After Hamilton sent the report of his talks with Ito Hirobumi back to Britain, it immediately caused an uproar in Britain, because Japan's behavior was actually equivalent to a betrayal of the [Quad Alliance], so British officials, as well as members of the Senate and House of Representatives, all advocated that more pressure must be exerted on Japan to force Japan to abandon the consensus reached with East China**, and some radical parliamentarians even advocated that Japan should be kicked out of the [Quad Alliance] immediately.

However, at this time, the head of the British ** was still very awake, knowing that once Japan was kicked out of the [Quad Alliance], it would only push Japan into the arms of East China, and the result could only lead to the [Quad Alliance] in name only, and Britain completely lost an important node in the Far East to contain East China, so that there was no longer the power to resist East China in the Far East, not only the British colonies in Southeast Asia were difficult to preserve, but even India would face a great threat, which was a huge loss that Britain could never afford. The Quad Alliance is absolutely indispensable to Japan. On the one hand, it wants to suppress Japan and improve its relations with East China, and on the other hand, it wants to hold Japan in and prevent Japan from withdrawing from the [Quad Alliance].

Of course, in the United Kingdom, there are also people who know that the fundamental reason for Japan's improvement of relations with East China is to put pressure on Britain to take back the tariff power, after all, as a sovereign country, the tariff power is not controlled by itself, and it is really a little unreasonable, so some people advocate that it is better to return the tariff power to Japan to calm Japan's emotions, and Japan will not get closer to East China.

However, this proposition has also met with opposition from many people, first, that returning the tariff power to Japan will reduce Britain's control over Japan, which is of course unwilling for Britain; second, it is because Britain was coerced by Japan that it had to return the tariff power to Japan, which made Britain put face there, and once this example is opened, Japan or other countries can also use similar methods to coerce Britain in the future, so will Britain never have peace?

And now Britain is not without cards to play, because Japan will not easily fall to East China, after all, Japan and East China have just fought a big war, Japan was not only beaten by East China quite badly, but more importantly, it completely interrupted Japan's rising momentum, before East China entered the war, Japan has achieved absolute superiority on the battlefield, and the victory of the war against Russia is just around the corner, and once Japan wins the war against Russia, it will be in the economy, diplomacy, Japan will achieve great benefits in terms of geostrategic structure, and Japan's national strength, international status, and regional influence will be greatly enhanced.

However, East China's participation in the war made all Japan's efforts in vain, not only did it not reap any benefits, but also East China's rise through the victory of this war, completely interrupting Japan's rising national fortunes.

Although it is the key to the alliance, Britain has also stationed a large number of intelligence personnel in Japan, and the changes in public opinion in Japanese society during this period of time have of course been reported back to Britain, so it is indeed not so easy for Japan to really improve relations with East China. Some people have suggested that it is better to adopt a cold approach, that is, not to take action for the time being, and to see what Japan does next before making a decision. Perhaps Japan saw that Britain was unmoved, and after a while, it felt bored and stopped.

However, this suggestion was accused of being too soft on Japan, because Japan's behavior was clearly damaging the interests of Britain and the [Quadruple Alliance], and Britain still ignored it, and it was too much to say, even if it was impossible to kick Japan out of the [Quadruple Alliance], it should also put pressure on Japan from other aspects, so that Japan would know what the consequences would be if it violated Britain's will, after all, in addition to kicking Japan out of the [Quad Alliance], Britain had other sufficient means, and it could also unite with France, Russia is enough to make Japan pay for its suffering.

As a result, Britain also immediately took action to negotiate with France and Russia. France and Russia are also very satisfied with Japan's resolutions, but the [Four-Power Alliance] is formed by the merger of the past [Franco-Russian Alliance] and the [Anglo-Japanese Alliance], and Japan is generally regarded as the younger brother of Britain, so to restrain Japan, it is natural that Britain should come forward, and now Britain will come forward to negotiate the punishment of Japan, and France and Russia are quite active.

After several rounds of consultations, Britain, France, and Russia jointly issued a diplomatic letter to Japan, saying that if the Japanese Diet approves the signing of an agreement with East China that is unfavorable to the [Four-Power Alliance], the three countries will temporarily suspend cooperation and agreements with Japan in political, military, economic, and other fields, and will also take further actions according to the development of the situation.

