Kohata Youji shook his head: "What Your Excellency said is wrong! The attitude of your country in the war and the views of your country in foreign affairs are certainly internal affairs, but their consequences will affect not only the development of the situation in China, but also the peace and stability of the Far East. The Far East is not the Far East of the Chinese, but the Far East of all Far Easterners, and as a responsible power in the Far East, it should be concerned. What's more, China is a good-neighborly and friendly country with a strip of water, and it should support each other in the first place, so shouldn't we exchange news on such a major matter? ”

Sun Yuanqi said coldly: "It is true that the Far East is not the Far East of the Chinese, but China is the China of the Chinese, not the China of the Far Easterners. Are you too lenient? If your country is truly a responsible power in the Far East, as Your Excellency has said, you should join China and the United States in exhorting all European countries not to harm the Far East, no matter what happens in Europe, so as to reduce the scourge of war and maintain peace and stability in the Far East. Instead of blaming China for its diplomatic stance here! ”

Kohata Youji said with a straight face: "The Great Rì Empire and the United Kingdom are mutual aid alliances, according to the "Treaty of the Great Empire and the United Kingdom" signed before, if one side goes to war with other military alliances, it has always been honest, and since the treaty has been signed, it will abide by it at all costs, how can it be treacherous without faith?" ”

rì本zhèngfǔ has always been to abide by integrity? Sun Yuanqi couldn't help laughing, he really wanted to ask who was the one who attacked the Qing army's troop carriers "Jiyuan" and "Guangyi" on the waters of Toshima, North Korea, without declaring war in the First Sino-Japanese War? Who was the one who attacked the Russian Pacific Detachment in Arthur in the Russo-Russian War without declaring war? In the near future, their bad deeds will become even more obvious, such as the September 18 Incident, the Lugou Bridge Incident, the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, and so on. And Kohata Youji actually boasts that he has always adhered to integrity, which is really a big joke!

Sun Yuanqi smiled like this, and Xiao Ha Youji didn't know whether he was weak or ashamed, and he suddenly became angry, and scolded sharply: "What does Your Excellency mean by this? Is it mocking the integrity of the Great Rìben Empire? ”

Sun Yuanqi said lightly: "Look, even His Excellency the Minister is not very confident in this matter, how can he convince others?" ”

Kohata Yukichi's face was flushed, and he didn't say a reason for a long time.

Sun Yuanqi said: "Your country is unwilling to adhere to neutrality, and is bent on getting involved in the disputes of European countries, but instead accuses China of affecting the peace and stability of the Far East. ”

Kohata Youji slapped the case and said angrily: "Yaga! Your Excellency is not allowed to slander my great empire! Speaking of undermining peace and stability in the Far East, was it not your country that first acted in the way of obstruction? A few years ago, the 28th Fengtian Division suddenly dismissed Jiro Watase and other teachers from the camp school, and ordered them to return to China within a time limit and not to stay. ”

The dismissal of the army was previously reported to Sun Yuanqi by Wang Shizhen, Cao Kun and others. It turned out that after the Gengzi State Change, Yuan Shikai, in order to emulate the army, hired hundreds of soldiers in the Beiyang Army, including many spies. Now that they were preparing to start a war with the army, it was natural that they could not leave these scourges in the army, so as not to leak the military situation, so in line with the principle of "killing mistakes, not letting them go", starting from the 28th Division in Fengtian, we gradually removed all the rì teachings in the army.

Sun Yuanqi snorted coldly: "Dismiss a few rì teachers even if you have the intention to arrange them?" Isn't it possible for China to hire a teacher and then dismiss him? Your Excellency the Minister is making a big fuss, or is there no excuse for the crime? ”

Yukichi Kohata continued, "It's much more than that! There is a textbook called "On the Essay on Wenfan" in your country's higher primary schools, which was compiled by Shao Botang, a native of Zhejiang, and used all kinds of treacherous characters to scandalize our empire, destroy the relationship between China, and advocate the idea of arranging, but it was selected as a national higher primary school Chinese language reader to educate the children of your country. Among them, Sima Zhao's heart, isn't it known to passers-by? ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "The textbooks used by schools at all levels and in China have been specially examined and approved by the Ministry of Education. The "Essay on Essays" mentioned by Your Excellency the Minister is not supposed to be a textbook that has been approved by the Ministry of Education? Since it is not a textbook, at most it is what the people want to publish as a text, which is not enough to represent the national public opinion, and your so-called 'destroying the relationship between China and advocating the idea of platoon' is a bit exaggerated. What's more, since the Republic of China, the people have enjoyed the right to publish zìyou, and as long as this "Essay on Literary Models" does not violate national laws and regulations, it is understandable that it will be published publicly. If the slightest slander of your country's words undermines peace and stability in the Far East, then whose newspapers in your country are holding China accountable for their daily remarks about carving up China and dominating East Asia? ”

