The Capitol Building, built in 1793, is the true heart of the United States of America, a place where this great nation was born, grew, and destroyed at no known time.

On the morning of August 1, with 59 hours to go before the ultimatum, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt walked up to the podium with his son in the left ventricle, which is about 230 meters long. He was accompanied by the applause of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as the flashing lights of the reporters -- in the face of the aggressiveness of the Japanese government, the president was to address the Congress in order to clarify the policies of the United States government and to unite all the American people.

Like the most famous one in history, Roosevelt's speech began with 'Yesterday'......', but considering that the value and role of aircraft carriers could not be exposed, the Japanese Navy did not attack Pearl Harbor, so the content after that is completely different from history.

“…… The Government of Japan has issued an ultimatum to the Government of the United States of America, and they want us to give up the search for Emilia completely, the great but unfortunate aviator, and even more so to turn a blind eye to their atrocities.

After receiving an ultimatum from the Japanese government, some of the cowards among us advised us that we must keep the peace at any cost - or we will lose our freedom forever. To these people, I say that there has never been a country in the history of the world that has lost its democracy because it has successfully defended it. We are resisting a threat and must not be intimidated by it. Our freedoms have proven to be preserved in war, but never in surrender. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ’

And I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States of America, from the moment I put my hand on the Bible and took the oath in public, as I remember the sages of the United States since its founding, and when I think of the 130 million American people, I cannot but remember the fact that Miss Emilia Earhart is a citizen of the United States of America, the pride of all women in the world, and the sister of every one of us Americans. We cannot remain indifferent to her murder, we must find the killer and make them pay.

This was not just a normal reaction to the murder of an American citizen, but a defense of freedom and democracy – Japan's conspiracy of armed conquest has been going on for half a century. It was not just a policy of living space: the plan included the conquest of the peoples of the Far East and the Pacific islands, as well as the control of the west coasts of North, Central, and South America through the Japanese army and navy, and thus the entire Pacific.

The gradual development of this ambitious conspiracy manifested itself in the war against China in 1894; the subsequent occupation of Korea; the 1904 war against Russia; Illegal fortification of the Pacific Trust Islands after 1920. It must not be forgotten that after the defeat of the war against China in 1914, two like-minded dictators devised even more evil plans: in the eastern Pacific direction, they joined hands to build a powerful navy, ready to invade the Philippines, Australia, Hawaii, and the whole of America at any time; In Central Asia to the west, they joined hands in annexing the legitimate territories that had previously belonged to the Russian Empire, killing its natives and immigrating them en masse.

If we compromise, it is not difficult for us to imagine that one day what happened to the Russian steppe satrapy would be repeated on the lands of the United States. This is by no means alarmist. The dictatorships of the Far East, taking advantage of the friendliness of the civilized world, have grown rapidly for fifty years, and their economic nooses have been put over us before their boots set foot on American soil - the whole world is their industrial and agricultural products. Our exports are decreasing day by day, and theirs are increasing day by day; Our factories are decreasing day by day, and theirs factories are increasing day by day; Our farms are closing down every day, while theirs are being built every day.

Free trade? Fair competition? Nonsense!! There, there are no unions! There, there is no minimum wage! There, there is no maximum working hour! Laborers in the United States were competing with slave labor in the Far East, where wages and hours were determined by dictators. In such unfair competition, the dignity, strength, and standard of living of American workers and farmers will be gradually lost, until they are completely lost. Professional unions are a thing of the past, and collective bargaining is a joke.

Farm income? How to deal with surplus agricultural products without foreign trade? The incomes of American farmers have been declining for the past two decades, and their income depends on how much the dictators in the Far East are willing to give up. Farmers will face obvious disasters and tight control.

Tariff barriers will also not be effective. Freedom of trade is indispensable to our economic life. We can't eat all the food we can produce; We can't burn all the oil we can extract from the ground; We can't use up all the goods we can make. Tariff barriers will not be American barriers to boycott goods from the Far East, but will be barriers to slave labor that block us.

