Chapter 554: Similar Current Situation (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)

The British were busy with the Irish affairs at this time, but they also had a fellow sufferer, that is, the United States, which was declared war by the Philippines for no reason.

As long as other powers do not intervene, the Irish problem is not so difficult. This is good news for the British, after all, the situation of France and the United States is not so good at this time.

If the Irish War of Independence was just the spontaneous resistance of the Irish against the British rule, then the Philippine War of Independence was much more severe than the Irish war.

Because of the support of Australasia, the Philippine army still maintained its advantage over the US army.

Such an advantage is not limited to the number of people, but also not much different in terms of weapons and equipment.

Because there is an entire Pacific Ocean between them, it costs a lot for Americans to transport weapons to the Philippines.

At present, the American army in the Philippines has only two divisions, and the number of these two divisions is obviously not enough to resist the total size of all the independent armies in the Philippines, which is more than 150,000.

What's more terrible is that the current situation in the United States is not much better than that in the United Kingdom. In fact, the United States is the worse one when compared with the two.

Speaking of the poor current situation of the Americans, we have to mention the various measures taken by President Wilson during his term of office.

As we all know, the United States is a diversified immigrant country. The population in the United States comes from all over the world, including whites, yellows and blacks.

Although these are theoretical American populations, it was still the European era at that time, and there were still a large number of people who held the mentality of white superiority and looked down on other races except whites.

As the president of the United States, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was a relatively pure white supremacist.

How serious was his racial discrimination?

It was President Wilson who promoted the racial segregation policy of black Americans in the 20th century, and even defended the former slavery in the United States: "The slaves had been treated generously and even affectionately by their masters."

Under the promotion of President Wilson, the various departments and agencies of the US government soon introduced the racial segregation system, and even the District of Columbia had a law prohibiting marriage between different races.

The postal and telecommunications departments, the financial departments and the printing office all had quite strict segregation measures, and even completely covered facilities such as restaurants, bathhouses, offices and lounges.

Even racial segregation was no longer satisfied with simply separating whites and blacks, and began to pursue the direct reduction and dismissal of the number of black employees, and the pursuit of more pure white government agencies.

In the face of opposition from southern states, President Wilson even abolished the practice of his two predecessors and did not appoint black officials to the Treasury Department's registry and other federal agencies.

Such a relatively strict attitude of racial segregation set the tone for President Wilson's black policy throughout his term, and indirectly influenced many subsequent US presidents.

It was not until President Truman's term that such a strict racial segregation system was abolished, and American blacks were able to enter more departments of the country.

If Wilson was a president from the South of the United States, or if his background was famous for discrimination against blacks, then the current situation in the United States would not be as chaotic as it is now.

But the problem is that when Wilson ran for president, he vowed to support the demands of black voters, which also made many black voters who supported the Republican Party turn to President Wilson's Democratic Party.

In other words, these black voters were the foundation of President Wilson's rule and a considerable part of his broad supporters.

Starting in 1918, during President Wilson's second term, the situation in the United States became quite complicated.

During the flu, the government and the consortium blamed each other. German Americans were discriminated against by other Americans during World War I, and they were also quite dissatisfied with President Wilson's decision to join the war.

In addition, in recent times, Irish Americans have also been dissatisfied with President Wilson's failure to publicly support Ireland's independence, which has made President Wilson's position in the last period of his term very precarious.

This is not over yet. Since the second half of 1919, President Wilson's health has been much worse than before.

Because he was diagnosed with a serious stroke, his left half of the body was even completely paralyzed, and his left eye became blind.

In addition, many of his political partners and allies parted ways with him. President Wilson's ruling foundation in the United States has been destroyed, and the US government is far less stable than it seems.

Moreover, the United States has the same common problem as other participating countries, that is, it does not pay attention to the issue of post-war recovery.

Although the United States participated in the war for a short time, there are still hundreds of thousands of army soldiers who need to be retired.

Because the war ended so hastily, the United States had no resettlement plan for these soldiers. Some of them had not even received their salaries and were forced to go to the United States penniless.

