However, before the train of the East China Government delegation arrived in Portsmouth, Li Sanjie received a telegram from Gu Kai, director of the East China Government Office in the United States, who originally suggested that the delegation go to New York first, and then return to Portsmouth after meeting President Roosevelt, because now that the Japanese and Russian delegations are frequently active in New York, Gu Kai is also a little anxious, so he also hopes that the East China Government delegation will come to New York as soon as possible to carry out activities.

Li Sanjie and others learned about the actions of some Japanese and Russian delegations in New York through newspapers on the train, and there were also many news analyses and comments, with some people believing that the negotiations would eventually break down, while others believed that the East China government would give up the reparations under pressure from the United States, Britain, France, and other countries.

Although the activities of Japan and Russia are very active, Li Sanjie and others do not care about this, after all, the negotiations are based on strength, and without sufficient strength and sufficient bargaining chips, these small actions are meaningless. It is impossible for the East China government to succumb to the pressure of US public opinion, and it is not afraid of the breakdown of this negotiation now, so it has nothing to worry about.

First, when he came to the United States, he always had to visit President Roosevelt; second, there was also an economic and trade delegation to the United States, and they were originally going to be active in New York, so it was acceptable to go to New York first, and others would naturally have no objections, because New York has always been the most developed and prosperous city in the United States, and of course it was a pleasure to go to New York, so Li Sanjie called Gu Kai back and agreed to his arrangement.

After receiving Li Sanjie's telegram, Gu Kai immediately began to make arrangements, and finally dredged up the relationship when the train arrived in Portsmouth, and hung the delegation's carriage on a train bound for New York.

Gu Kai himself also boarded the train in Portsmouth to meet the delegation, and he planned to explain the situation in New York to the delegation in detail on the train and discuss countermeasures.

Gu Kai is 46 years old this year, he is a fat man, in the old time and space, he did not have Zhou Fengshan's experience of studying and living in the United States for 9 years, but he has more than a dozen trips to the United States for inspection and negotiation, and he is also very familiar with the United States, so he became the director of the office in the United States.

In the past few days, the Japanese have continued to implement their policy of taking the high-level line, not only maintaining communication with President Roosevelt, but Japanese Ambassador to the United States Kentaro Kaneko visiting Roosevelt twice for long talks, while others have also attacked, frequently visiting and meeting with the US vice president, secretary of state, and secretary of the Treasury, and listening to the Senate and House of Representatives twice, and having a heated fight with high-ranking officials in the US political arena.

Russia, on the other hand, continued to follow Werther's line, on the one hand, he attended church services, visited schools, * institutes and other public places to create an image of being close to the people, and even Werther put down his body and worked hard to create his own easy image in order to win the favor of ordinary Americans, shaking hands with the driver when getting on and off the bus, saluting the female guests he met in the hotel, and even changing his clothes into simple American clothes. These actions were also quite effective, and many newspapers praised Witte as a well-cultivated and personable Russian aristocrat, and Witte himself was quite happy, believing that his strategy was succeeding.

Gu Kai saw it in his eyes and was even more anxious in his heart, so he eagerly hoped that the negotiation delegation of the East China government could rush to New York to offset the influence of Japan and Russia and reverse the unfavorable public opinion situation.

After listening to Gu Kai's introduction, Li Sanjie seemed very relaxed, thinking that this was not a matter at all, although the public opinion of the United States would not change the negotiating position of the East China government, but it was indeed impossible to give up the position of public opinion easily. Of course, it is not difficult for the East China government to regain the position of public opinion, because the opponents of the East China government are Japan and Russia.

Li Sanjie does not think that public opinion in the United States has completely tilted to the side of Japan and Russia, because before he set off, he did his homework and knew that the United States actually has no good impression of Japan and Russia in this era. Synonymous with brutality, looking at the whole world, there are almost only a handful of countries that have a favorable impression of Russia, even if it is France, which is allied with Russia, is only forced by German pressure, and in the hearts of the French, it is not to go to Russia at all, and the United States, as a descendant of European immigrants, is a country mainly formed by the Anglo-Saxon nation, of course, it is impossible to have a good impression of Russia.

Although the United States supported Japan in both the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, it was driven by interests at that time, and it was not that the United States had any favorable feelings toward Japan. Supporting Japan's defeat of the Qing court was to force the Qing court to be more open, while supporting Japan's fight against Russia was to curb Russia's expansion in the Far East.

