Among the Allied Powers camp, France, of course, was the leading combat force of the Allied Powers. From beginning to end, it spared no expense to fight the Germans, and tried its best to support any small country that could join the Allied Powers camp. In the end, usury imperialism could no longer continue to play.

Defending Mother France is by no means an empty slogan. As for Imperial Russia, supporting a front alone and facing the overall siege from the Allied camp, Imperial Russia cannot be expected to do more.

Did the British encounter any difficult moments? Anyway, the slave owners believed that the previous landing battle in the Dardanelles was just a minor problem, and even the Battle of Jutland was not a crisis.

When the British were really bled, there was no doubt that it started with the Battle of the Somme. The Battle of the Somme was dominated by the British army. When the German army stormed the Verdun Fortress, it launched a rescue campaign against the endangered France.

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The Brusilov Offensive launched by Imperial Russia at the same time also revolved around the Battle of Verdun. Both Britain and Imperial Russia saw that Germany's launch of the Battle of Verdun was a bloodletting against France. So they tried their best to save it!

Before the Battle of the Somme, Britain's contribution on the battlefield was not worthy of Britain's national strength in the Allied camp. In terms of national strength, Britain was still above France and Imperial Russia, but compared with the heavy losses suffered by the Franco-Russian alliance, Britain had completely

It can be said that they are paddling. They want to recreate the Seven Years War, seize the benefits themselves, and let Prussia on land contain the enemy as a human shield.

But things changed starting from the Battle of the Somme. On land, Germany could even face the French-Russian alliance at the same time and still had a relative advantage. Britain searched all over the world and could not find a third human shield, so it had to go into battle on its own.

So at this time, Britain wanted to bring the United States into the Allied camp. How could the federal government agree?

"Since Aiden knows that blood is thicker than water, he should know that as a cultural society, we can easily guess what the British have in mind." The problem of slave owners showing off in front of women will definitely not be changed.

After the birthday party, Sheffield and Louisa Morgan shared a car and were equally indifferent to the British's solicitation. "This is a European matter. When the interests are harmed, the country may join the war, but it is definitely not the case now."

Maybe, to put it bluntly, Britain must take a desperate stance and don't expect us to save them. By the way, you'd better remind your brother to be careful about the loans to the Allied Powers, lest they end up not being able to get them back."

"How is this possible? Britain and France have countless colonies, and they will never be unable to pay back the money." Louisa Morgan said in disbelief, "No way!"

"Really, Louisa?" Sheffield said with a half-smile, "I'm just saying that if, if the Allies really default on their debts, what means does the United States have to ensure that the money can be recovered?"

"No!" Before Louisa Morgan could answer, Sheffield made the first assertion, "When it comes to choosing to use force to solve problems, the federal government of the United States, whether it is a Democratic Party or a Republican, has an iron law, that is, there is no comparison.

We are powerful and equally powerful countries go to war. Of course, in front of Haiti and Cuba, the United States is still very courageous."

If it were an ordinary country, of course it would not dare to renege on its debt to the United States of America. Argentina was once very prosperous, and its economic level was comparable to that of developed countries at the time. However, due to the government's failure to understand the economic situation and its efforts to please voters during the election campaign, Argentina

The government had to borrow heavily internationally to maintain operations.

Borrowing money to provide benefits to voters, the government was naturally well-controlled and people-friendly during the term, but everyone knew that this was unsustainable. In the 21st century, when debts matured, creditors came to the door. As a result, Argentina experienced the most serious economic recession in history, and society fell into

There was chaos. Shops and restaurants closed one after another, and people took to the streets to demonstrate.

Argentina officially announced that it would default on its debt and would not repay the money. Seeing Argentina lying on its back and letting it be beaten, many creditors had no choice but to admit defeat, but there were also some who couldn't swallow this breath and sold their bonds to 9% of the original price.

Wall Street offshore companies in the Cayman Islands.

After Wall Street got the bond, it began to come to collect debts every day, demanding repayment with interest, not a penny less. Since it dares to confront the government of a country, it is naturally not an easy person. Wall Street has shown its practical side. Through

With a powerful team of lawyers, the creditors successfully sued the Argentine government in U.S. courts and froze Argentina's overseas capital in the United States. Influencing the world's most powerful government through law, money and lobbying groups has always been Wall Street's specialty

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The Argentine government bonds that finally fell into the hands of Wall Street were repaid in full, and the repayment based on the original value was eleven times the return, not counting interest.

As for the model country that successfully defaulted on its debts, its name was the Soviet Union, which provided a perfect example. As long as it could defeat the Allied intervention forces, the debt could be written off. The problem was that the Allied invasion caused losses exceeding 2.5% of the total debt of the Russian Empire.

times, and there was a long-term economic blockade, after which the Soviet Union had no idea of ​​repaying the debt.

