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Chapter 733 Who do you look down on?

Too many empires have perished in recent years. Compared with the four major empires that perished one after another, the Qing Empire perished quietly and without any waves.

After the end of World War II, the demand for military products in various countries dropped sharply. As the only growing military market in the world, Dongda has attracted much attention from military companies in various countries.

The Kanto region still has an industrial base, with people and mines available, relatively developed transportation, and even no shortage of technical personnel.

Zhang Yuting was very ambitious. He hired Chinese graduates from Amur to work in the Kanto region, and purchased weapons and equipment from Amur to form a modern army equipped with armored vehicles.

This is also the reason why Mario does not want the Kanto region to develop industry independently.

Kanto is too close to Amur, and a powerful regional force may affect Amur's interests.

George called back to Mario, saying, "Don't focus on the small profit at the tip of the rope."

You can only make a little money by selling weapons and ammunition, while the big money comes from petroleum, automobiles and even various industrial products needed in daily life.

As for the arms embargo proposed by Japan, there was no need for Russia to step in, as Britain, France and the United States simply rejected it.

Not only Russia, but everyone has their eyes on the fat piece of meat of Tokyo University.

After the end of the world war, warehouses in various countries were filled with various weapons and equipment. Until all these weapons and equipment were sold out, the arms embargo could not be passed.

George could see through the Japanese's little tricks, and other people were not stupid either. The United States called for an open door policy in the last century in order to ensure that no country could monopolize the Japanese market.

It is indeed a humiliation for Southeast University that it has become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.

But compared with the brutally dismembered Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and even Germany, the University of Tokyo was not the worst.

At the same time as the London Conference was held, Harding proposed holding a military conference in Washington to discuss the intensifying arms race.

At the beginning of this year, affected by the economic crisis, Britain, France, the United States and Italy successively announced new shipbuilding plans in an attempt to stimulate economic recovery.

Russia's shipbuilding plan has been announced long ago, and four 10,000-ton warships have been launched this year.

Unlike the previously announced plan, Russia is not building battleships, but auxiliary ships.

George had wanted little Nicholas to go to America.

Little Nicholas is addicted to his face and has no intention of going to America.

Witte is indispensable in presiding over domestic affairs.

Others also perform their duties.

George looked around and it seemed that he was the only one left.

On November 11, George, Peter, Kolchak, Vasily and others arrived in New York on the royal yacht "Polaris", escorted by the battleships "Queen Maria" and "Tsar Alexander III".

This is George's first visit to the United States.

The New York State government held a grand welcome ceremony for George at the New York dock, attended by about 6000 people, including Russian immigrants to the United States.

Three days later, George, accompanied by Joseph and John Jr., traveled by train to Washington.

During the London Conference, the content of the cooperation agreement between Russia and Germany was exposed by the media, causing a strong response.

The British and French were very angry and called the economic agreement between Russia and Germany a stab in the back from within the Allies, which directly led to the breakdown of the ongoing negotiations between Russia, Britain and France.

The alliances between Russia, Britain and France expired in 1919 and 1920 respectively, and the three parties are negotiating on whether to continue the alliance.

The negotiations between Britain, France and Russia were strongly opposed by other countries, led by the United States.

The alliance between Britain, France and Russia was to fight against the Central Powers. Now that the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire have all been destroyed, the Allied Powers have lost their necessity to exist.

George himself hoped to continue the alliance with Britain and France, so that they could unite Britain and France to fight against the US economic invasion of Europe.

Britain and France are also inclined to continue signing the agreement, but there are huge differences over the content of the agreement.

As the world war was over, George hoped to shift the alliance from a military perspective to economic construction and use the alliance to open up overseas markets for Britain and France.

Both Britain and France regarded the overseas colonial markets as their forbidden fruit and would never give in.

The three parties were at a stalemate, and as the media exposed the economic agreement between Russia and Germany, the negotiations completely broke down.

Little John boarded George's special train in the hope of hitting the road to Russia.

The United States faces the same dilemma as Russia.

As the U.S. economy began to recover and industrial output grew rapidly, the United States also hoped to break the international trade structure dominated by Britain and France and allow American products to be sold around the world under the guidance of "free trade."

If we look at it from this perspective alone, the United States, Russia, and Germany have the same interests.

At the Paris Peace Conference, Wilson was madly excluded by Lloyd George and Clemenceau, was completely marginalized, and gained almost nothing from the Paris Peace Conference.

John Jr. used this as a reason to question the fairness of the Paris Peace Conference.

Although the United States was in a favorable position in the early stages of the World War, the 400 million U.S. troops still played a key role in defeating the Allies in the later stages.

