The Capitol, built in 1793, is the true heart of the United States of America, witnessing the birth, growth, and destruction of this great nation.

On the morning of August 1, there were fifty-nine hours before the ultimatum time. In this left ventricle of the heart about 230 meters long, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt walked to the podium with his son's help. Along with him, in addition to the applause of members of the Senate and House of Representatives, there were also the shining flashes of journalists facing the aggressiveness of the Japanese government. The president had to speak on the parliament to clarify the policies of the United States government and unite all American people.

Like the most famous time in history, Roosevelt's speech also began with 'yesterday...', but considering that the value and function of the aircraft carrier cannot be exposed, the Japanese Navy did not attack Pearl Harbor, so the subsequent content was completely different from history.

“…The Japanese government issued an ultimatum to the Government of the United States of America, hoping that we would completely give up on finding Emilia, the great but unfortunate female aviator, and that we would turn a blind eye to their atrocities.

After receiving the ultimatum from the Japanese government, some of us cowards suggested that we must maintain peace at any cost or we will lose our freedom forever. To these people, I would say: In the history of the world, there has never been a country that has lost its democracy by successfully defending democracy. We are resisting a threat and must not be frightened by it. Our freedom has proven to be able to be preserved in war, but it will never be preserved in surrender. ‘The only thing we deserve to fear is fear itself.’

And I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States of America, from the moment I put my hand on the Bible to swear in public, when I remember the ancestors of the United States since its founding, when I think of the 130 million American people, I have to bear in mind the fact that Miss Emilia Ellhart is a citizen of the United States of America, the pride of all women in the world, and the sister of every American. We cannot be indifferent to her murder, we must find the murderer and make them pay the price.

This is not just a normal response to the murder of an American citizen, but also a half-century plot to defend Japan's armed conquest for freedom and democracy. It is not just a policy of pursuing survival space: this plan includes conquering all ethnic groups in the Far East and Pacific islands, as well as controlling North America, Central and South America's west coasts through the Japanese Navy and then dominating the entire Pacific Ocean.

The gradual development of this ambitious plot was reflected in the War against China in 1894; the subsequent occupation of North Korea; the Russian War in 1904; and the illegal defense of the Pacific islands after 1920. It cannot be forgotten that after the failure of the War against China in 1914, two similarly dictators formulated a more evil plan: in the east Pacific, they worked together to establish a powerful navy, ready to invade the Philippines, Australia, Hawaii and the entire America at any time; and in Central Asia in the west, they joined hands to embezzle the legal territory originally belonging to the Russian Empire, kill the indigenous people there, and immigrate there.

If we compromise, it is not difficult to imagine that one day the encounters of the Russian grassland Governor's territory would repeat themselves on the land of the United States. This is by no means alarmist. The dictatorship of the Far East used the kindness of the civilized world for fifty years to fly, and before their military boots set foot on the American territory, their economic lasso was already on our heads. The whole world was their industrial and agricultural products. Our exports were decreasing day by day, their exports were increasing day by day; our factories were decreasing day by day, their factories were increasing day by day; our farms were closing down every day, and their farms were building every day.

Free trade? Fair competition? Nonsense!! There, there is no union! There is no minimum wage! There is no maximum working hours! American workers are competing with slave labor in the Far East, where wages and working hours are determined by dictators. In such unfair competition, the dignity, strength and standard of living of American workers and farmers will be gradually lost until they are completely lost. Professional unions become historical records, and collective bargaining will become jokes.

Farm income? How to deal with surplus agricultural products without foreign trade? The income of American farmers has been decreasing for the past twenty years, and their income depends on how much dictators in the Far East are willing to give up. Farmers will face obvious disasters and tight control.

Tariff barriers will not be effective either. Trade freedom is indispensable to our economic life. We cannot eat all the food we can produce; we cannot burn all the oil we can extract from the ground; we cannot use all the goods we can produce. Tariff barriers will not be the American barrier to resist Far Eastern goods, but will be the barrier to blockade of our slave labor.

