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Chapter 949 Justice in America

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    Regarding the U.S. military aid to Japan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made an urgent meeting with the U.S. Minister to China, Ma Murray, and asked the United States to stop military aid to Japan. Otherwise, "China has reason to believe that the United States has completely sided with Japan."

    Mamuri vowed that "the government of the United States of America has always adhered to neutrality, but the United States is a country that values ??the rule of law. The government cannot carry out any form of harassment against private enterprises if they do not violate federal and state laws."  We have taken into account the Chinese government's request and interviewed these companies, but pure economic activities should not be disrupted, not even by the national government. This is different from your country's national system.  of."

    How could the United States give up the opportunity to make war profits?  It was during World War I that it achieved economic take-off and surpassed the United Kingdom, the world's largest power at the time.  After tasting the huge sweetness, it repeated its old tricks and achieved a transcendence in terms of position in World War II and finally aspired to the world's top spot.

    Anyway, China is now unable to stop its behavior of supporting the enemy. It neither has the ability to intercept transport ships full of arms through the Pacific, nor does it have the ability to take military action against this rogue-like behavior of the United States¡ª¡ª  -For example, if it declares war, the only thing it can do is an empty protest from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    How similar is this move to what China experienced in later generations?  If the skills are not as good as the people, everything is in vain.

    No wonder the fathers of Americans lamented at the end of the 19th century: "Without a navy worthy of respect, the only option for the United States is to lodge a diplomatic protest!" And the British naval star Nelson, who was a hundred years earlier than the Americans, also proudly believed: "  The British fleet is the best negotiator in Europe!"

    Among the American companies that are most active in aiding Japan, DuPont cannot but be mentioned.  Given the attitude displayed by their own government, it was not surprising that the DuPonts signed a lucrative agreement with Japan that year.

    Shortly after President Coolidge condemned China's initiative to attack the Japanese troops in Korea, Japanese managers from the Mitsui Chemicals Conglomerate met with DuPont managers in Wilmington and delivered more than $900,000 in exchange for DuPont's ammonia  The formula of explosives, this is a method of producing cheaper arms.

    The State Department, despite Frank Kellogg's public words, privately expressed its full approval of the DuPont deal.

    A book in the United States describing DuPont, the largest chemical company and arms company in the United States, revealed the support of U.S. President Coolidge and U.S. arms dealers to Japan's invasion of China.

    The book states: "The Japanese militarists also benefited from DuPont's purely formal business ethics. President Coolidge viewed their expulsion from Manchuria in 1928 and their disastrous defeat in Korea with sympathy" He declared: "The Japanese  There is some truth to that.  Our friendship with it is longstanding and deep-rooted.  We should consider Japan's situation in a friendly manner.  "

    Yes, Japan is not in a good situation right now - it was once a powerful country in Asia, but now it seems that it is being bullied.  Although its strength has threatened U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific, the rise of a China with unclear policies will make the United States feel the pressure brought by geopolitics. The best result is that both sides will suffer losses.

    Therefore, the United States turned a deaf ear to Zhang Zuolin and the Chinese government's "asking for help" in the League of Nations, as well as the Marshal's request to abide by the international practice of neutrality and the embargo against Japan.

    Of course, the Chinese government¡¯s protests are not ineffective.  On November 2, 1928, at a rally of 5,000 people in Los Angeles, Mr. Scott, the sitting Congressman, said to the public: "Please remember that when Japan killed 10,000 Chinese soldiers in Korea, some  Five thousand four hundred and forty people were killed by American accomplices. Anyone who does not want to be an accomplice please stand up!"

    The whole audience stood up unanimously to express their determination to embargo.

    The U.S. government¡¯s support for Japan¡¯s invasion of China has long aroused dissatisfaction among the American people.  In 1928, a sailors' strike occurred on the west coast of the United States, opposing the sale of military supplies to Japan for its war with China.  Although the original intention of the American people is to maintain world peace, it more or less expresses ordinary people's views on war.

    But the determination of the people could not change the attitude of the US government. A Norwegian cargo ship carrying scrap steel to Japan set sail. Seventeen sailors refused to go to Japan and were detained by the Chief Justice of Texas.

    Hu Shi, the minister to the United States, later provided a set of outrageous figures: the United States accounted for 54.4% of the strategic materials shipped to Japan in 1928, the United Kingdom accounted for 17.5%, and Germany accounted for 17.5%.  Three point eight¡ª¡ªThis part of Germany was supplies in transit during the war. When the Sino-Japanese war broke out, the German government would no longer have any arms contact with Japan.

    In terms of classification, the proportions in the United States are: 92.9% copper, 60.5% various oils, and automobiles and partsNinety-one point two percent, 59.7 percent iron, 41.6 percent cast iron, and 48.5 percent various machinery and engines.

    In order to express his anger, Zhang Hanqing recalled Minister Hu Shi in the United States in protest.  When Hu Shi left the United States, he once said in his farewell speech: "I returned to China to participate in the Anti-Japanese War. If one day I am killed by a Japanese bomb, please don't forget that 54% of my body is  Four were killed by your American bombings.¡±

    On November 4, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of National Defense jointly held an explanatory meeting to accuse Japanese soldiers of atrocities. Foreign Minister Gu Weijun and Defense Minister Jiang Baili jointly declared: "Only counterattack with force can comfort the victims of the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers."  Heroic spirit; It was the connivance, instigation, and cover-up of some countries that allowed the Japanese government to risk the world's disapproval and shoot down my injured officers and soldiers. The blood debt should be repaid with blood. Therefore, in the action against the Japanese army, any damage caused to any country  The responsibility for the losses must be borne by Japan!"

    Regarding China¡¯s accusations and the war between China and Japan, Europe and the United States have shown a very rare but obvious one-sided public opinion.

    The UK still stubbornly believes that it was China's behavior of "unilaterally changing the status quo" that triggered the war, while the US used actual actions to give China power. This is reflected in the US's connivance of Japan's arms trade and the US's support of Japan, which is at war with China.  Providing loans and selling strategic materials, as well as the United States' decision to blockade China after China recalled its ambassador.

    If the United States was "watching the fire" across the Atlantic in Europe at the beginning of World War II, then it was "fueling the fire" in Asia on the other side of the Pacific. Everything was based on its country's major interests.  , this is understandable.

    But what cannot be tolerated is that the United States is helping Japan strengthen its war machine to attack China across the Taiwan Strait, but many people are praising it. Is this what the Hami faction says that "Americans are our friends" and the United States is "just"?  Performance?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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