John Jr. does not think that the United States is wrong to be indecisive, because the world war itself is not just. "The international order should be maintained by the most powerful country, which is the foundation of the current international order; in this case, it is time for us to formulate international rules."

Little John is ambitious and hopes to reach a consensus with George.

In the jungle society, strength is king. When Britain and France were invincible, other countries could only accept their manipulation and were powerless to resist.

Now Russia and the United States are the most powerful countries, why should they accept the guidance of Britain and France?
Russia's shipbuilding plan is a smokescreen.

The United States' shipbuilding plan is really intended to drag Britain and France back into the quagmire of the arms race.

This is also the reason why Harding convened the Washington Conference.

The United States is trying to compete with Europe for the right to speak.

What Little John meant was that we should break down trade barriers and conduct full market competition through free trade, so that those who are capable can eat meat and those who are not will eat shit.

To be honest, George didn't like the way Little John was taken for granted.

According to John Jr., Russia should also open the Balkans and Russian markets to the United States.

George couldn't help but ask, "Why?"
Let’s not talk about Russia for now.

The Balkans were snatched from the Ottomans by Russia at the cost of hundreds of years and millions of Russian lives.

While Russia was fighting a bloody war with the Ottoman Empire, Americans were busy slaughtering Indians, making money from Europe through the stock market, and taking advantage of the world in the name of "open door policy."

Why did the United States call for "open door"?
Because the United States was weak at the time and unable to force its way into the traditional European powers, it had to open its doors.

If the United States at that time had the strength it has now, the United States would have existed since ancient times.

If Europe is viewed as a stock market, the UK and France are national teams, and other countries, including Russia, are retail investors.

Now Russia has brought together retail investors through the Free Trade Organization to form a new national team. At this time, the Americans jumped in and said that we should disband the national team and let everyone rely on their own abilities.

Why!
Not only do you have a beautiful name, but you also have beautiful thoughts.

Speaking of names, the Qing Empire initially called the United States "Michigan", which later gradually evolved into "Milijian". In 1844, the Qing Empire was forced to sign the "Wangxia Treaty" with the United States. The United States demanded the use of the name "United States of America", abbreviated as "USA".

Referring to the customs of the Qing Empire, the United States should be the United States, the United Kingdom should be the United States, and France should be the West.

Everything is sparse.

Although he didn't like Little John, George still encouraged his courage.

Little John is not just an individual, he represents American capital, the real controller of this land.

As for the President of the United States, he is just a mascot, a human-shaped seal, nominated by capital.

The human-shaped seal was unaware of this and would have just not gone to New York to greet George. When George arrived in Washington, it was Vice President John Calvin Coolidge who greeted him at the train station.

When Harding ran for president, Joseph donated $50 to Harding's team and became a major financial sponsor of Harding's team.

At the beginning of this year, the United States formulated a series of preferential policies for the automotive industry, and Joseph's investment received a return of hundreds of times.

Coolidge also had ideas about the German economy and hoped to join forces with Russia to help the German economy recover quickly.

Of course, Coolidge's reason was not for reparations, but for peace and stability in Europe.

Look at his layout, compared with little John, the difference is obvious.

George didn't want to talk to Coolidge about Germany. He came to Washington to attend a naval conference. If he wanted to discuss the German issue, he should go to London.

The Washington Convention opened on November 11, with Harding delivering the opening speech, demonstrating his outstanding speaking skills.

But apart from his oratory skills, Harding lacked the ability to convince others.

After the opening ceremony, Harding never appeared at the conference again. The people representing the United States at the conference were Coolidge and Secretary of State Hughes.

On the first day of the meeting, the Americans' ambitions were fully exposed.

Coolidge demanded that all countries stop building battleships and demolish some old warships, and use the total tonnage of battleships as the standard for calculating the naval strength of each country.

The plan proposed by Coolidge was to limit the total tonnage of American and British battleships to 50 tons, launching a strong challenge to Britain's dominance at sea.

This plan was strongly opposed by British representative Balfour.

This Balfour is the Balfour in the "Balfour Declaration". His current identity is the President of the Imperial Privy Council.

Coolidge's plan was also strongly opposed by Peter because Coolidge only gave Russia 30 tons.

This standard is directly determined according to the size of Russia's existing battleships.

Peter demanded the same tonnage of battleships as those of the United States and Britain, not even a ton less.

The French and Italians were also dissatisfied because Coolidge's plan did not mention France and Italy, which was a humiliation to France and Italy.

Who are you looking down on?
(End of this chapter)