Chapter Fifty-Five: All Theater Watchers Are Idiots
() Many things in the world are so strange. It was originally caused by Liu Fu and the Taiwanese army that the Philippine population dropped sharply, and diseases spread and famine continued. Thanks to the joint efforts of the director and actors, this sin was not placed on the Taiwanese government.
Instead, the blame is placed on the Americans. Even the Americans’ own reporters can’t help but send all kinds of tragic pictures and words back to the country, present them in major newspapers, and criticize their own politics.
Fu was criticized both verbally and in writing. However, the director and actors behind the scenes of this incident were praised and praised by reporters because they took the initiative to lend a helping hand and provided timely relief.
When these unintentionally distorted facts spread throughout Europe and the United States through newspapers and telegrams, the Taiwan government and Liu Fu became positive figures, while the U.S. government, especially the former U.S. government
Fu, the U.S. military in the Philippines, and the governor-general were scolded so badly that they almost became public enemies of the world. Some European reporters even brought up old accounts of the massacre of Indians in the early days of the United States.
Newspapers published article after article of humanitarian criticism of the American government.
Faced with this situation, the current President Wilson of the United States and the ruling Democratic Party could no longer sit still. Several telegrams traveled across the ocean and came to the hands of the negotiating delegation. The content of the telegram was one.
Complete the negotiations as quickly as possible without attaching any conditions. Congress has decided that regardless of the outcome of the negotiations, in October 1913, all U.S. troops will begin to be withdrawn from the Philippine Islands.
After reading these telegrams, the negotiating delegation felt relieved and hurriedly held the last negotiation between the two sides. In this negotiation, the United States no longer made any demands or compensation, but directly conducted detailed negotiations on the time and steps for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
And on the second day of negotiations, the U.S. Governor in the Philippines signed the final negotiation agreement.
Since this agreement was completed in Manila, it is called the "U.S.-Philippines Manila Agreement." In this agreement, all U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines will withdraw from the Philippines within one month, and all U.S. troops in the Philippines will withdraw from the Philippines.
The equipment, supplies, industries, etc. that were not going to leave were all abandoned. In other words, except for the personnel, everything else in the U.S. Army was thrown away, no longer needed, and returned to China. As for who the remaining things belong to.
Yes, then don’t care about American personnel.
On the night the agreement was signed, the streets of Manila were filled with Filipinos. They sang and danced to celebrate this hard-won victory. But what they didn’t know was that the people on the four southern islands were supposed to be cheering with them.
It has been reduced by almost half, and the remaining people are worrying about how not to starve to death. Under this situation, nothing is as important as going to the aid station run by the Taiwanese Army in the Philippines to receive a small bag of corn, even if
Is the country du li.
After the Americans left, the country was also destroyed. Although there are still a few cities and ports on Luzon that were not destroyed, the years of war have made the Philippines, which was originally an agricultural country, even poorer and even worse.
weak.
The Spaniards lost, and then the Americans also lost. The final victory was not so much the "Filipinos" but Liu Fu and Taiwan. The day after the United States announced its withdrawal, the "Filipinos" organization announced a takeover
All political power on Luzon Island and announced a new Philippine government
fu was established in Manila, and as the leader of the "Filipino" organization, Fernando Gonzalez naturally served as the president of the Republic of the Philippines. Other leaders at all levels in the "Filipino" organization also transformed into
Government officials and military generals at all levels of the Republic of the Philippines, while the original guerrillas led by the "Filipinos" organization were reorganized into the Philippine National Defense Forces and police forces.
The first thing the Philippine government did after its establishment was to settle the score! The targets of the settlement were the wealthy Filipino businessmen and landlords who had close business dealings with the U.S. military during the occupation period.
In the original Philippines, there were some big families and landowners. No matter whether they were under Spanish rule or American occupation, they did not receive any big impact, because no matter who occupied or ruled, they would eventually use
Because of these local snakes, not only did these people and their families not decline, but they became stronger. However, they were about to be unlucky.
Just in the second week after the Philippines declared its founding, the Philippine National Defense Forces and police forces, which had taken over the political power in various places, began sweeping operations across the Philippines. Big families and wealthy businessmen were arrested from their homes and plantations.
