In early March 1935, Arthur had just planned to visit the Douglas Aircraft Company and Boeing Company to check on the situation of the new generation of transport aircraft when he received bad news from Europe.
There were two bad pieces of news in total.
The first was the situation of the Spanish Civil War. The inaction of the British and the retreat of the French directly led to the Spanish Republic gradually falling into a disadvantage in the civil war, with even the capital of Madrid in precarious jeopardy.
What was even more fatal was that the Spanish battlefield directly turned into a training ground for Germany and Italy. If Germany and Italy had not been conducting massive troop training, the Spanish Civil War would probably have ended long ago under the aggression of the German and Italian armies.
The second piece of news was Germany's frantic behavior in seeking allies.
There were only so many Great Powers in the world. Aside from Spain, Germany had also extensively courted the Island Nation.
The Island Nation's geographical position was relatively special, which was also the reason why it successfully implemented the Meiji Restoration and even grew into the only Great Power in the East.
Located on the Western Pacific, the Island Nation was very close to Russia's very important Far Eastern ports, forming a sufficient threat to Russia.
More importantly, due to its own limitations, it was difficult for the Island Nation to develop into a superpower in the true sense. This resulted in the Island Nation only being able to become a military powerhouse rather than an industrial and economic powerhouse in the true sense.
Lacking large-scale industry and economy, it was destined that the Island Nation, while firmly holding onto the throne of a Great Power, could not