That night, Roosevelt also rushed back to the White House, and the next morning, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Kentaro Kaneko came to visit him. It turned out that the Japanese delegation had been paying attention to the actions of the East China government. Yesterday, Li Sanjie and others stayed in Roosevelt's villa until almost 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Moreover, Roosevelt invited them to lunch, so the Japanese were also a little suspicious, wondering what they were talking about in the whole day?

In fact, what Kitano Kitano was more afraid of was that the United States and the East China government reached some kind of agreement behind Japan's back, and what was betrayed Japan. Although the United States supported Japan during the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, Kitano Kitano did not forget that Japan and the United States actually had conflicts. Although it was covered up by temporary common interests, the cover-up did not mean elimination. It would still be exposed at the right time, and what was intensified. Therefore, early this morning, Kitano Kitano hurried to Roosevelt to ask about the situation of yesterday's talks, which was also a test of the United States' attitude.

Roosevelt also expected that Kentaro Kaneko would come to find him this morning, so he rushed back to Washington last night.

Since they are all acquaintances and the two are college classmates, they did not make much politeness after meeting. Roosevelt explained the content of the talks with Li Sanjie yesterday to Kentaro Kaneko in detail, and also reiterated the United States' support for Japan.

After hearing this, Kentaro Kaneko was also happy and worried. What was happy was that the United States' attitude of supporting Japan had not changed, and what was worried was that the East China government's attitude was so firm and there was no sign of giving in at all, even the British and French armies could not scare them.

Although the UK has not made a formal statement yet, once the negotiations break down, it will directly send troops to participate in the war, but the Japanese government has also heard some rumors. Although it has brought some comfort to the Japanese government, to be honest, Japan is quite dissatisfied with Britain during this period, and they all believe that Britain has pushed the issue of participating in the war and has not fulfilled its obligations as its allies. And when it learned that the UK would fully support Japan in the negotiations and would send troops to participate in the war after the negotiations break down, of course, the mood would be better.

But in this way, Japan was divided into two factions. One was represented by the military, represented by the army, and believed that the negotiations would be completely broken down and Britain would be brought into the war. If Britain participated in the war, it would definitely be able to defeat the East China government. In this way, Japan would not only win back all the things that Japan lost on the front battlefield, but also win more. The leader of this faction was naturally Yuto Yama Prefecture; the other was represented by civil servants, and believed that it would be best to use Britain to put pressure on the East China government and reach a peace agreement with the East China government under better conditions, so that it would not continue to fight. The struggle has almost consumed all of Japan's strength. Now there are zero factories in Japan, a large number of factories have been closed, shops have closed down, prices have soared, and supplies have been poor. If the UK had not provided Japan with a loan worth 200 million yen in time to stabilize the economy, Japan would have probably gone bankrupt long ago. Once the war starts again, even if Britain participates in the war, the outcome will be unpredictable. With Japan's current national strength, it is really unsustainable. Therefore, as long as the conditions are still acceptable, Japan does not need to give up major interests, which is acceptable. The representative figure of this faction is Hirofumi Ito.

The representative of this negotiation, Sutaro Omura, belongs to the latter. Although Kentaro Kaneko is not in China, he is a person who has studied in the United States after all. His sense of overall situation and strategic vision are much higher than the group of red deer in the Interior Army. He also believes that the war should not be stopped as soon as possible and the domestic economy will be restored.

But now the East China government obviously has no intention of compromise, and its attitude is still tough, and it doesn't even take the threat from Britain seriously. Shi Zhi has acted as a fight. It seems that it is almost impossible to reach a peace agreement, which also makes Kentaro Kaneko very depressed. He said: "Is there really no way?"

Roosevelt also smiled bitterly and said, "Old classmate, we don't rule out that the East China government is pretending to behave. In short, we should not give up easily before there is a result. However, I personally think that when Japan negotiates, it is best to place the compensation in the final negotiation of the negotiation and reach an agreement on other matters first. This way, there may be more time and there may be other turning points."

Kentaro Kaneko knew that what he said just now was really stupid, so he said: "Yes, we will never give up easily."

Roosevelt said: "But I also suggest that Japan is better prepared for the breakdown of the negotiations."

Kentaro Kaneko also smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. President, thank you very much for your help to Japan." After that, Kentaro Kaneko stood up and said goodbye, left the White House, and went back to deliver a letter to Sutaro Komura to negotiate countermeasures.

As soon as Kaneko Kentaro left, Rut came to the Oval Office and said, "Mr. President."

Roosevelt said: "Elihue, you're here just in time. How is the deduction between the Army and the Admiralty going? I need their conclusions as the basis for the next move."

