the current strength of the two countries, they are considered to be secondary political forces in the world. Unless Europe is integrated, it will be difficult to compete with the other four countries.

This is what France and Germany have been doing for a long time, but it is obvious that no one in non-European countries, including the United Kingdom, wants such a powerful country to be born in Europe.

Of course, France has one more option than Germany, that is, the integration of Africa and the mainland, but this path is slightly less difficult than competing for European hegemony. To solve this problem, France's population fertility problem must be solved first.

In addition to Germany and France, Russia and Britain can also get involved in European hegemony. As an island country, Britain is basically doomed to fail to achieve this goal.

If Russia can achieve it, it will be extremely terrifying. Russia's economic size, land area, population, etc. are enough to support its superpower status. If it controls the whole of Europe, other countries can basically only submit to Russia.

Obviously, neither the United States nor East Africa can allow such a terrorist regime to be born on the Eurasian continent, so restricting Russia's development will be a problem that the United States, East Africa, and other countries have to face together.

Of course, the future changes in the world pattern are too far away for Britain today. Now the most important task of the British government is to delay the sinking of the old world order ship that Britain is steering.

Prime Minister David looked at the gray sky outside the window and said weakly: "Since the beginning of the new century, the problems faced by the empire have been unprecedentedly serious, and challengers are lining up to wait for the moment when the empire shows weakness."

"As long as we show signs of decline, the world hegemony that the empire has maintained for hundreds of years will collapse."

As he said this, he clenched his fists and slammed the desktop of his desk hard, saying: "So we have no way out. At this time, we must first suppress Germany in Europe. In order to achieve this goal, any sacrifice is worth it."

"When we solve Germany, we can continue to act as the arbitrator of the world order, unite with France, integrate the power of Europe, compete with the United States, East Africa and other countries outside Europe, and strangle the Russian Labor Party, the most evil force in the world."

The win or loss between imperialism will not threaten the interests of these meat eaters anyway. At most, the loser will bow to the winner and make a contribution. The people who are screwing the screws in the midst of suffering can still be domineering.

And the Russian Labor Party is really going for their heads, so the rulers of imperialist countries regard the World Labor Party as a serious threat.

Of course, for the current British government, the Russian Labour Party is a long-term concern, while Germany is a short-term threat. After all, Britain cannot spare the energy to interfere in Russia’s internal affairs.

Balfour agreed with the Prime Minister's insight: "First solve the problem of Germany and the Allies, and then deal with Russia. In any case, the Allies are our direct threat at present."

"After defeating the Allies, we can concentrate European power and draw on the United States, East Africa, Japan and other countries to intervene in Russia and restore order in Russia."

"So, at this stage, our compromise with East Africa is the safest way. Only by preventing East Africa from joining the Central Powers can the empire survive the most dangerous period, and I think East Africa should not be idle."

"While we are fighting the Allies, East Africa should also be busy, especially against the Russian Labor Party regime. East Africa should shoulder the responsibility of a great power."

Balfour's move should be regarded as diverting trouble to the east. After all, an East Africa that did not join the war made Britain feel anxious. Only when East Africa gets busy elsewhere can everyone feel more at ease.

Regarding this point, Prime Minister David couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, you still have a way. Then we can also add this to the subsequent negotiations with East Africa. The empire also has many spheres of influence in the Middle East. Let's see if we can Provoke a conflict between the East African and Russian labor parties and let them fight first.”

This can be considered a traditional skill of the British government. The Russian Labor Party is Britain's enemy, and East Africa is Britain's potential competitor. If conflicts break out between these two countries, Britain can reap the benefits.

Of course, it is obviously not an easy thing to trigger a direct conflict between East Africa and the Russian Labor Party. Taking the sphere of influence controlled by the UK as an example, it does border on Russia, but whether it is Persia or Afghanistan, it is not easy to When East Africa was introduced here, it was a difficult thing.

Moreover, Prime Minister David is also afraid of self-defeating. It would be uncomfortable if the introduction of East Africa did not stimulate conflicts between East Africa and Russia, but instead threatened British rule over India.

After all, in the past, in order to stabilize its rule over India, Britain had a lot of thoughts on Afghanistan, Persia, and Central Asia. Now it wants to give these two places to East Africa, which will obviously pose some threats to India's security. .

Therefore, in order to let East Africa enter the Middle East and then threaten Central Asia, a region regarded as forbidden by Russia, it is necessary to grasp the proportion. Although the British currently do not have a deep understanding of the Russian Labor Party regime, the Russians understand Slavic People, the Slavs have never concealed their greed for land.

Prime Minister David does not believe that the Russian Labor Party is as pure as a white lotus as it says. As long as there is selfish desire and humanity, they will inevitably embark on the same path of expansion as the original Tsarist Russia.