＜ The Devil’s Circuit. (3) >
[Secretary John Hay, ‘The Roosevelt Administration’s feat that redefined the Monroe Doctrine. In Detroit, Morgan’s new secretary also plays a big role. The fighters of liberalism that drove out imperialism.’]
[Silence in Europe, a new continent where order is reorganized centering on the Great White Fleet of the United States.]
[White House spokesperson, ‘The United States will protect Latin America and Venezuela from outside forces through the United States Navy.’ clarification.]
[Navy Minister, ‘The Monroe Doctrine and the Great White Fleet will be a shield against European imperialists.’]
[JPMorgan, strong BUY rating on the New York Stock Exchange. The soaring New York stock market and the booming US economy.]
– The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)
Detroit de Morgan.
The new Minister of Finance took the leap from the first step.
Mainland US media outlets paid attention to every move of Detroit, and soon made a debut in politics as one of the key figures in the Roosevelt administration, and framed it properly.
“Let’s make dinner with Secretary Morgan.”
“I’m sorry, Senator. I’m working on an offer from the White House right now, so I can’t even step out of Washington DC.”
“Ah, if it’s President Roosevelt’s order, I can’t help it. It’s a pity, but I’ll send you an invitation first.”
senators, congressmen.
The big stars of American politics began to shake their heavy buttocks, and even the Republican leadership began to focus on Detroit Morgan’s move.
The Senate Party is also the seat of the Vice President, so even if it is skipped, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who is the highest in the House, wields great power.
Ground land!
“The Venezuelan Protection Act based on the Monroe Doctrine has been passed by a majority of the parliament.”
The Speaker also focused on Detroit’s move and responded favorably to related bills being introduced to Congress.
“President of the House of Representatives! What do you think of Secretary Morgan’s recent actions? I know that the Venezuelan Protection Act passed today is part of that! Just say one word!”
“Treasury Secretary Morgan’s actions are rough, but one thing is certain. He’s in the national interest.”
“Are you in the interest of the American people?”
“Yeah, the way he walks is indescribable to the American interest.”
This is something that every Washington legislator can relate to.
The power of the Roosevelt administration is strong, but even before Roosevelt, the power of the US Congress was stronger.
In particular, until the McKinley era, the actions of senators were considered to move the United States, and the American administration is still heavily influenced by Congress.
For this reason, data is passed on when the parliament strongly requests it, and all data from the Ministry of Agriculture, which was recently dispatched to Venezuela, were submitted to the parliament.
The senators rolled their eyes.
In particular, the state of Wall Street where large banks are lined up.
New York senators.
“We, the United States of America, have claimed to be the guardians of Venezuela’s moratorium and protect them! Venezuela is hereby proclaiming that Venezuela is a partner with our liberal America and will protect us from European imperialists!”
It flapped like a fish out of water.
“The capital of New York has established a capitalist order, and it is making various investments in agriculture and industry in Venezuela! Maracaibo, protected by the United States Navy, will achieve liberalism and democracy under a particularly secure order! I would like to express my gratitude to Secretary of the Treasury, Morgan Morgan, for bringing about the realization of American liberalism and capitalism.”
The plantation project, which was controversial due to the issue of exploitation of human resources in Latin America, was soon transformed into agricultural investment, and Venezuela’s railroad rights robbery and telegraph business were transformed into industrial investment.
In fact, most senators didn’t care whether it was exploitation or not.
What matters to politicians has always been votes, their visions and beliefs that create votes, and their promises.
it’s for them
Secretary Morgan, who has made a huge contribution to the interests of the United States, was the best person to add a few more lines to his political career.
Among the senators, Morgan’s stock price was peaking every day.
“The Democrats also smelled it.”
And it was no different with the Democrats.
“The Dixies of the South are praising Secretary Morgan’s hegemony, and especially the defeated Britain this time is exhilarating, stimulating the feeling that they betrayed the Confederate states during the Civil War.”
“Public opinion is going in Morgan’s favor. Of course not everyone likes it, but there’s no reason to hate it.”
“His actions do not work only in the northern states’ favor. The plantation is originally held by the southern states, isn’t it?”
cash crops.
The northern states win their games with finance and industry, while the southern states win with agriculture, cash crops and plantations.
The Southern Dixies are responding to Secretary Morgan, who is friendly to Latin American plantations.
It wasn’t quite as welcoming as the Republican Party yet.
Just a friendly atmosphere.
However, the sensibilities of the Democrats’ political power have largely caught on to the signal.
“There is ample room to be interpreted that Secretary Morgan’s actions are not focused on the northern states and are quite favorable to the southern states as well.”
“That’s the image of the Roosevelt administration itself. The current president … well. He has a force that seems to run wild in the southern states.”
“Because the former war minister was also taken to Malta while commanding a militia in Texas.”
“ha ha ha!”
But instead, the Democrats’ concerns deepened. They cried out why the new secretary Morgan was a Republican and why he wasn’t a Democrat.