The organisms that we are familiar with living and functioning will be damaged in such a situation and have been fatally damaged. However, even maintaining such a broken independence requires long-term requisition of our human resources and deprive us of funds that can be used for education, housing, public works, water conservancy, and sanitation. In the face of increasingly powerful Far Eastern dictatorship, we will have to spend our resources on armed aspects for a long time; throughout the year, guard our cities every night to prevent them from destruction.

Yes, the right to our faith will be threatened. The dictatorial world does not recognize any God except emperors and pagans. Their laws are cruel and ruthless than any dictator in history. In the pagan world, which uses dictatorship, barbarity and imperial power as moral standards, what status can a religion with the noble soul be? Will our children also be insane and seek a new god in a goose step?

As the economy becomes stronger day by day, the plan for dictators to conquer the world is being completed bit by bit. Today they only have a few giant battleships of 60,000 tons. Then, ten years later, when they soon replace us as the world's number one industrial country, nearly 100,000 tons, or even 100,000 tons, will appear in the Pacific Ocean. The whole world, especially the Americas, will be occupied by them. Just like the Russian Grassland Governor's District twenty years ago, the indigenous people will be killed and restricted by them on a large scale, and hundreds of millions of yellow people will pour into our free, democratic, and rich homes like a tsunami.

Today, we have to admit the fact that the slavery of people all over the world and the freedom of human beings are divided into pagan barbarism and Christian ideals.

We choose human freedom and choose to defend human freedom and life. This is the ideal of Christians.

None of us can have a momentary wavering in courage or faith.

We will never accept a world dominated by dictators, nor will we accept the erosion and threat of freedom and life by dictators. We will only accept a world where loyal to freedom of speech and expression is faithful to God's freedom from lack and fear in our own way.

Is such a world impossible to achieve? The Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Proclamation of (Slaves) Liberation, and all other milestones of human progress, once seemed to be unattainable, but now they have all been achieved.

When we gained independence, as a military force, we were once weak, but we successfully resisted the autocratic rulers, who were once arrogant and are now obscured in the dust of history. At that time, the gap in strength did not matter to us. Now with all this potential strength, do we hesitate and dare not take all necessary measures to safeguard the freedom of our Americans?

Our people and our government will not hesitate to accept such challenges.

As the president of a unified determined people, I solemnly declare:

We reiterate that we will stick to the search for Miss Emilia Earhart until the truth is revealed!

We reiterate that the League of Nations has been kidnapped by dictatorships and that the resolutions they have made are full of lies and deceptions!

We reiterate that human rights are inviolable and firmly believe that human rights are always higher than all national rights!

We Americans will determine on their own whether and when and where our interests are attacked or our security is threatened!

We are putting our armed forces in a strategic military position!

We will not hesitate to use our armed forces to repel the attack!

We reiterate that we unwaveringly believe in the vitality of the Republic that was born under the Constitution, as an eternal base for freedom, tolerance and belief in God's will.

Therefore, I am deeply aware of the responsibilities of our compatriots and our cause. I have made an announcement last night that the country is in an extraordinary state and demand that we do our national strength and authorization to maximize our defense. The country will expect all individuals and all groups to play their full role, and everyone must spare no effort and be selfish, and have no doubt that our democracy will survive victoriously.

Allow me to repeat the words of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence that the patriotic team, who had fought long ago under the absolute disparity of strength, yet, as we now believe in the final victory, "Firstly rely on God's blessing, we make mutual assurances with our own lives, property and divine honor."

‘Wow wow wow wow wow…’. After the speech, applause swept across the House of Representatives like thunder. Seeing the majority of more than 500 members of the audience applauding, Roosevelt was finally relieved on the podium. Perhaps Emilia and the defense of freedom were not enough to impress all members of the parliament, but the economic snatch between China and Japan was enough to make most members of the parliamentarians agree to the war. It has been nearly ten years since the Great Depression. In the past decade, the government has used all the methods that can be used, but the cheap Chinese and Japanese workers and agricultural commodities have caused American commodities to be defeated in the international market and exports have dropped sharply.

