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"Mr. Ogner, the Chinese are too arrogant. They actually demand 200 million pounds of compensation and limit our country's military facilities on the west coast. This obviously treats our country as a defeated country! Our country will never agree!"
The US Minister to China Tian Bei did not return to the US Embassy in China, but went to the British Embassy in China. As soon as he entered the embassy, he began to curse endlessly.
"Old Master Tian Bei, the Chinese people's request is very rude. However, this time, the United States lost. If the United States wants to end the conflict without paying any price, it is impossible. I think you still
Contact the country immediately! As for the Chinese people's request, we can negotiate slowly. Don't forget that the Chinese people said that in a week, their fleet will leave the port again!" The British ambassador to China
Ogner said. In his opinion, although the Chinese demands are arrogant, the United States is also a bit too unreasonable. If they lose, they still make such demands. It is simply unreasonable! At this time, they are still fist-like.
It is the truth.
"Uh, okay! Your Excellency Ogner, I will contact the country immediately!" Tian Bei felt Ogner's dissatisfaction and had to say goodbye and leave immediately. He did not dare to offend Ogner. The hope of the United States now is completely complete
It's entrusted to the UK.
"Mr., is the negotiations today not going well?" Jurden appeared in Ogner's study and asked.
"The Americans did not clearly put their position, and the Chinese were lions. Do you think the negotiations would go smoothly?" Ogner said speechlessly. He really missed his life for several years. It was the time when the Qing Dynasty ruled China.
At that time, he didn't have to be so sad! And now, with the rise of China, he found that it was becoming increasingly difficult to protect the interests of Britain.
"The Americans have no choice now. If they refuse to pay the price, China will definitely not let them go. We can mediate, but we will never be involved in the war for the sake of the United States!" said Zhu Erdian.
"That's right, that's right. So Americans have to pay a certain price. However, this is not what I worry about the most. In today's negotiations, Wu Tingfang proposed to ask China to give up all its interests in China and return the concession to the concession.
. From this we can see that the Chinese want to completely abolish the unequal treaty we signed with the Qing Dynasty, which is the most troublesome thing for us!" Ogner said. Fortunately, his term is about to be
It's about to end, and then all these problems will be left to Juerdian to do.
"My Lord, in my opinion, this is inevitable. With the rise of China, they will certainly not endure those unequal treaties. It is inevitable that the abolition of unequal treaties is inevitable, and we must be prepared!"
Juerdian said that among the interests of all countries in China, Britain has the most interests in China. Obviously, China's approach will cause heavy losses to the UK.
"What are you going to do?" Ogner asked.
"Drag! Drag to China and Japan to start a war. China will face huge challenges at that time. If China wins, then it is impossible for us to retain our interests in China. If China loses, we
It can further expand its interests in China!" Zhu Erdian said.
"This is a good idea. Just do what you said!" Ogner said.
At the same time, Wu Tingfang had already rushed to the palace to report the negotiations to Wang Yuze.
"It seems that the Americans have not figured out the situation yet, but they will wake up soon! The Pacific Fleet is not ready. Can they go to sea again in a week?" Wang Yuze asked.
"Back to the emperor! Most of the warships of the Pacific Fleet are at least slightly injured. They can be repaired in Pearl Harbor and can go to sea to fight again in a week. Commander Li Dingxin has called and said that the Pacific Fleet will not have any problems!"
Cheng replied.
"That's good! In addition, draw a Marine Brigade to board the ship and go to Hawaii to deploy! Further strengthen the strength of Hawaii, and at the same time, deliberately let Americans know about this. At that time, they should be anxious!
"Wang Yuze smiled. If Americans thought that China wanted to send troops to land in the United States, they would probably not be so tough.
"Yes, Master! I will make the Americans believe that a large number of our troops are preparing to board the ship and head to Hawaii!" Zhang Cheng naturally understood Wang Yuze's meaning. He sent another brigade to Hawaii in order to strengthen the strength of Hawaii. But so
At the same time, it is like sending troops on a large scale, making the Americans think that China is preparing to send troops to land in the United States. At that time, the Americans will not be so tough anymore, which is also very beneficial to the negotiations.
