Chapter 665 Chaos
Compared to the rapid development of Australasia in 1926, other countries did not have such a good experience in 1926.
Although countries like Britain and France also suffered heavy losses, they could still barely maintain domestic order.
Especially for Britain, although the loss of population is not good news. But with a large number of unemployed people reduced, Britain's domestic order has become more stable, and the unemployment rate has also dropped.
The two countries whose situation has not been alleviated at all are the United States and Germany.
Crown Prince William brought Arthur's reply back to Germany, which also caused William II to think deeply.
In the end, William II decided to temporarily abandon the plan to seize power and wait for the development of the situation in Germany to judge whether what Arthur said would come true.
But what William II did not expect was that the development of the situation in Germany soon exceeded his expectations, and made the chaotic Germany even more chaotic.
Millions of Germans who lost their jobs directly paralyzed the German economy, and made the Germans very dissatisfied with the imperial government and hated Hindenburg, the real controller of the government.
Hindenburg's status was completely different from that of the same period in history. Under the propaganda of some people who were dissatisfied with Hindenburg, Hindenburg had become the culprit of the defeat in World War I.
Coupled with the poor performance in this economic crisis, the aging Hindenburg has caused widespread dissatisfaction in Germany, and the ruling power of the military government has become weaker and weaker.
If William II had stood up and demanded full strength again, there was a high probability that he would have become the powerful monarch who controlled the German Empire again.
But after William II chose to remain silent this time, the situation in Germany became chaotic, and major parties stood out and shouted their slogans to each other.
Hitler, who had already gained some support, made a lot of propaganda during the economic crisis to make every German family have milk and bread on the table. For a time, his party attracted a large number of supporters, and even had a vague trend of becoming the largest party in Germany.
The time for the next parliamentary election is not far away, which means that Hitler and his party are likely to get the opportunity to form a government by occupying the majority of seats in the parliament.
Hitler's strong rise also made William II notice this new figure in the political arena, and ordered his men to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Hitler.
After receiving the news that Hitler had served in the German army, William II was very satisfied and thought that Hitler was a person who could be won over.
Although William II believed more than half of what Arthur said, it did not mean that William II could not support his own forces without showing up.
With the support of William II, Hitler's party was destined to succeed in the election and replace Hindenburg as the new president of Germany.
In fact, from the title of the president, the leader of the German government, it can be seen how thorough the chaos in Germany's political arena is.
In theory, the leader of the government under the control of the monarch is generally called the prime minister, and the prime minister will also serve the monarch.
But the leader of the German government is called the president, who is only responsible to the parliament, and the monarch has no right to order the president.
This made William II, the German emperor, very embarrassed, and it was also the real reason why he could not obtain government power for a long time.
With President Hindenburg, a Junker noble, in charge, it was impossible for William II to bypass Hindenburg to gain government power. Most of the Junker nobles' army would not support William II. After all, they had rebelled against William II. If William II came to power, they would be liquidated.
However, now that he knew Hitler's background, William II no longer had the idea of regaining control of the German government.
William II thought that what Arthur said was right. Instead of working hard to control the government, it would be better to directly support a government ruler who was in his own interests and keep himself out of it.
After Hitler made outstanding contributions, he would also get corresponding credit as the German emperor.
But if Hitler's political performance was too poor, or he took responsibility for some wrong choices, William II had no relationship with Hitler on the surface, so he naturally did not need to bear the corresponding responsibility.
Arthur was not aware of the changes taking place in German politics, because Arthur's current focus was on the disputes in the United States.
Like Germany, the United States, which was plagued by the economic crisis, was not calm at home. Especially now that airplanes are not yet popular, the United States has not built an airport connecting the east and west coasts.
This has greatly increased the cost of communication between the east and west coasts of the United States, and has also made the two parts of the United States less united.
The main location of the outbreak of this economic crisis was New York in the east, and California in the west was not affected too much.
But the subsequent unemployment still impacted the order of California. A large number of unemployed people came to California to find opportunities for survival, and also to find opportunities to go abroad to survive in California.
The east and west of the United States are adjacent to the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, and the directions of these two oceans are Australia and Europe respectively.
This also means that if the unemployed people in the United States want to go to Australasia, they must first rush to the ports on the west coast of the United States before they can buy ocean-going ship tickets to Australia.
If they are on the east coast of the United States, they have to go around the Panama Canal, which not only wastes time, but also increases the cost of the ship ticket.
More importantly, most of the immigrant ships from Australasia are on the west coast of the United States. After all, it is closer to Australasia and can be reached by crossing the Pacific Ocean.
For this reason, a large number of unemployed people quickly poured into the west coast of the United States, which caused the economy of the west coast of the United States to collapse along with the east coast, and the states on the west coast naturally had more dissatisfaction with the states on the east coast.
The states of the United States, led by California, asked the eastern states to control the unemployed population and reduce the speed of the unemployed population flowing to the west.
But the problem is that these unemployed people are obviously out of control, and it is even more impossible for them to stop their efforts to make a living because of the orders of the state governments.
Moreover, going west to states and other countries where the crisis is not greatly affected is the only way these unemployed people can think of to survive.
If the state governments directly come out to exterminate these unemployed people, doesn’t this mean that they have directly offended these unemployed people?
With this idea in mind, the eastern states quickly rejected the requests of the western states and stated that it was their freedom to go wherever these people went, and no one had the right to interfere.