Although Roosevelt believed that after Britain and France joined the war, the East China government was definitely not an opponent, but he was not a professional military personnel and could not use his own feelings as the basis for decision-making. Therefore, he ordered the Admiralty and the Army to analyze and deduce the progress of the war after Britain and France joined the war.

"Not yet, they said that such a war environment is too complex and lacks detailed information for both sides, so there are too many unpredictable factors, and it is difficult to draw accurate conclusions in one or two deductions, and it takes time."

Roosevelt pondered for a while before saying, "But I don't have time. You can tell them that you must submit a report to me in three days. There is no need for a clear result, at least let me know the pros and cons of both parties."

Rut said: "Okay, I'll tell them later."

Roosevelt said again: "What are the Russian delegation doing these two days?"

Rut said: "It's still the same. Yesterday, Earl Witter went to St. John's Cathedral to attend the service and was blessed by Bishop Hoysky."

Roosevelt smiled and said, "Don't the Russians believe in Orthodoxism? Why should they attend Protestant services?"

Rut also said: "This count probably felt the pressure from the East China government. Just this morning, he donated 5,000 rubles to Holden Hospital. However, the media was pursuing the press conference of the East China government. There were very few reporters present. The reporters seemed to be no longer interested in this 'appropriate aristocratic politician' a few days ago."

It turned out that after Li Sanjie and his party made a brief speech and answered reporters' questions when they first arrived in New York, it immediately caused a lot of sensation in New York because Li Sanjie's answer was very novel, easy and humorous. In contrast, the Japanese delegation was basically tight-lipped to the media. Even if someone came out to accept interviews from reporters, except for expressing their determination, everything else was not good and boring. The Russian delegation was better. However, although Witt maintained his own people-friendly style, was very polite to reporters, and responded to all requests, the answers were too formulaic and the news value was not inferior. Moreover, Witt himself only knew French and English, so he needed to translate the questions of reporters. This was not only troublesome, but also made American journalists feel a little awkward.

Of course, if there was no East China government, the Russian delegation would have arrived. After all, it would still be possible to take out some words from the Russian delegation. However, as soon as the East China government arrived, its performance at the railway station immediately dwarfed the Russian delegation. Therefore, the East China government held its first press conference this morning, and major media in New York sent reporters to participate, for fear of missing the big news. And not many people paid attention to Witt's donation to Holden Hospital.

Roosevelt sneered and said, "This fool is doing something meaningless and he is proud of himself. Forget it, don't worry about him anymore. This is because he has met his opponent."

Rut said: "Mr. President, but there is one thing that needs to be reported to you. Last night, the ministers who visited the United States in Qing Dynasty visited Mr. Witt. They had been discussing for more than two hours. According to the report of the surveillance personnel, the ministers of the Qing Dynasty were very happy when they came out. I am afraid they would collude to make some small moves, which should attract our attention."

It turned out that in order to reform the law, the Qing court sent five ministers to overseas to inspect the systems, economy, administration, justice, etc. in early 1905, to refer to the Qing court's reform. In fact, this overseas investigation began planning in 1903, and Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, Yuan Shikai and others jointly submitted a report. During this period, they repeated several times, and even the candidates were changed several times. The initial candidates were: Bei Zizaizhen, Military Minister Rong Qing, and Minister of Revenue Zhang.

Baixi and Hunan Governor Duan Fang; but Rongqing and Zhang Baixi were unwilling to travel, so they changed to the Minister of Military Affairs Qu Hongxi and the Minister of Revenue Dai Hongci. Later, because Zai Zhen was in charge of official duties, Qu Hongxi could not go abroad; so they sent Duke Zhenguo Zaize and Minister of Dali Temple Xu Shichang, and added Shaoying, the right prime minister of the Ministry of Commerce. The final candidates for foreign countries were Zaize, Dai Hongci, Duan Fang, Shang Qiheng, and Li Shengduo, among which Duan Fang was the first candidate.

After going abroad, the five ministers first arrived in Europe and visited Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other countries. They left Europe in October and came to the United States. The United States happened to hold tripartite talks. The five ministers made a request to the US government, claiming that the three northeastern provinces are all the territory of the Qing court, and other countries have no right to decide the territorial ownership of the three northeastern provinces. They also asked the US government to intervene and prohibit the issue of belonging to the three northeastern provinces in the tripartite talks. Roosevelt made excuses on the grounds that diplomatic issues could only be raised by the Qing government. The five ministers asked to participate in tripartite talks, but Roosevelt pushed them away again on the pretext that all three parties rejected the Qing government. In private, Roosevelt once said to Rut: "What qualifications does the Qing government have to participate in the negotiations between the East China government, Japan and Russia."
Chapter completed!