Rise of Australia

Chapter 666 Assassination of Roosevelt

If President Roosevelt is mentioned in the United States now, Americans will immediately think of Theodore Roosevelt who ruled the United States more than ten years ago.

The Roosevelt family has a history of more than 200 years in the United States. It has not only given birth to a president, but also many upper-class elites who have served as politicians.

This is not only a family of politicians, but is also involved in the banking and financial industries.Theodore Roosevelt's father was a famous importer, exporter and banker, which made the Roosevelt family one of the most famous families in the United States, possessing wealth that ordinary people could hardly earn.

But that all changed since the economic crisis.The import and export industry and the financial industry were hardest hit by the economic crisis, but the Roosevelt family was involved in all of them.

This also caused the Roosevelt family to suffer tremendous turmoil, and the prominent family was almost on the verge of bankruptcy.

If it weren't for the connections that President Roosevelt left to the family, I'm afraid the Roosevelt family would have disappeared into American history like those bankrupt tycoons.

The life of Franklin D. Roosevelt, nephew of President Theodore Roosevelt, was also slightly affected.

Of course, with the connections of the Roosevelt family, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s work not only had no influence, but his income also exceeded that of most people in the United States.

The currently famous President Roosevelt is still an ordinary lawyer in New York.Because she had contracted polio a few years ago, Roosevelt's wife would sometimes attend Democratic meetings instead of Roosevelt.

If history had not changed, Roosevelt would have become mayor of New York a year later and won the presidency by proposing a New Deal program in the next presidential election.

But in this world, it is obviously impossible for this to happen.

In January 1927, on a very ordinary day, Franklin D. Roosevelt welcomed an unexpected guest, his old friend in the Democratic Party, Jon Slickett.

"Jon? Brother, why are you here?" Roosevelt asked in surprise.

Jon Slickett was a Democrat like Roosevelt, and they still met often.

But after the economic crisis broke out, Jon had been dealing with his own import and export company, and he probably didn't have time to come to Roosevelt. This was what surprised Roosevelt.

"Why, can't I come find my old friend?" Jon asked with a smile.

"Of course, sit down quickly. Who is this?" At this time, Roosevelt saw the young man following Jon and asked curiously.

Jon is only in his 30s and shouldn't have such an old son.Apart from his son, the young man who can follow Jon all the time is probably his close subordinate.

Before Jon could explain, the young man stepped forward, shook hands with Roosevelt very friendly, and said with a smile: "Introduce yourself, Dear Mr. Roosevelt. I am Ike, an intelligence agent of the Royal Intelligence Service of the British Empire. This is This mission is to send you to see God!"

After the young man finished speaking, he took out a pistol from his arms at lightning speed and shot Roosevelt several times in the chest.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
All this happened in a flash, Roosevelt did not react, and Jon also did not react.

"Damn, what have you done?" Looking at Roosevelt lying in a pool of blood, Jon finally reacted and said with a look of shock.

"As you can see, Mr. Jon. After our careful planning, and with your help, we successfully assassinated Mr. Roosevelt." The intelligence agent named Ike said with a smile.

"Fuck! What does this have to do with me? You just agreed to let me introduce you to Roosevelt." Jon was a little flustered. He was indeed just an ordinary Democrat with a small business at home, but this did not mean that he could directly Fight the law.

The Roosevelt family's property is much larger than his own. Roosevelt's uncle also served as the president of the United States. This level is not on the same level at all.

"Do you think the police will believe it?" Ike said with a smile on his face: "They don't care whether you are innocent or not. If you cannot calm down the anger of the Roosevelt family, you will only become the scapegoat."

"Damn it, what kind of grudge does Roosevelt have against you? Assassinating a lawyer in New York, my God, this is so crazy!" Jon said with a slight breakdown.

"The only thing to blame is that he hindered us." Ike said with a smile: "Now, my dear Mr. Jon, are you going to hinder me?"

Looking at Ike's slightly raised gun, Jon swallowed and followed his inner choice.

"Then what can we do now? If we are discovered by the police, we will not be able to escape at all." Jon said slightly nervously.

Watching a murder happen in front of his eyes, even Jon, who usually enjoys exploiting his employees, was nervous.

This also caused a tremor in his voice, with obvious nervousness and panic.

