Ultimatum

President Wilson decisively rejected the League of Nations' demands, which was precisely what the League member states had hoped to see.

After the United States refused the League of Nations' demands, European public opinion immediately began exerting pressure on the United States, with countless reports speculating that a leak from an American Chemical Plant had caused the outbreak of the Great Flu in the United States.

Even if this wave of public opinion could not crush the United States, it could certainly disgust it. After all, if the United States wanted to expand its international influence, it absolutely could not do without Europe's support.

Even if American industry could already stand shoulder to shoulder with Europe's, Europe still possessed several Great Powers. It was also currently the most developed continent and the focus of the world's attention.

As long as european countries did not put an end to this public pressure, America's reputation could not improve, and naturally, not many immigrants would choose to go to the United States.

This was tantamount to digging at America's roots. For an immigrant nation like the United States, cutting off immigration was clearly the most devastating blow.

If the US Government had been united as a solid wall, it could have calmly faced the League of Nations' threats. But the US Government was already split into four and five factions. Even if President Wilson wanted to unite the United States against the League of Nations' covetous gaze, he could never persuade the Republican Party to cooperate with him.

In the Republican Party's eyes, President Wilson's rejection of the League of Nations' demands had been completely unnecessary.

The US Government itself knew perfectly well that the Chemical Plant leak had been a pure coincidence and had nothing to do with the outbreak of the