To cope with the shifting situation, on May 15, 1921, the United Kingdom, France, and Bulgaria convened another round of alliance talks. British Foreign Secretary Grey, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Metev, and France's Foreign Minister Ed-mond Lefe bvre du Prey9 June (untranslatable) once again met in secret in Paris.
Clearly, British diplomatic policy had shifted again. The Japanese had taken the initiative to make themselves hated; after the United States was finished, Japan, the world's second-strongest naval power, naturally became the British's number one enemy. Thus, the Triple Entente still needed to continue existing!
The main purpose of this meeting had nothing to do with Japan. Though they had been stabbed in the back, they were still allies on the surface. Even if they were going to fall out, it could not be now!
The pressing matter was dividing up the benefits left behind by the United States! The annexation of the eastern American states had run into trouble. The diplomatically adept British Empire had come up with a new idea, which was why this secret meeting had taken place.
As the host, France's foreign minister spoke first. "Gentlemen, the situation in the United States is currently very dire. Because of the Japanese's reckless actions, every state is now deeply wary of us. I'm afraid our previous plan will no longer work!"
The original plan was for the nations to jointly divide up the American states, each sending troops into its own sphere of influence to seize control of the territory.
This had only been a general intention. Before the actual partition could even begin, it had already fallen apart. Faced with American states that had come prepared, no one could swallow very many of them!
Metev said coldly, "If we cannot control them directly, then split them apart! Let every