As early as the London Conference of 1927, the League of Nations formed the Preparatory Committee for the Conference on Disarmament, this time not only for the navy, but also for the army and air force.

The reason is very simple, the British found that their army combat effectiveness was outdated, so they wanted to limit the development of the armies of European countries through the situation of the treaty.

At the end of 1927 and the beginning of 1928, the fighting in Southeast Asia terrified the British even more, and the fighting power displayed by the Bulgarian army made them fear the birth of a second Germany.

At this time, there is no French to help them as meat shields, and no matter how they provoke geopolitical relations, it is impossible for the two countries to fight to the death.

It is impossible for Ferdinand to send millions of troops to attack, and it is even more impossible for the French government to send troops to fight them, and there are several countries between the two sides?

As long as Bulgaria does not develop into the interior of Europe, there will be no conflict of core interests with the French, and the struggle for world hegemony has long had nothing to do with them.

Before they knew it, the London government suddenly found out that they were isolated again, and they were isolated because of interests!

This is troublesome, unlike the last time, when the world was dominated by two blocs, and everyone was vying to win over the self-isolating British.

Now everyone is isolating the British because of their interests, and the main contradiction in the world now is the contradiction between the British and the major powers.

This makes Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin uncomfortable, and if he wants to sow discord, create contradictions, and take advantage of the fisherman, can't he?

Whether it is France, Bulgaria, or Japan in the Far East, their greatest enemy is the British Empire, and even the second enemy cannot be found.

The spheres of power between the major powers were perfectly separated by the British Empire, and if they wanted to break out into conflict, they had to make their spheres of influence bordering each other.

Originally, the Philippine Islands were thrown out as bait, but because the interests were not big enough, Ferdinand did not take the bait, and the conflict between the two countries naturally did not break out.

Even the attempts of the British to provoke contradictions between the two countries and the Japanese were only half successful, and the two countries did not carry out a major expansion in the Far East at all.

After the forces of the two countries entered the Philippine Islands, the conflict between them and the Japanese broke out, and it also blocked the way for the Japanese to go south, but unfortunately this contradiction did not need to make them stumble.

The French were unable to expand in the Far East because of their lack of strength, and the Bulgarians were Ferdinand's lack of interest in the Far East.

The Japanese government is indeed ambitious, but they are aware of current affairs, and when they see the three bigwigs blocking the door, they immediately instigate it, and even the navy rarely runs to the Nanyang region.

Then the British faced the Japanese in a daze, because of the problems in Southeast Asia, and now the biggest enemy in the hearts of the British is Japan.

But Stanley Baldwin knew that he couldn't ignore the most powerful enemy because of Japan's problems.

If the hard one doesn't work, then it's good to go soft, and the use of arms limitation treaties to lower the military strength of various countries at the same time is the best plan given by the staff group, and it is also the only feasible plan!

London

At the headquarters of the Parliamentary Assembly of the League of Nations, delegates of various countries debated on disarmament matters, and almost all the major powers came up with different proposals.

The Disarmament Commission is divided into two sub-groups, namely, the Military Subcommittee and the Economic Subcommittee.

There are now five main disarmament options:

First, the disarmament programme proposed by the French focuses on the consideration of peacetime and wartime armaments of States, and calls for a redefinition of the nature of various armaments and the comparison of the military strength of each country.

Second, the disarmament programme proposed by the Spaniards was aimed at maintaining the balance of military forces of the countries and maintaining it unchanged.

Thirdly, the disarmament programme proposed by Bulgaria is to be carried out in accordance with the actual needs of each country, taking into account the balance of military forces of each country.

Fourth, the disarmament plan proposed by the Japanese is aimed at balancing the military forces of various continents and comprehensively assessing the combat strength and actual needs of various factors to carry out disarmament.

Fifth, the disarmament plan proposed by the British was aimed at balancing the army strength of the major powers and reducing the armaments of all countries as much as possible.

There is no doubt that the disarmament programmes of various countries are based on their own interests, such as Spain's disarmament programme, which is purely for the sake of its own national security.

The purpose of the British disarmament program was to narrow the gap between the strength of the land forces of the two countries, after all, we also had many colonies bordering each other, so as not to suffer a loss one day.

Bulgaria's disarmament programme is a muddy affair, and its main purpose is to drag on time.

