U.S. Consul Gunnar said: "We in the U.S. government believe that what we should consider now is how to negotiate with overseas Chinese to completely end the war in China and restore peace in China as soon as possible, instead of continuing to expand the scale of the war, because this will not benefit us at all, so if other countries insist on reorganizing the Eight-Nation Alliance, the United States will not participate." 八?一 Chinese?? Net ≤≈=.≤8≈"

The French consul, Bai Zaotai, also said: "Our French government also agrees to immediately resume negotiations with overseas Chinese, and the fighting has reached this point, and France's interests in China have suffered serious losses, so any action to expand the scale of the war is not advisable now." ”

In fact, France is now quite dissatisfied with Russia, because the purpose of the Franco-Russian alliance is to fight against Germany, but now Russia has repeatedly invested its energy in the East, and it seems that it has no intention of exposing Germany with France at all, but it is like Russia is using France to contain the country, while it is expanding to the East, so France naturally cannot accept such an alliance. In addition, after secret contacts and negotiations with overseas Chinese during this period, the two sides basically reached a preliminary agreement of intent to armistice, and France also took this opportunity to express its attitude to Russia.

The United States and France took the lead in opposing the rebuilding of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the other countries immediately expressed their stance that they were all opposed to the expansion of the war and wanted to hold peace talks with overseas Chinese. In the face of such public opposition, Dmitriev did not insist anymore, but said: "Okay, even if all countries advocate negotiating with overseas Chinese, although this is different from the Russian government's position, in order to maintain the overall action of the Eight-Nation Alliance, we are also willing to sacrifice certain interests and negotiate with overseas Chinese, but in the negotiations, everyone must use the Eight-Nation Alliance as a whole to exert pressure on overseas Chinese to force overseas Chinese to make concessions and return the encroachment on the interests of various countries." ”

In fact, although the Russians are barbaric and rude, they are definitely not simple-minded and four-limbed, on the contrary, they are very shrewd, Dmitriev knows very well that it is impossible to rebuild the Eight-Nation Alliance, but he still has to put forward the proposal to rebuild the Eight-Nation Alliance, which is to show all countries that Russia does not dare to fight with overseas Chinese, but because all countries are unwilling to fight, and Russia only agreed to peace talks out of order to maintain the overall action of the Eight-Nation Alliance. This is not only a high-profile gesture, but also more emphasizes that Russia is maintaining the whole of the eight-nation alliance. Because of the failure of Russia's southward expansion strategy, not only did its voice in the Eight-Nation Alliance fall sharply, but in order to gain the initiative in negotiations with overseas Chinese, it was necessary to gain a favorable position in the alliance of the Eight-Nation Alliance.

However, the Russians have a good calculation, but the consuls of other countries are not stupid, so they will not be able to see Russia's intentions, and the Japanese consul Oda Kiri immediately sneered: "Is Russia only now remembering the whole of the Eight-Nation Alliance? But when Russia unilaterally decided to send troops to the south, did it think that the Eight-Nation Alliance was a whole and had it won the approval of other countries?"

Dmitriev was also very annoyed by such a naked slap in the face by the Japanese monkey, but he still stiffened his mouth and argued forcefully: "My country decided to send troops to the south because Beijing has been captured by overseas Chinese, and we are going to reinforce the Eight-Nation Alliance, which is precisely to maintain the Eight-Nation Alliance." ”

Naturally, Oda Kiri would not allow his sophistry to pass by, and said: "In other words, as long as Russia considers it to be an action to protect the Eight-Nation Alliance, can it take unilateral action without the consent of other countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance?

Dmitriev's face turned red, but he didn't say anything to refute, so he had to pretend to sneer and say, "Then I want to hear what kind of action you plan to have?"

Oda Kiri didn't pay any attention to him, but turned to the other consuls and said, "All the consuls and gentlemen should be very clear, the Eight-Nation Alliance no longer exists, so this alliance established by the Eight-Nation Alliance has actually perished. The total defeat of the Eight-Nation Coalition is not only due to military reasons, but also to the fact that within this alliance, some countries only pursue their own interests and ignore the overall interests of the Eight-Nation Alliance, which is also an important factor. ”

When he said this, the eyes of the other consuls all looked at Dmitriev, in fact, everyone understood that the country that Odakiri was talking about was Russia, and Dmitriev also felt guilty, so he bowed his head and said nothing.

Oda Kiri continued: "In order to maintain the alliance of the Eight-Nation Alliance, we in Japan have made tremendous sacrifices and repeatedly tolerated the excesses of a certain country, which has seriously damaged Japan's national interests. ”

When Dmitriev heard this, he was not only taken aback, but also pointed at Oda and said, "You guys...... Are you going to withdraw from the Eight-Nation Alliance?"

Oda Kiri also sneered and said: "The Eight-Nation Alliance has long ceased to exist, and there is a credit to you Russia in this, so we Japan will not be able to retreat or withdraw." ”

Dmitriev was about to say something more, and the Austro-Hungarian consul also said that Austria-Hungary had also decided to hold separate talks with overseas Chinese.

