Chapter 512 Chinese Exclusion Act Vs American Exclusion Act (16)
When the US national security adviser tells the American political tycoon about the collusion between China and the UK, he feels a little funny. It is not that the American political tycoons are funny, but that when countries are struggling internationally for their own interests, the content they show is often very funny.
In 1924, He Rui rushed into the pass and annihilated foreign troops from various concessions. Including troops stationed in China and concessions, tens of thousands of people were killed in the great powers except Japan. Among them, thousands of people died in the United States. For the United States, this should have been a memory of casualties. He Rui's reason for doing this, at least the obvious reason, was to regain China's sovereignty such as the concession.
Because in the previous war between the Northeast government and Japan, millions of Japanese troops who were committed to the war were killed and killed hundreds of thousands. Britain was sunk a squadron by China with suicide attack aircraft. In the subsequent Sino-British War, millions of British troops suffered another hundreds of thousands of casualties. Tens of thousands of Australian and New Zealand troops were captured, and now the execution is about to begin. Therefore, the powerful governments did not mention the deaths of people in 1924.
However, just half a year after the Sino-British War ended, China provided the UK with advice from the concession. Is there anything more ridiculous than this?
Three years ago, in order to take back the concession, He Rui launched a massacre of powerful people in China. Three years later, he told the UK that he could provide concessions. This is the realist international politics.
Even if Britain has obtained a concession in China, it must first pay the He Rui government a high concession fee. At the same time, Britain cannot dump China through the concession, nor can it use its armed forces in the concession to influence China's internal affairs. Obtaining the concession will only lose money in full.
If Britain really wants to use China's ports to attack the United States, the same effect can be achieved before the war breaks out, or the war breaks out, or makes direct requests to China.
The US National Security Advisor is very clear that the current Sino-British cooperation is a gesture, but the mere gesture of China and Britain has put huge pressure on the United States. Using diplomacy to achieve strategic goals is a clever diplomatic means. The level of the He Rui government showing in diplomacy is undoubtedly top-notch.
The Republican Senate chairman broke the silence, "Is it possible for China and Britain to reach a military alliance when dealing with our country?"
At Coolidge, Secretary of State Frank and the U.S. National Security Advisor, this question proved that the Republican Senate Chairman was frightened by He Rui's diplomatic methods. However, none of the three answered immediately, and their eyes swept across the faces of the Democratic and Republican bosses. The bosses were all rich, and their skin was oily in the temperature in mid-June. White people had a lot of hair on their bodies, and their faces and necks were exposed on the skin, and their hair was slightly pressed onto the skin. Because they felt the pressure, some water was mixed with the oil.
Since these bigwigs no longer take it lightly, Secretary of State Frank said: "This situation will not happen at this stage. However, once the confrontation between the United States and China continues and even escalates, China will have to choose Britain in more aspects."
President Coolidge was vice president of the previous president Warren Gamelier Harding. In 1923, President Warren Gamelier Harding suddenly passed away during a California tour speech. Coolidge succeeded as president and was easily re-elected in 1925. At this time, President Coolidge's eyes were on the Democratic presidential presidents of the Senate and House of Representatives. He noticed that although these two people looked vigilant, they looked like they didn't have any immediate "China-British Alliance" against the United States. After all, the current President Coolidge is a Republican, and the Democratic Party has no reason to help the Republican Party with all their might.
Seeing this reaction, Coolidge said: "Gentlemen, I think everyone is very clear about whether our main opponent is China or Britain. At present, the biggest contradiction between the United States and China is the China Exclusion Act. It will take a long time to determine a series of new agreements between China and the United States in the future. This government may not be able to complete these new agreements. Therefore, I think it is necessary to promote the abolition of the China Exclusion Act at present."
After hearing Coolidge's opinion, the Democratic House Chairman asked: "Is it possible to force China to propose the abolition of the Chinese Exclusion Act through a trade war. Now China is the largest drug importer in the United States, and I think banning Chinese drugs may be a good choice."
This statement is a bit meaningful. As we all know, shortly after the Republican National Convention in 1924, Coolidge's youngest son Calvin grinded out blisters while playing at the White House tennis court, and then died of life due to a wound infection. It was the use of drugs that had not passed the United States' review at the time that he almost saved his life. This also led to the approval of China's sulfonamide and penicillin quickly obtained the approval of the US Drug Administration and since then became a hot-selling drug in the United States. Normal politicians can hear something from this.
Of course, we cannot accuse this proposal of being targeted. Chinese drugs are indeed sold very well in the United States, making a lot of dollars, and have also made China more efforts to import goods from the United States. Cutting off China's drug exports to the United States can indeed severely hit China's trade strengths with the United States.
Secretary of State Frank immediately replied: "China cannot take the initiative to propose to the United States to abolish the Chinese Exclusion Act, and He Rui will never seek legitimate interests through pleading."
The Democratic House Chairman asked back: "He Rui has expressed his request to the UK to provide the concession..."
"That's not He Rui's request!" Frank immediately interrupted the Democratic House Chairman.
After such a small contest, the Democratic House Chairman no longer said anything, and the Democratic Senate Chairman took over the conversation, "If we take the initiative to abolish the Chinese Exclusion Act, the dignity of the United States will be greatly impacted."
