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Chapter 698: To the United States, Britain is not a threat!
While the international community was paying close attention to the chaos in South America, on November 1878, 11, the Republican Party of the Federal Republic of America opposed the revised security document proposed by the Democratic Party in the Congress of the Federal Republic of America. The main party is divided over the "British threat".

The Washington Post reported that the opposition Republican Party does not deny the security environment of the Confederate States of America, which is precisely because the surrounding areas are all British territories or are surrounded by the Confederate States of the South. The situation is serious, especially after the United States split into North and South America. The relationship between the Commonwealth of America and the Confederate States has become increasingly severe in the past 17 years. The British support for the South has made the Commonwealth of the United States even more dissatisfied. However, the Republican Party believes that writing "Britain is a threat" at this time will inevitably lose the channel for dialogue with Britain, a world-class superpower.

President Stephen Douglas, a member of the Democratic Party, plans to revise three security documents including the "Milan Security Strategy", "National Defense Strategy" and "Navy Expansion Plan" by the end of the year.Many newspapers in the Federal Republic of America believe that this will be a turning point in the security field of the Federal Republic of America.

As the Democratic Party responds to the increasingly bizarre situation in Europe and the increasingly fierce struggle between the Netherlands and Britain in South America and the Indo-Pacific, the Commonwealth of America needs to make more efforts to protect its homeland and guard against Britain.

However, the Republican Party is lobbying members of Congress and is trying its best to prevent the Democrats from making enemies, arguing that Britain should not be written into the bill as a "threat".

The New York Times reported that in response to the above three security documents, the Democratic Party has established a working group since January this year and held more than 1 cadre-level meetings. The ruling Democratic Party will revise some of the contents, including increasing the Mili Strengthen the federal defense budget and strengthen the military strength of the American Commonwealth to protect its homeland while also having the ability to conduct wars overseas.

In addition, in terms of overseas attack capabilities, the Democratic Party plans to add "counterattack capabilities" to the revised document to break the principle of "exclusively defending" the homeland.

In addition, the document also raises alarm over the continuous increase in the British defense budget over the past decade and plans to include "Britain as a threat" in the security document.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are fighting in Congress over this document, which is called consultation on the surface.

But the effect was not great. At the third meeting on Wednesday, there were great differences between the two parties on British issues.

The New York Times reported that the Republican Party's meeting prevented the Democrats from turning against Britain.

Former American Secretary of War and Republican Indiana Congressman Simon Cameron (French) prevented the Democratic Party from taking a proactive stance. He said, “We must adhere to principles and only take action after the other party starts a military attack. "

Democratic President Stephen Douglas, who attended the meeting, was dissatisfied with the conversation and retorted: "How can it be okay to do nothing before the other party attacks?"

After the third meeting, some Democrats said: "If we already know that someone has a sword or gun hidden behind his back, we have no choice but to regard it as a threat."

"Washington Post" reported: The Republican Party does not deny Britain's threat to America, but the Republican Party Whip Tiger gave advice to the Democratic Party: "Even the Dutch Internet celebrity fruit Guo only positioned Britain as the biggest competitor and did not say that she was a threat. You must know that both Britain and the Netherlands have now declared war on each other."

These words of the Republican Party reflect that in terms of security strategy, the party does not want to have a head-on conflict with the United Kingdom and wants to leave space for diplomatic dialogue.

Many reports claim that the 1878 Diplomatic Blue Book of the Commonwealth of America did not use the word "threat" against the United Kingdom. It only stated that "the American region and the international community, including the Commonwealth of America, have a strong threat to the United Kingdom on security issues." Expresses strong concern over the choices made”

On the other hand, "European Times" reported that the Ministry of Defense of the Federal Republic of America held a joint meeting with the Democratic Party Defense Group and other stars on November 11 to propose the second supplementary budget for 2. The total amount of the supplementary budget was The cost includes the establishment of a larger deep-water military terminal project in California and the development of the Pacific Coast. According to the "European Times" report, in the budget, the United States will propose to the Kingdom of the Netherlands to order 1878 second-generation Dutch submarines. The submarine military purchase case is worth more than 2000 million US dollars, with an average price of 10 US dollars per unit.

In addition, the budget also includes Dutch weapons equipped with submarines, including the second-generation "Barracuda" torpedoes currently in service in the Netherlands, and the cost of inviting Dutch experts to help build the San Francisco submarine docking port.

As the Democrats backed down on the threat to the United Kingdom, the Republicans did not block these military budgets. In the end, this supplementary military budget worth 2000 million US dollars was approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives on November 11. It was passed by the House of Representatives and came into effect after Stephen Douglas signed it.

Soon the arms purchase document arrived in Melbourne, along with the news that Thomas A. Hendricks, the Secretary of State of America, would visit Melbourne, Kingdom of the Netherlands.

On November 1878, 11, the United Kingdom expressed its gratitude to the Republicans for preventing the United States from viewing the United Kingdom as a threat.

Creston greatly appreciated the approach of the Republican Party and expressed that the UK is willing to work with the American ruling party and the opposition Republican Party to shape a new UK-US relationship.

He finally stated that Britain would not take the initiative to attack the American homeland, and he asked all Americans to rest assured.

Meanwhile, Melbourne, Australia.

King William IV of the Kingdom of the Netherlands met in Melbourne with Crown Prince Frederick of the German Empire, who had just arrived after leaving Paraguay. Crown Prince Frederick sent greetings to William IV on behalf of Kaiser Wilhelm I.

The two sides had an in-depth and candid exchange of views on the situation in South America. They believed that compromise was crucial to manage differences and maintain peace and stability in South America. They agreed to properly handle the chaos in South America and coordinate to contribute to the long-term peace and stability of the region.

The two sides also agreed to conduct in-depth cooperation on economic issues and that active consultations would not affect their respective positions and advocate excessive and temporary solutions to European issues. The two sides also agreed to work together to maintain peace in Europe.

The Netherlands is currently engaged in a proxy war with the United Kingdom in Chile, and previously it conducted a warship war at sea.

As for Germany's "investment" in Paraguay, it is obvious that both the Netherlands and Germany are interested in these two footholds in South America.Therefore, Crown Prince Frederick’s visit at this time can be said to have been formed by hitting it off.

As the German Empire became more and more consolidated as its dominant position in western Europe, and the water overflowed, it became natural for Germany to expand its power outside of Europe. Therefore, William IV had already envisioned that Paraguay in South America would After Bismarck laid out the plan, the war in South America will definitely expand, but we just don't know how intense it will be in the end.

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