Chapter 2270： American conditions

But this time, in any case, Theodore Roosevelt needed to travel to Berlin himself. After all, the war had come to an end and there were many things to deal with. Moreover, Roosevelt was really worried about Taft and Lan Xin. Taft was so arrogant that he had the best match with Crown Prince Ruprecht. How about Lan Xin? I went to contact the German parliamentary faction once and was followed, this... It doesn't seem to have much to do with him.

"We can provide business loans to the British, but we have to trade privileges, resources and technology in exchange. We are about to face war, and millions of people will join the industry. This is something we have not experienced before, so The material preparation must be adequate, and I don't think the Germans will object to this." Taft thought for a while and said.

"This is ok. If there is a problem, I will contact the German side." Roosevelt nodded and said.

"We must cut off the alliance between Britain and Japan, at least the British must uphold neutrality. If we can, I hope we can borrow some help from the British, such as emergency treatment of some injured people in Australia. This is considered humanitarian help. The Germans should not have overreacted." Lan Xin said.

"The former is certain, as for the latter, I will also contact the German side." Roosevelt said.

"If the British are willing to use Canada's interests in exchange, I think we can go further with the British relationship." Taft hesitated and said.

"Well, this is a very good idea. Canada has very rich resources and markets, and Canada’s military power is not weak. If we can negotiate to remove Canada from the British map, then it’s for the United Kingdom. They will never be our enemies." Roosevelt greatly appreciated this opinion!

Taft and Lan Xin are more hateful of Germany, and they really want to improve their relations with Britain, but one thing that needs to be explained is that they also have no good feelings for Britain. The premise of their closeness to Britain is to confront the Germans! And the submission of the British. And if there is a chance that Britain can lose a dominion, then the Americans will naturally do it.

And Canada is a good choice! But don't think that Canada is weak at this time. To be honest, the number of U.S. Army forces is not as large as the Canadian troops mobilized to participate in World War I! In World War I, Canada also had more than 400,000 troops participating in World War I, with more than 200,000 casualties! Moreover, Canada itself has a relatively strong industry and shipbuilding industry, which is of great significance to the United Kingdom.

The Americans do not want to annex Canada when they fight the Japanese, because it is impossible to fight on two fronts. It is impossible for American military forces to fight against the Japanese and British and Canadian troops in the north while fighting the Japanese. Moreover, even Germany would not agree with the American military.

So the Americans’ idea is very simple, that is, to get Canada out of the arms of the United Kingdom, first become an independent country, and then the United States will find a way to make Canada its own little brother.... This is what the United States has done in history. Many territories acquired from Mexico worked in this way. For example, the Lone Star Republic in history, also known as the Republic of Texas, joined the United States in this way. In history, Americans had thoughts about Canada. Then the Presidential Palace of the United States was burned, and the White House was born... Of course, Roosevelt did not necessarily have to annex Canada, but it is necessary to turn Canada into his own sphere of influence, and this is also revenge for the original actions of Britain!

The Americans had considered the entire Americas as their sphere of influence as early as the Monroe period. However, until now, the Americans still did not regard them as a backyard. Other than that, the Canadian dominion of the British Empire allowed the United States to People feel very upset. Don’t look at Canada’s population of just over 10 million, but with lessons learned, the U.S. Army itself is a little afraid of this neighbor to the north and the British Empire behind him. Although Britain is now finished, pulling out Britain's biggest nail in the Americas has become the idea of ​​the top American government.

And whether it was Roosevelt, Taft, or Robert Lansing, they all regarded the British abandoning Canada as a prerequisite for US-British reconciliation. Radical Americans believed that they helped Germany cultivate a powerful enemy for the future. What about Britain? Naturally, they will not repeat the same mistakes, so removing part of the teeth of this old tiger so that even if the tiger is restored to life, it will not threaten the United States has become a necessary preventive measure!

As for the price that Americans need to pay for doing this? Roosevelt thought for a while and expressed his willingness to pay 1.5 billion US dollars to make Britain abandon Canada! As for whether Canadians want independence? how to say? In the current situation, the British Empire is a tiger skin anyway, but without this tiger skin and the status of a member of the Commonwealth, your south is a powerful country that has invaded itself! Canadians may not want to be subordinates under the Mi Zi banner but they also don't want to accept the rule under the Stars and Stripes banner!

"So what is our bottom line for Germany?" Secretary of State Robert Lansing asked.

“It’s okay for Germany to want British colonies in Africa, and it’s okay to want compensation. We can ignore these. However, the British colonies in India and Southeast Asia and the interests of Australia must be preserved, and the security of the British homeland must also We guarantee that what we need is a certain degree of strength, not a Britain that has lost all its colonies and can only live on the British Isles.” Theodore Roosevelt said.

So in the end, the US's current strategic tone for Britain was set. It used loans to Britain in exchange for economic benefits in the British colonies and demanded that the British abandon their status as the sovereign state of Canada. At the same time, in the future Pacific War, we will tend to the United States and sever ties with Japan!

The German strategy is to maintain the stability of relations with Germany under the condition that Germany does not overly squeeze Britain, and the two sides continue to fulfill their previous commitments and agreements. The ally relationship between the two parties must be maintained at least until the end of the US-Japan Pacific War and the United States regains its foothold in the Pacific!

"Your Excellency the President, Your Vice President, Your Secretary of State, the British government has issued an armistice statement and expressed its willingness to send a British delegation headed by Foreign Secretary Belfort to Germany for negotiations, but now the Germans have not responded." At the end, an official reported the latest situation to the three!

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