Chapter 607 Bottom Line

Arthur's decisive refusal was beyond the expectations of the American ambassador, and also made the American ambassador, who originally thought that he could achieve his goal, stunned.

After desperately thinking about how to deal with it, the American ambassador said with a slightly embarrassed look: "Your Majesty, are you really not going to consider it again? The United States is willing to become an ally of Australasia on both sides of the Pacific Ocean and jointly manage and rule the entire Pacific Ocean.

If your country is willing, we can deepen cooperation in industry and economy, which is good for the development of both countries."

This time Arthur shook his head more decisively. It is true that the industrial and economic scale of the United States is the largest in the world, but it is only a few years away from the Great Depression.

If the economic ties with the United States are deepened, the United States, which is the most severely affected by the Great Depression, will inevitably implicate Australasia.

What's more, Arthur is still clear about the truth that there can't be two tigers in one mountain. Although the Pacific Ocean is large, it is not a territory that can share influence with other countries for the world powers with ever-changing technology.

The previous Pacific policy of the United States has also proved that Americans are very ambitious and even want to rule both sides of the Pacific Ocean.

Under such circumstances, the strategy proposed by the Americans to jointly divide and rule the Pacific Ocean is probably fictitious and impossible to be fully realized.

Compared with the Americans, the current British aid is obviously more reliable. Although the British industrial scale and economic size are not as good as those of the United States, fortunately, Britain is a European country, and the conflict with Australasia is far less than that with France and the United States.

Even after Britain is weakened in the future, Britain will need Australasia as an ally even more. Such a relationship is what Arthur needs.

Arthur shook his head again and made a gesture to the guard next to him to send him away.

The guard understood and sent the American representative away respectfully on the surface.

The American ambassador came to Arthur in person, which made him feel that the Americans' reaction at this time should be a little panic.

They are also afraid of the union of the entire world alliance, because this not only means to fight against multiple powerful countries, but also means that the United States is on the opposite side of Europe.

Although the United States is currently the largest industrial country and the strongest economic country, if it is spurned by European countries, Americans will not be able to exert much international influence.

Because the center of the world is still in Europe, the influence of European countries is still ahead of the United States to a certain extent.

As the saying goes, "take advantage of his illness to kill him."

Arthur would not hesitate to let the Australasian representative propose a proposal to further urge the United States to withdraw its troops at the next World League meeting.

It has been more than a week since the World League formally asked the United States to withdraw its troops.

Because the US military has not made any moves, the World League can fully justify the urging, which is also something the US government cannot refute.

The pressure from the World League and the pressure from domestic demonstrations work together. I believe that the US government under President Coolidge will definitely sweat profusely.

Because it is an issue that has been passed, there are not many countries that oppose the urging again, and it was passed normally at the regular meeting of the World League.

On September 11, 1924, the World League again issued a notice to the US government, asking the US government to speed up the pace of withdrawal and complete the withdrawal as soon as possible within three months.

If the US military has not completely left Central America and the Philippines after three months, it will be regarded as a destruction of world peace and a provocation to the World League. The World League has the right to hold the United States accountable for its actions.

In order to show their importance and supervision of the US withdrawal, Britain and Australasia specifically requested the World Alliance Conference to send a fleet to supervise in Central America and the Philippines.

The actual supervision role is fake, and the role of showing off and provoking the Americans is real.

Because the fleet sent by Australasia is very simple, and there are not even battleships, but only battlecruisers built before World War I.

But the problem is that the fleets of Australasia and Britain are parked outside the port openly. Does the US military dare to fight back?

After all, the place where they are parked is not the territorial waters of the United States, and the act of supervising the withdrawal of the United States with the consent of the World Alliance is completely legal and compliant.

If the United States takes the lead in attacking, wouldn’t it be giving the reason for the declaration of war to Australasia and Britain in person?

At that time, the United States will not only face Australasia and Britain, but also the alliance of the entire World Alliance.

Since the second warning of the World Alliance was sent to the US government, President Coolidge has never been in a good mood.

Originally, it was hoped that Australasia would give up its support for Britain and turn this conflict into a unilateral competition between the United States and Britain.

