Chapter 2278: Negotiations broke down two
"Canada provided the British Empire with more than 500,000 soldiers in this war, and suffered more than 200,000 casualties. Well, I want to know how many armies are in the United States? Some problems in the world can be solved without money. Yes." Lloyd George's face leaked the ridicule. To be honest, the current US Army really can't handle the Canadian Army in World War I.
The American industry is indeed very strong. There is no doubt about this, but compared with the United States that can explode at any time during the Second World War in history, the United States in this era is still far behind, let alone this plane. Even the greatest role of the U.S. Army in the history of the Allied Powers was to provide a large number of soldiers, and the French provided weapons...
The U.S. Army of this era lacks too much. They do not have a large-scale army strategy, lack their own systematic equipment, have no actual combat experience, and have no army guiding ideology. This weakness is omni-directional, which is completely different from the small-scale US army before the Second World War, because before the Second World War, the Americans had studied armored forces, the motorization of troops, and the establishment of artillery systems. All these were done during the interwar period, at least people have a theoretical basis! But now, hehe, the U.S. Army is so much worse than the European powers!
"You are questioning the power of the United States!" Lan Xin said with a gloomy face.
"I'm just stating a reality!" Lloyd George has no thoughts of retreating. "In that case, I think this negotiation should be over, and we don't have to talk anymore."
"The conditions of the Germans will make you come to us again." Lan Xin retorted.
"Absolutely not!" Lloyd George said categorically before leaving!
half an hour later. In a room next to the meeting place, Robert Lanxin reported to Theodore Roosevelt and Vice President Taft about the meeting.
"It seems that our negotiation has failed this time." Taft said dejectedly. "It is difficult for me to understand why the British refused to be so direct and rude. Are they not clear about their situation?"
"After all, we asked Britain to give up a dominion with an area of nearly tens of millions and a population of tens of millions, especially this dominion gave the United Kingdom more than 500,000 troops in the war." Roosevelt said.
"Is it because our asking price is too high? What if we change Canada to Australia? In this case, we also have an ally in the Pacific. After all, without the protection of the British Empire, Australia can only protect us from the Japanese. Aggression." Robert Lanxin said.
"As long as the British want to become a top country in the world, they will not give up whether it is Australia or Canada. Did you know? Australia has a population of less than 5 million, but more than 400,000 people have participated in the war. The Canadian population may even reach 600,000. Without the troops of these two dominions, the British would be over!" Roosevelt said.
"It seems that our plan has serious problems from the very beginning. We want the British to be our helpers. We are the master and they are the auxiliary. The British just want to use us to tide over the difficulties in a short time, and then They regained their supremacy. But the British did not want to think about it. With Germany, why would they restore their former glory? This time, the British started with very good conditions! However, the result was still lost," Lan Xin said.
"We underestimated the pride and ambition of the British." Roosevelt said.
"Since Britain is unwilling to give in, let Germany squeeze them out! I want to know, when the British are faced with astronomical indemnities, how can they pay and how to maintain the remaining colonies? Canadians too Don't think about it, what can they get for Britain? Maybe they want independence more?" Taft said angrily.
The current situation makes the Americans feel very tricky. The strategy they have formulated has been problematic. The British don't seem to want to give in. The Americans don't even understand where the British have the confidence to deal with such an embarrassing situation.
"Can we lower some conditions?" Robert Lanxin said.
"The asking price of the British is too high. From your negotiation, 1 billion pounds may not satisfy the British appetite. Let's take a look at the situation first. After all, we are only stakeholders in the war, not participants." Theodore Roosevelt There is no good way!
In fact, apart from the so-called unreachable task of confronting the future German hegemon, the United States and Britain really do not have much objective need to form an alliance. Britain has been severely weakened and cannot provide the United States with great help, and the United States has no reason. Provide huge financial aid to Britain. If it is possible for the two parties to gradually improve their relationship through commercial loans and medium-sized government bonds, but want to go directly to the point of forming an alliance on the battlefield? Let's wash and sleep with this. Too fast, impossible!
And while the Americans were very disappointed and dissatisfied with the results of this negotiation, the British people were very simply. On the third day after the meeting, Lloyd George and most of the British delegation walked. After boarding the steamer returning home, except for a contact group, the rest of the crew went clean. Before the British delegation returned home, the British senior officials had already learned the main content of the negotiations through telegram.
"Americans are worse than Germans." In a room in Buckingham Palace, King George V threw the minutes of the meeting on the table.
"But fortunately, they don't have as good a mouth as the Germans." Prime Minister Asquith made no secret of his deep sarcasm towards the Americans.
"If the Americans are willing to put us in a reciprocal position, we might be allies. However, the reality is that they want us to completely lose our potential to become a powerful nation. If we agree to the Americans' demands, then today What is lost is Canada, and what is lost tomorrow is Australia. The two most important dominion regiments of the British Empire will become history. In the next war, we won't even be able to make up the army!" George V said.
"However, if we lose the help of the United States, how can we tide over this time of difficulties? Is there really no room for maneuver between us and the United States?" Although very indignant at what the Americans did, there is one sentence. What do you say? People have to bow their heads under the eaves! If the British on the American side can still refuse, then the Germans really cannot refuse.
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