They were escorted to the nearest city and shot on the spot in front of the locals. Moreover, the new government of the Philippines also issued a government order to encourage the masses to expose and report those who had done something unworthy of the Filipino people during the US occupation.
Native of the Philippines.
Now, the whole Luzon Island is bustling. Whether it is true or false, public or private, if someone reports it, the army and police will come back to verify it. As long as you can't explain clearly or can't produce evidence, then wait
Yours was to confiscate homes and shoot people. This campaign lasted for three months, and it was not until Philippine President Fernando Gonzalez announced an amnesty that it finally came to an end.
However, at this time on Luzon Island, everyone was panicked and every family was worried. Moreover, the casualties caused by the purges of more than three months were even greater, including the number of people whose homes were ransacked and shot.
The number reached more than 300,000, and the number of people who escaped and committed suicide was too many to count. By 1914, the population of Luzon Island was less than 2 million.
With the issuance of the presidential pardon, Filipinos, especially those living on Luzon Island, can finally breathe a sigh of relief. They no longer have to worry about being dragged out of their homes by the military and shot in the street if they fall asleep one day.
. However, the people are temporarily safe. The Philippine army and the government
However, a movement has begun again in the Philippines. Like the domestic purge movement, a purge movement has also begun in the Philippine military. This top-down movement is nominally to consolidate the new Philippine regime. In fact, it is similar to the civil strife.
Like the purge movement, it was also a massacre planned by the Department of the Interior against local Filipino soldiers and generals.
In this purge of the army, a large number of former guerrilla leaders and soldiers were identified as unswerving elements and collaborators and shot. Through this purge, those in the Philippine army who had conflicts with the agents of the Department of the Interior
The generals who disagreed were also executed with excuses. Those local Filipino soldiers and generals who were lucky enough to escape the purge chose to retire and ran back home to become farmers.
After nearly half a year of hard work, the Ministry of the Interior finally succeeded in taking the fruits of the Philippine war into its own hands. In the current Philippine government, except for Fernando Gonzalez, who joined the Ministry of the Interior as an agent early on,
In addition to the President of the Philippines, the main officials of various departments are also served by surrenderers like their president, and the situation in the Philippine National Defense Force is more
It's even worse in China. A large number of Taiwanese generals and middle- and lower-level officers have firmly controlled the Philippine National Defense Forces, and those local Philippine officers are either more obedient or have been absorbed into the army led by Fernando Gonzalez.
The Philippine Liberation Party founded by President Reis, anyway, as long as you do not support the new president and dare to raise different opinions, then all kinds of charges are waiting for you, and then you will be shot.
After the new government of the Philippines completed the purge of civilians and the military, it immediately sent a request for negotiation to the Taiwanese government, requiring both sides to conduct further negotiations on the issue of military garrison and economic assistance.
The Taiwan government immediately expressed its acceptance of the Philippines' invitation and would send a delegation to Manila for a visit. As a result, the Taiwan delegation, which had been prepared for a long time, quickly arrived in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and met with Fernando Gonzalez.
The Sri Lankan government conducted friendly negotiations and finally signed something called the "Taiwan-Philippines Cooperation Agreement." In this agreement, Taiwan will provide free assistance to the Philippine government in the next five years.
50 million yuan, and dispatched engineering personnel to help the Philippines build roads, railways, mines and factories. These infrastructures will be regarded as the company's assets, with Taiwan accounting for 70% of the equity and the Philippines accounting for 30%.
rights and interests.
In addition, Mindanao is classified as a special zone, and its sovereignty remains unchanged. It is still Philippine territory, but it is occupied by the Taiwan government on a lease for 99 years.
Finally, there is another content, that is, Taiwan must first help the Philippines with disaster relief, because famine and plague have spread to Luzon Island.
As soon as this agreement was made public, it immediately aroused all kinds of envy, jealousy, and hatred from the Americans. They had struggled for more than ten years to get the benefits that they had not obtained. Just a few months after they withdrew, the Taiwanese people
I got it. But I was only dissatisfied because something even more amazing finally happened.