Make America Great Again.
President Roosevelt’s slogan.
His ambition was to revive the honor of the United States, which had been tarnished by the sinking of the Dreadnought, and to escape from the second-class powers.
seen in the eyes of American citizens.
The chicken game of the steel industry seems to drive the global steel industry into fear.
The scene that successfully led German investment as a German settlement bank.
And the feat of the Roosevelt administration that drove the European powers out of the New World with the Great White Fleet.
“It’s election season soon.”
In such an atmosphere, the 1904 presidential election drew near.
The New York Stock Exchange continued to rise day after day.
With Roosevelt’s re-election almost certain, New York, the Republican garden, was feasting.
[The Dow ended with a +5% gain. All large investment banks converted to a strong BUY rating.]
[JPMorgan, ‘a golden field that will never come again. The only way to aim for a reversal of wealth is now.’]
[Goldman Sachs, ‘God has given America another chance. Take the chance. seize the fortune This may be the last chance.’]
[The New York Stock Exchange frenzy, the heroes of Wall Street, and the Wall Street where laughter never leaves.]
– The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)
Antitrust giants take a pro-business route
In addition, the continuous exposure of American hegemony made the New York Stock Exchange run at a frenzy.
The promise was fulfilled.
Roosevelt Camp.
At the Republican National Convention, American citizens roared with enthusiasm.
“””Waa!!!”””
Detroit de Morgan.
Each of the new Treasury Secretary’s actions contained content that ignited the hearts of American citizens.
American citizens could never forget the sight of the German Kaiser Marines being driven out by the majesty of the Great White Fleet of the Dreadnoughts.
Beers were pouring out of the pub.
“Roosevelt! Roosevelt! Roosevelt!”
“Morgan! Morgan! Morgan!”
The slogans poured out from outside, but…
Washington DC
The heart of the Ministry of Finance was engulfed in silence. No, there was war going on.
Secret meeting room belonging to the intelligence agency.
“Everyone has gathered. Let’s start the meeting.”
The faces gathered today were also familiar.
Rockefeller Chairman of Standard Oil and Melon Chairman of Gulf Oil were mostly lodging and lodging at a hotel near the Treasury.
The piles of sun poured down every day, but their faces were full of vitality.
“Why did you call me today? It’s because of your age.
“Haha, don’t worry. I’ve got some good news. The Ministry of Finance’s Intelligence Bureau sent me information about Venezuela’s history, and the civil war was worse than I thought.”
“civil war?”
Rockefeller pulled his upper body slowly, as if he was drawn to it.
Melon also focused on me through the eyes of a businessman.
“Yes, civil war. The Venezuelan government is officially united and is adopting a federalism… But informally, not all of the federation is united into Venezuela.”
“It sounds like the projection power of the central government is not yet reached.”
“Yeah, there’s a strong backlash in some states. The war is going on in real time.”
I put my hands together.
“You could see a little war special.”
war special.
A golden opportunity to add one egg yolk to the New York Ordnance Agency’s arms exports.
We want the central government of Venezuela to be weak, and we want it to be swayed by the U.S. Navy’s Great White Fleet.
We wanted to make them fear and want to use our force.
It makes you dependent.
To do that, Venezuela’s military power itself must be lowered. As civil war escalates, Venezuela’s national power, the population itself, will decrease.
The military will gradually shrink, and the United States will take advantage of the fishermanship by selling weapons in the middle.
There is such an amazing business, there is no reason not to.
“…DWM.”
Rockefeller saw through my plans at once.
There is a force that divides the current international firearms market into three parts, one is the New York Ordnance Bureau (including the Hong Kong Ordnance Bureau and the Tokyo Ordnance Bureau) and the other is DWM (including FN Ersthal and Mouser).
The rest of the market pie is being eaten by forces such as Maxim and Hotchkiss.
“I plan to support the government forces with the New York Ordnance and the rebels with the DWM.”
“Although we have a technical agreement with DWM, seven years have already passed since then. The New York Ordnance Agency has come to the point of developing original firearms.”
“Are you saying that it is clearly distinct from DWM?”
“furthermore…”
I picked up some old looking guns. Among them were a large number of machine guns.
“There are also used firearms.”
“…Ha. It would be advantageous to support the rebels through gun brokers if they were used guns for sure.”
“Yeah. We may be lucky, but it’s because we have piled up like a mountain of goods that were used during the US-Spanish war and left behind in warehouses.”
shudder.
I pretended to load the gun and put it down.
“There is nothing strange about the distribution of firearms from the American-Spanish war in Latin America. There is no need to distribute the second-hand guns used in Europe for nothing.”
dang processing.
But it’s a bit expensive.
I plan to deliver these guns to the Venezuelan rebels at an expensive price.
“Even if it’s a used machine gun, it’s a machine gun. The moment you start a civil war with this machine gun… what will happen?”