The organisms we know as we live and function - commerce, manufacturing, mining and agriculture - are all injured in such a situation, and have been fatally wounded. However, even maintaining such a fragmented independence requires the long-term expropriation of our manpower and the deprivation of the funds we can spend on education, housing, public works, water and sanitation. And, in the face of increasingly powerful dictatorships in the Far East, we will have to devote our resources to armament for a long time; Throughout the year, **** guards our city night and night to save it from destruction.

Yes, our right to believe will be threatened. The dictatorial world recognizes no god except emperors and pagans, and their laws are more cruel and ruthless than any dictator in history. In a pagan world where dictatorship, barbarism, and imperial power are the yardsticks of morality, what is the status of a religion that preaches human dignity and the nobility of the human soul? Won't our children also be insane and go goose-stepping in search of a new shrine?

As the economy grows stronger day by day, the dictators' plans to conquer the world are being completed little by little. Today they only have a few 60,000-ton giant battleships, and ten years from now, when they quickly replace us as the world's number one industrial country, there will be nearly 100 60,000-ton or even 100,000-ton giant battleships in the Pacific Ocean. The whole world, especially the Americas, will be occupied by them, just like the Russian steppe governorate twenty years ago, the indigenous people will be massively killed and confined by them, and hundreds of millions of yellow people will pour into our free, democratic, and prosperous homeland like a tsunami.

Today, we have to admit the fact that there is a distinction between human slavery and human freedom in the whole world - between pagan barbarism and Christian ideals.

We choose human freedom, and we choose to defend human freedom and life - this is the Christian ideal.

None of us can waver in courage or faith.

We will never accept a world dominated by dictators, let alone the erosion and threat of dictators to freedom and life. We accept only a world that is faithful to freedom of speech and expression - the freedom of every man to believe in God in his own way - freedom from want - freedom from fear.

Is such a world unattainable? The Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Emancipation Proclamation, and all the other milestones of human progress, which once seemed unattainable, have now been reached.

When we gained independence, we were weak as a military force, but we were able to resist the dictatorship. The rulers, who were once invincible, have now disappeared into the dust of history. At that time, the difference in power did not matter to us. Now with all this potential power, are we hesitant to take all necessary measures to preserve our American freedom?

Our people and my Government will not hesitate to accept such a challenge.

As the President of the united and determined people, I solemnly declare:

We reiterate our commitment to the search for Miss Emilia Earhart until the truth is revealed!

We reiterate that the League of Nations has been kidnapped by dictatorships and that the resolutions they have made are full of lies and deception!

We reaffirm the inviolability of the four freedoms of man and firmly believe that human rights are always above all national rights!

It is up to us Americans to determine if, when and where our interests are attacked, or our security is threatened!

We are putting our armed forces in a strategic military position!

We will not hesitate to use our armed forces to repel an attack!

We reaffirm our unwavering belief in the vitality of our constitutionally elected republic as the eternal base of freedom, forbearance and faith in the will of God.

Therefore, deeply aware of my duty to our compatriots and to our cause, I issued a proclamation last night declaring that the whole country is in a state of emergency, and calling for the maximum enhancement of our national strength and authority to strengthen our defense. The State will expect all individuals and all groups to play their full role, all without sparing any effort, without self-interest, without doubting that our democracy will survive triumphantly.

Allow me to repeat the words of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence - a group of patriotic men who fought long ago in the face of absolute disparity in power, and yet who nevertheless were as convinced as we are now of the final victory - 'firmly trusting God to give us mutual pledge of our lives, property and sacred honour'. ”

'Whoa, whoa, whoa'......'. After the speech, applause swept through the House of Representatives like thunder. Seeing that the vast majority of the more than 500 congressmen in the audience were applauding, Roosevelt was finally relieved on the podium -- perhaps Emilia and the defense of freedom were not enough to impress all the congressmen, but the economic nooses of China and Japan were enough to make the vast majority of congressmen of both parties in favor of war. Nearly a decade after the Great Depression, the government has used all the means at its disposal, but the cheap Chinese and Japanese industrial and agricultural commodities have caused American goods to fail in the international market and exports have fallen sharply.

Much of the reason why American goods can still be exported is due to political influence and foreign aid loans, but when last year's trade deficit exceeded $380 million, there was no one in Washington who could sit still. War has become the focus of public opinion, and more and more people support war rather than peace in the face of declining living conditions.

