Mediterranean Hegemony Road
Chapter 17. Reasonable and legal default
As soon as the League of Nations meeting was over, the diplomatic note reached Washington, and the Wilson administration would not end its days. This is really bullying!
The League of Nations did not take the United States of America seriously at all, and first demanded the US government to hand over the murderer.
But the sky-high indemnity that followed was really killing people. Wilson suddenly discovered that the Germans' indemnity was really not much, at least compared with the sky-high compensation offered by the League of Nations, the former was less than 1% of the latter's!
After the analysis of the think tank, it finally came to the conclusion that the purpose of all countries in the world this time is to destroy the United States of America, and this destruction is not necessarily military, but also economic means!
From this amount of indemnity, it can be seen that the sum of zero and zero is a huge sum of five trillion pounds. How could the U.S. government pay?
Even if it is a bargain, just paying 1% of the indemnity can drag down the US government. Even if it is a 1% indemnity, that is the output value of the American people for decades!
After selling the United States, it is impossible to pay the indemnity, but the League of Nations still proposed it. Of course, in addition to the indemnity, there is also a astronomical fine for crimes against humanity. In short, the US government wants to pass the difficulty this time!
It seems that the amount is huge. If it is evenly distributed in front of each deceased, this number will be the same. It is nothing more than a slightly higher standard. What the Wilson government cannot accept is that the death of the natives also requires them to pay equal compensation!
Nima, according to their previous estimates, the U.S. government will at most pay the pensions of the three million people who died in Europe. The big deal is that he will go to European countries to apologize and walk around. The reality tells him that he thinks so well!
Everyone's morals are not good. When they were alive, the natives were worthless, but now that they are dead, they are legal citizens of others, and the Americans must be responsible! !
Wilson asked: "What do the capitalists say? What explanation do the Kansas consortiums have, they provoked the goods,
Is it time to give an explanation? "
Rice said with a wry smile: "There's no worthwhile answer, everyone's answer is the same, and they don't know.
The capitalists have made a tacit agreement with the Texas Chemical Plant. Even the companies that have had business dealings with the Texas Chemical Plant have recently changed their bosses.
The major consortiums have expressed their anger at this incident, and they are also very helpless about this incident. Some people are even worried about the outbreak of war and are preparing to transfer property. "
Wilson chose to remain silent. Under normal circumstances, the consortium would of course not do this kind of outrageous thing, but judging from the current situation, it gave him the feeling that someone behind seemed to be doing something for the Texas Chemical Plant for real.
And the flu virus is just an accidental product. Whether it is an accident or not, now the US government must turn it into an accident so that it can continue to negotiate with the League of Nations.
To do this, the relevant personnel involved must stand up and explain the cause and effect clearly, instead of all those in the know are dead like now!
Wilson asked: "When will the accident investigation team from the League of Nations arrive in the United States?"
Rice thought for a while and replied: "After half a month, a total of 38 countries have sent representatives to participate. The results of their accident identification this time will determine whether the League of Nations will use force against the United States of America!"
Wilson rubbed his forehead. The biggest crisis since the founding of the United States of America is coming. The public enemy of the world is definitely not that easy to do!
Singled out the things in the world, or leave it to others to do it! With the ethnic composition of the United States, once the pandemic is confirmed, it was created by man-made forces.
For this reason, countries declare war on the US government. Don't expect the patriotic integrity of the general public to be high. The possibility of them taking the initiative to join the army to defend their homeland and defend the country is very likely that they have not yet formed a revolutionary party to launch an uprising!
Therefore, war is absolutely not to be fought, and even if it is to be fought, it cannot be fought with this question! Otherwise they will have no troops and the people will stand against the government!
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Ferdinand smiled and looked at the results of the League of Nations meeting, which was smoother than he had expected in advance. All the evidence pointed to the Americans. Of course, the governments of various countries will be anti-American!
Now European countries, as long as they do not oppose the United States, are national thieves. International public opinion has been guided. The families of the deceased are clamoring for revenge on the Americans. How can politicians speak for the Americans?
Bulgaria's biggest enemy in the future is now embattled on all sides, and the Americans don't expect to be able to reverse the case, at least within a hundred years, the current level of technology will not be able to overturn the conclusion made by the League of Nations!