Trench warfare nightmare.
Everyone gathered here suffered the American-Spanish War. Even if you don’t go to the battlefield, you remember the corpses that died on the battlefield.
Terrible trenches and tropical climate.
Just like a person being crushed by a meat grinder with a few machine gun shots, the body is devastated.
‘I refuse to negotiate for a huge consumption that exceeds the limit. From then on, it’s an all-out war.’
“Maybe that’s it, you won’t even notice while we’re preparing to mine oil. We’re so busy. And we’re going to keep relying on the US.”
“Not bad.”
Rockefeller rubbed his chin.
He had no beard due to baldness, but his gesture was longing for the hair.
“not bad.”
“If the national power is weakened by civil war, the reason for the protection of the United States will increase, and the right to oil will become stronger, and it will become like a colony of the United States.”
“In the first place, if the news that oil is going to happen someday, there might be a huge influx of Americans.”
gold rush.
Americans once had a history of pioneering the West for gold from the land.
Black gold called petroleum is gushing out of the ground, can you stand still?
We’re not the Americans to give up just because we got the Maracaibo oil business right.
“One thing here.”
I lifted my index finger.
“I would like to share with you some interesting news. Based on the information I received from the Ministry of Finance’s intelligence service, I was convinced.”
“Are you sure… what?”
Rockefeller stared at me with the look of something coming.
Melon had already switched to listening mode, and the mouth was only used for drinking bitter coffee.
“That’s it. In fact, Maracaibo has a very independent geography and culture from Venezuela. Rather, it is a culture closer to neighboring Colombia.”
“What?”
Rockefeller’s eyes widened.
In fact, the history and culture of other countries, even countries that have little interest in them, are often overlooked.
But usually business opportunities come from these details.
I instructed Treasury intelligence agents to peruse the Venezuelan history book and compile information, and the original volume, along with a summary, was sent to Washington.
“Indeed, Maracaibo is an independent trading city. The Venezuelan government invaded and trampled it with an army. It was forcibly incorporated.”
“…Maracaibo’s reaction is not normal either.”
“Yeah, maybe that’s why they gave us land northeast of Lake Maracaibo.”
In this deal with the Venezuelan government, we have been given a massive sale of land northeast of Lake Maracaibo.
But if you think about it, this was also a choice that included the political interests of the Venezuelan government.
“The most pleasant and least damaging land is Maracaibo.”
“Let me explain in detail.”
“Yes.”
I opened the map.
“First of all, from an agricultural point of view. Maracaibo is a good land for agriculture, but there is another land suitable for plantation. That is the Andean region. Most coffee and cocoa are grown on the Andean plantation farmland.”
“The Andes are the main ones.”
“Maracaibo is less important for plantation purposes compared to the Andes.”
In a word, it is secondary.
“And Maracaibo is a trading city with developed shipping.”
“Oh, I see what you mean.”
Rockefeller nodded slowly.
“After all, the Caribbean is occupied by the Great White Fleet, so it’s the same situation, even if it’s handed over to the US Navy.”
“Yeah, since we’ve got control of the Caribbean, it’s going to be more profitable to pay off our moratorium debt and sell the land in the trading city.”
The sea belongs to America.
So, what does it mean for Venezuela to have a trading city? Ultimately, the US Navy is destined to be dictated by it.
If so, it means that it is in the national interest to concede to the US Navy and settle the moratorium on bonds.
Having a trading city doesn’t mean anything to the US right now. In the first place, it does not mean that the land is transferred to the United States as part of the United States.
“The last thing we’re going to do is bring in the US Navy to stabilize Maracaibo.”
“It’s a plot to strengthen the power of the Venezuelan central government with the help of the US Navy.”
“Yeah, I was dubious. I was convinced by the information the Ministry of Finance gave me.”
I smiled bitterly.
“Even if the Venezuelan government made a mistake in its calculations, it was wrong for a long time.”
The Venezuelan government is right.
Without oil.
“Did you know? Maracaibo and Giulia (states that contain Lake Maracaibo) have virtually formed a culture independent of Venezuela, and are regions with strong opposition to the Venezuelan military.”
Even Venezuela is at war.
If we pour out the New York Ordnance and used weapons, the power of the central government will gradually weaken.
Venezuela’s national power?
Free fall vertically.
So how will the rebellious states react?
“At that point, what will Maracaibo do?”
I don’t know.
Wouldn’t you still want to be independent?
“…..Hmm.”
Rockefeller stared at me and quietly rubbed his forehead with his finger.
“Yeah, a fighter of libertarianism who drove out the imperialists and a hero on Wall Street… Is it?”
what about that?
The boardroom executives began to look at me with a look of boredom as they recalled the Republican catchphrase.
“It’s more than that…it must be the devil of capitalism, to put it bluntly.”
Rockefeller muttered as he watched me respond to those gazes with an indifferent expression.
＜ The Devil’s Circuit. (3) > end