In addition, farmland prices suffered a bubble-like collapse during the war, causing a considerable number of farmers to go bankrupt or fall into debt due to newly purchased land.

This also led to a major strike by workers in the steel and meat processing industries in 1919, and racial riots also spread in Chicago, Omaha and other cities.

Although such a crisis was not enough to shake the huge industry and economy of the United States, it actually meant that some Americans were already quite dissatisfied with Wilson's rule.

This group of people also includes the US military. Because President Wilson did not pay much attention to veterans, even those soldiers who had just gone to Europe and were sent back to the United States could not get their salaries at all.

Under such circumstances, these American soldiers naturally could not work fanatically for the government, which also delayed the progress of the Philippine War.

With the help of the US Navy, the US army successfully landed in Manila.

But there was no more. The two divisions of the US army were only responsible for stationing in Manila, occasionally dealing with attacks from the Philippine independence army, and had no intention of taking the initiative to attack.

Enjoying the supply of materials from the United States, but passively slacking off in the war, this can be regarded as the US military's response to the government's dissatisfaction with its attitude after World War I.

Although passive slacking off made these American soldiers very comfortable, the total number of casualties in the past few months in the Philippines was only a few hundred.

But this was a hardship for the US government headed by President Wilson. The delay in resolving the Philippine issue became a means for the Republicans to attack President Wilson and the Democratic Party, and also made President Wilson almost a sinner in the entire United States during the last period of his term.

For Arthur, the current situation in the Philippines is completely acceptable, and he is even happy to see it.

First of all, most of the Philippines is currently under the control of three independent forces supported by Australasia, which also means that the Philippines has essentially escaped from the control of the United States.

Moreover, as long as the US military is in Manila, the US government needs to continuously transport supplies to Manila to ensure that the army will not lack supplies.

The transportation of supplies across the entire Pacific Ocean is not so simple. The cost of loss in transportation alone is sometimes even more expensive than the supplies themselves.

As long as the Philippine War of Independence is not over, the Americans will be spent in the Philippines for a day, and such expenses are undoubtedly huge.

On the premise of substantially controlling the Philippines, the attention of the Americans can be completely drawn to the Philippines. This deal is quite cost-effective.

Of course, in order to truly solve the problem of the Philippines, it is also very important to obtain support from the British Empire.

But at present, the attention of the British is also drawn to Ireland, which also means that before solving the Philippine problem, the Irish problem must be solved first.

If there is no intervention from any external forces, the final solution to the Irish problem should be similar to the historical trend.

But this is not a good thing for the British Empire, nor is it a good thing for Australasia, which has a close relationship with the British Empire.

First of all, the result of World War I also means that there is bound to be a more tragic World War II.

In this era, Russia has been weakened too much, and Soviet Russia and Tsarist Russia are not the opponents of the historical Russia.

This also means that if World War II is still launched by the Germans, it will be very difficult to resist the German attack with the current strength of France and Russia.

Although there is still a long way to go before the theoretical outbreak of World War II, this distance is not enough for the strength of Russia and France to change dramatically.

This also means that Britain and Australasia will also have to contribute a lot in World War II. In particular, Britain, which is only separated from the European continent by the English Channel, must become the main country in World War II.

In this case, the strength of the British becomes very important. The stronger Britain is, the greater the chance of resisting the German attack.

In order to reduce the casualties of Australasia in World War II, it is still very important to protect the strength of Britain and France in disguise.

At present, the British still need international assistance in dealing with the Irish issue.

Such assistance is not military assistance, but diplomatic assistance.

There is no need to worry about the British military strength. No matter how weak the army is, it is still no problem to crush the Irish Republican Army.

The problem is that Britain must be placed on the righteous side of this war of independence and reverse the current moral disadvantage of the British, so that it is logical to use force to suppress this rebellion.

The good news is that Arthur is quite familiar with the mobilization and influence of public opinion, and Australasia also has its own intelligence agencies and public opinion channels in Europe.

Moreover, as long as Arthur and Australasia stand up and firmly support Britain, no matter what the final outcome is, the relationship between Britain and Australasia will definitely be further improved.

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