Because of the laissez-faire attitude of the eastern states, a large number of unemployed people have poured into the western states, causing the unemployment rate in the western states to rise rapidly.
Because these unemployed people in the east have paid almost everything for a job that can feed themselves, they accept longer working hours, less income and more difficult work, which directly makes it several times more difficult for the population in the western states to get jobs.
As a result, the contradictions between the eastern and western states naturally broke out, and even almost evolved into an American East-West War.
The conflict was eventually calmed down, but it was not the US government that calmed it down, but the American consortium that thought it could not bear another civil war.
In fact, this is also easy to understand, after all, the current United States is in the vortex of the economic crisis.
If there is another civil war, the pain brought to the United States may not be relieved for more than ten years, which is no less than the harm brought to France by the previous total war.
What's more terrible is that these more than ten years are enough for Britain to consolidate its strength and completely sit on the throne of the world's first power.
And countries including France and Australasia will narrow the gap with the United States, and the economic size that the United States is proud of will no longer be an advantage.
It is worth mentioning that although the American consortium calmed the anger of the West Coast states, it had to agree to a condition for the West Coast states, that is, to support a president that satisfied the West Coast states.
The current President Coolidge has obviously lost the trust of all Americans. If the current United States does not need stability, I am afraid that President Coolidge would have bid farewell to his presidency long ago and even been investigated by Congress.
Although the military strength of the United States is not strong, American capitalists have also inherited the "advantages" of European capitalists, that is, they can control the government at will and even launch impeachment and investigations against the US president.
The conflict between the East and West Coast states that almost led to the outbreak of the East-West War in the United States was naturally known to Arthur, and it has even become big news that spread to the world.
Arthur was very sorry about this. If it could become a war between the East and West Coast states of the United States, it would be the best time to interfere in the United States.
But now Americans obviously do not want to fight a civil war, and it is still difficult to find a fair excuse to interfere in the United States.
After all, the United States is still a powerful country. After all, no country can invade the powers unscrupulously, because the powers are already at the top of the world.
In addition to considering the military power of a great power, the international impact caused by invading a great power also needs to be considered.
If there is no suitable reason, it is not suitable to start a war against the United States, because the hundreds of millions of people in the United States will definitely become an obstacle to the war.
An invasion war may not be supported by the people, but a homeland defense war generally can get the support of the people.
It is not difficult to go against the US government, but if the enemy is the hundreds of millions of people in the United States, it becomes much more difficult to win the war.
Although the conflict between the east and west coasts did not lead to further wars, Arthur was still very concerned about the situation in the United States.
Arthur was very curious whether the famous President Roosevelt in history could stand up again in this economic crisis and formulate the Roosevelt New Deal that will go down in history.
After all, this economic crisis was a few years earlier than in history. The current president is still Coolidge, and there was Hoover before President Roosevelt, which also added some variables to whether Roosevelt could become the next president of the United States.
Although the economic crisis caused great damage to the United States, in history, Roosevelt's New Deal also allowed the United States to quickly restore its pre-war economic scale.
It has to be admitted that President Roosevelt played a huge role in helping the United States during the economic crisis and World War II, and was also the planner of the United States' rapid rise to world dominance during this period.
If possible, we should try to prevent Roosevelt from becoming the new president of the United States. Even if it is only delayed for one or two terms, the damage to the United States in the economic crisis will be deepened.
As long as the United States endures the economic crisis for a longer period of time, the impact on the United States will definitely be more than that.
It is even possible to directly interfere in the United States before Roosevelt becomes president, so that the history of the United States of America will remain in the economic crisis, and the number of countries in North America will increase by a few more.
If Roosevelt really couldn't be stopped from becoming the new president of the United States, then Arthur could only launch a desperate plan to let President Roosevelt follow the example of a few American martyrs and become an assassinated president of the United States.
In the final analysis, Roosevelt's threat was too great. He was a person who could make great contributions to the development of the country. He was a lucky star for Americans, but a great enemy for Australasia.
As for whether the assassination of the president would be discovered by Americans, Arthur still believed in the ability of the security intelligence department.
After all, the annual expenditure of the intelligence department over the past 20 years has been quite a lot, and the number of intelligence personnel stationed in various countries is still relatively large.
Especially in the United States, which Arthur regarded as the biggest enemy, the intelligence departments have stationed at least 3,000 intelligence personnel in the United States, living in the United States in various identities.
Among them, there are also a small number of indigenous people, who have now become official immigrants in the United States and obtained American citizenship.
In normal times, these people are ordinary American citizens. Once they are summoned by the security department, they are excellent intelligence personnel who can sacrifice their lives for the intelligence work of Australasia.
A small number of indigenous people have not aroused suspicion in the United States because of their black identity.
After all, all countries know that there are no black people in Australasia, and they will never think of Australasia when they see black people.
But the actual situation is that a considerable number of the millions of black natives on the island of New Guinea have been sent to the United States.
However, on the surface, it is normal to send them to other countries. After all, Africa and other regions are involved, and the United States is not the only exception.
These New Guinea black natives still played a significant role in the US economic crisis, exacerbating the conflict between blacks and whites in the United States.
Like the famous American Black Storm Organization, its leader is a New Guinea native.
Of course, there are also many blacks in the Black Storm Organization who were bought by Australasia. These blacks were originally dissatisfied with the extreme hatred of blacks by whites, and they joined the army against whites after a little incitement.
If Roosevelt really becomes the next president of the United States in advance, then Arthur can only expose some cards and use some means to make Roosevelt end his ruling career.
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