The sun is warm and the spring is getting more and more prosperous. The lawn in front of the White House in Washington has become lush and green. White wild flowers are undulating in the wind, blooming layer by layer, exuding a clear and simple fragrance.

In the spacious and bright general office, Wilson, with a clear face, was sitting quietly in his seat, with his blue-brown eyes slowly scanning the cabinet members in front of him. Government officials, including Vice President Marshall, Secretary of State Brian, Secretary of War Garrison, Secretary of the Navy Daniels, etc., all sat upright with a solemn expression; attending the meeting with such a complete lineup is already an extremely rare situation in government work.

On March 20, the first peaceful contact between the Allies and the Allies ended in failure; the German Emperor then issued a declaration full of fighting spirit, saying that the British and French governments must bear full responsibility for the current European war situation, otherwise the problems between the two sides can only be solved with swords. A photo of the German Emperor wearing armor, a pointed helmet on his head and a long sword also spread throughout Europe and the United States. For a time, the Allies camp cheered, and the British and French people gritted their teeth but were sad and powerless. Since the outbreak of the war, the United States, which had been living outside the country with a smile, was smiling at the European powers who killed each other, had some different thoughts for the first time after learning the news.

For most Americans, this war, which is a topic of discussion after dinner; as long as the current rich and peaceful life is not broken, even if the Europeans die, it will have nothing to do with them. To some extent, they even hope that the war will not end so soon: because as the war continues, the warring sides will increasingly need resources and industrial products from the United States to fill their own demand gaps. This will undoubtedly greatly pull the US economy.

and lead the people to a leapfrog development from well-off to prosperity. To this day, the American people have deeply felt the improvement of European wars to their own lives: those factories that provide various materials to the belligerent countries, as well as the series of related industrial chains involved in this process, have made American capitalists and workers who have devoted themselves to making a fortune, and the American people who have been swollen with dollars in their pockets have given the highest evaluation of the German Emperor who insisted on the war, and sincerely hope that both sides will fight forever without any peace talks.

However, compared to the simplicity of the people who have milk, American financial oligarchs and senior government officials obviously have other different ideas.

Before the Royal Navy was still in charge of the ocean, ships flying black, white, red and iron cross flags were almost extinct in the North Atlantic; all the merchant ships and ships of France and Great Britain were all covered. These bank oligarchs were able to control them at the beginning, but within a month, they began to buy large quantities of government bonds from Britain and France under the temptation of golden dollars. Regarding this situation, the US government not only held a tacit attitude, but also personally participated in it: in half a year from June 1913, they had consumed nearly 3 billion US dollars in the Allied National debt, and this huge sum of more than 600 million pounds could cause an astonishing shock no matter where they were placed!

Although the situation in the European war has taken a sharp turn compared with the Allies, causing the Americans to mass subscribe for German bonds issued in batches; due to Germany's lack of foundation in the field of international credit, their proportion in the total number is still much smaller than that of the Allies. You should know that Germany has been living almost closed for decades. It is very rare to enter this field: even after Germany broke into the Atlantic Ocean, trade with the United States accounted for the vast majority of the import of cheap raw materials, and purchasing lucrative industrial finished products and weapons and ammunition accounted for a very small number of them. As of now, the US government has only purchased about 800 million US dollars of German government bonds. Although people who have changed their minds have turned to this high-credit rating bond, the overall share after statistics is still only one-quarter of the Allies.

In this case, the top American officials naturally hope that Germany will not force Britain and France too hard. If a Brest-style armistice treaty was created similar to that of land cemeteries, how could Britain and France, which had been sucked away with their essence and blood, pay off their huge loan? For the United States, what they most wanted to see was undoubtedly an understanding between Britain and France and Germany and Austria, ending the war with a clause that both sides could accept, and then the two companies would return all the money they owed themselves. If they continue to fight, once one of Britain and France completely collapsed, the money they had loaned would become a bad debt: although the number on paper was good, it would really belong to them!

