Chapter 732 Arms Embargo
There is a reason why the British government did not pay attention to Darsis during this period.
At the beginning of this year, as the Irish attacks against the British government became larger and more frequent, the conflict officially escalated into the Anglo-Irish War.
Churchill, who served as Minister of Colonial Affairs, took a tough stance and demanded that troops be sent to Ireland to suppress the Irish resistance.
Lloyd George was worried that the Irish uprising would spread to other areas and hoped to negotiate with the Irish.
At the critical moment, King George V of the United Kingdom commissioned South African Generals Jan Smuts and Michael Collins to contact them, and a ceasefire agreement was reached on July 21.
Irish people are still too naive and don’t know that people’s hearts are sinister.
After the ceasefire between the United Kingdom and Ireland, negotiations began immediately. Some Irish leaders demanded to break away from the United Kingdom and completely obtain independent status; other Irish leaders hoped to achieve phased results and first remain in the Commonwealth as a dominion. To plan for the future.
Due to serious differences, the Irish Civil War broke out.
While the UK and Ireland were negotiating, the London Conference was underway.
From June to September, for three full months, the only result achieved by Britain, France, the United States, and Russia was that the reparations stipulated in the Treaty of Versailles indeed exceeded Germany's ability to repay, and the relevant provisions should be revised.
Then it was gone.
George was not surprised by this result. Don’t have high expectations for this type of meeting.
An important situation is that after more than a year of downturn, the US economy has begun to recover, which will have an impact on Russian exports.
After the end of the world war, the shrinking of military industry orders had a great impact on the U.S. economy, triggering the economic crisis that began last year.
The U.S. economy during this period was still very dynamic, and soon the United States found a new economic growth point: construction.
During the World War, American capitalists were busy making money and had no time to build houses.
With the return of 4 million American soldiers to the United States, the United States suddenly had a sufficient labor force, and like Russia, it started a new round of construction boom.
In 1919, the output value of the U.S. construction industry was only US$9 billion.
In the first nine months of this year, the output value of the U.S. construction industry has reached 11 billion, and it is expected that it may exceed 15 billion for the whole year.
What broke out at the same time as the construction industry was the automobile industry.
In 1919, the number of cars in the United States was only 7.5 million. Last year alone, the United States produced 9 million cars.
The development of the automobile industry has effectively promoted the development of steel, rubber, gasoline, leather, glass and other related industries, bringing new vitality to the US economy.
Russia is no worse than the United States.
In the first nine months of this year, the total output value of Russia's domestic construction industry alone exceeded 20 billion rubles.
Russia has had a bumper grain harvest this year and has returned to the level of 1914.
Next year, the number of national farms established in Siberia will reach 1,000. With the large-scale use of agricultural machinery, Russia's grain production will increase significantly.
The automobile factories in St. Petersburg and Constantinople will both be completed next year. These two factories alone will be able to produce more than 2 million cars per year.
Early this year, Amur Industrial Group successfully developed refrigerators, and refrigerators, gramophones, radios, washing machines, and telephones began to enter ordinary households.
George asked Witte at the government work meeting in September to gradually shift the focus from restoring the domestic economy to exports, especially the United Kingdom and France. Russian products will compete directly with American products.
Unlike the rapid recovery of the United States, the economies of the United Kingdom and France continue to be sluggish and are gradually becoming dumping grounds for American and Russian goods.
On the contrary, Germany's economy began to gradually recover after accepting Russian capital investment.
On September 17, Lloyd George sent a telegram to Friedrich Albert, President of the Weimar government, requesting Germany to send someone to attend the London Conference.
This request may seem normal, but it is a huge improvement.
During the Paris Peace Conference, after the German delegation arrived in Paris, they were imprisoned in a military camp on the outskirts of Paris and allowed to watch.
It was not until the signing of the "Contract of Versailles" that Clemenceau called the Germans to the Palace of Versailles, directly threw the treaty negotiated by Britain, France, the United States and Russia to the Germans, and ordered the Germans to sign.
This is certainly an insult to the Germans, but it does not help at all to solve the problem.
Britain and France are now looking forward to German reparations to relieve economic pressure. Without the participation of the Germans, the goal will not be achieved. Albert went to London to attend the meeting.
Prince Karl came to Constantinople, hoping that Russia could help Germany regain the Ruhr.
As soon as the "Versailles Treaty" was signed, the French used the excuse that the Germans did not fulfill their reparation obligations and united with Belgium to seize the Ruhr.
The Ruhr is an important coal and iron producing area in Germany. Without regaining this area, Germany's economic recovery will be impossible.
George asked Karl to wait patiently for the results of the London Conference.
Russia has taken the lead on the German reparations issue, and the French are now holding back their anger.
At this time, George helps the Germans to ask for the Ruhr, which will seriously affect the relationship between Russia and France.
Don’t forget that Russia and France are still allies.
Although the relationship between Russia and France has been good and bad, the addition of allies is very helpful for the economic exchanges between Russia and France.
France is now increasingly dependent on Russia, especially in terms of oil. Russia’s oil exports to France account for 70% of France’s total oil imports.
The remaining thirty percent is provided by the United States.
Construction of the natural gas pipeline between Baku and Paris will begin next spring and is expected to be completed in four years.
When Paris uses natural gas from Russia, France's dependence on Russia will become even more serious.
In October, Nobunobu Makino, the Japanese representative to the League of Nations, suddenly proposed that the League of Nations impose an arms embargo on Tokyo University.
Since the fall of the Qing Empire, Dongda has entered a state of warlord chaos. The domestic wars are endless and the people are in dire straits.
Makino Nobunobu’s suggestion seemed reasonable, but George saw through it at a glance.
Russian troops stationed in Japan have not been completely withdrawn yet, and they will not be completely withdrawn until July next year.
The fleet stationed in Nagasaki will not be withdrawn, and Russia and Japan will continue to fulfill the Lend-Lease Agreement.
After the return of the Takahashi Corps, Japan increased the number of Class A divisions to 12, and the total strength now exceeds 300,000.
For a country like Japan, 300,000 troops seems not too much.
The question is why does Japan need so many troops?
In Japan's neighboring countries, Goryeo jumped a bit after Li Tuo came to the throne. After Li Yin came to the throne, Goryeo once again became Russia's most loyal ally in East Asia.
The Koreans considered themselves allies of Russia.
Japan calls Goryeo the watchdog of Russia.
Korea called Japan a lost dog.
Never mind whether it is a watchdog or not, if Japan dares to attack Korea, Russia will definitely not ignore it.
If you attack other countries, they are either out of reach or they are colonies of Britain, France, the United States and Russia, and you cannot afford to offend any of them.
It seems that Japan's only possible target is Todai.
So the imposition of an arms embargo on Dongda may reduce the intensity of the warlord war in Dongda by one level.
But it will also lead to Dongda being unable to resist when facing Japanese invasion.
When Nobuken Makino proposed it in the League of Nations, Zhang Yuting was visiting Amur.
After the Russo-Japanese War, Zhang Yuting's status increased crazily, and he gradually became the powerful King of Kantung.
Zhang Yuting hopes to purchase machinery from Amur and develop industry in the Kanto region.
Mario did not dare to make the decision without authorization and sent a telegram to George.
George then remembered that Zhang Yuting seemed to be able to even build an armored car by himself.
(End of this chapter)