Chapter 605： Sign the treaty

However, in the end, Theodore Roosevelt took into account the political posture of the representatives behind such a treaty, so in the end, the two sides signed a semi-secret agreement, which recognized that Germany and the United States had signed a series of economic and financial agreements. No comment on the content. Of course, the British government can obtain the contents of the treaty through various channels, but what if they obtain the original treaty? Anyway, the US government does not recognize it. How do you like it.

The content of the treaty mainly includes the following aspects: First, from 1905 to 1915, the United States provided Germany with a credit line of 120 million to 150 million US dollars, which stipulated that more than 80% of the funds would be used for Germany to purchase goods from the United States. There is no actual large amount of U.S. dollars flowing between the two parties. When the German government uses the funds to purchase, the US government pays directly and keeps the account.

10% of this loan will be paid in precious metals such as gold and silver. These payments will be shipped to Germany for the purpose of purchasing urgent supplies from other countries and maintaining financial and currency stability during the war. After the war is over, The German government will repay this loan in the form of precious metals within 8 years.

Secondly, the German government began to repay this loan in accordance with regulations in 1910, and at the same time used German assets overseas as collateral. The German government does not need to repay interest, but it needs to start to transform the infrastructure of the Far East islands in accordance with the requirements of the United States.

From the beginning of the loan, the United States will acquire Germany as a colony in the Caroline Islands in the Far East in 1910, and the Mariana Islands in 1912. In 1914, he obtained a colony transferred from the former Kingdom of Spain, including Guam, to Germany. And before the end of the loan period, Germany will hand over all its Far Eastern colonies to the United States, including but not limited to German Guinea.

In return, the US government will remain neutral after the outbreak of the European War, uphold the principles of freedom of navigation and trade, and continue to maintain trade with Germany. The U.S. government does not recommend that ships belonging to the United States of America transport materials for the Allies. The resulting disaster will be borne by the shipping company itself. The German government is sure that it will not attack ships flying the American flag outside of Europe. If something unexpected happens, the two parties should adopt a cooperative attitude to resolve these disputes, and try to suppress the impact to the minimum.

From the basic content of this treaty, everyone can understand the previous part, which is almost exchange American money for German colony in the Far East. At the same time, the United States provided part of the gold loan to Germany, while still being able to purchase external supplies during the war. However, the latter question about shipping leaves many people wondering.

"The purpose of the merchant is to make enough profits. With 10% of the profits, the merchants will become active. With 50% of the profits, the merchants will take risks. 100% of the profits will make the merchants risk the hanging. It’s dangerous to do things with 300% profit, then businessmen dare to trample on all human morals and laws. It is impossible for us to prevent American merchant ships from delivering supplies to the British in wartime. There will always be some people Take action under the influence of the amount of profit.

This kind of thing cannot be prevented. The only way is to greet the U.S. government or some people in the U.S. government. Except for large consortiums closely related to German interests, after years of training by His Highness, there is indeed There is a group of people who are extremely hostile to Britain and France, and these people are truly not happy with things or sad for themselves. Stand firmly on the side of Germany. Therefore, although it cannot be completely banned, it is also hoped that the U.S. government can restrict exports and transportation to the Allied countries as much as possible, and reduce the possibility of the deterioration of relations between the two countries caused by misuse.

His Royal Highness is quite aware of the horror of the American Emperor. Not to mention Ruprecht as a traverser. Even the arrogant mustache is quite jealous of the United States. Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the mustache tried to avoid conflict with the United States. All Submarines were told not to launch attacks on American ships. On the one hand, the Americans continued to deliver supplies to the British, and on the other hand, they also delineated the range of navigation, even to places several hundred nautical miles away from Europe, and the American destroyers were still ships. The team escorted.

It cannot be said that there were no conflicts between German submarines and American ships, but very few. This situation did not end until the outbreak of the Pacific War. Ruprecht didn't know if Germany could beat the United States in World War II on this plane, but he knew that if the United States participated in World War I, Germany would definitely not be able to fight it! The core of His Royal Highness's foreign work is to keep the United States away from war as much as possible. Up to now, the United States has more than 80% probability that it will not participate in the war.

"Are it really appropriate for us to do this?" Earl Schelling asked after the agreement was signed. In his opinion, Germany has paid too many costs and prices for this agreement.

"His Royal Highness, if everything is done in accordance with the agreement, even if we get a large amount of war reparations, we will only work for the Americans. More importantly, during the war, the US government can do it through the embezzlement of German fixed assets. To seize the market that we have developed in more than ten years or even decades, will this cause a rebound of domestic capitalists?" Earl Schelling said with some worry.

The German government does not have many overseas assets, and most of all mortgage assets are owned by the German bourgeoisie. Such actions are undoubtedly offensive! When giving gifts from others, the German government is naturally generous, and those who sign the treaty will naturally become targets of public criticism.

His Royal Highness understands this very well, and although the content of these treaties were finalized by the prince and the US government, the entire German negotiation delegation was headed by Herbert, and he signed the final contract! At this time, the discerning person has already seen it, this is the act of the Emperor Ruprecht, and Herbert is holding the pot! Without the approval of the Kaiser, a mere His Highness would definitely not dare to make such a promise! Even said that if no one is holding the pot, the Kaiser would not do it so neatly!

This treaty is not only to win over the Americans, but also a means for the Kaiser to make internal adjustments! Things were done so concealed that Earl Schelling, who was directly involved in the negotiation, only vaguely felt a little, but still didn't understand the overall context, so he wanted to know something.

"We have no choice. At the same time, this is also the best choice for the empire. What's more, the sale of assets is phased and hierarchical. Since the Kaiser has agreed, it is not our burden, then it is with Bavaria. It doesn't matter, you can rest assured." Ruprecht thought for a while and said.

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