After the end of the world war, France proposed a repayment plan, according to which France would not pay it off until 2001.

The same is true for the United Kingdom, which will not pay off until 2002, and Roark will probably not see the day when Britain will pay off its arrears.

In view of the currency depreciation, these arrears are to be repaid in gold, not in currency.

The tonnage of the capital ship was settled, and the pace of negotiations accelerated sharply.

On the issue of submarines, the contradictions were mainly concentrated in Britain and France.

The French knew that they could not compete with Britain on surface ships, so they wanted to develop submarine forces that posed a potential threat to the British Navy.

During the World War, the Royal Navy suffered enough from the German submarine forces, and if it was in the interests of Britain, then it was better for all countries in the world not to develop submarines.

"France now has an army of 700,000 and a huge fleet of more than a dozen battleships, if you expand the submarine force, then what do you want to do?" Roque had already been instructed by London not to allow France to expand its submarine force, even if it flipped the table.

"You Britain still have 500,000 tons of capital ships, our largest battleship is only 23,500 tons, and your 'Hood' is 41,200 tons, what do you want to do? Provoke another world war? Albert Sarau argued that France had made great concessions on capital ships, and that France was determined to win submarines.

"If you want to make it, then you can too." Roque's contempt for Hongguoguo, he has the ability to come-

"We don't need battleships, we build submarines to study the plants of the seabed," said Albert Sarau, who said that the British built battleships to catch sardines.

"Gentlemen, let's be realistic, arguing won't solve the problem." Bainbridge Colby played the round, and he probably forgot how he had been in a hurry with Yuzaburo Kato the other day.

Yuzaburo Kato did not speak, and watched the excitement with Carlo Yamazawa, the Japanese Navy had no opponents in Asia and had no demand in terms of submarines.

"Hehe, we've been arguing for a month, and it's okay to come back for another month." Roque is full of energy, not a sick man like Belfort.

"It doesn't matter, it's nothing to do with the French colonies anyway—" Albert Sarau struck with a posture of being there to the end.

He was not right, not that the French colonies were insignificant, but that the troubles were too great for Albert Sarau to solve.

France's overseas colonies were mainly in the French East Indies in Asia, North Africa, and Madagascar next to Southern Africa.

There is nothing to say about the French East Indies and North Africa, there are no major problems in the short term, the problems are mainly in Madagascar.

The French colonial rule of Madagascar can be described as a twist and turn, and the resistance of the Malagasy people once forced France to recognize the independence of Madagascar.

Before the World War, Madagascar was once again a French colony, but during the World War, Madagascar overthrew French colonial rule again, and this time, France lost the ability to return to Madagascar.

This is the status quo of the African colonies, even France cannot afford to form an expeditionary force, not to mention countries such as Belgium and Portugal.

September 18 was a Saturday, and the meeting was temporarily suspended to give the delegates sufficient time to rest.

"You still have Sundays, and it's Saturdays, so you're going to settle down in the United States, right?" Phyllis took her children all the way to visit relatives and take a vacation.

Roque did make his home in Washington.

When he first arrived in Washington, Rorke stayed in a hotel, but the next week he bought a estate in the suburbs of Washington.

Bought a couple, one each for Roque, Small, and Owen, all on the shores of a scenic tidal lake, next to the Potomac River and the Anna Cosdia River, and Smalls even got his yacht directly.

"There's no way, at present, it is estimated that it will not be finished in two months, Gladstone will go to the Nine Nations Conference, and I will keep an eye on the whole process." Roque also has no choice, no one from the representatives of various countries will back down, the negotiations will definitely be protracted, and Roque is fully prepared.

"That's a pity, you've lost the opportunity to travel around the world with your children—" Phyllis said to understand, her current life is not only charity, but around a few children, but fortunately, the children are not bad, with excellent grades and good conduct, not the kind of second ancestor who spends all day drinking.

Phyllis is very strict with the children, Alvin and Gavin have been various tutors since childhood, and some courses Roque has a headache after reading them.

Children from aristocratic families, although they don't need to worry about life, they are under a lot of pressure in their studies, and seven or eight languages are all appetizers.

At this time, there is serious polarization, or after more than ten or twenty years of elite education, they really become the pillars of society.

Either it's not that material at all, giving up school early, all kinds of flowers, drinking and all kinds of waves, and becoming a family seeding machine.

That's right, even if it's a natural waste of firewood, it has a use value, at least a few more children, and there are more possibilities.

Lao Tzu is not successful, it does not mean that his son is not angry.