"Don't worry, he should be here." Ike took out the cigar hidden in Roosevelt's pocket, picked up the scissors next to his desk and trimmed it gently, then lit it with the lighter in his pocket, took a puff, and spit out a cloud of smoke. Smoke said slowly.

"What? Who's here?" Jon was in a daze, not understanding what Ike meant.

Boom!
Suddenly, the door of Roosevelt's office was violently knocked open, and several police officers carrying firearms filed in. They quickly pointed their guns at Jon and Ike: "All of you, put your heads in your hands and squat down!"

"Fuck!" Jon didn't expect the police to come so quickly, but facing the dark muzzle of the gun, he didn't have the courage to resist, so he could only do as he was told.

Ike, who was still puffing away at the side, slowly took out his pistol and returned it while saying: "Don't forget our agreement, Mr. Jon, we will be rescued."

Ike who put his hand into his arms aroused the vigilance of the American police, and the murder occurred, which directly led to a shootout in the office.

Ike shot a policeman dead, but at the cost of being shot by the police himself, and also injured Jon next to him, who was shot twice and fell to the ground wailing.

This murder did not make the news in the United States, but was only circulated among New York newspapers on a small scale.

After all, the lives of members of the Roosevelt family were at stake. For the Roosevelt family, which was very influential in New York, this was undoubtedly a provocation to the entire family.

Roosevelt, who was shot several times, was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, but it was already too late.Finally, the hospital announced that he had ended his life at the age of 45 that night.

The death of Franklin D. Roosevelt did not cause a sensation in the United States. After all, Roosevelt was just the nephew of President Roosevelt at this time and an ordinary New York lawyer.

The Americans still didn't know what they had lost, but at this time the Roosevelt family had already caused a stir and demanded that the police punish the criminals severely.

Of the two people in the office at that time, Ike had been shot on the spot, and the only one left was Jon, who also belonged to the Democratic Party.

The Roosevelt family used their own energy to get the police to torture Jon to extract a confession, but Jon always insisted that he was just an innocent person, not a participant in the murder, and had no knowledge of it.

But from what the police said about Ike's words to Jon before his death resistance, we can judge that Jon was definitely Ike's accomplice and made a certain contribution in the assassination of Roosevelt.

Jon, who was tortured, told almost everything, including that Jon claimed to be an intelligence agent of the Royal Intelligence Service of the British Empire, and claimed that he assassinated Roosevelt because Roosevelt blocked their way.

This also made the Roosevelt family focus on Britain, believing that Roosevelt's murder must be related to the British.The Roosevelt family is still very famous in the United States, not to mention that Roosevelt is the nephew of President Roosevelt.

The U.S. government issued an inquiry, asking the British government to explain Roosevelt's death, hand over the mastermind behind the assassination of Roosevelt, and pay compensation to the Roosevelt family and the United States.

But the British were surprised. They not only rejected the Americans' request, but also firmly stated that the British did not plan to assassinate Roosevelt.

Naturally, the British Empire, the first great power, cannot show weakness to the United States. The British even arrogantly stated that if the Americans continue to slander the United Kingdom, the British government will continue to plan to attack the U.S. government.

This diplomatic dialogue directly damaged the relationship between Britain and the United States.Regardless of whether the British mastermind was behind Roosevelt's assassination, the Roosevelt family began to hate Britain.

After all, this is a matter of family honor and disgrace. Even if it is just for the sake of face, it is impossible to give up holding the British accountable.

In order to keep the U.S. government firmly behind them, the Roosevelt family began to print a large amount of news about Roosevelt's assassination, and it soon became one of the hot topics among Americans during the economic crisis.

Although the person who was assassinated was just an ordinary lawyer, after all, he was on American soil, and it also involved the world's largest British Empire, which had to make some Americans suspicious.

Under the pressure of public opinion, the US government had to promise to seriously investigate this matter and severely punish the real culprits behind the scenes. No one would be spared.

Seeing that the Americans are pursuing this matter, there seems to be a tendency to put the blame on themselves.

The British were also completely angry, saying that the dignity of the first great power could not be easily offended by the United States.

On January 1927, 1, the United Kingdom announced in a high profile that it would once again increase tariffs on the United States and demanded that the U.S. government continue to pay compensation for the influenza because all mankind has not forgiven the United States.

Britain's request for continued reparations from the United States caused many European countries to follow suit.

