Arms Control Conference is still going on, but it actually has no meaning anymore. Germany, United States and Island Nation cannot reach an agreement on the tonnage of Capital Ships, which makes it unnecessary to continue this meeting.
The Germany delegation insisted on 1.5 million tons and firmly disagreed that the total tonnage of Capital Ships of United States and Island Nation should exceed this tonnage. However, United States and Island Nation wanted to increase the total tonnage of Capital Ships between the two countries to 2.1 million tons. As long as the Germany makes concessions on the first ship type and succeeds, they can further oppress the Germany in the subsequent ship type tonnage negotiations.
But it is a pity that Germany is the world overlord after all, the most powerful country on the planet. Even though United States is very strong, Island Nation is not weak in terms of combat strength alone. But even if they join forces, Germany will not be afraid. This time Arms Control Conference is just a cover to let the whole world see Germany's sincerity in maintaining world peace. If it can succeed, it would be the best. Then, even if it fails, it will not have much impact on Germany.
For a week, our representatives still could not reach an agreement. Under such circumstances, Imperial Prime Minister Bülow had to announce on behalf of the German Empire that Arms Control Conference could not reach an agreement and terminated the meeting.
However, as soon as the meeting was interrupted, Germany Foreign Minister Wachth announced at the press conference that the reason why the meeting could not proceed was entirely due to United States and Island Nation The lion opened his mouth, Germany, as the world hegemon, the most powerful country in the world, has tolerated that the two of them combined can have the same tonnage of Capital Ships as German Navy. However, they are not satisfied yet and want to surpass Germany. Such a result is absolutely unacceptable to Germany. After all, Germany is the world hegemon, with the most extensive colonies in the world, and huge overseas interests that need to be protected.
For the sake of world peace, Germany has made the greatest efforts and concessions. However, due to United States and Island Nation, Arms Control Conference cannot continue this time, making world peace impossible to achieve.
There is no doubt that Germany this time has completely put the blame for destroying world peace on representatives United States and Island Nation. Most people around the world agree with this. After all, as the most powerful country in the world, it is already very good for Germany to be able to do this. United States and Island Nation want to surpass Germany, which is really inappropriate.
For a time, the international reputation of United States and Island Nation took a huge blow.
The last World War, although it mainly broke out in Europe. However, the heavy losses caused shocked countries all over the world. People around the world are even more worried that as the international situation becomes increasingly tense, it will lead to the outbreak of World War II. By then, will the scope extend beyond Europe to the whole world? After all, United States is located in Americas, and Island Nation is the country of Far East. Once they start a war with Germany, then World War will truly become World War.
United States and Island Nation will of course defend this. They also put the blame on Germany, claiming that Germany was too strong and wanted to suppress them, which was why Arms Control Conference was unable to achieve any results this time. However, even if they defend themselves, there are not many international voices that favor them. After all, Germany is the world's overlord, and it seems natural to have as much Capital Ships tonnage as United States and Island Nation combined.
What's more, German Navy will no longer build new Capital Ships, just maintain the current fleet size. But United States and Island Nation are still ambitious to build more Capital Ships! From this aspect, it seems that who is more aggressive can be seen at a glance.
"Damn Germany people, this time Arms Control Conference is simply a trap! They just want to put on a show in front of the people of the world and show their sincerity in defending world peace. Now, they have put the responsibility for destroying world peace on our heads!" Woodrow President Wilson was very speechless.
"Your Excellency, although we have made excuses, the effect does not seem to be great? After all, we are building warships in large quantities now, which makes other countries subconsciously think that we are destroying peace." Secretary of State Bryan said speechlessly.
After Arms Control Conference ended, the United States delegation set off back to United States. However, while they were still on the road, Germany started publicity, placing all the responsibility for Arms Control Conference's failure on their heads. By the time Bryan and others got the news, it was obviously over.
"This time it is completely the conspiracy of the Germany people. We have fallen into their conspiracy. Besides, everything else is useless. Fortunately, this just affected our reputation a little, and it is not a big deal." Woodrow President Wilson said.
Bryan nodded.
"Minister Daniels, the navy's ship construction should continue without interference from the outside world. I think the Germany people are doing this because they want to affect our armament development. As long as we are not fooled, Germany people have nothing to do with us. After all, we will try our best to win the war in the future. As long as we win the war, everything will be easy to tell. "Woodrow Wilson said.
"Yes, Your Excellency, President." Minister Daniels nodded, and at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was originally worried that American Navy's shipbuilding plan would be affected by public opinion. But now it seems that he was worrying too much.
As for the Island Nation people who were also accused, they don't care at all about these international public opinions. They have always gone their own way, as long as they can get benefits, that's enough.
Island Nation people's goals have always been very clear. They just want to defeat Germany, take revenge, and then occupy all of Germany's colonies in Far East and India. In this case, their country can take off quickly.
As countries such as United States and Island Nation continue to develop their armaments crazily, the international situation has become even more tense. However, developing armaments requires burning money. When the financial pressure on United States and Island Nation increased, they involuntarily slowed down the pace of arms expansion.