Most of the reason why American goods can still be exported is due to political influence and foreign aid loans. However, when the trade deficit exceeded 380 million last year, no one in Washington could sit still. War has become the focus of public opinion discussion. As the living conditions are increasingly regressing, more and more people support war rather than peace.

It seems that when Britain in the last war had no competition for Germany, war might be the best solution. The only drawback is that Britain began to siege Germany in the Venezuelan crisis in 1895, and it took twenty years to destroy the German Empire through five years of tragic world war. At this time, the siege of the East Asian Alliance was only two years. Although the navy had a complete advantage, how much time would it take to destroy the giant in the Far East?

"May God bless America!" Roosevelt said silently in his heart, and walked off the podium with the help of his son. He was more enthusiastic than when he came on stage. The members of the parliamentarians stood up and applauded fiercely when they saw him coming, while the reporter took photos a few meters in front of him. 'Man's rights are always higher than all state power!' This is the great President Roosevelt's redefinition of American freedom and democracy. People, who were once extremely humble, were placed on the sacred country, and there is no more exciting moment than this. This can be said to be a further promotion and respect for human nature since the Renaissance.

Moreover, today's speech is equivalent to rejecting the last seventy-two-hour ultimatum of the Japanese, and the war is about to begin. Not only from reality or will, America will win the war, and the origin of this war is just for a woman whose life and death are unknown. Nothing can better define human rights than this. This is not only the victory of America, but also the victory of human nature.

The boiling parliamentarians, the boiling Capitol Hill, and the boiling Washington, under the broadcast, President Roosevelt's voice spread throughout the United States and spread to the whole world, and was spread to the Japanese Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Toshi Inuyasu, after receiving the full text of the speech, he stood up quietly and went to Mieqiao; after receiving the full text of the speech, he read it carefully several times before he anxiously called the phone to Yenching University; Stalin of the Kremlin in Moscow was not excited to see the full text of the speech, he just started to walk in the office with a pipe in his mouth, with a faint smile; and the Prime Minister of the German Empire of Berlin, Goring, was indescribable excitement when he saw the full text of the speech. If Japan and the United States declare war, then China and the United States will soon declare war. When they fight together, the moment of revival of the Third Reich of Germany quietly came.

Only Whitehall in Britain was the calmest, and an emergency meeting was held before Washington issued a document to the Japanese government to refuse an ultimatum. In front of Chamberlain, who served as prime minister in May last year, were Foreign Minister Aiden, Sir Simon, Minister of Finance, Sir Insjeep, Minister of Defense Coordination, Lord Stampno, Secretary of the Navy, Lord Swinton, Secretary of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Trump, Director of the Navy Intelligence Bureau, and Hankey, Secretary of the Cabinet.

The first thing to speak was Chamberlain, whose dog-like eyebrows and beard kept shaking, he said: "Washington has informed us that in six hours they will respond to Japan's ultimatum, so..."

Chamberlain summoned everyone this time just to inform everyone that the cabinet would give final advice to Japan in accordance with the previous British-US agreement. If Japan refuses to take back the ultimatum and start war on the United States, then Britain will also declare war on Japan. This is the right won by Foreign Minister Aiden after a year of diplomatic mediation. Considering that China has withdrawn from the East Asian Alliance, Britain will only declare war on Japan rather than China. Of course, if China eventually joins the Japan-US war, then the declaration of war on China will also be put on the agenda.

"Your Excellency, I just want to know what reason the cabinet will use to convince the House of Commons and the people?" Unlike others. The Chancellor of the Finance Department Simon still felt that falling into the Japanese-US war was not good for Britain. Not to mention the South Asian colonies, Australia and India were completely under the threat of the Chinese and Japanese troops. It would be too stupid to provoke these two countries.

"Just, we are also participating in the war for peace." Chamberlain said helplessly. "It is also to protect the British government's property and interests in Asia. If we are outside of war, then no matter who wins, we will suffer the first one."

"Your Excellency, this is coercion!" John Simon hated that although he had long known that there was a reason for the reduction of foreign debt to the United States, the war would cost more wealth compared to those debts that could be paid back slowly.