Now that Arthur and Gavin have entered the University of Nyasaland, in fact, their knowledge system has gone far beyond the scope of the University of Nyasaland, so Phyllis and Ida simply arrange for Arthur and Gavin to travel around the world, which is also a tradition of aristocratic families.

Note that it is a trip, not a tour, and it is necessary to travel to various parts of the world to gain an in-depth understanding of the local customs, understand the actual situation and background history of each country, rather than the kind of aimless sightseeing.

"Where are you going to let Gavin go?" Roque is indeed a pity, travel is very meaningful to the children's lives, and at this time, even if he wants to travel, he has no time.

"Gavin wanted to go to East Asia, he wanted to see where his father was born." Phyllis respects Gavin's decision, and in a few years, Gavin will be an adult.

It's so fast, it feels like Roque has only been in Southern Africa for a few months, and I didn't expect it to be 20 years in a flash.

"East Asia is not stable and in danger right now—" Roque was more worried, in his concept, Gavin was still the little kid who had to be dropped off at school and picked up after school.

Gavin was born in 1905 and is now 16 years old according to Chinese calculations.

Arthur, born in 1904, is now 17 years old and will leave for Cyprus next year to manage his fiefdom.

"Zach will arrange for someone to protect him." Phyllis also knows that East Asia is unstable, a large number of warlords are fighting all day long, and it has been easy for Nyasaland to emigrate from East Asia in recent years, and many of the displaced people caused by the war have been sent to southern Africa by immigration companies.

There are especially many underage children, sometimes hundreds of whom can be brought in by a single migrant ship, most of them minors.

After the underage children were sent to Nyasaland, they were raised by the Boy Scouts set up by the Nyasaland government, and the foundation run by Phyllis provided a large amount of money for the Scouts, costing tens of millions of rand a year.

Don't underestimate these Boy Scouts, these kids who don't seem to have much value now will become the most loyal supporters of Nyasaland in the future, they grow up in the Boy Scouts and have a great sense of belonging to the Boy Scouts, and the Boy Scouts are their home.

"That's the only way-" Roque was reluctant, but he could only be ruthless for the sake of the children's future.

Fortunately, Gavin is on a round-the-world trip with Arthur, and Ada's side must have protective measures for Arthur, and the two of them may leave Southern Africa with a reinforcement company, which will definitely affect the effect of the trip, but it is necessary.

If Gavin and Arthur were really to leave Southern Africa without any safeguards, Roque, Phyllis, and Ida were not at ease, and they had worked so hard to raise their children so big, if they missed a little, Roque, Phyllis, and Ada would regret it for the rest of their lives.

While Roque and Phyllis were enjoying their weekend, Arthur and Gavin were in front of a bar in Washington.

"We're not eighteen yet, and the bar won't sell us alcohol—" Gavin hesitated slightly, the legend has it that Americans are all brave and ruthless, and if they drink too much, they will draw their guns and fight a duel if they don't agree with each other, which is terrible and terrible.

"What do you think, the United States is now in the period of Prohibition, and even if we are adults, bars will not sell alcohol to us." Arthur laughed, Arthur's height had grown ten centimeters in the last year, and now he looked basically the same as an adult.

Arthur still retains the most characteristic of the Chinese, with black hair and black eyes, and his skin is whiter than Roque's, but it is different from Ada's whiteness, which is more in line with the Chinese definition of "white".

To put it simply, Arthur absorbs all the best of both Roque and Ida at the same time.

This is really lucky, in case Arthur gets older and more motherly, Roque can be alive.

Walking into the bar, it's not the western style that Gavin imagined, the decoration is still quite good, and it looks elegant, after all, it's in Washington.

There were a few customers chatting at the bar, each with a glass of golden unidentified liquid in front of them, not wine, really not.

A large group of people hula la walked into the bar, and everyone immediately looked sideways.

"Bring me a glass of juice—" Arthur knew by heart.

"Juice? Why don't you want milk? Gavin was disappointed, even though he and Arthur were not yet eighteen years old, and had actually secretly drunk.

However, the two children are very restrained in their work, and until now Gavin and Arthur have not drunk too much, and Ida and Phyllis are very strict with the children, even if they participate in the banquet, they have a maximum of three glasses.

It's not the kind of glass that drinks water, it's the kind of goblet that goes with wine, and of course it doesn't fill it up, and it just covers the bottom with a shallow one.

Arthur gave Gavin a look for Gavin to understand for himself.

The bartender smiled and mixed a glass of juice for Arthur, then gave Arthur a little water.

Arthur poured the water into the juice again, and lived!

Working people are so smart.