After all, the plan given by Ferdinand is equivalent to saying that everyone determines the size of the army according to their own needs, but the needs of each country are different? And then another balance of armaments was added!

For example, if your neighbor's army needs 300,000, then he can keep 300,000, and you only need 200,000, but you can also keep 300,000 troops because of the balance of armaments.

This is almost to tell the British, it's not that we are too strong, but that you are too weak, and if you expand the army to one or two million, everyone's military strength will be almost balanced.

The disarmament program proposed by the Japanese Government is the same as if it were not, and it is completely impossible, so how can the military forces of Europe and Asia be balanced?

Treat Bulgaria as an Asian country?

And what about the balance of military power with Oceania? Let the whole people in Australia and New Zealand be soldiers, and let the British be responsible for making up for what is not enough?

The aim is similar to that of Bulgaria, which is to come and make trouble, so that this disarmament conference will not end smoothly.

Except for some small foreign countries, the major powers have no intention of disarming, after all, both countries are land power countries, how can they give up the army?

If, according to the proposal of the British, France could only keep 120,000 troops, and Bulgaria only kept 140,000 troops, wouldn't that be a self-defeating martial arts?

No matter what other countries do, it is impossible for Ferdinand to agree, this is a matter of principle, and there is no possibility of any compromise.

The conditions of the parties are too different, and the Conference on Disarmament has reached an impasse at the outset.

Obviously, the army cannot be cut down, so we can only focus on the air force and navy, and the problem of the air force is not easy to solve, the key is to define the problem.

Now the air forces of various countries are diverse, the navy has naval aviation, and the army has army aviation, do these people count?

If not, countries will avoid the past by changing their names, and even if they sign a disarmament treaty, they will end up being just a dead letter.

If you count it all, Bulgaria will have to fry. Now the Bulgarian army has become an ordinary means of transportation like a car, and the number of equipment is appalling.

How should this disarmament be adjudicated? Aren't they allowed to use it?

Fighters, transport aircraft, and bombers in this era can often be mixed and matched with civilian aircraft, but there is a gap in performance. In fact, civilian aircraft are used as bombers, but they just need to be modified.

The best negotiation is the navy, which has already determined the ratio and reduced a large number of warships.

Now that there was not much to cut at this time, the three countries of Bulgaria and Japan all targeted the British, demanding a readjustment of the ratio of naval tonnage in each country.

Naturally, it was impossible for John Niu to agree, it was originally for the disarmament conference of the three countries, but he didn't expect to be countered now.

The military group can't go on here, and the economic group next door is also struggling.

The debt problem of the former Russian Empire, now the governments of the nine countries have quarreled with each other,

This time, Western Russia was a lone battle, with one enemy and eight enemies, and soon fell into the upper hand.

But this is the League of Nations, and it's not whoever is eloquent or strong in quarrels will be able to win the final victory.

Under the unanimous demand of many creditors, none of the governments of the nine countries can run away from this debt, and according to the common international practice, the governments of the nine countries jointly bear the obligation to repay the debt and pay joint and several liability for this debt.

With no arms to their thighs, the League of Nations made a decision that they had to accept whether they wanted it or not, and none of the nine governments at this time had the courage to stand alone against the League of Nations.

Since the money had to be repaid, it was better to argue about the specific amount, and the Western Russian deputies proposed that the nine countries share the debt equally, but the other eight countries have always refused.

No one thinks this is a reliable proposal, and if this huge debt is amortized, what will happen to the small countries?

Like the three Baltic states, Finland, and Belarus, even if these five countries sell them all, they can't afford to pay off one-ninth of their debts?

You must know that the Russian Empire owes more than 2 billion pounds in loans to banks alone, as well as bonds issued by the private sector, all of which add up to 3.58 billion pounds in debt to be dealt with this time.

Even if they wanted to repay the debt, no one dared to bring it up at the League of Nations meeting, and everyone could only endure it.

"Please wait a minute, before dealing with these debts, I suggest that you first sort out the timing of these loans and then determine whether you have a legal relationship with us.

If it was a debt owed by the government before the world war, these are legal debts, and we can consider taking a part of it.

Since the outbreak of the world war, all this money was owed by the tsarist government for its own ambitions, and we are not responsible for it! "The representative of the Soviet Union Georgi. Vasilyevich. Zicherin spoke

There is no doubt that most of the huge debts of the Russian Empire were owed after the outbreak of the world war, and a large part of them were owed during the civil war.