"No, sir, this is just a strategy echo of the allies." Chamberlain insisted. In order to reassure the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he said, "Even if we declare war on Japan, we do very little. The Royal Navy's fleet sent to the Far East has only six battleships, two aircraft carriers, twenty cruisers, six destroyers and twenty submarines. In addition, it will open naval bases in Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong for the US Navy to use. That's all, very, very simple."

"Sir, the Imperial Japanese Navy is no match for the US Navy at all." After the conversation, Lord Stanop, Secretary of the Navy, added, "The war at sea may end in half a year. Even if it doesn't end, we will only dispatch the navy. Although it is a bit unspeakable, the reality is that we must make a choice between China and Japan and the United States. In terms of the current situation, the United States is our best choice."

"Just, compared with other countries, our arms construction is already very backward." Sir Insjeep, the Minister of Defense Coordination, suddenly touched. As soon as he was a biblical master, he said that the period before he took office was an era of 'a sucking locusts'. "If we cannot obtain military appropriations through this war, then Britain will eventually be abandoned by the world."

Sir John Simon hesitated after two ministers in succession. Chamberlain nodded to him: "Gentlemen, this is what we must do for the future of Britain."

A few hours later, before the representative of the US Office in Japan arrived at Xiaguan, British Ambassador to Japan Robert Craigie took the lead in sending the last advice diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Minister Kenji Yoshizawa hurriedly browsed the note. He was shocked and even trembled when he spoke. He had forgotten the diplomatic norms and said bluntly: "Grand..., is your country... going to declare war on our country?"

"Your Excellency, I just forwarded the note to the government according to Whitehall's order. I don't know what will happen later." Craigie agreed decently according to diplomatic rules. "But personally, I don't think your country should be so anxious to issue an ultimatum. Such a result will have no other choice except war."

"This..." After Craigie said that, Yoshizawa Kenji didn't know how to answer, so she could only smile bitterly. Of course, he and the cabinet did not want to have a war, but the domestic, especially the military, had a great xenophobia, and many people also advocated that Asia is the Asian Asian. Last year, more than 3,000 virtuous citizens broke their jades in the Marshall Islands, which aroused the anger of all the people. Magma had long been born, and all they lacked was the opportunity to spray.

"Your Excellency, I will wait for your country's official reply at the embassy. I hope that the cherry blossoms will bloom next year will be a country of peace." When Yoshizawa Kenji wanted to speak but stopped, Craigie politely said goodbye. As soon as he stepped out of Xiaguan, Joseph Gru, the representative of the US Office in Japan, arrived. He brought Washington's final reply to the Japanese government's ultimatum.

"Your Excellency, on behalf of the United States of America, I would like to give a final reply to your country's ultimatum: Before Miss Elhart's body was found, our Navy refused to withdraw from the islands of the Marshall Islands; for the same reason, our government also refused to formally apologize to your government and compensate for the relevant losses..." Gru held the official document text in his hand and read the content of the document. Except for the difficult diplomatic rhetoric, the official document reply was rejected and there was nothing else.

Some of them took the American final reply blankly, and Yoshizawa Kenji said regretfully: "I hope your government knows what it is doing, and the result will only be war."

"Your Excellency, Mr. Roosevelt, President of our country, believes that human rights are always higher than all state powers. Even if Miss Elhart is dead, we must find her body and find out the truth of the matter." Gru also said with great regret that he had been used to everything and the people here for several years, and did not want war to really live.

"No, it represents sir." Yoshizawa Kenji suddenly felt a little angry, and he retorted: "To be precise, the rights of the Americans are always higher than the rights of all countries! If this is not the case, how could your navy take a blind eye to the island and kill 3,789 of our people regardless of international public law! The rights of your people are always higher than all national powers, and what about the Japanese people? Should they die in the Marshall Islands?!"

Yoshizawa Kenji's rebuttal made Gru speechless. Yes, the fact of the whole conflict was that 3,789 Japanese died for an American, some of them were children. But who made them yellow people? Who made them not Christians?
Chapter completed!