1855 United States Tycoon

At 10 am on November 3, 1897, the United States government announced the results of its investigation into the Caribbean Pearl shipwreck. The United States government claimed that after their serious investigation, including the study of the salvaged shipwreck, as well as the investigation of survivors and witnesses, they finally came to the conclusion that the Caribbean Pearl was placed on the ship. It was destroyed by a large bomb at the bottom. Taking into account the situation in the port at the time, the United States government believed that only the Spanish who directly controlled the port had the opportunity to plant a bomb of this size under the ship. Because the United States government believes that the Spanish government should be responsible for the shipwreck.

The news immediately shook the whole world. Although the previous United States newspapers have been attacking the Spaniards with great firepower, the accusations of the newspapers and the accusations of the United States government are completely different. Now that the United States government has made such a determination, it fully demonstrates that the United States government not only does not intend to calm the situation, but also intends to further tension the situation and possibly even launch a war.

In the afternoon, the President of United States summoned the Spanish ambassador, asked the Spanish government to give an explanation immediately, and submitted an ultimatum to the Spanish government, asking the Spanish government to respond within 72 hours.

In this ultimatum, the United States government requested the Spanish government to immediately and unconditionally withdraw all its troops from Cuba, recognize Cuba’s independence, and pay corresponding compensation to the Caribbean Pearl.

Obviously, such a condition was completely unacceptable by the Spanish government, so after the ultimatum was put forward, the Times directly reported the news with the title "United States and Spain are going to war":

"Obviously, the investigation report given by the United States government is completely untenable. After the incident, the United States battleship New York immediately launched rescue work and took control of the area where the shipwreck occurred. Then the sunken ship was salvaged. Later, the Spanish government’s request for a joint inspection was also rejected by the United States government. That is to say, the investigation of the key evidence-the remains of the sunken ship was completely carried out in a black box by the United States government. There are almost no such investigation reports. The credibility can be said.

And this conclusion is completely unreasonable logically. The Spanish situation in Cuba is not good. Even without this incident, how long their rule can last is a question. At this moment, how dare they initiate a challenge to United States? What are the benefits of this approach? On the contrary, if we consider who will be the biggest beneficiary of this disaster, then we may have a completely new view of this disaster.

The United States government took advantage of this incident, and their ultimatum was almost insincere. The conditions they put forward are almost on the same level as the confession that Rome put forward to Carthage. They are directly asking the Spaniards to surrender unconditionally. Obviously, it is impossible for the Spaniards to accept such conditions anyway. So from this point of view, if the United States wants to start a war, the Spaniards have no choice but to fight.

At this time, the only thing that can maintain world order and peace, and the only thing that can calm down those greedy and hypocritical United States people and continue to pretend to be civilized, is the greatest army in the world-the Royal Navy of the British Empire. I dare say that if it were not for the invincible Royal Navy, many years ago, the people of United States would have extended their magical claws to Cuba.

This time, it is not without reason that the people of United States dared to take risks. Because they knew that the British Empire encountered some troubles in South Africa. They thought they could use South Africa to contain the power of the British Empire so that the British Empire had no time to look around. But they probably underestimated..."

In Spain, the sentiments are even more exciting. Today's Spain has long been not the Qingda country that crisscrossed the Seven Seas in the great voyage era, but a backward and declining empire. Not to mention that compared with Britain, Germany and France, even if it is compared with Italy, which has just recently become independent, it is still far behind. Today, the United States has even slightly surpassed the United Kingdom in terms of industrial strength. (Of course, this does not mean that United States is stronger by the United Kingdom. It is like you and one of your colleagues both earn 10,000 yuan a month, but this does not mean that you and your colleagues have the same financial strength. For example, you have just started work, and your colleague has been working for ten years) Spain is naturally less of an opponent.

But like all declining empires, it is very difficult to admit that you have declined. The more declining empires, the more they like to use arrogance to hide their own low self-esteem, so the easier it is to show arrogance. Spain is no exception.

"Teach those United States guys a good lesson!"

"Hit Hua Sheng, stop and burn the White House!"

"Let those America barbarians know how great it is!"

This kind of overpowering clamor is also full of Spanish media. Under these conditions, the Spanish government finally responded to the United States ultimatum:

"United States’ accusation against our country is totally groundless. According to our on-site investigation and investigation, the ship exploded from inside. It is entirely possible that the ship carried some flammable and explosive goods. Yes. Even its explosion itself was a complete conspiracy. Some warmongers tried to use this method to provoke war!

In the sinking of the Caribbean Pearl, Spain has nothing to blame, so we naturally will not accept any blackmail, even war. Our Kingdom of Spain is a peace-loving country (the Incas and Aztecs must agree with this), but we are never afraid of war. If the United States wants to impose war on us, then we must bravely fight. , Don’t have to choose! "

...

"Great! This is great!" William McKinley was very happy after receiving the Spanish reply. He told the members of the own cabinet, "You go to the Congress to contact the Congress. I will go to Congress early tomorrow morning to speak to the members of Congress and ask them to agree to let us declare war on the Spanish!"

"Okay, Mr. President."

...

"Uncle, the Spaniard rejected our ultimatum." Donald was beaming.

"Ah, Donald, isn't this what was expected?" Scrooge showed no joy. "Oh, Donald, let Grey Stone come here for a while."

After a while, Grey Stone came to Scrooge's room.

"Grey Stone, tomorrow the United States will declare war on Spain. Then you are responsible for spreading the rumor that the Spanish fleet has already set off, but they did not go to Cuba, but to our west coast. I am ready to attack those cities that lack vigilance and protection. Do you understand?" Scrooge said.

"Understood, Dad." Grey Stone replied, and at the same time he raised his head and glanced at Donald, thinking, "It seems that the military industry can sell a lot of forts."

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