It's as if Britain had fought in the last war, and war might be the best solution when commodities could not compete with Germany. The only drawback is that Britain began to lay siege to Germany in 1895 after the Venezuelan crisis, and it took twenty years to destroy the German Empire through five years of terrible world wars; At this time, the siege of the United States against the East Asian Alliance was only two short years, and although the navy was completely superior, how long would it take to destroy the behemoth in the Far East?

"May God bless America!" Roosevelt whispered a word in his heart, and stepped off the podium with his son's support. More enthusiastic than when he came to power, the parliamentarians stood up and applauded violently when they saw him coming, while reporters took pictures a few meters in front of him. 'The rights of man are always above all the power of the state!' This is the great President Roosevelt's redefinition of American freedom and democracy. There has never been a more exciting moment for man, once humble, to be placed above the Holy State, which can be said to be a further extension and respect for humanity since the Renaissance.

Moreover, today's speech is tantamount to a rejection of the last seventy-two hours ultimatum of the Japanese, and the war is about to begin. Not just in reality but also in terms of will, the United States will win the war, and the origin of this war is only for a woman whose life and death are uncertain. There is no better way to define human rights, not only for America, but for humanity.

Under the transmission of the radio, President Roosevelt's voice spread throughout the United States and to the whole world -- after receiving the full text of the speech, Japanese Prime Minister Takeshi Inukai quietly got up and went to Niju Bridge; After receiving the full text of the speech, Chinese Premier Weng Wenhao read it carefully several times before anxiously calling Yenching University; Stalin of the Moscow Kremlin was not thrilled to see the full text of the speech, he just began to walk in his office with his pipe in his mouth, with a smile of nothingness; And Goering, Chancellor of the German Empire in Berlin, was indescribably excited when he saw the full text of the speech -- if Japan and the United States declare war, then China and the United States will soon declare war, and when they are in a mess, the time for the revival of the German Third Reich will quietly come.

Only Whitehall Britannia was the calmest, and an emergency meeting was convened before Washington sent an official letter to the Japanese government rejecting the ultimatum. In front of Chamberlain, who became prime minister in May last year, sat Foreign Secretary Eden, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Simon, Defence Coordinating Secretary Sir Insjeep, Admiral Stampno, Secretary of State for the Navy, Lord Swinton, Secretary of State for the Air Force, Vice Admiral Trupp, Director of Naval Intelligence, and Hankey, Cabinet Secretary.

The first to speak was Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, whose poodle-like eyebrows and beard were constantly shaking, and he said: "Washington has informed us that in six hours they will respond to Japan's ultimatum, so ......"

Chamberlain summoned the people only to inform them that the Cabinet would issue a final exhortation to Japan in accordance with the previous Anglo-American agreement, and that if Japan refused to withdraw the ultimatum and go to war with the United States, then Britain would also declare war on Japan. This was a right won by Foreign Secretary Eden after a year of diplomatic mediation - that Britain would declare war only on Japan, not on China, given that China had withdrawn from the East Asian Alliance. Of course, if China eventually joins the war between Japan and the United States, then the declaration of war against China will also be on the agenda.

"Your Excellency, I just want to know what grounds the Cabinet will use to convince the House of Commons and the people?" And unlike others. Simon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, still felt that it would be bad for Britain to be caught up in the war between Japan and the United States, not to mention that the South Sea colonies, Australia and India were all under the threat of the Chinese and Japanese armies. It would be foolish to provoke these two countries.

"Sir, we are also at war for peace." Chamberlain said helplessly. "It is also to protect the property and interests of the British government in Asia. If we stay out of the war, then whoever wins, we are the first to suffer. ”

"Your Excellency, this is coercion!" John Simon abhorred - although he had known for a long time that the reduction of the foreign debt of the United States was for a reason, the war would cost more money than the arrears that could be repaid slowly.

