But in the end Theodore. Roosevelt still took into account the political posture behind such a treaty, so in the end the two sides signed a semi-secret treaty, that is, recognizing the signing of a series of economic and financial agreements between Germany and the United States, but the details of which are not to be commented. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Of course, the British government can obtain the contents of this treaty through various channels, but even if they get the original copy of the treaty? Anyway, the U.S. government doesn't recognize it. What do you love?

The content of the treaty mainly includes the following aspects: First, from 1905 to 1915, the United States provided Germany with a credit line of 120 million to 150 million US dollars, which stipulated that more than 80% of the funds would be used for Germany to purchase goods from the United States. There was no actual large flow of dollars between the two sides, and when the German government used the funds to buy them, the United States government paid them directly and recorded them.

10% of the loan will be paid in gold, silver and other precious metals, and these payments will be shipped to Germany mainland for the purpose of purchasing scarce supplies from other countries and maintaining financial and monetary stability during the war, and the German government will repay the loan in the form of precious metals within eight years after the end of the war.

Second, the German government began to repay the loan in 1910 as required, while using German assets abroad as collateral. The German government does not need to pay interest, but it needs to start renovating the infrastructure of the islands in the Far East, as required by the United States.

After starting with the loan, the United States would receive Germany as a colony in the Caroline Islands in the Far East in 1910 and the Mariana Islands in 1912. In 1914, the former Kingdom of Spain, including Guam, was transferred to Germany as a colony. And before the end of the loan period, Germany would transfer all of its colonies in the Far East to the United States, including, but not limited to, German Guinea.

In return, the U.S. government would remain neutral after the outbreak of the European War, adhering to the principles of freedom of navigation and trade, and continuing to trade with Germany. The United States Government does not recommend ships belonging to the United States of America to transport supplies for the Entente countries. The resulting catastrophe will be borne by the shipping company. The German government was sure that it would not attack ships flying the American flag outside of Europe. If something unexpected happens, both sides should work together to resolve these disputes and try to keep the impact to a minimum.

Judging from the basic content of this treaty, everyone can understand the previous part, which is almost the exchange of American money for German colonies in the Far East. At the same time, the United States provided Germany with some gold loans, while still being able to buy external supplies in wartime. However, the later issue of shipping has made many people wonder.

"The purpose of the businessman is to make enough profits, and with 10 percent of the profits, the businessmen will become active, and if there are 50 percent of the profits, the businessmen will take risks, and the 100 percent profits will make the businessmen risk hanging to do things, and with 300 percent of the profits, then the businessmen will dare to trample on all human morality and law. It is impossible for us to prevent American merchant ships from delivering supplies to the British in wartime, and there will always be some people who will act under the influence of high profits.

This kind of thing can't be stopped, the only way is to say hello to the U.S. government, or to say hello to some people in the U.S. government, in addition to the big conglomerates that are closely related to the interests of Germany, after years of cultivation by His Royal Highness ****, there are indeed a group of people in the American political circles who are extremely hostile to Britain and France, and these people are the real ones who do not like things and do not feel sorry for themselves. Unswervingly on the side of Germany. Therefore, although it cannot be completely banned, **** also hopes that the US government can restrict exports and transportation to the Entente countries as much as possible, and reduce the possibility of deterioration of relations between the two countries.

His Royal Highness has a considerable understanding of the horror of the US imperialists. Not to mention Ruprecht **** as a traverser, even the arrogant mustache is quite jealous of the United States, before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the mustache is also trying his best to avoid a conflict with the United States, all the submarines are told not to attack American ships, and the Americans on the one hand continue to send supplies to the British, on the other hand, they also demarcate the range of navigation, even to a few hundred nautical miles from Europe, and American destroyers also escort the fleet.

It cannot be said that there were no clashes between German submarines and American ships, but there were very few. This situation did not end until after the outbreak of the Pacific War. Ruprecht **** doesn't know if Germany can fight the United States in World War II in this plane, but he knows that if the United States participates in World War I, then Germany will definitely not be able to fight! The core of His Royal Highness's foreign work is to keep the United States as far away from war as possible, and by now, there is a probability that the United States will not participate in the war with more than 80%.

"Is it really appropriate for us to do this?" After the agreement was signed, Count Schelling asked. In his opinion, Germany has paid too many costs and costs for this agreement.

"Your Highness, if everything is done according to the agreement, even if we receive a large amount of war reparations, we will only work for the Americans, and more importantly, during the war, the US government will be able to seize the market that we have opened up for more than ten years or even decades through the embezzlement of Germany's fixed assets, will this cause a backlash from the domestic capitalists?" Count Schelling said with some concern.

The German government does not have many overseas assets, and the vast majority of all the collateral assets are owned by the German bourgeoisie, such an action is undoubtedly offensive! The German government was naturally generous in taking other people's things as gifts, and those who signed the treaty naturally became the target of public criticism.

His Royal Highness understands this very well, and although the content of these treaties was finalized by the prince and the US government, the entire German negotiating delegation was headed by Herbert, and the final signing was also signed by him! At this time, discerning people have already seen that this is the order of the Kaiser, His Royal Highness Ruprecht ****, and Herbert's behavior! Without the approval of the Kaiser, His Royal Highness would never dare to make such a promise! It is even said that if no one took the blame, the Kaiser would not have done it so neatly!

This treaty was not only intended to win over the Americans, but also to the Kaiser's means of internal adjustments! Things were done so secretly that Count Schelling, who was directly involved in the negotiations, only vaguely felt something, but he still didn't understand the overall context, so he wanted to know something.

"We have no choice, and at the same time it is also the best choice for the empire, not to mention, the sale of assets is also phased and hierarchical, since the Kaiser agreed, and it is not our back, then it has nothing to do with Bavaria, you can rest assured." Ruprecht thought for a moment and said.

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