Chapter 257: The Establishment of APEC
On June 5, 1914, the Republic of South China occupied the entire island of Java, and the Dutch governor in the East Indies committed suicide, so that the entire East Indies fell into the hands of the Republic of South China except for some islands that were "proxied" by Germany.
Germany occupied the southern part of the Maluku Islands and the islands east of Java, such as Papua and Nusa Tenggara, and used this as a springboard for a major invasion of Australia, with most of northern Australia occupied.
The fall of Java marked the end of Dutch rule in the East Indies and the rise of a predominantly Chinese-dominated country.
When the news came back to the Netherlands, the Netherlands was in mourning, the East Indies was the largest and richest colony of the Netherlands, and it was occupied by the Chinese, who hated China very much.
Of course, compared to the Chinese, they hated Britain even the navy that did not allow them to go out of the North Sea, because of the blockade of Britain, they did not even have the slightest chance to save the colonies of the East Indies, which also planted the seeds for the Netherlands to join the Allied Powers.
The day after the Republic of South China occupied the island of Java, it was announced that the capital would be moved to Batavia, and Batavia would be renamed Huali to commemorate the complete victory of the Republic of South China.
At the same time, the Republic of South China once again submitted an application to the Commonwealth of China to join the Federation, and the Cabinet of China and the National Assembly successfully approved the application of the Republic of South China after a day of negotiations, and as long as the two sides were in contact, and with the permission of His Majesty the Emperor, the Republic of South China would become a member of the Federation.
In fact, many members of the National Assembly opposed the accession of the Republic of South China to the federation, on the grounds that these Chinese had already gone abroad, and since they had gone abroad, they were no longer Chinese and should not be accepted, and even Chen Fu could not handle these parliamentarians.
On June 10, the Empire of the Commonwealth of China announced to the world that it had accepted the application of the Republic of South China, and the Republic of South China became a member of the Commonwealth of China with immediate effect, and the East Indies were the territory of China.
After joining the Chinese Federal Empire, the South China Republic did not need to negotiate any independence issues with the Netherlands, nor did it need the approval of the Netherlands.
In Ecuador, the government army successfully conquered the last stronghold of the rebels on the border with Peru, and most of the rebel leaders were arrested, but many rebels and ties fled into Peru, so that Ecuador "rebellion"
It didn't last long before it was cleaned up.
On June 11, Ecuadorian President Leonidas Plaza, with the support of the military, government and business circles, announced the establishment of the kingdom, renamed the Inca Kingdom, causing a sensation in the world.
The word Inca itself means king, and also means the son of the sun, there was an empire called the Inca in South America, and the territory is about Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina in today's South America.
Praza's ambition was to dominate northern South America, and even central America, if not the Inca Empire, with a large territory.
As soon as the Inca Kingdom was established, they threw out a request, asking Huaxia, who had rich imperial experience, to guide them to establish a formal kingdom, which meant that they were hugging Huaxia's thighs, after all, there were so many imperial countries in the world that did not go, but looked for Huaxia.
Huaxia immediately sent congratulations to the Inca kingdom and expressed his willingness to send people to help them establish a true kingdom.
The two camps were busy fighting, and they ignored it after being shocked when they learned about the establishment of the Inca Kingdom, and now everyone knows the relationship between the Inca Kingdom and Huaxia, and they will offend Huaxia if they are not careful, so they have adopted a wait-and-see attitude, and it is none of their business anyway.
The most shocking thing is the rice country that regards South America as its backyard, they didn't expect Prasa's ambition to be so big and directly claim the king, and they simply don't take them seriously. Immediately, the government of the United States announced that it had completely severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador, did not recognize the Inca Kingdom, and all the names of the Incas were represented by Ecuador.
In addition, the United States Congress successfully passed a strong support for the Triple Alliance between Colombia and Argentina against Ecuador and Chile, and the Secretary of State made an urgent visit to Brazil.
The media in the United States, which has always flaunted democracy, almost overwhelmingly criticized the dictatorship of Prazar, claiming that it was a step backwards for democracy in Ecuador, and called on all Ecuadorian people to stand up and overthrow the dictatorship.
In addition, the former Ecuadorian people who emigrated to the United States gathered to form an organization to overthrow the Prazar dictatorship, marched in the streets to raise donations, and prepared to return to China for the revolution.
The Inca Kingdom has only one sentence for the United States, that is, the former ambassador of the United States to Ecuador is ordered to leave the Inca Kingdom within 72 hours, otherwise it will be treated as smuggling.
Chilean President Barros is very envious of Prasa, even though he has now controlled the military and political power in Chile, but he does not dare to be the king, because Chile has a large number of white people, that is, European immigrants and descendants, are very open-minded and democratic, and it is extremely difficult to claim the throne.
There are also many political parties in Chile, and as long as he dares to claim the king, he will definitely attack them in groups, because the interests of these people will be involved.
