v3 Chapter 286： North American Reconciliation

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On December 15, 1866, the Commonwealth of Millikin and the British Army launched a land war in Quebec, eastern Canada. The United Kingdom invested more than 50,000 people. The Commonwealth of Millikin also launched operations against Britain in several New England states. 30,000 regular troops and 40,000 temporary recruits were invested.

The navies of the two countries launched small shelling in the Bay of Fundy at the junction of the Atlantic Ocean between the two countries. Both countries were obviously very cautious, fearing that the other side would cause heavy casualties to their own navies.

However, the army was not so polite.

You come and go, and you go back and forth between the landing on the St. Lawrence River and the anti-landing. Perhaps the army ignited the enthusiasm of the navy. Although the two countries were restrained in the Atlantic Ocean, under the influence of the war on the St. Lawrence River, the navies of the two countries went up the river, and the confrontation developed to the Great Lakes of North America. On the other four lakes outside the exclusive Lake Michigan, both sides have their own damage.

In general, the Army of the United States of America prevailed, but in the navy, the United Kingdom had to say that the United States of America was unmatched.

So when the time arrived on December 20th, the British Army had more than 27,000 casualties, and the Commonwealth of America had more than 19,000 men. In the Navy, the United Kingdom only lost three fifth-class sail battleships and one two-class battleship. Class Sail Battleship. And most of them were sunk by artillery fire on the shore during the water battle between Lake Andalien and the Commonwealth of Millikin.

The Commonwealth of America lost 2 Tier V Sail Battleships, 3 Tier IV Sail Battleships, and one Tier 2 Sail Battleship.

Perhaps the damage was too large, so both countries chose to stop large-scale operations.

Of course, the most important thing is that on December 20, 1866, the United Kingdom began to hold a general election for the prime minister. Perhaps both countries deliberately chose this date to avoid it. In short, there was no more than 100 people fighting in the following week.

When the time came to the end of December 30th, the results of the British general election came out, the Whig party really failed, Creston, the interim-government caretaker prime minister, will expire on January 30th, and the Tories' Diess Raleigh will become Britain's new prime minister on February 1.

In other words, the next month will be a transitional period. According to legal rules, the Creston government will complete the handover of work within the next month, and will not allow major changes in external and internal policies. If it is really necessary, it needs to be followed and coordinated by the shadow cabinet of the Tory Party before it can be passed.

Because of this, the British army on the Canadian side is still standing still, waiting for the new cabinet to take office before taking the next step. Of course, Queen Victoria is the highest commander of the British military, but the Queen did not intervene.

However, Milliken would not let this opportunity go lightly. While stabilizing the position of British Columbia and Alberta, the occupied areas in western Canada, he sent a large number of navies to the south, and even surrounded the maritime trade of the Confederate States. The channel, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic side, to the south, was blocked by the Confederate Navy.

At the same time, Lincoln himself made an appeal to the South, and the two sides entered into peace talks.

Obviously, Lincoln wanted to take advantage of the fact that the United Kingdom had just been elected and had not yet handed over. When the South lost its support, he wanted to complete the negotiation with the South in one step with the upper hand, in order to obtain the greatest benefits.

The Davis government's navy has always been a weak point. In the face of Milliken, the world's eighth largest navy, naturally lacking the help of the United Kingdom, it has really become the target of the successful blockade of the Commonwealth of America. Even the navy can only hide in the major ports, or go up the Mississippi River and enter the river in order to be preserved and not destroyed.

The Davis government has sent several appeals to the UK for help, but Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street are just asking the Davis government to wait and don't worry.

However, the Union of Millicians in the north would wait for them. The navy even bombarded major seaports. It was difficult for the food grown in the south to be sold overseas, and the arms suppliers were also unsustainable. Therefore, half a month passed, and the Davis government was affected by Domestic opposition pressure is growing.

After the British Disraeli government came to power on February 1, 1867, Disraeli actually chose to negotiate and reconcile with the Commonwealth of Millikin.

It turned out that Disraeli's shadow cabinet had already communicated privately with Lincoln, adding secret channels outside the Clayston government. Queen Victoria also knew about this because Disraeli had reported it to the Queen.

Although the Queen was dissatisfied, she had to admit that this was one of the best ways to stabilize the interests of the United Kingdom in North America, and finally agreed.

Therefore, as soon as he came to power, Disraeli changed the previous cabinet's insistence on developing relations with the Confederate allies while ignoring the North. On February 6 after taking over, the Disraeli cabinet government directly announced the dispatch of a new diplomatic envoy. Daohua Shengton negotiated In the end, no one knows the outcome of the negotiation between the two countries, but the United Kingdom lobbied the South to reconcile the benefits with the North,

At this time, the Davis government did not know where the new British government and Lincoln must have reached some shady agreement.

So the Davis government chose to compromise.

Finally, on January 15, 1867, the North and South held talks in Orange City between Washington, the capital of the North, and Richmond, the capital of the South, with Lincoln and Davis in person.

Prime Minister Disraeli of the United Kingdom, as the first time to be the Prime Minister, first sent the representative of the new foreign minister and former Prime Minister Edward Henry Stanley of the Tory government to take the lead, and he also officially participated in the meeting later.

At the same time, Dutch Prime Minister Tolbeck, Russian Empire Gorchakov and French Olivier, and Prussian Kingdom Bismarck, as stakeholders, testified and attended the meeting. Among them, the Tsarist Russia Empire, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Kingdom of Prussia, as the security guarantor of the Union of Nations of the United States of America in the north, and the United Kingdom and the French Empire as the security guarantor of the south, all signed the guarantees of various countries in this peace agreement.

At the meeting, President Lincoln and President Davis signed an armistice and peace agreement on behalf of the North and the South, and the Confederate States of the South recognized the status of the Union of North of the United States and recognized the current jurisdiction of the Lincoln government as the Northern Territory.

The Lincoln administration also recognized the Davis administration's jurisdiction as a Southern Territory.

The two sides do not deny each other's international status.

Many people were very surprised that the Lincoln government actually agreed to the existence of the southern government.

But when I looked down, I realized that the focus was here.

According to the Armistice Agreement, the relationship between the Commonwealth of America and the Confederate States of America was normalized, and trade was normalized.