After receiving the mediation inquiry from the United States, the East China Government also held a serious discussion, believing that this was a way for Britain and France to start seeking a peaceful solution and stopping the war because they could not bear the pressure, but the two countries could not pull off the pressure and took the initiative to come to the East China Government, so they had no choice but to ask the United States to come forward, and this was of course a good thing for the East China Government.

However, the mediation conditions put forward by Britain and France were not to compensate and not to cede land, and before that, they instigated the Qing court to break off trade with the East China Government, and also issued a statement of confrontation with Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands.

There are also some people in the East China government who think that the attitude of Britain and France can also be considered, after all, the East China government is now one against five, and it is indeed a little difficult, and the current supply of materials has also begun to be tight, in this case, since Britain and France have taken the initiative to negotiate, it is better to consider compromising with Britain and France and giving up their demands for reparations, although the East China government has not received reparations from Britain and France, but it can get back from the other three countries. Moreover, the other conditions promised by Britain and France are also beneficial to the East China Government, which recognizes the East China Government as an independent and legitimate government, which is very beneficial to enhancing the international status of the East China Government, and in addition, the British and French will be excluded from the future game, and the East China Government can concentrate its forces against Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands.

However, the compromise attitude has also been opposed by many people, because although Britain and France are the supporters behind Japan and Russia, the East China government's participation in the war is not aimed at Britain and France. As for the other conditions promised by Britain and France, they are basically the results that the East China Government has already achieved on the battlefield, and Britain and France are nothing more than doing a good job, and it is not a big deal to recognize the East China Government as an independent and legitimate government, and now the East China Government is originally a sovereign and independent government, and there is no need for Britain and France to recognize whether it is illegal or not. Moreover, the international status of the East China Government was won by itself, not by others, and after the victory in the Far East War, the international status of the East China Government will inevitably be enhanced by leaps and bounds. Therefore, there must be no compromise between Britain and France, and substantial reparations must be demanded from Britain and France.

The tough voice soon overwhelmed the voice of compromise, and at this time Xia Bohai also expressed his own opinion, believing that the East China government can compromise with Britain and France in exchange for Britain and France to withdraw from the struggle, and the East China government can concentrate its forces and calmly deal with Japan, Russia and the Netherlands, this idea is quite naïve, even if the East China government compromises with Britain and France, after the negotiations are over, Britain and France will continue to support Japan, Russia and the Netherlands, and will never let the East China government calmly deal with the three countries, and because Britain and France have failed to pay the price in the negotiations, they may think that the East China government is easy to compromise, weak and bullied, the support for the three countries will be greater. Therefore, Britain and France must not be easily spared this time, and they must make Britain and France pay a heavy price, know the pain, so that when they oppose the East China government in the future, they will carefully consider the price they may pay.

Xia Bohai's views were also supported by the majority, so the decision to deal with the proposed mediation of the United States was decided on this basis. Of course, the East China Government could not directly reject the US mediation proposal, so it put forward its own conditions for accepting mediation: 1. Britain and France must admit the erroneous understanding of the establishment of the Far East Expeditionary Force and participate in the Far East War and pay full responsibility for it; 2. Britain and France must make reasonable compensation to the East China Government, and the form of compensation is not limited; 3. Britain and France must dissolve the Anglo-Japanese alliance and the Franco-Russian alliance and guarantee not to establish an alliance against the East China Government. Only on the basis of Britain and France accepting these three conditions can the East China Government accept the mediation of the United States and hold peace talks with Britain and France.

After Roosevelt received the East China Government's mediation conditions, he could not help but smile bitterly, Is this not clear that he has refused to mediate? It seems that the East China Government really wants to choose the road of expansion, and the United States really needs to be prepared to compete with the East China Government earlier.

After the United States forwarded the reply of the East China Government to Britain and France, both countries were greatly disappointed, and at the same time did not expect that the East China Government's attitude would be so tough, but the problem was that the domestic pressure was somewhat unbearable for the two governments, and they had to force the East China Government to compromise as soon as possible, and now they could only firmly grasp the only weakness of the East China Government's tight supply of materials.

After negotiations, Britain and France decided to take a risk, announcing a trade ban on the East China government, and demanding that other countries also suspend trade with the East China government, and at the same time ordering British and French merchants in China to do their best to create obstacles to the East China government's domestic trade.