The most interesting thing to think about is that Mexican President Carranza also congratulated Prazar in his personal name on his ascension to the king after China and Chile, and the Mexican government also expressed its recognition of the Inca kingdom and hoped that the two countries would establish a new friendship and dispel a hypocritical democracy.
On April 18, Caransha, representing the interests of the bourgeoisie and liberal landowners, succeeded in overthrowing the reactionary rule of Huerta and seizing power in Mexico.
In 1876, Diaz, a reactionary military officer backed by the United States, staged a coup d'état and seized the presidency of Mexico. From 1876~1911, he was a dictatorship with full power. His reactionary policies aroused opposition from the lower middle class in Mexico.
In 1910, Madero (who represented the interests of the Mexican national bourgeoisie and liberal landowners) was put forward as a presidential candidate. He put forward slogans such as protecting national industry, opposing dictatorship, and establishing a constitutional state, but he was thrown into prison. After Madero escaped from prison, he called for a popular uprising, overthrew the Díaz regime, and distributed the land to the peasants.
Madero's call was supported by two peasant armies, the north and the south. In May 1911, under the pressure of the two peasant armies in the north and south and the wave of opposition from the people of the capital, Díaz was forced to step down and flee to the European continent.
Later, the reactionary officer Huerta captured Madero and proclaimed himself president, but this coup d'état once again aroused the anger of the people, and the two peasant armies in the north and south began to fight against the new reactionary regime.
The reason why Caransha became president three months earlier than the original history was because of the covert support of Huaxia, and the other was because of the early outbreak of the European war and the civil strife that broke out in Ecuador, and the country did not interfere too much in Mexico's democratic revolution.
In April 1914, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent warships to invade the Gulf of Mexico under the pretext of "teaching the Latin American people to elect good men," and did not withdraw until November.
At this time, the United States did not interfere with Mexico for various reasons, so Caransha quickly overthrew Huerta's rule and became president.
As soon as she came to power, Karansha promulgated a series of policies to reform society, including the land decree issued in conjunction with the land reform in China, which won the support of the peasants; The workers' decree prohibiting the use of child labor was supported by the workers' decree that provided for the right of workers to associate and strike, the eight-hour workday was introduced, and the workweek's six-day workweek was introduced; We should gradually separate the military from the government and control the armed forces by implementing the military merit system.
In addition, Karansha carried out a large-scale purge of the military and political powers, and the pro-US and Mi-supported officers and officials were purged.
All kinds of measures have made Caransha's power more and more consolidated, Caransha hated the large areas of Mexican territory usurped by various means of Mi Guotong, and always wanted to recover these territories, but Mi was too strong to be an opponent at all, so he joined the Huaxia camp.
On June 15, the Imperial Government of the Chinese Federation invited the leaders of Mexico, Chile, and the Inca Kingdom to the imperial capital of China to attend the upcoming birthday of the Chinese Emperor Qin Yu.
On July 1, the leaders of the four countries gathered in the imperial capital of China, which was five days before Qin Yu's birthday.
The Imperial Diaoyutai Imperial Hotel, the imperial capital, was built to welcome important foreign guests after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, and was completed only a month ago.
A large round table with an antique style sits the leaders of various countries, including the Chinese Emperor Qin Yu, President Chen Fu, the Prime Minister of the Republic of South China Zheng Guoxiong, the Inca King Prasa, the Chilean President Barros, and the Mexican President Caranza.
The crowd didn't know what was being discussed inside, and it took three days of meetings before they dispersed, and soon Barros and others, led by Chen Fu, visited the three armies of China's navy, land and air force, as well as some of China's undisclosed arsenals.
On July 7, just after Qin Yu's birthday, the leaders of China, South China, Chile, Mexico, and Inca jointly announced the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in front of many reporters in the imperial capital of China.
It was announced that Asia-Pacific members will help each other in the economic aspect, and will gradually implement a zero-tariff policy, gradually eliminate restrictions on transit checkpoints between member countries, and unify Asia-Pacific currencies in the next 20 years.
The next day, the Soviets applied to the East and the Pacific countries in the hope of joining APEC, but several countries said that they would not admit new members for the time being, citing that the Asia-Pacific region had just been established and had not yet formed a council, and that they would have the opportunity to do so in the future.
This news has shocked the whole world instantly, and even the war between the two camps has been affected by this, and all countries are racking their brains to think about the intention of China's move, and no government will think that this is just pure economic cooperation.
There are no rice countries in several countries, and many people think that Huaxia's move is aimed at the United States, after all, the United States is also a Pacific country.
After receiving the news, Wilson made a mess of the office, scolded Huaxia for being uneasy and kind, and even wooed Mexico at the gate of the rice country, which was undoubtedly done against their rice country.
What shocked Wilson even more was that Mexico and Huaxia were on good terms, but he didn't know it, and he didn't even have any news about Caransha's trip to China, which showed that they had lost control of Mexico, and Huaxia successfully planted a time bomb next to the United States.
Maybe a small Mexico is not worth considering, but with the addition of China and Chile and the Incas, the United States has to have a headache.