Chapter 379: The Americans' Intentions

Spain is really in a hurry, if it is not in a hurry, it can't do it, although the Spanish upper class is arrogant and does not take the Chinese Empire in their eyes, but the Spanish upper class also knows the current situation of their country, and there is no comparison with the emerging power of the Chinese Empire If the Chinese Empire occupies the Philippines, Spain will not be able to rely on its own strength to recapture the Philippines, don't you see that France and Britain dare not easily attack the Chinese Empire?

Spain seriously warned the Chinese Empire that it would not allow the troops of the Chinese Empire to enter the Philippines, and the Spanish upper echelons knew that most of the world's powerful countries could ignore their warnings, and it would have little effect at all, but the Chinese Empire was a yellow country, while Spain was a Caucasian country, and the Western world would not sit back and watch the Chinese Empire annex the Philippines. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

So Spain hurriedly sought help from other Western countries, hoping that they would prevent the Chinese Empire from sending troops to the Philippines.

As Spain thought, other Western countries were unwilling for the Chinese Empire to send troops to the Philippines, let alone for the Chinese Empire to annex the Philippines, which was not in the interests of Western countries.

However, the Philippines is a colony of Spain, and it has nothing to do with other Western countries, how can they help Spain in vain, so Britain, France, Germany and other Western countries have spoken out internationally and let the Chinese Empire withdraw its troops, and on the other hand, they have discussed with Spain, once they help Spain hold the colony of the Philippines, Spain must pay a certain price.

Don't think that only the Chinese Empire and the United States are staring at the Spanish colonies, and the world's major powers are staring at the Spanish colonies, how can a declining and decaying country keep such a rich colony, Spain has a colony in its hands, just like a three-year-old child holding gold to pass the market, who does not covet the Spanish colony.

The old powers Britain and France wanted to get Spanish colonies, and the new powers Germany and the United States also wanted to get Spanish colonies, but because of the little relationship between Spain and European countries, countries postponed their attack on Spain, but this did not mean that countries were willing to let the Chinese Empire succeed.

The Spanish upper echelons understand their current situation, if the Western countries do not make a move, then the Philippines will be completely gone, Spain will not get anything, if the Western countries make a move, the Western countries may be able to leave some benefits for Spain, it is better than nothing, Spain can only agree to the demands of the countries.

Subsequently, Western countries exerted more pressure on the Chinese Empire, demanding that the Chinese Empire withdraw its troops from the Philippines.

Among the Western countries, although the United States also exerted pressure on the Chinese Empire, the Americans obviously had other ideas, knowing that the United States had long wanted to attack the Spanish colonies.

The United States has entered a period of imperialism, and the American monopoly capital consortium urgently needs to open up new markets, investment venues and The origin of raw materials, so all kinds of propaganda machines created public opinion for foreign expansion, but just as the United States was preparing to expand overseas, the whole world had been carved up by the old colonial powers.

Although the United States has built up a navy that claims to be the third in the world, it is not yet able to confront Britain and France, and Spain, which is already in the twilight, is a very good choice, and the only huge imperial colonies left in the past are Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines in Asia.

The main reason why the United States wants to attack Spain is actually Cuba.

In Cuba, years of revolt against the tyranny of the Spaniards culminated in the Seven Years of Revolt in Xinghua, in which the insurgents were no less brutal than the Spanish rulers, who instituted a policy of deliberate plunder, which stipulated that the property of Americans would not be protected if they did not pay protections, which were used to financially support the riots and expand propaganda.

The United States wants to protect the sugar cane plantations and sugar mills owned by the Americans in Cuba, and the profits of these large plantations and sugar factories cannot be ignored, with an investment of $50 million and an annual trade volume of up to $100 million.

In order to be able to acquire Spanish colonies, the United States has made a lot of preparations in advance, such as expanding the navy, domestic public opinion propaganda, and so on.

I didn't expect the Chinese Empire to strike one step ahead of the United States, but the United States also saw that with the current control of the Chinese Empire, it could only take the Philippines at most, and the colonies in other parts of Spain would not be able to think about it, and the hand of the Chinese Empire would not reach that far, if the hand of the Chinese Empire dared to stretch out, other Western countries might cut it off.

The United States and Western countries have joined forces to put pressure on the Chinese Empire to withdraw its troops from the Philippines, but the staff of the current US President Grover Cleveland has offered the President something else.

The staff believes that the Chinese Empire has a high probability of acquiring the Philippines, time is the most important factor, the Chinese Empire has the most powerful air force in the world, a large number of land forces, and a growing navy, and the Philippines is so close to the Chinese Empire that it only takes one day at most to send troops to the Philippines.

And Spain has already fallen, and the forces remaining in the Philippines are also very weak, and they cannot resist the army of the Chinese Empire at all, I am afraid that it will not take long for the Chinese Empire to take the Philippines.

The Chinese Empire has completely taken the Philippines, and it will be very difficult for other countries to take the Philippines from the Chinese Empire.

However, if the countries make a move, they will not return empty-handed, and it is very likely to attack the other colonies of Spain, the United States has been preparing for so long, it can't just do this useless work, and get nothing, it is better for the United States to also attack Spain, taking advantage of the Chinese Empire's attack on the Philippines, and directly take the other colonies of Spain.

Grover Cleveland thought for a long time and finally agreed with the proposal of the staff group, but if the United States wants to attack the Spanish colonies, it also needs an excuse, just like the Chinese Empire sent troops to the Philippines on the grounds that the Filipino Chinese were persecuted, and the United States, as a democratic country, the President of the United States does not have so much power to directly order the United States to send troops to occupy the Spanish colonies.

It is easy to find an excuse for the United States to send troops, and Grover Cleveland is also making various preparations before the United States sends troops.

Other Western countries are still putting pressure on the Chinese Empire in various ways, strongly demanding that the Chinese Empire withdraw its troops from the Philippines, but they do not know that the United States is also preparing to attack the Spanish colonies, let alone that the Chinese Empire has contacted the Spanish armed forces in the Philippines at this time, completely occupied the Philippines, and began to violence against the indigenous people in the Philippines. Crackdown.