"If it's only a small part of the Dutch East Indies, then it's acceptable. Pen Fun Cabinet www.biquge.info "Conservative Leader Austin in Parliament. Chamberlain cupped his eyes and said.

"Will the Japanese accept it?" Someone muttered quietly.

"We can actually wait, the Suxiong fleet will not give us trouble in the short term, the two sides in the Mediterranean have always been in confrontation, and in the North Sea? The German High Seas Fleet also needs to replenish and recuperate, and more importantly, the Bavarian prince is now going to trouble the Russians, and as for the rest of the High Seas Fleet? I don't think it's as good as this prince. Sir Fisher, who participated in the meeting, said.

"So how should we respond to the Japanese?" The Foreign Secretary asked.

"We understand the territorial claims of the Japanese Empire to parts of New Guinea, but other areas, whether they are Sumatra, Borneo or Java, are too big and too far for Japan." Asquith thought for a moment and said.

"It's as simple as that?" The Foreign Secretary said in disbelief.

"Of course, what else do we say?" Asquith asked rhetorically. In fact, Asquith is not as easy as he appears to be. The recent war situation in the whole Entente can be described as bleak, and the Russians are trembling and waiting for the siege of Bavaria and Bohemia. After the elite of the Bavarian Army withdrew from the Western Front, although the Western Front launched a counterattack and pushed the front back a little, the price paid for the movement of tens or even several square kilometers was too high. In addition to the need for a new force in the military Entente, politically, in terms of morale, the Entente also needed some good news!

"Also, Lloyd's. George said he was reluctant to continue negotiations in Japan on the issue. The Foreign Secretary said.

"I understand that in the face of such an unfriendly and aggressive country, it is indeed very troublesome, and the proposal of the Japanese is very difficult for us to accept, and the question of the representative can not be rushed. Lloyd's. Mr. George can now use this free time to go on a trip. Tell him that we will send a new representative in 1 month. Asquith said.

Although the Japanese have already thrown their cards, the British do not want to take over immediately, as an empire, they do value the immediate interests, but at the same time they are thinking about the future. They need a longer time to figure out Japan's bottom line, they need to reduce the benefits that Japan can get as much as possible, at least from the current situation, Sumatra is absolutely impossible for the Japanese to occupy, imagine that the Japanese fleet is deployed at the doorstep of the most important fortress in the British Far East, and then think that the Japanese can enter and leave the Indian Ocean at any time, the British feel unacceptable.

Subsequently, after the note sent by the Japanese, it seemed that the incident was forgotten, and the British only expressed their support for Japan's acquisition of the western half of the island of New Guinea through diplomatic channels, but opposed to the rest of the island. And the Japanese side did not continue to bargain with the British on this matter. It's about responding with real actions.

On the third day after the British informed the Japanese of their opinion, the Japanese government sent another note to the British ambassador to Japan, saying that Japan had decided to halve the number of personnel sent to Europe this month "because of domestic needs," and that in order to meet the needs of "confrontation with the American fleet," the warships carrying out escort missions in the Indian Ocean would be partially withdrawn.

After a brief confrontation, the two sides returned to calm, but under the seemingly calm sea, an undercurrent was surging. As a soldier from the army, Katsura Taro was not very anxious about the invasion of the Dutch East Indies, but as the second-generation leadership core of the navy, Yamamoto Gonbei attached great importance to continuing to go south. For this reason, he also specifically found the "tumbler" Saionji Gongwang in Japanese politics.

"The British's offer is unacceptable, we have gained too little, and now, at a time when the Imperial Navy and the American Navy are facing off, it is also inappropriate to blatantly act against the Dutch East Indies, and if the Empire can reach a tacit understanding with the United States to some extent, such as a step back from each side, then I still support Your Excellency's opinion." In the face of Yamamoto Gonbei's request, Saionji Gongwang replied.

When facing the United States alone, the pressure on Japan is very great. Although Japan also knows that the United States is not ready for war at all, not to mention that the naval base in Hawaii has not yet been repaired, and the American fleet only has the ability to come to the Far East, as for fighting in the Far East? Let's forget about it for now. Not to mention anything else, the food and clothing needed for the confrontation of the American fleet in the Bismarck Sea alone had to be transported from the west coast of the United States, and the supplies that could be called a terror in the eyes of the Japanese were ...... in the eyes of the Americans.

The two sides have been facing off for several months, but in fact, nothing has been done, no one has retreated an inch of land, and of course, not an inch ......of land has been advanced. This confrontation has so far made little sense other than being more of a means for both sides to show their attitudes. Both sides are thinking about a temporary end, or rather not being so tight.

Both sides had reasons to wait, and the Japanese naturally hoped that after the Entente had won, they could rely on the Entente to get the German islands, and, of course, most importantly, Japan had already developed a strong interest in the Dutch East Indies. He needed to refocus his scattered forces.

And what about the United States? Naturally, it was hoped that the Allies would win, and then, together with Germany, force Japan to withdraw from its former colonies in the German Far East. Both sides know that this scramble is not for a moment. Of course, now everyone lacks an opportunity, or a third party, to ease the contradiction between the two, after all, the two sides really don't want to ...... now.

But what does that mean? There are some things that don't happen if you don't want to. Just when the entire European continent was in a pot of porridge, just after the two world's first and second largest navies, Britain and Germany, had fierce and epic collisions in the Indian Ocean and the North Sea, and the two navies, known as the world's third, also sparked a spark of "basic feelings" in the distant Pacific Ocean!

After a gap of 14 years, the United States and Japan were separated by a rather magical accident that led to an exchange of fire. From beginning to end, this matter was full of chatter and a hint of weirdness. And when Prince Ruprecht learned about this, in addition to rejoicing in his heart that there was no possibility of reuniting with the Entente, he also wrote such a line in his diary - "Finally in line with history"!

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