In fact, the contradiction between Austria-Hungary and Russia is extremely profound, because the competition between the two countries on the Balkan Peninsula is very fierce, and politically, Austria-Hungary is basically only Germany, so after the crosser, Germany, and Austria-Hungary secretly negotiated and decided, after Japan jumped out first to advocate separate negotiations, Austria-Hungary immediately followed up, resulting in a domino effect.

And before Dmitriev could react, Bai Zaotai also continued: "To maintain the overall interests of the alliance, all parties of the alliance need to work together, not one side alone to maintain the alliance, while the other side is using the power of the alliance to seek private interests for its own country, and even to the detriment of the interests of other members of the alliance, and such an alliance should indeed no longer exist, so our French government also advocates the termination of the eight-nation alliance alliance and hold separate talks with overseas Chinese." ”

Dmitriev's face was red and white for a while, and he could naturally hear that Bai Zaotai was referring to Sang and scolding Huai, ostensibly referring to the Eight-Nation Alliance, but in fact referring to the Franco-Russian alliance, and directly implying that if Russia continued to act unilaterally in disregard of France's interests, France would consider terminating the Franco-Russian alliance. Dmitriev knew very well in his heart that the Franco-Russian alliance was also very important to Russia, because between Russia and Austria-Hungary, Germany had clearly chosen Austria-Hungary, so in the struggle for the Balkans, Russia had to face the common pressure of Austria, and it was necessary to maintain the Franco-Russian alliance so that Russia could have the capital to confront Germany and Austria.

Judging from Bai Zaotai's statement, the French side was obviously quite dissatisfied with Russia's strategy of paying too much attention to the East, so Dmitriev also made up his mind that as soon as the meeting was over, he would immediately send a telegram to the country, asking the country to communicate with France as soon as possible, eliminate misunderstandings, and maintain the Franco-Russian alliance.

At the time of Dmitriev's split, the United States and Italy also expressed their stance on 6 consecutive years, deciding to terminate the alliance of the eight-nation alliance and hold separate talks with overseas Chinese.

In this way, only Britain and Germany did not express their position, and Dmitriev also pinned his hopes on Britain and Germany, after all, Britain is still the world's power, and Germany is the upstart of Europe, if these two countries insist on maintaining the eight-nation alliance, plus Russia, although there are only three countries, they can still save the current situation.

At this time, the British consul Huo Bilan said: "We, the British government, have also agreed to terminate the alliance of the Eight-Nation Alliance and hold separate talks with overseas Chinese. ”

German Consul Knappe also said: "The attitude of the German government is the same as that of other countries. ”

Britain is a world power and one of the founding countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance, so naturally it cannot take the initiative to demand the termination of the Eight-Nation Alliance. And Germany has been biting until the end, and it also has its own calculations, agitating Austria-Hungary to come out in response to Japan's proposition, and to give an explanation to the overseas Chinese, although Germany has always encouraged Russia to pay attention to the East, but there is an opportunity to isolate Russia, and it is an opportunity to shake the Franco-Russian alliance, and it will never be missed. This time, France stood up against Russia first, while Germany persisted until the end, acting as if it was the trend of the times, trying to win Russia's favor and waiting for an opportunity to provoke the Franco-Russian alliance.

Dmitriev's heart was shocked, and it was only at this time that he came to some understanding: It turned out that this meeting was a joint effort by these countries to play tricks on Russia, because Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Japan, Italy, and Austria all unanimously agreed to "terminate the alliance of the eight-nation alliance and hold separate talks with overseas Chinese." To say that there is nothing wrong with this is to say that there is nothing wrong with it, then it is a hell of a problem? They must have already discussed it, and even discussed with overseas Chinese, so they made such a decision on reunification, and they only concealed it from Russia. It even betrayed Russia. Of course, Russia's initiation of the crisis on the Korean Peninsula and its unilateral decision to send troops to the south despite the opposition of the Eight-Nation Alliance actually seriously damaged the Eight-Nation Alliance, but was ignored by Dmitriev.

So Dmitriev got up angrily and said: "Since all countries have decided, then the eight-nation alliance will be officially canceled from today, and Russia will no longer participate in any action of the alliance, and will decide on its own to adopt means that are beneficial to Russia's interests." With that, Dmitriev turned and left the room, and with great force pushed the door of the conference room shut, making a loud noise.

However, Russia's withdrawal was only a small episode in this meeting, and Huo Bilan officially announced that the eight-nation alliance would be officially terminated from today, and that each country could negotiate with overseas Chinese on its own to negotiate an armistice and sign a treaty. Then the consuls of the seven countries jointly informed Qin Zheng of the results of this meeting, and asked the overseas Chinese to organize a negotiation delegation to Shanghai as soon as possible to conduct the second Shanghai peace talks, which was scheduled for April 4, 19o1.