At 10 a.m. on November 3, 1897, the U.S. government announced the results of its investigation into the shipwreck of the Caribbean Pearl. The United States Government claims that after its careful investigation, including a study of the salvaged wreckage, as well as interviews with survivors and witnesses, it has come to the conclusion that the Caribbean Pearl was blown up by a large bomb placed on the bottom of the ship. Considering the situation in the port at the time, the U.S. government believed that only the Spaniards, who were in direct control of the port, had a chance to possibly place such a large bomb under the ship. Because, the U.S. government believes that the Spanish government is responsible for this shipwreck.

The news shook the whole world. Although the American newspapers had been attacking the Spaniards with firepower, the accusations of the newspapers and the accusations of the US government were completely different things. Now that the U.S. government has made such a determination, it is a clear indication that the U.S. government not only does not intend to let the situation calm down, but also intends to further tense the situation, and even start a war.

In the afternoon, the President of the United States summoned the Spanish ambassador and demanded an immediate explanation from the Spanish Government, and presented an ultimatum to the Spanish Government demanding a reply within 72 hours.

In this ultimatum, the U.S. government demanded that the Spanish government immediately and unconditionally withdraw all its troops from Cuba, recognize Cuba's independence, and make corresponding reparations to the Caribbean Pearl.

Obviously, such a condition was completely unacceptable to the Spanish government, so after this ultimatum was proposed, the Times directly reported the news under the headline "The United States and Spain are heading for war":

"Obviously, the investigation report given by the US government is completely untenable. Immediately after the incident, the American battleship USS New York launched rescue work and took control of the area where the shipwreck occurred. After the wreck was then recovered, the Spanish government's request for a joint investigation was also rejected by the U.S. government. In other words, the investigation of the key piece of evidence, the remains of the wreck, was completely carried out by the US government in a black box. Such an investigative report has little credibility to speak of.

And this conclusion is also completely unreasonable logically. The situation of the Spaniards in Cuba was not good, and even without this incident, it was questionable how long their rule would last. How dare they launch a provocation against the United States at this time? What good is this approach? Conversely, if we consider who will benefit the most from this disaster, then we may have a whole new perspective on this disaster.

The U.S. government took advantage of this incident, and this ultimatum they put forward can almost be described as insincere. The conditions they put forward were almost comparable to the ultimatum that Rome had given to Carthage. They were directly demanding the unconditional surrender of the Spaniards. It is clear that the Spaniards could not have accepted such conditions in any case. So from this point of view, if the Americans were to start a war, the Spaniards had no choice but to fight.

At this time, the only thing that can maintain order and peace in the world, and the only thing that can calm down those greedy and hypocritical Americans and continue to pretend to be civilized is the greatest army in the world, the Royal Navy of the British Empire. I dare say that if it weren't for the existence of the invincible Royal Navy, many years ago the Americans would have stretched out their claws to Cuba.

This time, it is not for nothing that the Americans dared to take a risk. Because they knew that the British Empire was in some trouble in South Africa. They thought that they could use South Africa to contain the power of the British Empire, so that the British Empire would have no time to look westward. But I'm afraid they're underestimating ......"

And in Spain, it's even more exciting. Today's Spain is no longer the Qingda country that spanned the seven seas in the Age of Discovery, but just a backward and declining empire. Not to mention that compared with Britain, Germany, and France, even compared with Italy, which has just become independent for a long time, it is still a big step behind. Today, the United States has even slightly surpassed Britain in terms of industrial strength. (Of course, this does not mean that the United States is stronger than the United Kingdom, it is like you and one of your colleagues both earn 10,000 a month, but this does not mean that you and your colleagues have the same economic strength, for example, you have just joined the workforce, and your colleagues have been working for more than ten years) Spain is naturally not an opponent.

But as with a declining empire, it is very difficult to admit that you are in decline. The more declining the empire, the more it likes to use arrogance to cover up its inferiority, so the easier it is to show arrogance. Spain is no exception.

"Teach those Yankees a good lesson!"

"Hit Hua. Flourishing. Suddenly, burn down the White House! ”

"Let those American barbarians know that they know how powerful!"

This kind of outrageous clamor also fills the Spanish media. It was under these conditions that the Government of the Kingdom of Spain finally responded to the American ultimatum:

"The accusations made by the United States against our country are baseless. According to our on-site investigation and investigation, the ship exploded from within, which may well have been caused by the ship carrying some flammable and explosive cargo. Even its explosion itself was a complete conspiracy. Some warmongers try to use this means to provoke a war!

Spain has nothing to blame for the sinking of the Caribbean Pearl, so naturally we will not accept any blackmail, even war. Our Kingdom of Spain is a peace-loving nation (the Incas and Aztecs must agree with this), but we are not afraid of war, and if the Americans want to impose war on us, then we have no choice but to fight bravely! ”

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"Great! That's great! William McKinley was delighted to receive the Spaniard's reply. He said to his cabinet members, "You go and get in touch with Congress that year, and tomorrow morning I will go to Congress and address the members of Congress and ask them for their consent to declare war on the Spaniards!" ”

"Yes, Mr. President."

……

"Uncle, the Spaniards rejected our ultimatum." Donald beamed.

"Ah, Donald, isn't that expected?" Scrooge didn't look at it with much joy, "Oh, Donald, let Greystone come here for a moment." ”

After a while, Greystone arrived in Scrooge's room.

"Greystone, tomorrow the United States will declare war on Spain. Then you are responsible for spreading the rumor that the Spanish fleet has departed, but that they are not bound for Cuba, but are coming towards our west coast, ready to attack cities that lack vigilance and protection. Do you understand? Scrooge said.

"Understood, Dad." Greystone replied, and he glanced up at Donald and thought, "It seems that the military industry can sell quite a few more forts." ”R1058