Sheffield would not believe that the United States had the courage to collect debts from the British and French armed forces. On the contrary, relying on its military strength, it was almost as if the armed forces defaulted on the debts.

"Is Mexico an Adversary?" Louisa Morgan mentioned the ongoing intervention in the Mexican Civil War.

"Our population is five times that of Mexico." Sheffield shrugged. "If Mexico's population was half ours, we would never attack him. The country's participation in the war should be decided next year. It seems that many related bills are being discussed, such as

Espionage Act."

"There must be objections. The country has always claimed freedom of speech." Louisa Morgan exclaimed, "This will cause criticism."

"Uh-huh! In fact, we all know that freedom of speech does not exist, and something that has never existed cannot be said to be a violation." Sheffield said with a bad smile, "This is just a bill that formally eliminates opposition voices for participating in the war. It mainly deals with two types of

People, one is the real anti-war voice, and the other is the opposing voice that the United States has joined the camp. When the time comes, even my League of Nations will uphold this law and sing praises for the war."

The Espionage Act declared punishment for the spread of any inappropriate speech. The real target of this law was the anti-war speech in American society at that time. It hoped to eliminate the phenomenon of insubordination in the armed forces, and anti-war people to prevent the recruitment and possible

Behavior that affects the achievement of military victory. The American Socialist Party, the most powerful anti-war party, became the main target of the bill.

So who will make the judgment on the fundamental interests of the country? In fact, the federal government obviously has the decisive say. Therefore, this standard actually gives the US government a basis to control public opinion when necessary, and it can effectively control those who do not agree.

The dissemination of popular public opinions and political views creates a public opinion atmosphere in the country that unanimously supports the government's foreign policy.

"Forget about this matter, how much loans did your Morgan Alliance give to the British?" Rather than destroying freedom of speech, Sheffield still wants to know how much Wall Street has invested now.

"The Morgan Alliance has now invested one billion U.S. dollars, and the entire Wall Street, as far as I know now, exceeds 4.1 billion U.S. dollars." Louisa Morgan gave an accurate figure.

Sheffield was stunned when he heard this. He remembered that the French did not pay back the money until the 1930s, and finally told the Americans that the debts of World War I were a battle of honor for the civilized world and should not be used as

Measured simply by debt.

As for the British siding with the French, take the example of the British canceling the debts of all participating countries after the Napoleonic Wars. In any case, they would not pay back the money.

Fortunately, this war greatly promoted the economic scale of the United States from a national and social perspective. Otherwise, the debts from World War I alone would have made Wall Street bosses paw at them.

"You'd better pray that our country's military can be looked upon highly by the Allied Powers. Otherwise, it will be dangerous!" Sheffield finally said speechlessly, "Loans to Britain and France must be controlled now, otherwise the losses will be huge."

At present, Sheffield does not know whether he lost money during the First World War. If he could get the British to recognize their territory in the Persian Gulf as legal, there is no doubt that he would make a lot of money, even if he did not develop oil.

, waiting for the United States to be strong enough to protect and develop it will only delay the benefits.

Now we are afraid that the Allied Powers, mainly the British, will have spare power after the war and scare the United States back!

Sheffield has never had any hope in the courage of the United States. He can only hope that the British will pay a greater price and not win so easily. In this way, the British will focus on recovering from their injuries and turn a blind eye to the Persian Gulf land that currently has little value.

Close one eye.

With this consideration in mind, he, the flag bearer of anti-British public opinion in the United States, remained polite to the British minister's assistant, saying that relations with Britain could be eased and that he was not someone who disliked the Allies in his heart.

But the British will certainly not get much from him, and he can provide all moral support except help.

The policy of the United States itself is similar to that of the British Empire, except that the British continental balance of power policy only has one English Channel, while the Atlantic Ocean of the United States can obviously play a greater protective role.

In May, the third naval battle between Britain and Germany broke out. After the previous two naval battles, the Germans were obviously used to challenging the British authority at sea. Some things are just like this. After the first time, there were countless

Second-rate.

Even in the direction of the Mediterranean, the British and French combined fleets were on the defensive against the Allied navies, because the British Royal Navy had to concentrate on dealing with the threat of the German High Seas Fleet. The result of the third great naval battle was another stabbing outcome, and the British finally

No longer the side with greater losses, both sides sunk an equal number of dreadnoughts.

"I heard that our British friends have become more and more polite recently. This is really a rare thing." Sheffield whistled frivolously, "I heard that after the naval battle, the British transported a large number of soldiers into France, right?
Chapter completed!