"For the above reasons, we lodge a serious protest against the hostile behavior of the Japanese side against our Shanghai office this time, which is not only a provocation to us, but also a bad act to sabotage the Shanghai talks, so until our delegation's safety in Shanghai is not clearly and effectively guaranteed, we will temporarily suspend this negotiation, and we will hold the negotiations for an indefinite period of time, and we do not even rule out the possibility of canceling the talks. Bayi Middle School?? Text (1)?? (8) In addition, if our Shanghai office personnel encounter any accidental injury, we do not rule out the use of other means to protect our interests, and all the consequences arising therefrom will be borne by the other party. ”

Immediately after Li Sanjie finished speaking, someone handed over seven copies of the protest letter and copies of the evidence documents found from the Japanese intelligence bases to the consuls in Shanghai of Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Austria.

It turned out that after receiving the order of the Executive Committee, Li Sanjie immediately notified the consuls of various countries in Shanghai, except Russia, to gather in the British Consulate, protest to Japan in public, and present the corresponding evidentiary documents. In fact, the consuls of various countries did not know anything about the raid on the Japanese intelligence base by the traverser, because the Shanghai office and the Japanese intelligence base were not in the concession, and of course they would not know, and even the Japanese consul Oda Kiri did not know, after all, he was only a diplomat, not an intelligence officer.

After listening to Li Sanjie's words, the consuls of various countries also felt the seriousness of the situation, in fact, these evidentiary documents presented by Li Sanjie could not fully prove that the Japanese intelligence agencies were deliberately unfavorable to the overseas Chinese, after all, this was only a one-sided statement provided by the overseas Chinese, but these people present were all engaged in diplomacy, and knew that this was not a case of evidence in the domestic court, and everything must be done with human witnesses. The material evidence is complete, and it is already very good that overseas Chinese can come up with this evidence, and overseas Chinese will not do meaningless things, since they accuse Japan like this, then there must be something wrong here. In addition, Japan's planning of such an action also surprised all countries, but fortunately, although Li Sanjie's words were tough, in fact, there was still room for negotiation, and since there was room for negotiation, the consuls of various countries were a little relieved.

So at this time, the eyes of the consuls were also focused on the Japanese consul Oda Che, to see how he responded, and everyone's gaze made Oda Che also very embarrassed, although Oda Che did not know the truth here, but his heart was also clear, this thing is true, and it must have been done by the people in the domestic military department, and those people dare to do anything, and they can do it. planned to attack the Shanghai office of overseas Chinese, so the gang in the military department absolutely did it.

Although diplomats often take on intelligence work, the Japanese military department has its own unique intelligence agency, which is not at all the same as the diplomatic intelligence agency, but when diplomatic support is needed, the military department will unceremoniously ask the diplomatic system for help, but when taking action, it will never collude with the diplomatic system, and still less will it care whether its own actions will cause any trouble to diplomacy. Of course, in the end, I cleaned up the mess and wiped my ass, but I didn't care, and threw it all to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

As a diplomat, Oda Kiri is a person with an international perspective, and of course he knows that overseas Chinese may become Japan's biggest opponent in the future, but at present, it is not appropriate to have bad relations with overseas Chinese, and even to a certain extent, he must cooperate with overseas Chinese, such as jointly dealing with Russia. Attacking the Shanghai office of overseas Chinese at this time would definitely not do Japan any good.

However, Oda Kiri also understands that not everyone in Japan has their own vision and judgment, because they are the people in the military department, Oda Kiri is very suspicious, in the Meiji era has been carried out for more than 3o years, Japan has gradually begun to enter the modern society, but the military department is still alive in the shogunate era, the thoughts are simple and strange, Oda Kiri can even guess what they think, attack the Shanghai office of overseas Chinese, and re-provoke the war between overseas Chinese and other countries, so that Japan can profit from it; or blame Russia for this incident, provoke overseas Chinese and Russia to start a full-scale war, Japan can sit back and reap the benefits, and so on。

Logically speaking, there is indeed nothing wrong with such an idea, but how sure is it that it will succeed? Whether it is an overseas Chinese or a Russian, they are not stupid people, and they will be foolishly tricked by Japan? What if the matter is revealed, will it not offend the two major forces of overseas Chinese and Russia at the same time, and then Japan will not only be able to gain nothing, but also the dividends obtained by the First Sino-Japanese War may be spit out. Therefore, in Oda Kiri's heart, he had already greeted all the female members of the family of those people in the military department.

It's just that although Oda Kiri's heart is on fire, after all, this is a domestic affair in Japan, and it can't be put on the table, because it is on the international stage, and this dismantled arm can only be hidden in the sleeve. In addition, as a diplomat, Oda Kiri's heart is also very clear, and such a thing can never be admitted, so he said: " Mr. Li, I think you have not misunderstood, we Japan have always wanted to live in peace with you, and in promoting this negotiation, we Japan have also made considerable contributions, and this point will never change, so we will never do anything unfavorable to you, will there be some hostile forces, do not want to see the success of this talk, deliberately plant dirt on Japan, and hope that you can remain calm and not ......?"