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the Russians in this plane performed much better in the world war, and they also sold much more weapons and ammunition, and the cost of the war was far higher than in history.

These are all going to cost money, Georgi. Vasilyevich. Chicherin was not going to admit the debt, the main thing was that there was too much money.

"Impossible! The Russian Empire is over, and as their rightful heirs, you must bear all the debts, and this is your obligation! British Foreign Secretary Attlee said directly

"But these debts were owed by the dictatorial tsarist government for its own selfish purposes, against the will of the broad masses of the people, and the people did not think that they were paying for his willfulness!" Georgi. Vasilyevich. Chicherin argued

"The rights and duties are equal, since you have inherited the legacy of the Russian Empire, you will naturally inherit their debts as well, and if you refuse to fulfill your debts, then the legitimacy of your government will also disappear!" French Foreign Minister Geos directly threatened

"But in fact, we became independent as early as 1917, and as an independent state, we are not obliged to pay for the dictatorship of the Western Russian Empire!" Georgi. Vasilyevich. Zicherin said resignedly

"Mr. Vasilyevich, legally you became independent only in 1927, and you will have to bear the previous debts again!

This is the most basic international law, and if you are not willing to take on this debt, you can give up your independence and let a new responsible government take care of it! Metelf said coldly

If you want to repay your debts, don't dream, and don't look at who the creditors are!

There is no doubt that governments are much weaker than everyone thinks. Vasilyevich. Qi Chelin was unable to support himself, and he was threatened again and again, and he also held back the fire in his belly.

If it weren't for the fact that now the USSR was too weak, and the Japanese were eyeing them again, and they still needed the protection of the League of Nations, he would have broken out long ago.

Loss of power and humiliation of the country? This is not enough, it is natural to repay debts, and everyone did not colonize the Russian Empire, and the money was lent to their only legitimate government.

At the time of independence, everyone regarded themselves as the successors of the Russian Empire and was recognized by the League of Nations.

"But is this what the League of Nations did to connive at a dictator who wantonly undermines world peace and oppresses the vast majority of the Russian people?" Georgi. Vasilyevich. Chicherin said unwillingly

"Pay attention to your words, if it weren't for you traitors, how could the Russian Empire have come to this point? How could the tsarist government owe so much debt?

I'm afraid that the war reparations alone will be enough to pay off our previous debts, but now we are fighting a rake, for the sake of the people?

If it were for the sake of the people, would you collude with the Germans? Will lead the Germans to St. Petersburg? You are the one who caused all this today, and do you still want to evade responsibility? Sasonov, a representative of the Western Russian Empire, said with a sneer

In any case, the Russian Empire was a member of the Entente, and the Russian capitalists did collude with the Allies to betray the tsarist government, which was equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the Entente.

When the revolutionaries were in the uprising, they got involved with the capitalists, and it is impossible to say that they have nothing to do with each other.

Vasilyevich, as angry as he was, was very wise not to quarrel with him on this issue, and the people who could call the shots here happened to be members of the Entente.

Once they are disgusted, and treat them as the remnants of the allies, wouldn't it be miserable?

"Okay, this problem is stopped, all the debts of the Russian Empire must be inherited by you nine countries, now let's discuss the distribution plan!

Any attempt to evade debts will be severely punished by the League of Nations, and such a rogue government is not qualified to appear on the international stage! Attlee interrupted forcefully

The spirit of the people is lifted, and the critical moment has come, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, don't you just want to bear one less debt for yourself and let the enemy bear one more debt!

"We propose to allocate the debt that governments should bear by the size of their territory?" Sasonov suggested with a sneer

"This is impossible, as the main culprit, the tsarist government should bear the lion's lion, at least ninety-five percent of the debt, and the rest will be shared by our countries!" Vasilyevich immediately objected

How can it be distributed according to the size of the territory? The nine-nation equal distribution of debt was even worse, and if it had been distributed in this way, the nascent Soviet government would have been forced to death by the debt.

In Siberia now, it's okay to plant fields and dig and mine, but nothing else, just a little output, and it is still limited by bad transportation, and it is difficult to transport it, where do they have the money to pay off their debts?

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