Japan has long been thinking about the Hawaiian archipelago and wants to take this island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for itself, and since the mid-19th century, Japan has been infiltrating Hawaii, and by the end of the 19th century, the proportion of Japanese in Hawaii has reached 40% of the total population, even more than the indigenous population of Hawaii. However, the United States took the lead in Japan, and in 1893, the U.S. government instigated a coup d'état by American immigrants in Hawaii, imprisoning the then ruler of Hawaii, Queen Liliukalani, and establishing the "Republic of Hawaii".

At that time, Heihachiro Togo, who was still the captain of the cruiser Naniwa, led two warships to Hawaii in the name of protecting overseas Chinese, and confronted the American fleet. It was only in the First Sino-Japanese War that Japan had no time to separate itself and needed the support of the United States, so it had to endure this breath. However, the United States did not forget this crisis, and Roosevelt, then secretary of the US Navy, asked his staff officers to draw up a strategic plan for the United States to conduct two simultaneous operations in Hawaii and Japan, and in Cuba and Spain.

In 1897, Hawaii formally signed a treaty of union with the United States and refused to allow Japanese immigrants to enter Hawaii, so Japan again sent the cruiser Naniwa to Hawaii to demonstrate, and the United States also sent the cruiser Philadelphia to confront it, and formally annexed Hawaii in 1898, and defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War that year and captured the Philippines.

This once again aroused Japan's dissatisfaction, because the Philippines is also a potential target of Japan, and it was robbed of air by the United States again, so why can't it swallow this breath. However, at this time, the contradictions between Japan and Russia began to intensify, so the Japanese government also opposed any further military conflict with the United States, and could only acquiesce in the US occupation of Hawaii and the Philippines.

Although the United States then fully supported Japan against Russia, and the relationship between the two countries was very close for a time, the Hawaii and Philippine issues have always been a factor of instability between the two countries. In the old time and space, after the Russo-Japanese War, the relationship between Japan and the United States deteriorated rapidly, and each other used each other as false enemies to formulate battle plans, and then until the surrender of Japan in World War II, the relationship between the two countries did not return to the level of the Russo-Japanese War.

At present, the bias of the newspaper news towards Japan is deliberately guided by the US government, while the bias towards Russia is a personal performance of Witte's hard work. However, the United States does not look down on Japan and Russia in its bones, and the understanding of the news media is far greater than that of this era, as long as you can continue to provide news topics and hot topics to the media, you will become the darling of the media, so it is really easy to defeat Japan and Russia in the media competition.

After another day's journey, the train finally arrived at the New York train station. However, before the train stopped, you could see nearly 100 reporters standing on the platform, and more than 20 cameras had been set up. The U.S. side organized more than 20 police officers to maintain order on the platform.

It turned out that the Japanese and Russian negotiating delegations had arrived in New York and had launched a series of activities, and at the urging of the US Government, major American newspapers had carried detailed reports and interviews with personalities, which had greatly increased the interest of Americans in the trilateral talks being held in their own country.

Although the United States is still deeply affected by the "Monroe Doctrine", isolation is still predominant, and it does not care much about foreign affairs. However, with the continuous enhancement of the national strength of the United States, the Americans' sense of great power is also increasing day by day, and they naturally hope that the United States' international status will be enhanced, and this tripartite negotiation is the first time that the United States has held mediation activities on a major international event, and it also symbolizes the rise of the international status of the United States.

Although the initial newspaper coverage of the negotiations was driven by the U.S. government, as the topic became more and more popular in American society, many news outlets took the initiative to find hot news spots. The arrival of the East China Government's negotiating delegation in New York is, of course, quite a selling piece of news, and it would be great if we could get something out of the mouths of the representatives of the East China Government.

As a result, all major newspapers and magazines in New York sent reporters to the New York train station to wait for the arrival of the East China Government's negotiating delegation. As soon as the train stopped, reporters immediately rushed to the carriage where the delegation was located, and the police quickly lined up a wall to block the reporters, and attracted many passengers to stop and watch.

In the face of such a scene, Li Sanjie had already prepared, so after getting off the train, he was not busy leaving, but waved to the reporters with a smile to express his greetings.

The reporters immediately let out a burst of cheers, and then asked Li Sanjie to speak at the top of their voices through the human wall, and some people asked Li Sanjie all kinds of questions.