Chapter 593: Secret Talks Between Britain and Australia

The powerful British are always busy, because they need to deal with affairs all over the world to ensure the continued strength of the British Empire.

However, the British are in a much better mood now than before World War I. After eliminating the two threats of Russia and Germany, France and the United States are the only countries that can threaten the dominance of the British Empire.

The losses suffered by the French in the war were terrible. Without a dozen or twenty years of recuperation, it is difficult to restore their previous competitiveness.

The United States, another theoretically the strongest competitor, has also been involved in the wars in the Philippines and Central America. In addition, its international reputation and status have been greatly damaged, and it has been excluded from the World Alliance.

Although Britain's current position in the World Alliance is not the only one, it is definitely the strongest among many countries.

While maintaining a good alliance with Australasia, the Anglo-Australian alliance is far greater than the Franco-Russian alliance, and the strength of British countries is far greater than other countries.

After confirming that the French have focused on building factories in Germany for a short time, the British are relieved and focus on the Central American War that started a year ago.

The outbreak of the Nicaraguan Civil War caught the British off guard, but it also quickly gave the British an opportunity to control the Panama Canal.

Regardless of whether the British took action in history, the British at this point in time did pay extraordinary attention and action.

The successive interventions of the British and Australasia are also the reason why the Americans have been unable to resolve the Central American War.

There is no way. Britain and Australasia have already made a strong statement, which also means that the Americans cannot expand and escalate this conflict into a large-scale war.

After all, facing the strong intervention of two powers, if there are no two powers of the same size to compete, the probability of failure is very high.

Under the premise that the islanders are unwilling to give everything to help the Americans, the Americans can no longer find another power of equal strength in the world to help him.

You can't rely on Italy, right? Italy was blocked as soon as it declared war on the ocean. If the British are willing, they can even promote the joint division of Italy with France and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Americans have not asked the French for their opinions, but the current France is not the former founding father of the United States.

The French are already afraid of war, and it is even less likely that they will actually confront the British Empire.

The competition between the French and the British is more like a diplomatic competition. The French will try their best to win over more small and medium-sized countries to form diplomatic suppression, rather than tearing their faces and directly threatening with force.

After all, the French also understand the current gap between France and Britain. In addition, they have been frightened by the casualties of World War I. Even if they have the strength, the French will not easily start a world war.

In mid-March, the British diplomatic department contacted Australasia again to discuss the current situation of the Central American war.

David, the British ambassador to Australasia, asked Arthur to meet with him and asked him directly about his thoughts on ending the current Central American war.

"End the war in Central America?" Arthur asked with a little curiosity.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The war in Central America has been going on for more than a year. This is a just war for the Central American people to resist foreign invasion forces. Now it is time to end this war, let Central America return to the embrace of peace, and the people of Central America can enjoy the good life brought by peace again." Ambassador David said with a smile.

"How to end this war? The Americans have invested a lot in the war, right? Doesn't this mean that we have to start a full-scale war with the United States?" Arthur asked with interest.

The US government, which has experienced two consecutive blows in the Philippines and Central America, has invested a lot in this Central American war.

If it weren't for the face of Australasia and the British, and the fear of causing a full-scale war, I'm afraid the US government would have dispatched all the army and navy.

Because there is no suppression from the navy, only some US army is resisting, and the war advantage in America is still on the side of the Central American countries.

You know, Britain's aid to these countries also cost a lot.

In order to achieve the goal of occupying the Panama Canal and reduce the strength of the Americans, the British invested tens of millions of pounds in this war and provided a large number of weapons and equipment to many Central American countries.

With these weapons and equipment assisted by the United Kingdom, the American countries did not have a gap in firepower when facing the US army.

Although there are some differences in training quality, the Central American army has a stronger desire to fight, which has also leveled the combat strength of both sides to a considerable extent.

There is a reason why Nicaragua drove the US army out in history. Without a full-scale war, the combat strength of the US army is not so strong, and it cannot form an all-round crushing of these small and medium-sized countries.