The US government received a telegram from the Minister to China at 10 pm on September 17 that President William McKinley held an emergency meeting overnight to discuss how to deal with the conditions put forward by China.
"What do you think about the telegram sent by Mr. Tian Bei?" President William McKinley asked.
"His Excellency President, I think Mr. Tian Bei is too rash. His toughness not only fails to achieve results, but instead causes the opposite effect." Vice President Garrett Hobart said.
"Tian Bei is also considering the interests of the United States. The conditions proposed by the Chinese are too harsh and we cannot agree!" Secretary of State John Sherman said.
President William McKinley nodded, and he also knew that the conditions proposed by China were too harsh. If he accepted it, the angry American people might be able to blow him out of the White House tomorrow. "Mr. Roosevelt, what do you think?" William McGee
President Jinli asked.
"His Excellency the President, the amount of compensation proposed by the Chinese is too large, we cannot agree. In addition, reducing the military power on the West Coast cannot be agreed. Otherwise, we will not be able to resist China's strength!" said Roosevelt.
"His Excellency the President, our fiscal revenue last year was only US$340 million, and this year was only about 350 million. Therefore, we have no way to pay the compensation proposed by the Chinese government!" Finance Minister Lehman J
?Gage also said.
"Let Tian Bei negotiate with the Chinese government again! We will never agree to reduce the military power on the West Coast. As for the compensation, we should also reduce it as much as possible! The Chinese Pacific Fleet will be able to leave the port again in a week.
There is no doubt that they will go to the west coast of our country. If we cannot reach an agreement with them before this, it will be a huge crisis for us! May God bless America!" President William McKinley said
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Subsequently, under the directive of the US government, the US ambassador to China, Tian Bei launched a new round of negotiations with China, but because the gap between the two sides was too large, it was impossible to reach an agreement. At this time, for the US government,
Yes, the crisis began to emerge.
On September 20, the New York Times took the lead in exposing the main force of the US Navy by the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet in a large article. The negotiations between China and the United States are now in progress because the gap is too large to reach an agreement. In addition,
It is pointed out that the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet is about to launch an attack on the west coast of the United States, and in China, there is also a situation where the mainland army is preparing to board the ship to Hawaii. This is undoubtedly on the surface, China is actively preparing to land in the United States and completely defeat the United States.
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The article in the New York Times caused an uproar in the United States. Major newspapers reprinted it one after another, and panic arose in the United States. In particular, residents living on the West Coast packed up their property as soon as possible and took it to the front.
Trains in the eastern region. For a time, the train tickets from the West Coast to the eastern region were hard to find, and chaos arose in the entire United States.
At this time, the US government made an explanation, and announced the issue of Sino-US military conflict to the country for the first time, and assured the people that the US government would reach an agreement with China as soon as possible and would not let the war burn on the US territory.
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However, the actions of the US government have aroused the anger of Americans. Many people believe that the US government's reaction is too slow, which puts the US in danger. Some people believe that the US should be tough on China.
The United States should defeat China with its strong national strength, rather than humiliating seeking peace.
Those who support these two views have held marches again and again in the United States, and even large-scale conflicts have erupted, which has made the US government very anxious and has to take severe measures to suppress them. At the same time, the US ambassador to China
Tian Bei also received increasingly severe telegrams. US Secretary of State John Sherman even ordered Tian Bei to reach an agreement with the Chinese within a week, before the Chinese Pacific Fleet appeared on the west coast of the United States.
This made Tian Bei panic and had to ask for help from the ambassadors of Britain and France to China. Fortunately, Britain and France were unwilling to have China gained too much benefit from the United States, so they once again joined forces to put pressure on China.
Even without hesitation to take measures of threatening war, this has made China lower its demands on the United States.
"His Majesty the Emperor of my country believes that the United States must agree with the following content before our country will stop taking action against the United States. First, the United States apologizes to China for this military conflict. Second, the United States compensates China for the losses of 150 million yuan in compensation. Tens of millions of pounds. Third, the US government recognizes the Kingdom of Hawaii as the highest country and guarantees that it will not invade or give the regime of the Kingdom of Hawaii in any way. Fourth, the US government abandons all privileges in China and returns them to China's concessions. .” Wu Tingfang solemnly put forward new conditions!
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