In order to achieve this goal, the US government, which has always been a cross-strait view of the European War, participated in the contact between the two sides of the war with unprecedented enthusiasm. Wilson tried his best to play the role of peace and mediator in a letter of fence. He started more than once with the righteousness of human peace, and sincerely called on both sides to immediately cease the war. Of course, this also won him the unprecedented reputation of the peace ambassador and was the Swedish emperor

The Academy of Sciences has vigorously nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize of the Year. However, the German Emperor, wearing "glittering armor", was not ready to receive this affection. According to the information of the scale claws sent back by the US military reporters, the German team is moving forward from Eastern Europe to the western front, and the roaring troops are still constantly in the early morning and night: the Berlin government has already raised its butcher knife and is ready to give these two old enemies a complete conclusion.

"Although this series of actions by the Germans was an unreasonable decision made by the party that had the advantage of the battlefield, it undoubtedly seriously damaged the interests of the United States." Seeing that all the participants were here, Wilson stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the topic, "Although this war is still a distance from us, the final result is closely related to the United States. We must ensure that the funds loaned to Britain and France can be completely recovered. This is the bottom line of our attitude towards this war! In addition, a Europe completely dominated by Germany is also a great disadvantage for the United States: we need the European market, and a Europe competing with multiple forces is the best stage to achieve this situation."

Hearing Wilson's words, the faces of everyone present were still a solemn pool of stagnant water, and only two or three people showed unwillingness and anger. In previous diplomatic affairs, the US government, which adopted the strategy of "soft speak with warm words and big sticks in hand, almost all was invincible. Countries such as Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, Panama, etc. were surrendered; but when the Germans came, the other party still did their own thing and did not take Washington, the American boss seriously. When the angry American was about to wave the big stick in his hand, he found that the other party was holding a giant hammer: if you really want to compete, you will be killed directly!

"Mr. President, please be honest, the power of the United States alone cannot stop the implementation of the Prussian will. We only have 100,000 National Police Forces, all of which are deployed in the southwestern border, Cuba, Panama and other places; and it will take at least one and a half years to form an army that can fight Europe." Minister of War Garrison spoke slowly, his words full of depression and helplessness. "The most important thing is that the people cannot allow the government to issue such a policy and decree to expand the army. If this bill is submitted to the House of Representatives, then not only will I be jealous of mental illness, but your presidency will not be preserved."

Wilson glanced at him dissatisfiedly, but found that most of the cabinet members, including Vice President Marshall, expressed their agreement with Garrison's words just now. Wilson's lips moved and said in a voice that had slowed down: "So, can we use economic means to make the Germans face the will of the United States? Now they are importing large quantities of oil, ore and other goods from us. We may give the Berlin government corresponding hints by raising prices, delaying delivery, etc. In addition, we can also limit the issuance of bonds by Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank on Wall Street to hinder their financing actions."

"Mr. President, this is also difficult to do. After more than four months of development, there are also a large number of interests in the United States that rely on German orders and bonds to make money. If we issue a law to limit German capital for no reason, we will inevitably face unimaginable resistance." Secretary of State Brian shook his head and said, "Let's take a step back, even if we do this without any obstacle, the impact on the German war machine will be quite limited. Now they have occupied a large area of ​​Eastern European territory, including Ukraine, and the resources they plundered have made their demand for raw materials not as strong as before; therefore, we will not only fail to play the expected restrictive role, but will instead anger the sharp Central European Empire."

Hearing Brian's words, Wilson covered his forehead with some pain. Currently, the United States has more than US$3.5 billion in British and French debts. If it is not handled properly, the angry people of the country will be the first to hit the United States government, which has merged the money from them. Although the current economic strength of the United States is not unable to deal with this deficit, the current government with the Democratic Party as its core will inevitably be subject to unprecedented criticism and criticism;

My dream of re-election has turned into a bubble, and even the current House seats will be swept and occupied by Republicans. However, who would have thought that this business, which was originally a sure profit, would now evolve to this point? Germany's power exceeded everyone's imagination before the war. After the fall of the Russian giant, the other two once powerful European powers also showed signs that they could not hold on! (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!

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