If this were Germany in the past, even if the Central American countries united, they would not be able to break through the defense line of the German army.

The former strength of the German army is really not a paper data. The First World War was supported for such a long time under the persistence of the four major powers of Britain, France, Russia and Australia. The Germans were the biggest reason.

Although some bad measures taken by France and Russia in the war were also the reason for prolonging the war, if the German army was not too strong, the First World War might have ended in less than one or two years.

"The Americans don't seem to have the courage to start a full-scale war, Your Majesty." David explained with a smile: "If the Americans reject our peace proposal, then it's time to hold a joint exercise in the Atlantic and Pacific."

The strength of the Americans is also relative, at least not so huge in front of the British.

Although the American economy and industry have created a rather exaggerated war potential, do the Americans really have the courage and confidence to start a full-scale war with Britain and Australasia at this moment?

The war potential also takes a long time to realize. The current US Navy is far inferior to the combined navies of Britain and Australasia. This also means that if it is only a war between three countries, it is inevitable that the United States will be strongly landed.

Moreover, the completely different political views of President Coolidge and President Wilson are also an important reason why the British government decided to be tough on the United States.

Long before President Wilson, the United States' usual policy was isolationism, and it habitually excluded itself from the world situation and developed itself steadily.

Although this has created the largest industry and economy at present, it has also made the Americans' attitude too peaceful and unwilling to interfere in world disputes and wars.

Even President Wilson, who advocated war, promised in his campaign manifesto during the election that the United States would not be involved in the war and would ensure the independence and peace of the United States at all times.

The United States did not gain anything in World War I, but instead wasted tens of billions of dollars in vain because of the right to participate in World War I.

Then the flu caused a sharp decline in the reputation of Americans. The American people were even more opposed to the war than before World War I, and the isolationism of the United States was mentioned again.

President Coolidge and his predecessor President Warren were both traditional classical liberal conservatives, advocating a small government in politics, promoting policies of saving government spending, reducing taxes, and unlimited support for the development of large private enterprises, and implementing the "Taylor system" in factories.

In particular, President Coolidge was the former vice president who was appointed after President Warren's death, which led to President Coolidge's low level of support among the people.

This year is the official election of the United States. If President Coolidge cannot gain the trust of the American people, then the US government will have to look forward to a new president.

It is precisely because of the timing of the US election that President Coolidge is confident that he will not start a full-scale war at such a time that today's meeting was held.

After hearing David's explanation, Arthur nodded and still approved of the British decision and the current timing.

Although the United States is indeed strong, the US government is not united.

Especially Coolidge, who advocates small governmentism, because of Coolidge's laissez-faire, the power of state governments is also quite huge.

In some states with relatively large powers, the influence of state governments is even greater than that of the national government, which also doomed President Coolidge's position to be not as stable as imagined.

"Since we want to weaken the Americans, we might as well add the war in the Philippines." Arthur smiled and put forward his request: "The war in the Philippines is also a just war of the Filipino people against the United States, and it is also worthy of our strong support."

Arthur's attitude is also very clear. There is no problem in jointly pressuring the United States to end the Central American War, but the war in the Philippines must also be added.

Taking this opportunity to end the war in the Philippines is also good for Australasia. After all, if it drags on for too long, whether Australasia can control this war is a question.

Only by controlling the Philippines early and cultivating this country into a loyal younger brother can it play its due role in future wars.

The population of tens of millions in the Philippines can at least contribute hundreds of thousands of troops. If these people are promised high rewards, their desire to fight may not be low.

After all, in name, they are fighting for their country of the Philippines, and their desire to fight must be stronger than those colonial troops.

Even before the war, a country with a population of tens of millions is a medium-sized market, and it is also very suitable to be a dumping ground for Australasia's industrial products.

Looking at Arthur with a smile on his face, David naturally understood that this was Arthur's condition. If he wanted Australasia's military support, he must also add the ending of the Philippine War.

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