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Chapter 732 Arms Embargo
There is a reason why the British government has not taken care of Dasis during this period.

Earlier this year, as Irish attacks on the British government grew in size and frequency, the conflict officially escalated into the Anglo-Irish War.

Churchill, who served as Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, took a tough stance and demanded that troops be sent to Ireland to suppress the Irish resistance.

Lloyd George was concerned that the Irish uprising would spread to other areas and wanted to negotiate with the Irish.

At the critical moment, King George V of Britain commissioned South African General Jan Smuts and Michael Collins to contact each other, and reached a ceasefire agreement on July 7.

The Irish are still too naive to know that human nature is sinister.

After the ceasefire between Britain and Ireland, negotiations began immediately. Some Irish leaders demanded to separate from Britain and gain complete independence; other Irish leaders hoped to achieve interim results and continue to remain in the Commonwealth as a dominion in the future.

Due to serious differences, the Irish Civil War broke out.

The London Conference was taking place while the UK and Ireland were negotiating.

From June to September, a full three months, the only achievement of Britain, France, the United States and Russia was that the reparations stipulated in the Treaty of Versailles did exceed Germany's ability to repay, and the relevant clauses should be revised.

Then it was gone.

George was not surprised by this result. One should never have too high expectations for this kind of meeting.

An important situation is that after more than a year of downturn, the US economy has begun to recover, which will have an impact on Russia's exports.

After the end of World War II, the decline in military orders had a huge impact on the US economy, triggering the economic crisis that began last year.

The American economy during this period was still very vibrant, and the United States soon found a new economic growth point: construction.

During the world war, American capitalists were busy making money and had no time to build houses.

With 400 million American soldiers returning to the United States, the United States suddenly had sufficient labor force, and like Russia, it started a new round of construction boom.

In 1919, the output value of the U.S. construction industry was only $90 billion.

In the first nine months of this year, the output value of the U.S. construction industry has reached 9 billion, and it is expected to exceed 110 billion for the whole year.

The automobile industry also exploded at the same time as the construction industry.

In 1919, there were only 750 million cars in the United States. Last year alone, the United States produced 900 million cars.

The development of the automobile industry has strongly driven the development of related industries such as steel, rubber, gasoline, leather, and glass, bringing new vitality to the U.S. economy.

Russia is no worse than the United States.

In the first nine months of this year, the total output value of the construction industry in Russia alone exceeded 200 billion rubles.

Russia has had a bumper grain harvest this year, which has returned to the level of 1914.

Next year, the number of state farms established in Siberia will reach 1000. With the large-scale use of agricultural machinery, Russia's grain production will increase significantly.

The automobile factories in St. Petersburg and Constantinople are due to be completed next year, and these two factories alone will be able to produce more than 200 million vehicles per year.

Earlier this year, the Amur Industrial Group successfully developed refrigerators, which then began to enter ordinary households along with phonographs, radios, washing machines, and telephones.

At the government work conference in September, George asked Witte to gradually shift the focus from restoring the domestic economy to exports, especially to Britain and France, where Russian goods would compete directly with American goods.

Unlike the rapid recovery of the United States, the economies of Britain and France continue to be sluggish and are gradually becoming dumping grounds for American and Russian goods.

On the contrary, after Germany accepted Russian capital investment, its economy began to gradually recover.

On September 9, Lloyd George sent a telegram to Friedrich Ebert, President of the Weimar government, asking Germany to send someone to attend the London Conference.

This request may seem normal, but it is a huge step forward.

During the Paris Peace Conference, after the German delegation arrived in Paris, they were locked up in a military camp on the outskirts of Paris and left to be watched by everyone.

It was not until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles that Clemenceau called the Germans to the Palace of Versailles, threw the treaty negotiated by Britain, France, the United States and Russia directly to the Germans, and ordered them to sign.

This was certainly a humiliation for the Germans, but it did not help in solving the problem at all.

Britain and France were now looking forward to Germany's reparations to ease the economic pressure, but without the participation of the Germans, they would still not achieve their goals. Albert went to London to attend the meeting in person.

Prince Karl came to Constantinople, hoping that Russia could help Germany regain the Ruhr.

As soon as the Treaty of Versailles was signed, the French, on the pretext that Germany had not fulfilled its reparations obligations, joined forces with Belgium to forcibly occupy the Ruhr.

The Ruhr is an important coal and iron producing area in Germany. Without recovering this region, there would be no way for Germany to recover its economy.

George asked Karl to wait patiently for the results of the London meeting.

Russia has already taken the lead on the issue of German reparations, and the French are now furious.

George's help to the Germans in reclaiming the Ruhr at this time will seriously affect the relationship between Russia and France.

Don't forget that Russia and France are still allies.

Although the relationship between Russia and France has been up and down, the addition of this alliance is very helpful for the economic exchanges between Russia and France.

France is now becoming more and more dependent on Russia, especially in terms of oil. Russia's oil exports to France account for 70% of France's total oil imports.

The remaining 30 percent was provided by the United States.

Construction of the gas pipeline between Baku and Paris will begin in the spring of next year and is expected to be completed in four years.

Once Paris starts using natural gas from Russia, France's dependence on Russia will become even more serious.

In October, Japan's representative to the League of Nations, Shinaki Makino, suddenly proposed that the League of Nations impose an arms embargo on the University of Tokyo.

After the fall of the Qing Empire, Dongda entered a state of warlords' infighting, the country was plagued by endless fighting and the people were living in misery.

Makino Shinaki's suggestion seemed reasonable, but George saw through it at a glance.

Russia's troops stationed in Japan have not yet been fully withdrawn, and will not be completely withdrawn until July next year.

The fleet stationed in Nagasaki will not be withdrawn, and Russia and Japan will continue to implement the Lend-Lease Agreement.

After the return of the Gao Ri Corps, Japan increased the number of Class A divisions to 12, and the total strength now exceeds 30.

For a country like Japan, 30 troops does not seem to be excessive.

The question is why does Japan need so many troops?
Among the countries surrounding Japan, Goryeo jumped around a bit after Lee Tak ascended the throne. After Lee Eun ascended the throne, Goryeo once again became Russia's most loyal ally in East Asia.

The Koreans considered themselves allies of Russia.

Japan calls Goryeo a watchdog of Russia.

Goryeo called Japan a lost dog.

Regardless of whether it is a watchdog or not, if Japan dares to attack Korea, Russia will definitely not ignore it.

As for attacking other countries, they are either out of reach or are colonies of Britain, France, the United States and Russia, and we can't afford to offend any of them.

After looking around, the only possible target for Japan is the University of Tokyo.

Therefore, imposing an arms embargo on the University of the East might reduce the intensity of the warlord infighting in the University of the East by one level.

But it would also lead to the University of Tokyo being completely unable to resist when facing the Japanese invasion.

When Makino Shinaki made the proposal at the League of Nations, Zhang Yuting was visiting Amur.

After the Russo-Japanese War, Zhang Yuting's status rose rapidly and he gradually became the King of Kanto who dominated Kanto.

Zhang Yuting hopes to purchase machinery from Amur to develop industry in the Kanto region.

Mario didn't dare to act on his own and sent a telegram to George.

George then remembered that Zhang Yuting seemed to be able to build even armored cars by himself.

(End of this chapter)