The news of Italy's sale of warships to Spain spread all over the world in a very short time, and no one would have thought that Italy would get involved when a war between the United States and Spain was about to break out.

For this reason, many European media have reported on this, but among the many reports, the report of the Times is the most interesting.

In the Times commentary, Italy's sale of warships to Spain was described as a penny for a poor madman who helped break down a house to defend against foreign thieves in order to earn two pounds of bread.

If you look at the Times comment, it's interesting to describe Spain as a broken country, Italy as poor and insane, but it's interesting to describe the United States as a foreign thief.

If people who don't know see this, it will definitely not be good for American senses. That's right, people who are not in this era do not understand the British Empire's sense of the United States, a rebel, from the burning of the White House to the involvement in the American Civil War, the British Empire's concern for the United States is not a little bit. As for now, the care of the old father cannot be absent either. This ridicule was not much of concern, and some tabloids and even officers even suggested that the British Empire should also sell a batch of warships to Spain (fortunately, no one mentioned that a group of naval officers and sailors would also be retired to operate warships).

Why do the British have so much malice towards the United States, to paraphrase the most widely circulated phrase, the British Empire has no permanent friends, only permanent interests. The hostility that leads to it is also related to interests. The creation of the United States was the loss of the interests of the British Empire, and this country with original sin then peeped at Canada and burned down its house.

Having failed to test its neighbor to the north, the United States turned its attention to the south. The famous Rohmanian saying, "America is the America of the Americans," is a southward test of the United States. (It's really hilarious, the powers led by Britain and France still do what they should do, and no one cares what the Americans think.) ）

Later, seeing that other countries did not care about themselves, the United States also practiced its internal skills hard. Now I feel that I have enough strength, and I am ready to take Spain and declare that I also have my own interests in South America. It would be strange if the other big brothers of the great powers who shared the spoils in this hall could be happy.

Therefore, at the moment when the United States and the West see that they want their swords, the attitude of European countries still needs to be said.

I believe that the US Government has its own considerations, but there is one thing that they have not taken into account, that is, Italy will sell warships to Spain at this critical juncture.

Therefore, upon learning of this, President William McKinley, as the head of the U.S. government, immediately convened officials to discuss countermeasures.

In the White House chamber, President McKinley spoke to the military and political officials sitting in the room. "Gentlemen, everyone should know the news from Europe, the Kingdom of Italy has just sold an entire fleet to Spain, and this matter is related to the safety of the United States, please speak freely."

Despite what the president said, all eyes were on Acting Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt. Because this is a matter of warships, the Navy has the most say in this matter.

In the face of everyone's gaze, Theodore Roosevelt spoke. "Ladies and gentlemen, the sale of warships by Italy to Spain has indeed had an impact on us, if not a small one. Because Italy not only sold warships, but even the officers and men who operated the warships were retired and hired by Spain. ”

Theodore Roosevelt drew a lot of whispers, because the news took many people by surprise. Don't think everyone should know about this, many people don't know that Spain even bought people with boats. Come to think of it, the ministers of these departments are all in charge of the day-to-day role, and they have so many things to do every day, how much time can they have to pay attention to other things at any time.

Besides, Spain deliberately concealed this hiring matter, and it was not reported by the media, except for the intelligence services of various countries, fewer people knew about it.

Seeing that many people were shocked by the news, Theodore Roosevelt continued. "Ladies and gentlemen, although Spain has received help from Italy, we Americans will not rest on this ground, and it is not advisable to make us give up our support for Cuban independence with a fleet, because we can build more than the other side.

If the other side builds one warship, we can build two, and Spain has no qualifications to fight with us for the money it made to sell the Philippines. We need to let all countries know that the United States is no longer indifferent to the affairs around it, and we need to pay attention to the surrounding affairs, because there is a danger that may be hidden in the interests of the United States. Around the United States, other countries must listen to us. ”

Theodore Roosevelt deserves to be remembered as a great figure in history, and his impassioned tone and firm confidence had a profound impact on the other ministers present, many of whom secretly marked him as a natural political talent.

Of course, the limelight of this meeting must not be left to Theodore Roosevelt alone, only to see Secretary of State William Rufus Day stand up and say.

"Here I need to review what we have done, and we underestimate the attitude of European countries towards us. As we can see from Germany's purchase of the Spanish colonies, the attitude of the European countries towards our country was not friendly, and the sale of warships by Italy continued to occur.

I think that in the current circumstances, in addition to the need to continue to put pressure on Spain on the Cuban issue, we need to show sufficient goodwill to other countries. For example, we should send friendly messages in newspapers and media, and our government should also make friendly visits to European countries to improve relations with European countries. The main question, of course, should we continue to act according to the plan? ”

As soon as Secretary of State Day's words fell, he saw the young acting secretary Roosevelt stand up suddenly. "Of course, we can't go according to the plan, the U.S. Navy is not afraid of the Italian hand, and U.S. interests cannot allow other countries to trample on them."

"I'm not saying I'm afraid of the Italians, but I need to make sure that the U.S. has to win."

"Of course, we in the United States will win, this is an indisputable fact."

Roosevelt was like an angry lion that gave a sense of his ambition.

Under Secretary Roosevelt's instigation and nonsense, the meeting went smoothly, and the people present were very impressed by Secretary Roosevelt, and of course the results were very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In view of the successive unexpected, and in order to avoid long nights, the United States intended to speed up preparations for war against Spain.

Now no one can pull the Americans who want to enter the war.