But unexpectedly, Australasia would not give up supporting Britain at all, which turned the conflict directly into a disagreement between the World Alliance and the United States.

Although it was actually a confrontation between Britain and Australasia and the United States, it had risen to a confrontation between the World Alliance and the United States in name.

And because the World Alliance is an official alliance formed by dozens of large, medium and small countries around the world, it seems that the United States has become a single-handed confrontation with the whole world.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the whole world can't be wrong, right? If you have to choose one that seems to be wrong between the United States and the World Alliance, most people's first choice will be the United States.

"Mr. President, at present, our only hope may be to keep the Panama Canal." In President Coolidge's office, the US Secretary of State said to President Coolidge with a little helplessness.

"How to keep the Panama Canal?" President Coolidge asked palely.

"War." The US Secretary of State said firmly: "We can lose the Philippines and Central America, but we must not lose the Panama Canal.

Losing the Philippines and Central America is just a stigma. After all, the Philippine War did not start during your term.

But the Panama Canal is different. If we lose the Panama Canal, we, the government, will suffer."

"I believe the British do not want to see a full-scale war with us. War is our last confidence, Mr. President." The US Secretary of State said:

"Either take Central America and the Philippines peacefully, or start a full-scale war with the United States to obtain Panama. Let the British choose. We have no way out."

President Coolidge was silent for a long time, and finally nodded helplessly.

"Send a telegram to the British government. I hope to start a negotiation with them if they are unwilling to start a super war." President Coolidge said.

"Yes! Mr. President." The US Secretary of State nodded.

On September 17, 1924, a meeting was officially held in Sydney, Australia.

The participants in this meeting were three countries, which were also the main parties involved in this incident, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

In fact, the original venue for the negotiations was London, but in order to avoid the attention of European countries and to make the negotiations go smoothly, the final venue was chosen in Sydney, Australia.

Anyway, Australia is also the main country in this incident, so it is more appropriate to choose Sydney.

After all, the venue of the talks is generally in the country with an advantage, and there are only two countries to choose from, which are nothing more than Australia and Britain.

Before the start of this meeting, Australia and Britain had already made contact with the British side and united to fight for their respective interests.

This is also natural. The incident has developed to the point where it is now. The cooperation between Australasia and Britain cannot be broken up by a little bit of interest.

At the beginning of the talks, the British attitude was very firm. The United States must withdraw from the entire Central America and hand over the management of the Panama Canal to Panama.

It seems that the British will not gain any benefits, but if there is a picture of the situation near Central America, it can be seen that Britain is the closest power to Central America after the withdrawal of the United States.

As for handing over the management of the Panama Canal to Panama, in fact, it is obvious with toes that the management of the Panama Canal will not fall into the hands of Panama.

After the British control Central America, they will inevitably control Panama, the southernmost part of Central America. Will the British who control Panama not be tempted by the Panama Canal?

The requirements of Australasia are very simple, that is, the United States allows the independence of the Philippines and withdraws all American troops in the Philippines and El Salvador.

As for the United States, Australasia’s requirements are not mentioned for the time being, and the British requirements will definitely not be agreed.

If the British demands were agreed, it would undoubtedly mean handing over Central America and the Panama Canal to others.

The Americans also put forward their own conditions. The Philippines, Nicaragua and El Salvador could be given up, but the control over Panama and the Panama Canal must be guaranteed.

This was obviously very different from the British demands, and the British would never agree to it.

As the negotiations reached a stalemate, whichever side could gain an advantage in name actually had an advantage in the negotiations.

After the negotiations reached a stalemate, the British were not annoyed. After communicating with Australasia, the two countries launched a new round of public opinion bombardment, buying more American media to report on the United States' behavior in the Central American War.

This is not over yet. The massacre of Indians by the United States was also widely reported by these media, awakening the memory of history of many Americans.

Although the behavior of European powers in colonies was not glorious, the United States's exploitation of Indian land after independence and the cruel massacre policy adopted against Indians were no less cruel than those of European powers.

There are also conflicts between white and black Americans, conflicts between the ruling party and the opposition party, and so on. In short, how can we let the United States report whatever it wants? Whoever can report such news can make money.

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