As for a hundred years later, it's been so long, it's useless to try to reverse the case, right? Is it expected that the participating countries will collectively admit their mistakes and rehabilitate the Americans?
Bearing the hat of crimes against humanity, as the culprit responsible for the deaths of 100 million people around the world, the Wilson government, no matter how powerful it is, has no chance to exert it.
And from now on, the US government has lost the right to attack foreign countries. As long as they dare to take military action abroad, everyone will think of the "American flu" and ethnic cleansing!
Ferdinand said calmly: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that we will not repay all the loans of the Americans, and will also confiscate all the assets of the Americans in Bulgaria for post-disaster reconstruction work!"
Ferdinand is in a very good mood now. After one operation, he doesn't have to pay back the money he owes the Americans, and he can confiscate all their insured assets.
Also, Bulgaria could confiscate their insured assets, but the U.S. government dared not take any action.
The Wilson government has realized that the "American flu" and the leak of the Dexter chemical plant have been tied together. At this time, they are in a loss. As long as the governments of various countries do not send troops to them, then everything is negotiable!
Before this decision was announced, the insured assets of the Americans had actually been seized, but they had not yet been declared confiscated, and were temporarily frozen.
Now the League of Nations has come to the conclusion that it is reasonable and legal to confiscate their property!
Foreign Minister Metev replied: "Yes! But Your Majesty, do we want to take part in military operations against the US government?"
The final investigation conclusion of the League of Nations has not yet come out, but this does not prevent everyone from organizing a coalition and giving the Americans a hard time!
Ferdinand frowned, he hesitated, is it really that easy to win the laborer's expedition to the American continent? If the Americans survived this disaster, they broke the jar, and appeared as the public enemy of the world, what should they do?
"It depends on the attitude of the British. As long as they dare to send the main force of the Royal Navy, we will participate with all our strength. If the British are half-hearted, then we will go through the motions!"
In the end, Ferdinand chose to participate, mainly because the temptation was too great! If the military operation is successful, the United States can be dismembered, and everyone can support an independent country of their own nation.
Although there are not many Bulgarians in the United States, there are still quite a few Slavs. It is also possible to integrate and establish a country. By the way, the tentacles of Bulgaria can be penetrated into the American continent!
It doesn't matter if it fails. The big deal is that the navy has suffered heavy losses. Most of Bulgaria's territory is connected together. The importance of the navy is not that great.
Even if the entire army is wiped out, in two or three years at most, Ferdinand can build a Bulgarian navy again. There is nothing to be afraid of!
This is mainly the sequelae of the aircraft. If it weren't for the birth of the Air Force, it is estimated that now everyone has no nonsense and just called the door.
It is impossible for the U.S. Navy to win the combined fleet formed by various countries, let alone the U.S. Army. Even the Bulgarian militias can look down on them!
However, the United Kingdom still has Canada in the Americas, and the Americans still have Mexico to the south. Countries can still transport their troops there, unless the Americans have the ability to unify the American continent before they launch an attack!
It's not that Ferdinand looks down on them, but to unify the American continent with the strength of the U.S. Army, no one can do it in ten or eight years!
To block the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, it is estimated that the size of the US Navy cannot be tripled. Once the coalition forces have completed the landing anywhere, they will have nothing to do with them!
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When Bulgaria announced its refusal to repay the U.S. debt, the governments of various countries naturally followed suit, made decisions in the shortest time, and joined the army of defaulters!
Everyone has a well-founded default, and the governments of various countries will use this money for post-disaster reconstruction to make up for the losses caused by the "American flu".
The most direct consequence is that the industries that Americans have operated overseas for hundreds of years have been confiscated collectively by governments of various countries in just over a week!
For a time, the American consortium suffered heavy losses. Many weak consortiums even fell into debt crisis, especially the financial institutions engaged in international loans. This time, they all lost their money!
There is no doubt that the biggest profit this time is John Bull. Who told them to have more colonies? The American investment above is naturally more!
The unscrupulous John Bull should have sent the navy to intercept American merchant ships, and if he caught them, he would immediately declare them confiscated. The United States, which had replaced Britain as the world's largest shipping power after the World War, was beaten back to its prototype overnight!
And since June 1919, all foreign trade in the United States has been interrupted, and business is really impossible to do, and there are all robbers outside, who seized American products and confiscated them, and traded for nothing?
