Chapter 807 See Mr. Doug again

After Ni Hua arrived in Chongqing, he worked in the office of the Eighth Route Army in Chongqing for a period of time, and soon went to the United States. At this time, the Japanese army had become more and more tense with Britain, France, and the United States because of the concession issue, and the United States and Britain had gradually changed their attitude at the beginning of the war and began to provide small amounts of financial assistance to China.

Liu Yimin once said that the relationship between countries is the relationship of interests.

The root cause of the tension between Britain and the United States lies in the undermining of the "open door" policy formulated by the United States and affecting the interests of Britain and the United States in China.

The reason why the United States maintained neutrality in the early stage and domestic isolationism prevailed was, to put it bluntly, from the consideration of the United States' own interests, but it did not reconcile the accounts.

As early as 1899, because the volume of U.S. exports to China had tripled compared with 1895, the U.S. business community regarded China, a vast territory, as the world's largest potential market, and feared that the division of China by the great powers would cause the United States to lose its market in China and harm the best interests of U.S. commerce, and demanded that the government introduce measures to protect their current and future interests in China. Some US expansionists have also clamored that the Pacific Ocean is the ocean of the United States and demanded that the Philippine Islands be used as a springboard to invade China. The U.S. envoys to China have repeatedly suggested to the State Department to occupy a Chinese port, most notably the U.S. consul in Yantai, Fuller, who, in addition to proposing the occupation of Yantai, whimsically suggested exchanging a certain island in the Philippine archipelago with Britain for Weihaiwei. The U.S. Department of the Navy and the Department of the Army were also actively plotting to occupy the Chinese harbor. The Admiralty advocated the occupation of the Zhoushan Islands, and the War Department advocated the occupation of the Bohai Bay. However, at this time, the United States had only 62,000 quorums in the army, and its navy was only ranked sixth or seventh in the world. Coupled with the massive anti-war movement in the United States at this time, protesting against the American occupation of the Philippines, the Democrats took the opportunity to accuse McKinley's Republican government of foreign aggression and expansion in order to replace the Democratic Party in the 1900 presidency. In this way, the McKinley administration wanted to maintain US interests in China while covering up its aggression against China, so it launched an "open door" policy, in which the great powers had the right to trade throughout China, with equal interests and equal opportunities.

If this open-door policy is put forward by the Chinese government, which is sovereign and independent, has territorial integrity, and has a prosperous country and a strong people, it will be open to the outside world. The Yankees put it forward in order to ensure US interests in China. However, when this open-door policy was proposed, it was recognized by all the great powers, including Russia at that time. It has gained some false reputation in the world, expanded the influence of the United States in China, and became the cornerstone of the United States' China policy in the future.

In fact, since the launch of the September 18 Incident, the invasion of Northeast China, and the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo, the open-door policy has not worked. Now, proposing the establishment of a new East Asian order in which Japan, Manchuria, and China are integrated, and asking all countries in the world to recognize it, this will naturally completely overturn the open-door policy and infringe on the interests of Britain and the United States in China, and contradictions are inevitable.

As early as the September 18 incident, US President Herbert Hoover declared that the purpose of occupying the three eastern provinces was to save its paralyzed economy and restore order in Northeast China, and the United States could not raise serious objections to this.

There are two main reasons why Hoover said such bastard words, one is the isolationist ideology of the United States, and the other is that economic interests are at work. You must know that in 1929, the United States was developing rapidly, with an annual output of 4.5 million automobiles, and its total industrial value was more than that of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan combined, and its exports accounted for only 8 percent of its gross national product. But

The economic crisis has severely affected the U.S. economy, with domestic factories closing, workers unemployed, and 20 million people on the hunger line. By 1932, military spending had accounted for 37 percent of the fiscal revenue, and most of the money was used to purchase industrial equipment and raw materials from the United States. This is why Hoover's attitude and the United States colluded with the Northeast issue.

After Roosevelt was elected president, he inherited the policies of Hoover and Stimson on the China issue, and did not take any action to assist China except for the implementation of the "non-recognition" policy. Later, in March 1933, Roosevelt received a letter from the U.S. ambassador to the United States, Joseph ? Knowing that they had the most coordinated and complete war machine in the world, and that their imaginary enemy was the United States, Roosevelt woke up from a dream and expanded his navy while implementing Roosevelt's New Deal. By 1935, Roosevelt proposed $1.1 billion in peacetime's largest defense budget to strengthen the Army and Navy, and the United States began to prepare for war.

