Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 12: Watch the lively Americans
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Compared with the consul generals of Britain and France, the consul general of the United States in Shanghai does not have so many ideas. Originally, the interests of the United States in China were mainly concentrated in the north. Only a few foreign banks and financial institutions exist in Shanghai because of the economic and trade relations between the two countries. The Japanese still maintain basic respect for the United States, at least under the protection of the Stars and Stripes, the work and life of American businessmen in Shanghai have not been hindered.
There is a more important point. This Mr. Monat Byrne Davis will return to China next month. As for whether he will hold a diplomatic post in the future, it is still difficult to say. The United States will hold a general election at the end of this month. The current President, Mr. Roosevelt, has already announced his withdrawal from the election at the beginning of the month and no longer seeks re-election because of a serious scandal.
According to Davis’s friends in Washington, this was part of the transaction. Roosevelt was willing to surrender power peacefully, in exchange for Congress agreeing to waive his impeachment, while continuing to retain his immunity. Based on the evidence currently available, the President has a number of suspicions of violations of laws and constitutions. Once Congress is successfully impeached, he will not only be ruined, but may even be imprisoned.
Of course, these are just some rumors within Washington. Only the core personnel in the matter know the truth. A marginal fish like Mr. Davis will probably not have access to the answer in this lifetime.
Some changes have also taken place on the Republican side. Wilkie was deprived of his candidacy because of suspected collusion with Roosevelt and replaced him with Thomas Dewey as the presidential candidate. In contrast, because of Roosevelt’s withdrawal, the Democratic Party was unable to push a single candidate for a while, and no one wanted to participate in this doomed election because the circumstances of this election were too special and it might be ruined. The political future of the elector was at last the then Vice President of Ghana to stand up as the cannon fodder. The old man had already retired when he was following Roosevelt, and simply took this opportunity to disarm and return to the field.
No matter who comes to power, it has nothing to do with Mr. Davis. He is not worried about his future. After all, he is an experienced professional diplomat. It is very likely that he will be dormant for a year and a half and then change to another place to continue. dry.
Because the cabinet is rolling up its sleeves and is busy fighting infighting, of course, Washington will not give him any instructions, only let the consul general perform his duties, by the way, extend sincere greetings to the German envoy on behalf of the United States. Anyway, the United States does not have a high right to speak in the public concession, and Davis is happy to be a bystander.
The news also comes from friends in Washington that the relationship between the United States and Germany is rapidly heating up. The German Foreign Minister Mr. Niu Wright has traveled around the states of the United States for several months. Almost every governor has met him, the German The head of state has sent a fleet to the United States for a friendly visit, and it is said that a high-level delegation also arrived at the same time.
The European purchasing group led by the German Ministry of Commerce is conducting frantically sweeping goods all over the United States. Those Europeans want almost everything, and all of them have rich wealth and don't care about the price proposed by the US.
Under this situation, the U.S. economy, which has always been lifeless, is showing signs of rapid recovery. The large number of European orders makes U.S. companies seem to see the prosperity of ten years ago, and major factories have recovered. The scale of production, while the unemployment rate also began to decline rapidly.
For the first time, farmers in the west and south emptied their inventories, and even got orders for next year. There are tens of thousands of meat and livestock shipped to Europe every day in New York Port, and some Full cabin of corn, rice and flour.
When American workers count their salaries, they will not forget who sent these jobs and orders. Out of curiosity, they desperately want to know everything about this head of state. The newspapers and the media didn't know when they started to rush to publish the story of the head of state, and there were even serial comics of the head of state on the market. As long as there is a documentary film of him, every scene will be full.
The American people have been fascinated by this handsome European blonde who has created countless miracles. The media has taken the opportunity to add to the flames. A heads-of-state fever has occurred on the east coast of the United States and is spreading towards the west coast at an alarming rate. It is no exaggeration to say that Americans’ enthusiasm for this head of state has surpassed their concern for the presidential election.
Anyone with a higher intelligence than a mule knows the truth that those who follow the trend will perish. Those who go against the trend of society are not called individuality, but called lifelessness. Of course Davis will not do anything that will damage the friendship between Germany and the United States at this time. Of course, because of his personal character, he can't deliberately flatter him. In this respect, I really can't compare with the French. Seeing Aoqi's appearance, I can't wait to go up and lick the palms of the Germans.
Davis turned his head and glanced at the Japanese who were still drawing circles. These hapless guys don’t know how they will be punished when they go back. There are so many Chinese and foreign reporters on the scene today. When the time comes, as soon as the photos and videos are released, the face of the Japanese Empire will be smashed to the ground.
Why didn't Matsuoka know this? Had it not been for the presence of so many reporters, he would have already slapped Horiuchi and Sawada, who were responsible for the specific reception matters. The honor of the Empire of Japan and his own fame were about to fall on the hands of these two red deer, so why not let the blood of this foreign minister who worked hard for the imperial kingdom's cause be broken.
To tell the truth, Japan will agree to welcome the German mission on the Bund. There is no way. The area north of the Suzhou River occupied by Japan is prosperous except for the area close to the Bund. There is no way to give it to other places. According to the Germans, Huxi is home to a large number of densely populated lanes and poor shantytowns. Jiangwan Zhabei still retains ruined buildings after the war. In addition to some natural villages, Baoshan has cultivated farmland, and the rest are large tracts of wasteland.
It is not always necessary to let the [Prince Eugen] stop at the Japanese Navy Pier, and then let the Germans visit the Hongkou Dojo. So when it came time to consider how to receive it, the Japanese began to worry.
The German side has long pointed out that it is going to visit the two concessions. You don't necessarily stop the German marshal, tell him there is nothing fun to do there.
Even if you want to stop you, you have to have a reason. If you change to a Japanese marshal, it will be much more convenient. As long as it is delicious and delicious, you can find a few geishas, and any problem can be solved. But that was the German marshal and a lot of high-ranking officials around him. How many geishas had to be found to settle it.
Although Little Tokyo in Hongkou is quite prosperous and has many European-style buildings, compared with the facilities in the public concession and French concession ~IndoMTL.com~ is not on the same level. After all, the development of the Hongkou area was relatively late, not as good as the old European concessions.
Moreover, the Japanese population is mixed. There are many ronin and gangsters who can't get along in Japan. Even the gendarmerie feels headaches. If a red deer filled with sake accidentally causes an accident, Like what happened in Paris, this time the Germans could not be compensated by cutting the small intestine.
Just when the two were worried, the public concession suddenly sent an official letter. They proposed that the mission should land in the most prosperous part of the Bund. At the same time, the concession would make the best arrangements to welcome the mission. The Japanese side If you don’t worry, you can send someone to supervise the preparation work, or you can make your own suggestions. All the expenses for the reception can be calculated in the accounts of the two concessions.
Horiuchi and Sawada began to make small calculations, thinking that this is indeed the most easy and convenient plan at present. They believe that the concession does not have the guts to play tricks in front of the Great Japanese Empire.
As a result, things eventually turned into this. The British and French dug a hole. The Japanese jumped in without knowing the depth. The Americans watched indifferently, and in the end they had to rely on the Germans to save the field.
ps: Chapter 2 was delivered early, my eyes were a little uncomfortable, and I went to rest.
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