Chapter 427: Ethiopia
During the London Peace Conference, the British did not pause their global strategic maneuvers. To strengthen their control over North America, British Parliament approved the bill establishing the Dominion of Canada in May.
This provoked protests from the American Federation Government, which were naturally ignored; the measure had been aimed at them from the start.
After the American Civil War ended, the capitalists' demand for markets expanded further. With North and South at odds, the Southern market had bid them farewell.
Mexico had become a sphere of influence for Britain, France, and Spain, leaving no room for them to intervene; Central America was regarded by Austria as its private preserve; the islands of the Caribbean Sea were likewise packed with the influence of the great powers.
The Americans' America had become a joke. The European great powers had returned in force, and the divided Northern Government was simply incapable of resisting them.
To change this situation, neither American government was content to sit still. The Southern Confederate Government was better off, exporting industrial raw materials and posing no real competition to the great powers.
The Northern Federation Government was different. To break the deadlock, it supported revolutionaries in Mexico and backed Indian tribes in Central America.
That was not all. As the number of Irish immigrants grew, anti-British sentiment became a major political force within the Federation Government. In 1866, Irish congressmen proposed a bill to annex Canada.
Needless to say, such a suicidal bill did not pass. Yet this situation still provoked the British, and the London Government decided to strengthen its presence in the Americas.
Establishing the Dominion of Canada was one such measure. The London Government intended to ease its suppression of Canada and let it develop freely, thereby increasing its voice in North