The Wilson government can only watch all this happen quietly, not to mention the major powers, and even the puppets supported by the U.S. government have not hesitated to fight back. For example, the Cuban government has confiscated all U.S. assets. Dropped all US debt!
Take action? How to act? Declare war on the world? It is estimated that it is in line with other people's intentions, and governments of various countries are still hesitating whether to do something to them? If the U.S. government takes the initiative to take military action, then no one needs to think about it!
The dissatisfaction of the American people with the Wilson government has reached the highest level in history, and the capitalist consortium has also endured the government to the limit. However, the status of the Wilson government has become more consolidated. The opposition parties have no intention of impeaching the president. This time, he proposed to take the blame and resign!
There is no way, it is useless for anyone to come to power now, this mess is enough to make any politician collapse, and interests bribe and divide and disintegrate the alliance of various countries?
The Wilson government has been doing it all the time, but they didn't expect their opponents to be so ruthless. They directly confiscated all their overseas properties and relinquished all their American debts.
What is the U.S. government going to buy now? People don't need you to reduce or forgive debts, and everyone directly robbed them and bought a hair!
It is obviously not so easy to achieve division and disintegration. Everyone has shared the spoils together, and the hostility to the United States has naturally increased a bit. If the snake does not die, what will happen in the future?
Large countries may not be afraid of the infamous United States, but small countries are afraid? Especially in the Americas, where is it at your doorstep?
In theory, as long as the four countries of Britain, France, and Japan are bought, this crisis will be over. In fact, the biggest problem is that the four countries are difficult to buy.
The opportunity is right in front of you, why should you let it go? What bargaining chip can the US government come up with to satisfy everyone? At least the British Empire must be satisfied, they are the leaders of this incident!
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Just as everyone was discussing what to do with the Americans, the Admiralty made a proposal to Ferdinand to occupy Liberia as a colony of Bulgarian exiles!
Everyone knows that this is an American colony in Africa, but it does not directly rule and supports a puppet regime.
Now, while the Americans have no time to take care of it, there is no military problem, and the US Navy simply does not dare to leave the port, otherwise it will not want to go back!
They can confiscate their merchant ships, and everyone can confiscate their warships. The Japanese navy was already preparing to attack the Philippines, and Bulgaria was also involved in dividing the spoils.
Don't think about the big islands, that's what the Japanese have in their pockets. As the price of supporting their military operations, the small ports still have something to gain. There are more than 7,000 islands in the Philippine archipelago, and the Japanese government doesn't mind the Bulgarian government getting it. Stand your ground!
Of course, the most important thing is that Bulgaria's strength in Asia is too weak to threaten them. It is still very worthwhile to exchange one or two small islands for the support of a foreign power!
But what does Bulgaria want Liberia for? The resources seem to be there, but they cannot be developed in the short term?
Do you really want to add a penal colony like the Admiralty?
Ferdinand asked with concern: "How many troops will be dispatched to take Liberia?"
Navy Minister Petrov thought for a while and said, "One coastal defense battleship, two cruisers, plus a marine corps, we can solve the local American colonial government!"
Ferdinand rubbed his forehead. Is this a country? The battle of destroying the country was so serious, and in the end it was discovered that it was actually a child playing the house, and a team could solve the problem. Why are you talking so much nonsense?
Ferdinand asked suspiciously: "It seems that the colonial government has the authority to mobilize a regiment of troops, right? Need you, the Minister of the Admiralty, come to me in person?"
According to the management regulations of the Bulgarian colony, the colonial government can mobilize an army of less than 3,000 people within the colony, and the attack on Liberia is just within the scope!
Nominally, Liberia is still an independent country in Africa, and its international status is that of indigenous tribes. To attack indigenous tribes, there is no need to declare war, so the colonial government can decide for itself!
Petrov said with some embarrassment: "The colonial governments in Africa are opposed to this military operation. They believe that Liberia is worthless, and it is not worth the effort to spend a lot of time for a criminal exile. Rather than exile people, it is better to send them to plantations!"
Ferdinand nodded, Liberia really has no development value in the short term, but if the cost is low, he still doesn't mind taking it into his hands.
In the future, it can also be used as a refugee camp in Bulgaria. The government can introduce a law to send all the refugees that are not needed in the country.
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