Before Li Sanjie could finish speaking, he interrupted: "Consul Oda, what we are discussing now is to solve practical problems, not to play with words, your Excellency is better than spending time here to cover up the facts and excuse Japan, it is better to seize the time and do something valuable, I suggest that Your Excellency should immediately and truthfully report to the country, after all, such a major matter is not something that Your Excellency can decide." ”

Huo Bilan also said: "Consul Oda, I think Mr. Li's words are very reasonable, you should report to the country as soon as possible, and at the same time, I also hope that Your Excellency can truthfully respond to the seriousness of the consequences to Japan, and I hope that the Japanese government can reply as soon as possible to solve this problem, we in the British Empire absolutely do not want to have an accident at this juncture of negotiations, which will seriously damage the interests of our British Empire, and I think it is also not in the interests of all the countries here." ”

The consuls of other countries also agreed with Huo Bilan's remarks, asked Oda to report to Japan as soon as possible, and asked the Japanese government to respond as soon as possible, in fact, asking the Japanese government to make guarantees.

At this time, Oda Kiri was also sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I will report to the country immediately, and I will give a satisfactory answer to all countries as soon as possible, I hope you can give us some time." ”

After finishing speaking, Oda Kiri also stood up, said goodbye to everyone, and returned to the Japanese consulate, thinking in his heart that he really wanted to report to the country, point out the seriousness of this incident, and let the country stop the chaos of the military department, because Shanghai is not compared to other places, this is a place where the forces of various countries converge and intertwine, everything is involved in the whole body, and making trouble in Shanghai will only make Japan completely isolated in the world, this is not a joke, but who in the country can stop the crazy behavior of the military department, Oda Che has no bottom in his heart。

After Xiao Tianche left, Huo Bilan turned to Li Sanjie again and said, "Mr. Li, I also ask you to seriously consider this Shanghai negotiation, which is beneficial to both of us. ”

Li Sanjie nodded and said, "Okay, I will report truthfully to the Executive Committee." ”

At this time, Huo Bilan said to the other consuls: "Everyone, I suggest that you should immediately report to the country and make representations to the Japanese government. ”

Three days later, in the name of Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito, the Japanese Government made an official statement, claiming that the intelligence base destroyed by overseas Chinese had nothing to do with the Japanese Government, but the Japanese Government strongly condemned this hostile act against overseas Chinese, and the Japanese Government agreed to continue the Shanghai talks, which combined the common interests of the two countries and the Qing Dynasty and other countries, and hoped to establish good relations with the overseas Chinese, and at the same time the Japanese Government would guarantee the safety of the overseas Chinese negotiation delegation.

The Shanghai Public Concession and the French Concession Ministry of Industry jointly issued an official document to the crossing group to ensure the safety of the overseas Chinese negotiation delegation in Shanghai, hoping that the overseas Chinese can continue to negotiate in Shanghai.

After receiving the assurances from the Japanese Government and the Shanghai Concession, the Tianjin Executive Committee held another discussion, and in the final vote, it was approved by a majority vote to continue the Shanghai talks, but two conditions were put forward: First, warships and troops should be sent to Shanghai to protect the safety of the delegation; second, the situation in Shanghai should be clearly explained to the travelers in the delegation, and they could freely choose whether to go to Shanghai or not.

After receiving the conditions of the traverser, the countries finally agreed to the traverser's request that warships and troops could be sent to Shanghai, but they also put forward restrictions that the size of the fleet could not exceed 6 ships, and the number of troops was only 3oo people, and they could carry rifles, pistols, machine guns and other weapons, but they could not carry weapons with a caliber of more than 2omm. Such armaments can play a limited role in protecting the delegation, but they will not pose much threat to Shanghai.

The Tianjin Executive Committee believes that these restrictions are not excessive and can be acceded to. Therefore, it was finally decided that two companies would be sent to protect the delegation on the army side, and the fleet would be headed by the Kunshu as the flagship, including the Changbaishan and Huaihua ships, a total of three passing warships, and three other local warships.

However, this deployment of forces is not symbolic, the Kunming ship is the most powerful combat force among the warships, equipped with the most guides of the warship, only the range of the main gun reaches 3o kilometers, can cover most of the concession area, while the Changbai Mountain ship has a strong vertical combat, delivery capabilities, a total of 4 straight 8F helicopters, so once someone really wants to disadvantage the traverser, how can the army of the two companies be able to resist for a while, other personnel can retreat by helicopter.

In addition, after learning about the situation in Shanghai, 11 of the members of the delegation said that they would not go to Shanghai after thinking about it, and 7 of them belonged to the concert performers, including 5 women and 2 men.