Coolidge immediately replied: "Do you guys think that China is the biggest opponent of the United States now?"
When the topic of discussion was brought back to the core issue by the president, the political tycoons fell silent again. However, silence did not mean that these people were convinced. The American political tycoons began to seriously consider how to operate in Congress. The Republican tycoons with the core position in the north had decided to support the abolition of the Chinese Exclusion Act. In addition to President Coolidge is a Republican, the northern states of the Republican Party have supported the expansion of foreign trade. China's revival means that the Chinese market has become larger and the United States' advantageous industrial products have a broader market.
After the Democratic bigwigs were silent, the Republican Whip took the lead and said: "I will talk to the lawmakers."
The Democratic Party Whip exchanged glances with the chairmen of the House and House of Representatives, and then said: "I will contact the lawmakers."
The Sino-US conflict is a diplomatic issue, and military and diplomacy are the powers of the US president. Moreover, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in 1882. After 45 years, all the members who voted that year died. The Republican Party and the Democratic Party have no direct relationship with the Chinese Exclusion Act of that year. Now there is only 60,000 Chinese with American nationality, and the Democratic Party has no intention of inciting public opinion against this.
Seeing the big guys expressing their opinions, President Coolidge confirmed that the big guys of both parties understood the relationship between the abolition of the Chinese Exclusion Act and the national interests of the United States, and ended the meeting.
On June 20, the American Textile Association held a press conference, and Chairman Michael personally issued a statement on the American textile trade. However, at the beginning of the press conference, some of the opposing reporters shouted: "Chairman Michael, which consortium do you represent this time? Is it the Morgan consortium, the Rockefeller consortium, or the DuPont family?"
This is obviously a reporter who came to destroy the situation. Michael seemed to have heard nothing, but just kept reading with the prepared manuscript. From the content alone, this statement is very high. The production of cotton in the United States is extremely large, and cotton farmers are trapped in the rise and fall of international cotton prices. China is a huge market. If China opens up its purchase of American cotton, it can allow American cotton farmers to increase their output while ensuring the stability of American cotton prices. Therefore, the American Textile Association supports good trade relations between China and the United States.
As for the Chinese Exclusion Act, it is a matter in American politics. Michael actually looked down on the American people very much, because although the saying "evil capitalists manipulate politics" is not wrong, the American people's understanding of this sentence is incorrect. Capitalists care about interests, and there are very few capitalists who are truly interested in politics themselves. Therefore, capitalists are not interfering in politics, but trying to promote policies that are beneficial to capitalists. These policies may not necessarily go against national interests most of the time.
For example, expanding Sino-US trade is in the national interests of the United States. If Michael had to manipulate American politics in this matter, Michael really hoped that he would have such ability. However, in fact, this is not the case at all!
As Michael expected, after the press conference, a large number of American newspapers began to criticize Michael's view that "establishing a good Sino-US trade relationship is beneficial to the United States." In the objections, those who were sensationalized mean that "evil capitalists began to control American politics again." Those with ulterior motives shouted "China has brutally interfered in American domestic politics." When Michael flipped through the newspaper, he was really not sure whether the person who wrote such news was "stupid or bad". If he was a fool who didn't even know what the Chinese Exclusion Act was, there was nothing to discuss. In the news that Michael saw, except for "USA Today" and the "Diplomatic" magazine founded in 1922, there were a few news about the Chinese Exclusion Act that introduced the Chinese Exclusion Act, other media were just publishing inflammatory articles.
The word "Chinese Exclusion Act" is not used in the United States, but the official name of "Chinese Exclusion Act" is used, and the "Chinese Exclusion Act" is used to describe it. Just looking at such a name, how can ordinary Americans know what this bill means? Americans who truly know the specific content of the "Chinese Exclusion Act" bill belongs to at least a certain political group in the United States, and a few are experts who are interested in it.
But Michael felt that he had already completed his task by stimulating the sentiment of the American people through workers' parades and other events. As for what will happen in the future, it is the more powerful upper-level stage in the United States.
As Michael expected, the Democratic Whip soon discovered that Democratic lawmakers generally opposed the abolition of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Except for a few Democratic lawmakers who were sensational and trying to gain some votes through a tough attitude in this matter, most of the Democratic lawmakers who opposed it really had their own political demands.
After the survey was completed, the Democratic Party Whip invited the more representative Rep. McDonald to his office and asked straight to the point: "What are your reasons for opposing the abolition of the Chinese Exclusion Act?"
Congressman McDonald has a red face that was sunburned. Southern states in the United States are basically agricultural states, with high temperatures and poisonous sunlight. Therefore, white people's skin is easily sunburned and appears red. Therefore, southerners in the United States are also called 'red neck'. Congressman McDonald's skin is not sunburned when he went to the ground, but canvassed around the state during the election campaign. Hearing the question from the party whip, McDonald said in a Southern state accent: "I have only one reason to object. After the Chinese Exclusion Act is abolished, what will be the next abolished bill against non-white people? This is not something I care about, but a question my voters care about."
Chapter completed!