Kohata Youji glared angrily: "Your Excellency is not going to quibble!" If your country did not intend to dispel the enemy, why did the current Shandong military exercise set the imaginary enemy as our great empire? ”

Sun Yuanqi became more and more calm: "Since it is a military exercise, there must always be an imaginary enemy, which is also a common practice in the world. Is it difficult to fight with yourself? So what's the point of the exercise? As for setting the imaginary enemy as Rìben, it is because your team invaded Shandong 20 years ago, and now it is exercising in Shandong, so it is natural to regard your army as the imaginary enemy. Moreover, your team has strong combat effectiveness, and has successively defeated the Qing army and the Russian army, and is regarded as the strongest army in the Far East. ”

Kohata Youji was furious: "Your Excellency, don't use your tongue in vain, the patience of the Great Rì Empire is limited. If the two countries are at odds with each other or even a military conflict because of Your Excellency, your country will be responsible for all the consequences! That's all I mean, I hope your Excellency will do it yourself! With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but momo his nose: Last time it was Hikoyoshi of Ijiin, this time it was Kohata Youji, I didn't expect that I was actually threatened by the minister of Xiao Rì Ben twice in a row, did I really hit and rush with Rì Ben?

At a time when China and China are ostensibly bickering and preparing to use their fists, the situation in Europe has gradually eroded. In particular, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with the rash support of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, the always cowardly old Emperor Joseph I also rose up and wrote two words on the document presented by the zhèngfǔ with trembling strokes: "dannja! "Meaning, then hit!

On July 23, 1914, the Austro-Crarian Empire issued an ultimatum to the Serbian Empire, which included: the seizure of any publication that might arouse hatred and contempt for the Austro-Hungarian royal family; Immediately ban the National Self-Defense Organization and other organizations that engage in anti-Austrian propaganda; Immediately remove any teaching content that would or might incite anti-Austrian propaganda; the dismissal of officials engaged in anti-Austrian propaganda in the military department or zhèngfǔ, the list of which was provided by the Austro-Hungarian zhèngfǔ; cooperation with the relevant authorities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to suppress activities on Serbian territory that attempt to subvert the territorial integrity of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; With the assistance and guidance of the Austro-Hungarian authorities, legal action was taken against those involved in the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince on June 28 and who were present in Serbia...... There were ten articles in total, and Austria-Hungary demanded that Serbia have to reply by six o'clock in the evening of July 25 (Saturday), two days later.

Serbia immediately convened a meeting and replied before the deadline: accepting all but the provisions of cooperation with the relevant departments of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the same time, it was stated that if Austria-Hungary was not satisfied with this answer, Serbia, as in the past, was willing to accept the idea of a peace agreement and bring the matter to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, or to the countries involved in the drafting of the 1909 Serbian declaration.

However, the reason why Austria-Hungary put forward such a harsh ultimatum was not that it hoped that Serbia would accept it all, but that it would sternly refuse and then launch an attack on Serbia in the name of justice. Thus, after Serbia submitted its reply, Austria-Hungary quickly severed diplomatic relations between the two countries, rather than submitting the matter to the International Court of Justice in The Hague or other major powers for arbitration.

European countries initially feared that Austria-Hungary would declare war on Serbia as soon as diplomatic relations between the two countries were severed, or that a military conflict would break out. However, Austria-Hungary slowed down and let everyone breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that there was still a chance for peace negotiations, and as a result, three days later, on July 28, it suddenly declared war on Serbia, and the next day the shells fell on Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.

At this point, there is no room for manoeuvre, and the conflict in Europe can no longer be resolved through mediation.

On July 30, Russia began a general mobilization, sending troops to aid Serbia.

On August 1, Germany declared war on Russia and presented an ultimatum to France to remain neutral in the event of a German-Russian war; France sternly refused, and entered into a general mobilization.

On August 3, Germany declared war on France.

On 4 August, Germany informed Belgium that, for "security" purposes, German troops would march into the small country, which had declared permanent neutrality at the time of its founding; On the same day, Britain declared war on Germany, taking into account the importance of Belgium to its homeland security and to ensure Belgian neutrality and uphold the Treaty of London signed in 1839.

On August 6, Austria-Hungary slowly declared war on Russia.

On August 12, Britain declared war on Austria-Hungary.

In this way, the first catastrophe of the twentieth century officially struck Europe. As British Foreign Secretary Grey said: "The lights of all Europe are going out!" In our lifetimes, we will never see them again! Because after the First World War, Europe will no longer be in its prime, and the light of the world will be lit in North America,!。