Although the [Quad Alliance] has just been established, the cooperation between Japan and the member countries of the [Quad Alliance] is quite deep, and most of the reparations paid to East China are with loans from Britain and France, and at the same time, Britain and France have also provided Japan with a large amount of funds to restore the domestic economy, and the economic relations between Japan and Britain and France are also very close. Australia's colonies imported a large amount of resources and exported industrial products to these places, which made Japan's import and export trade to Southeast Asia and Australia very important when the economic and trade relations between Japan and China had declined significantly.

In addition, the military cooperation between Japan and Britain is very close, and at the beginning of the year, Japan received two battleships Katori and Kashima from Britain, although Japan has no warships to build in Britain, but Japan has been negotiating with Britain to introduce British machinery and equipment, as well as related technologies for warship construction, such as naval guns, engines, fire control systems, armor, etc., so as to improve Japan's own warship manufacturing level.

If these cooperation are stopped, it will be a big loss for Japan. Therefore, Britain, France, and Russia also believe that such pressure is enough to make Japan worried.

After receiving the diplomatic letter signed by the three countries, Ito Hirobumi also knew that this time Japan was indeed provoking Britain, France and Russia, because the warnings given to Japan by the three countries this time were also quite severe, and if these warnings became true, Japan would also suffer heavy losses, so some people in the cabinet had expressed concern about Ito Hirobumi's plan, thinking that this plan was too risky and too stimulating Britain, France and Russia It is an unacceptable loss for Japan, so it is better to take a step back and delay this plan for the time being, so as to stabilize Britain, France and Russia, and then slowly find an opportunity to withdraw the tariff rights in the future.

However, Miyamoto Naoto firmly opposed the compromise with Britain, France, and Russia, because although the warning from the joint three countries was severe, it did not kick Japan out of the content of the [Quadruple Alliance], which also shows that the three countries are very clear, and without Japan, the [Quad Alliance] actually exists in name only, and as long as Japan is not kicked out of the [Quadruple Alliance], although the other contents are severe, it is not that Japan cannot afford it.

First of all, there is the issue of loans, because Japan has already obtained the loan to pay the reparations, and has also paid it, and it has also signed an agreement to repay the loan and pay the interest, and Japan only needs to pay the repayment and interest on time according to the agreement, and the same is true for other loans used to restore the economy. Austria-Hungary was also able to provide loans to Japan, and since it was both a United States and Germany, both of which were interested in expanding their sphere of influence in Asia, they would certainly be interested in providing loans to Japan, and the interest would not be too high.

The second is the economic and trade issue, now Japan is very dependent on the resources and markets of Southeast Asia and Austria, but this is because the economic and trade relations between Japan and China have declined sharply, once Japan and East China ** After signing an economic and trade agreement, although it is not possible to dump a large number of industrial products and import low-priced mineral resources in China as before, its dependence on the resources and markets of Southeast Asia and Austria will also be greatly reduced, and in addition, the United States also has colonies in Asia, which can provide Japan with certain resources and markets, so Britain and France have stopped military cooperation with Japan, and the impact on Japan is actually not as great as imagined.

Finally, there is military cooperation, Britain stopped military cooperation with Japan, which is indeed a major loss for Japan, but now Japan's primary task is to expand the economy and restore national strength, at least in 2 or 3 years, it is impossible to have a large investment in the military, and 2, Three years later, Japan's tariff rights should also be basically solved, then it can restore relations with Britain, in addition to military cooperation can also find other countries, in fact, Japan and Germany military cooperation is also close, before the Far East War, the Japanese army has the army to learn from Germany, the navy to learn from Britain said, now although the navy can not learn from Britain, but can also ask Germany for help, after all, although Germany's naval level is not as good as Britain, but it is still much stronger than Japan.

Based on these analyses, Miyamoto believes that although Britain, France, and Russia have exerted great pressure on Japan, it has also exposed that the three countries dare not touch the bottom line, so Japan must resist these pressures, and if Japan fails to resist the pressure of the three countries this time and compromise, then it will be basically impossible to withdraw the tariff rights in the future.

At the same time, Miyamoto Naoto also suggested that Japan should not only be pressured, but should in turn put pressure on Britain, France, and Russia to speed up the progress of improving relations with East China, which is a way, and the development of economic and trade exchanges and military cooperation with the United States and Germany is also a method, which can put pressure on Britain, France and Russia.