"No, sir, it's just a strategic echo of the allies." Chamberlain insisted. To reassure the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he added, "Even if war is declared on Japan, we will do very little." The fleet sent by the Royal Navy to the Far East consisted of only six battleships, two aircraft carriers, twenty cruisers, six destroyers and twenty submarines. The other is to open up naval bases in Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong to the US Navy. That's it, very, very simple. ”

"Sir, the Imperial Japanese Navy is no match for the American Navy at all." After the Prime Minister finished speaking, Lord Stannope, the Secretary of the Admiralty, added, "The war at sea may be over in half a year, and if it is not over, we will only send the navy." Although there are some hints, the reality is that we have to choose between China and Japan and the United States, and the United States is the best choice for us in the current situation. ”

"Sir, compared to other countries, our armament construction is already very backward." Sir Insjeep, the Coordinating Secretary for Defence, suddenly interjected. As soon as he took office, he said that the period before he took office was "the age of the locusts." "If military funding cannot be obtained through this war, Britain will eventually be abandoned by the world."

Two ministers in quick succession, Sir John Simon hesitated. Chamberlain bowed his head to him, "Gentlemen, this is what we must do for the sake of the future of Britain. ”

A few hours later, before the representative of the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Japan arrived at Kasumigase, the British ambassador to Japan, Robert Craigie, rushed to send a diplomatic note of final advice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa hurriedly read the note, and he was so shocked that he even trembled a little when he spoke, he had forgotten the diplomatic norms, and said bluntly: "Cabinet... Down, is your country ... Do you want to declare war on our country? ”

"Your Excellency, I have just forwarded the note to the government in accordance with the instructions of Whitehall, and I do not know what will happen next." Craigie agreed decently, in accordance with diplomatic norms. "But personally, I don't think your country should be in such a hurry to issue an ultimatum, which will have no other choice but war."

"This ......," Craigie finished speaking, and Kenji Fang Ze didn't know how to answer at all, so he could only smile bitterly. Of course, he and his cabinet did not want a war, but there was a tremendous clamor of xenophobia at home, especially in the military, and there were many people who preached that Asia was the Asia of Asians, and the fact that more than 3,000 virtuous citizens were shattered in the Marshall Islands last year aroused the anger of the entire people. Magma has already been conceived, and all that is missing is a chance to erupt.

"Your Excellency, I will wait for your country's official reply at the embassy, and I hope that your country will remain a peaceful country next year when the cherry blossoms bloom." When Kenji Fang Ze wanted to say something and stopped, Craigie politely took his leave. As soon as he stepped out of Kasumi Pass, Joseph C. Gru, the representative of the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Japan, arrived on his hind foot. What he brought was Washington's final answer to the ultimatum of the Japanese government.

"Your Excellency, on behalf of the United States of America, I have the honour to give your final reply to your ultimatum: that our Navy refuse to withdraw from the islands of the Marshall Islands until Miss Earhart's remains are found; For the same reason, my Government also refuses to formally apologize to your Government and compensate for the damages......" Gru held the official text of the document in his hand and read the contents of the document on his lips. Aside from the awkward diplomatic rhetoric, there is nothing else to reply to the official letter except that a refusal is a refusal.

Some of them took the final reply from the Americans, and Yoshizawa Kenji said with great regret: "I hope that the government of your country knows what it is doing, and this result can only be war." ”

"Your Excellency, our President, Mr. Roosevelt, believed that the rights of man always prevail over all the power of the State. Even if Miss Earhart is dead, we need to find her body and find out what happened. Gru also regretted that he had been accustomed to everything and the people here for several years, and he did not want war to happen.

"No, Mr. Representative." Kenji Fang Ze suddenly felt some anger, and he retorted: "To be exact: the rights of Americans are always above the rights of all countries!" If this were not the case, how could your navy have brazenly landed on the island and killed 3,789 of our soldiers and civilians in disregard of public international law! The rights of your citizens always take precedence over all national powers, but what about the citizens of Japan? Should they just die in the Marshall Islands?! ”

Yoshizawa's retort left Gru speechless. Yes, the whole fact of the conflict is that for one American died three thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine Japanese, some of whom were children. But who made them yellow? Who makes them not Christians?

While Gru was comforting himself, Kyoshi Yoshizawa changed his previous rudeness, and he bowed, "I'm sorry, I was rude." Your Excellency, my Government will give a final reply to this in 24 hours, and may the world be at peace forever! He concluded. (To be continued.) )