Chapter 396

The Colombian Civil War did not stir up any waves in Europe, but within the scope of Nanmeizhou, it still aroused the attention of many countries.

Quite a few Spanish-speaking countries expressed concern about the Colombian Civil War; because of the differences in the ruling parties within these countries, they also supported the Colombian Conservative Party and the Liberal Party respectively.

In order to prevent the Colombian Civil War from causing contradictions within the Spanish-speaking country economic alliance, Gao Da ordered the Director of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau, Kadier, to find evidence of the connection between the United States and the Colombian Liberal Party as soon as possible, and to substantiate the evidence of the United States instigating the Colombian Civil War.

In this way, the focus of Nanmeizhou countries will change from supporting the Conservative Party or the Liberal Party to uniting to resist the invasion of the United States.

Doing so can also prevent the Panama region from becoming independent from Colombia, ensuring that the United States will not control the political power in the Panama region.

Speaking of which, the actions of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau are still quite rapid. A few days after Gao Da gave the order, the intelligence personnel of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau found evidence of the connection between the United States and the Colombian Liberal Party.

Or rather, the Colombian Liberal Party did not have the slightest concealment about its cooperation with the United States, which is also the reason why the intelligence personnel of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau collected intelligence so smoothly.

After investigation, the United States promised a series of help to the Colombian Liberal Party, including aiding weapons and strategic materials, providing interest-free loans, and other conditions, in exchange for the Colombian Liberal Party supporting the United States in obtaining the control of the Panama Canal after seizing the political power in Colombia.

Since it is determined that the United States indeed has cooperation with the Colombian Liberal Party, then the next thing is simple.

On August 17, 1898, the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau secretly contacted the newspapers of various Nanmeizhou countries and wantonly published and issued news about the collusion between the United States and the Colombian Liberal Party, attempting to subvert the Colombian political power and sell out Colombia's interests.

Such news, once published, immediately aroused the attention of the Colombian public and the public of other Nanmeizhou countries.

The civil war between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party does not count for much to the Colombian public; in the past few decades, the conflicts related to the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party have been countless.

But if one side has colluded with foreign forces and even does not hesitate to sell out Colombia's interests to obtain their aid, then the Colombian public has their own ideas.

It is not yet known who between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party can maintain the interests of the public, but who has already damaged the interests of the country is already quite obvious.

Do not underestimate the patriotism of the Colombian public; they are quite passionate about their own country and naturally hate the Liberal Party that sells out Colombia's interests.

After the newspapers of various Nanmeizhou countries reported the news of the collusion between the Colombian Liberal Party and the United States, it can be clearly perceived that the situation of the Colombian Civil War has been one-sided.

The original Colombian public had their own favorites for the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party; although the Liberal Party was at a disadvantage, the Conservative Party could not eliminate the Liberal Party for a while.

But now it is different. Under the public opinion propaganda of the newspapers, the support rate of the Colombian Liberal Party in Colombia has dropped significantly.

Although this is not enough for the Conservative Party to completely lay down the victory, for the Colombian Liberal Party, they almost have no chance of winning in the current situation.

The public opinion offensive suddenly launched by Spain in Nanmeizhou naturally aroused the attention of the Americans.

What the Americans did not expect is that under the circumstances that the Colombian Civil War was fought so intensely, someone actually put the focus on the cooperation between the Colombian Liberal Party and the United States.

More importantly, with the public opinion offensive involving multiple countries in Nanmeizhou, the reputation of the United States suddenly stank among these few countries in Nanmeizhou.

A country that thinks about infiltrating Nanmeizhou all the time, and even instigating the opposition and civil war of parties in the country, how could it be liked by other countries?

The Americans only have one idea at this time, which is to find the country or force that is causing trouble for the United States and let them understand that the United States is not that easy to offend.

After careful searching by the Americans, it was finally discovered that these newspapers publishing the cooperation between the United States and the Colombian Liberal Party all have connections with capital with Spanish backgrounds.

This also means that the country causing trouble for the United States behind the scenes is very likely Spain. Although the culprit was found, the United States has no way to deal with Spain.

In the public opinion offensive, it is impossible for the Americans to publish newspapers themselves to clarify for themselves and then say that this is all a conspiracy of the Spaniards.

Not to mention whether doing so is credible, anyway, it is highly probable that those Colombians and other countries in Nanmeizhou will not believe it.

Unable to counterattack in public opinion, it is even more impossible to do anything to Spain at the national level.

Spain is after all a great power country, and the disputes between great powers are not that easy to solve. Wanting to make Spain stop causing trouble for the United States, either one must pay enough interests to let Spain let oneself go.

If one is unwilling to pay interests, one can only force the Spaniards to give up their actions through war or diplomatic deterrence.

But the international status and influence of the United States are not high, and it is impossible to influence Spain's choice through diplomatic deterrence.

As for launching a war, it naturally does not need to be said; the United States is inferior to Spain in terms of the army and navy, and the only thing that can be compared is the population.

But there are a large number of black people in the population of the United States; although the number of white people is not small, these white people come from various countries in Europe and are difficult to be condensed into a rope.

This problem is also the biggest defect of the United States compared to European countries. The population growth rate of an immigrant country is far from being comparable to that of European countries, but the population cohesion of European countries is also far from being comparable to that of an immigrant country.

The U. S. military is only suitable for fighting favorable battles; more than 60 million Americans can gather at least millions of troops, and fighting favorable battles is still more than enough.

But if the war situation falls into a headwind, various chaos will breed within the U. S. military. First is the contradiction between white people and black people, and second is the contradiction between various ethnic groups of white people.

Plus the different interests of various classes in the United States, this leads to the fact that when the United States faces a relatively headwind war, it is difficult to persist alone for too long.

Given the current status quo of the United States, if a war breaks out with Spain, the possibility of the United States losing is greater.

Although the industrial and economic scale of the United States has more advantages compared to Spain, industrial and economic scale cannot be directly converted into military strength.

The huge industrial scale can make the weapon production speed of the United States faster, and the construction speed of warships can also exceed the construction speed of Spain's local area.

But what is the use? The construction time of a warship is often as high as several years; by the time the United States builds the first batch of warships like making dumplings, the war is almost over.

Since it cannot do anything to the culprit Spain, the United States can only focus its attention on the Colombian Civil War, hoping that the Colombian Liberal Party can win the victory of this civil war.