In fact, this move is indeed aimed at the weakness of the East China government, although the East China government's material supply mainly depends on the domestic, but there is also a considerable part of it is imported from abroad, which is military-related equipment, Spare parts, etc., and once the domestic supply of materials is insufficient, the East China government will also seek to supplement from abroad, although this ban cannot control such a large country as the United States and Germany, but it still has a certain influence on small and medium-sized countries such as Italy; Britain and France are the first imperialist countries to enter the Chinese market, after decades of operation, the two countries occupy a pivotal position in China's economy, and have formed a comprador class dependent on Britain and France, once the merchants of the two countries in China are integrated, it is indeed possible to create considerable obstacles to the domestic trade of the East China government。

However, this move also has considerable risks, because forcing other countries to suspend trade with the East China government is a very offensive thing, and it requires Britain and France to exchange some of their interests with them; and the businessmen of the two countries in China do have very strong energy, but they are mainly concentrated in the economic field, and their ability in the field of security is very weak, and it is impossible for Britain and France to provide security for these businessmen at present, and if the East China Government takes extreme actions, it will be a very heavy blow to the economic power of Britain and France in China. After all, before this, the East China government had confiscated all the assets of Britain and France in the Shanghai concession and blocked the Yangtze River waterway, which also led to a great reduction in the economic power of Britain and France in the Yangtze River basin.

If Britain and France can withstand the economic losses until the material crisis of the East China government breaks out, then the East China government has a great chance of compromising in the negotiations, and on the contrary, Britain and France can only accept the conditions of the East China government.

However, after evaluation, Britain and France believe that in the economic field, the probability of their own victory is still quite large, because under such an economic blockade, the material crisis of the East China government will break out in half a year at most, and Britain and France can fully bear the losses of this half year, and although the market of China cannot be said to be insignificant in the overseas colonies of Britain and France, it is by no means an important part, and Britain's most important overseas colony is India, and France is the Indochina Peninsula.

In addition, once the East China government takes extreme actions, such as confiscating the assets of Britain and France in other parts of China, it will inevitably have a major impact on China's economy, after all, Britain and France now have a considerable impact on China's economy, and the East China government has recovered the Shanghai concession and blocked the navigation of the Yangtze River, which not only dealt a blow to the economic power of Britain and France in the Yangtze River basin, but also has a considerable impact on China's economy in the Yangtze River basin. Before the battle in the Taiwan Strait, a considerable number of people were not optimistic about the East China Government and even hoped that the East China Government would fail, and this had a great deal to do with the East China Government's blockade of the Yangtze River navigation and the damage to the interests of a considerable part of the people. Therefore, the East China government took extreme action to confiscate the assets of Britain and France in other parts of China, and it was likely to lose the support of some people, which would naturally be beneficial to Britain and France.

However, in this way, Britain and France will indeed suffer considerable economic losses, and even more than the good compensation to the East China Government, but they can maintain the dignity of Britain and France as a great power and their international prestige, and in addition, hinder the development of the East China Government, and can also encourage the determination of Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands and the East China Government to confront to the end, continue to consume the strength of the East China Government, so that the East China Government can not get the benefits it wants at the negotiating table, and after the end of the war, Britain and France can continue to integrate other countries to contain the development of the East China Government.

Sure enough, after Britain and France announced the imposition of a trade ban on the East China government, the United States and Germany first expressed their opposition and declared that they would maintain their dealings with the East China government, while Italy, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and other places also expressed their positions, declaring that they would not respect the ban of Britain and France, but Japan, Russia, the Netherlands, and some small countries and colonial governments all expressed their support.

This result is also expected by Britain and France, after all, the announcement of the trade ban is just an arbitrary situation, and the next step is to make diplomatic efforts to communicate, negotiate and exchange interests with other countries to win more support.

After the failure of the US mediation proposal, Britain and France first seized the weakness of the East China Government to make a move, and this move is not ruthless, but the international community is waiting to see the reaction of the East China Government, because since the establishment of the East China Government, it has always been a super tough against a tough one, and it has never been instigated, and this time it is even more impossible to sit idly by, and it depends on how the East China Government countermeasures.