As early as when the United States announced the termination of reparations, many European countries expressed dissatisfaction.

After all, in times of economic crisis, the United States' reparations role becomes even greater.These compensations can not only subsidize people's livelihood, but also allow the unemployed people to have sufficient food.

It can also be applied to infrastructure construction, like in Australasia, to create more jobs for the country and slow down the impact of the economic crisis on the country.

However, after the United States announced the termination of reparations, European countries not only lost a large source of income, but also made their domestic finances worse.

Because reparations are paid every year, these countries’ financial planning includes these reparations every year.

After reparations were suddenly reduced, it was impossible to terminate some constructions, which also caused the financial budgets of these countries to directly enter serious losses.

Seeing that the United Kingdom took the initiative to ask the United States to continue to pay reparations, European countries followed up and asked the United States to continue to pay reparations.

The U.S. government is now a bit out of control.Domestic public opinion forced the U.S. government to take the case of Roosevelt's assassination seriously, but the British's tough attitude also gave Americans some hesitation.

If there really is someone else behind this incident, this conflict between Britain and the United States would seem somewhat unnecessary.

More importantly, the Americans have always lost money in the current conflict. The British Empire controls the World Alliance, and it can easily mobilize some resources.

However, because the United States is located in North America, after European countries have raised tariffs one after another, it has become extremely difficult for the United States to obtain some raw materials.

If you add in the reparations for the flu, this will make the United States' finances worse, and will directly bankrupt the infrastructure project modeled on Australasia that President Coolidge just planned.

Arthur, who was quietly watching this conflict between Britain and the United States, was in a very good mood.This operation of the Royal Security Intelligence Service not only successfully assassinated the famous President Roosevelt, but also successfully placed the blame on Britain.

Although it cost a good agent, the operation was a good deal for the country.

As for the family of intelligence agent Ike, they will all be treated well by Arthur.

As early as the news of Ike's death in the line of duty reached the country, Arthur asked Director Batty to secretly issue rewards, including a property worth 400 Australian dollars, a car worth 200 Australian dollars, and a check with a face value of 10000 Australian dollars.

Arthur also asked Director Batty to promise on his behalf that Ike's brothers and sisters would all have the opportunity to go to college for free, and their property and property would all be tax-free within ten years.

Because what Ike did cannot be disclosed, it is naturally impossible for the medal to be distributed to Ike's family openly.

This also led Arthur to make an exception to increase the pension for Ike. The property of [-] Australian dollars was enough for Ike's family to live well.

If calculated based on the per capita annual income of more than 60 euros in Australasia, ten thousand Australian dollars is enough to pay an adult Australasian for more than 160 years, which is undoubtedly a huge sum of money in this era.

Even if it is just converted to the price of gold, 36 Australian dollars is equivalent to 1500 kilograms of gold. Compared with the price in later generations, it is at least [-] million.

Such a pension is definitely quite high, which also led Director Batty to simply explain that Ike died in the mission, and Ike's family had no intention of questioning, and expressed their gratitude to Arthur and Director Batty. of gratitude.

This is relatively normal in Australasia.Although people are afraid of death, they also don’t want to see their loved ones die.

But if they contribute to the country and Arthur, and if their family can receive adequate pensions and welfare benefits after their death, most Australasians are actually willing to die for the country.

This has also resulted in the combat effectiveness of Australasian military and intelligence personnel being very high, and they are basically not afraid of death when performing tasks and fighting.

Because they knew clearly that even if they made no contribution on the battlefield, as long as they died in the name of the country, Arthur would not treat their families badly.

It is precisely because of this trust in Arthur that the Australasian army's combat effectiveness is strong.

If you don't count Germany's elite troops, which were reduced to 15 people, the combat effectiveness of the Australasian Army is definitely the best in the world.

Being able to maintain a fearless spirit despite being well-equipped will greatly enhance the combat effectiveness and appearance of an army.

Although the size of the Australasian army has always been small, Arthur is confident that when Australasia is fighting at full strength, the army can crush all countries except Germany.

At present, Australasia's army seems to have nothing to fear except the human sea tactics.

When the population increases in the future, the size of the army can easily exceed one million or even millions, and Arthur will have the confidence to compete for a higher status.

　That’s it for today. It’s been five days, so take a break.

　　In addition, this book has officially been written for a year. Thank you everyone for your support!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)