By the time of the Lugou Bridge Incident, due to the need to expand aggression, military spending had been increased year by year, and military spending had reached 47 percent, while the US defense budget accounted for only 1.5 percent of national income at that time. Seeing this, people think that the United States is a sleeping lion and that the later it wakes up, the better, and while negotiating and negotiating with the United States to raise Japan-US relations to the highest level, they seize the time to import industrial equipment and strategic materials from the United States. Among them, scrap steel imports from the United States account for 92% of scrap steel imports, 45% of lead, 65% of copper, plus oil and rubber, the United States has become the largest supplier of materials to support the war of aggression against China.

The Yankees don't know that they are sowing trouble for themselves, and it is precisely because of the continuous shipment of steel, oil, and rubber from the United States that people have a huge armed force.

The close diplomatic relations and huge economic and trade relations between Japan and the United States led to the fact that the United States remained neutral when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out. Secretary Hull, still claiming that the United States cares about all armed conflicts, recommends a peaceful negotiated settlement of disputes. This guy is talking nonsense with a wide open eye, describing the all-out aggression against China as an armed conflict. It was not until the little devil plane blew up and sank a US ship and announced that it was off the coast of China that Roosevelt announced that it would prohibit official US ships from transporting arms to China or that US-flagged merchant ships would engage in arms transactions with China and Japan at their own risk.

The Yankees declared neutrality when the Chinese people needed support the most!

It was not until Ni Hua held a press conference in the United States to expose the atrocities of the Japanese army and call on the United States to cut off trade with Japan that the American people and the media raised their voice for justice and began to donate money and materials to China to support China's war of resistance. However, at this time, military spending already accounted for more than 70 percent of fiscal revenue, while the United States' own military expenditure was only 11.7 percent of fiscal expenditure, accounting for 1.6 percent of the gross national income, the lowest among the major countries in the world. The United States has no money to purchase, and those steel giants, oil giants, and rubber tycoons naturally want to sell materials to wealthy small ones in order to make money. Of course, due to Ni Hua's propaganda, the trade with those companies did not go very smoothly, as long as everyone knew that the goods were sent by a certain company, there would be reporters to report it, and there would be Chinese businessmen who would organize forces to intercept it. Xiao was very dissatisfied with this, and repeatedly asked the US government to maintain normal trade order.

In November 1938, Roosevelt immediately lent China $25 million to China and began to support China's war of resistance. However, at this time, the US policy of aiding China was still based on the premise of not provoking people, and its strength was not great.

Now the situation is different, the people occupied Hainan Island in February this year and Spratly Island in March, and are in an advantageous position to attack the Philippines and Singapore at any time, assuming a posture of controlling the western Pacific, and actively negotiating with Germany and Italy to form a military alliance. No matter how stupid the Americans are, they know that they are challenging the United States' position in Asia.

It was in this context that Ni Hua came to the United States.

The only one who accompanied Ni Hua to the United States was Han Qing, a personal female guard selected for her.

Originally, the central authorities planned to send high-level leaders to visit the United States, and also sent a few cadres to the United States to strengthen the strength of the Minhua Company. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government did not agree, and their reason was that going to the United States was a foreign affair, and foreign affairs must be handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government, and they did not have this power.

The return of the Angels of the East to the United States was warmly welcomed by journalists, overseas Chinese and ordinary Americans.

Ni Hua first went to New York and visited his mentor, Mr. Doug. After a long time, Mr. Doug is still in good spirits. He never expected that his proud disciple would return to the United States so soon and let Ni Hua tell in detail about his farewell experience.

Ni Hua couldn't resist Mr. Doug, and told the situation one by one. When he heard that Ni Hua was pursued by Japanese planes and warships on the sea and almost died in the sea, Mr. Doug was so surprised that he shouted in a low voice.

After hearing that Ni Hua and Liu Yimin converged, and the husband and wife both played in the anti-Japanese field, Mr. Doug grinned happily. After laughing, he asked about the medical team that went to China with Ni Hua.

Ni Hua gave a detailed introduction to the work and life of the six medical teams supporting China, and also took out the photos taken for Mr. Doug to see, and introduced the meritorious service and awards of these medical team members one by one.

After reading it, Mr. Doug sighed: "If I were younger, I would go to China, treat the wounded, and help the Chinese fight against people." ”

Ni Hua thanked Mr. Doug for his sympathy and support for the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan, and promised Mr. Doug that when the War of Resistance was won, he would invite the teacher to China as a guest, and let her husband accompany the teacher to see the Great Wall of China and the famous places in the south of the Yangtze River.

Mr. Doug is smiling with his eyebrows on his eyebrows, and he even says "0"!

Dear book friends: Shanren rushed back from Zhengzhou today, and they were a little tired, so I wrote here. Updated as normal tomorrow. Thank you friends for your support!