Chapter 893 - 665: Assassination of Roosevelt_2
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Thud!
Suddenly, the door to Roosevelt’s office was slammed open, and several armed Police officers streamed in, quickly aiming their guns at Jon and Ike, "Everyone, hands on your head and squat down!"
"Fuck!" Jon hadn’t expected the Police to arrive so quickly, but faced with the dark muzzles of the guns, he had no courage to resist and obediently did as he was told.
Meanwhile, Ike, who was still leisurely smoking, nonchalantly pulled out his own Handgun while saying, "Don’t forget our agreement, Mr. Jon. We will be rescued."
Ike’s reaching into his coat caused the American Police officers to be alert, and coupled with the homicide that had occurred, it directly led to a gunfight in the office.
Ike killed a Police officer, but the price was his own life as he was also killed by the Police, and his actions inadvertently led to Jon being shot twice, collapsing to the ground and wailing.
This homicide did not make it to the American news reports; it was only circulated within a small range among the New York Newspapers.
After all, it concerned the life of a member of the Roosevelt family, and for the influential Roosevelts in New York, this was without a doubt a provocation to the entire family.
Roosevelt, who was shot several times, was rushed to the Hospital, but it was already too late. He was pronounced dead by the Hospital later that evening, ending his life at the age of 45.
The death of Franklin D. Roosevelt did not cause a sensation in the United States, because, at this time, Roosevelt was just an ordinary New York lawyer, the nephew of former President Roosevelt.
The American People did not yet know what they had lost, but the Roosevelt family was already in an uproar and demanded that the Police severely punish the criminals.
Of the two people in the office at the time, Ike had already been shot dead on the spot, leaving only Jon, who also belonged to the Democratic Party.
The Roosevelt family used their influence to make the Police interrogate Jon under severe torture, but Jon always insisted that he was just an innocent person and not a participant in the homicide, completely unaware of the plot.
However, from the words that Ike said to Jon just before he resisted to his death, it could be inferred that Jon was definitely Ike’s accomplice and had made a certain contribution to the assassination of Roosevelt.
Jon, under severe torture, confessed almost everything, including claiming to be an intelligence agent for the British Empire’s royal intelligence service and stating that the assassination of Roosevelt was because he was in their way. Your adventure continues at NovelBin.Côm
This brought the attention of the Roosevelt family to the United Kingdom, believing that Roosevelt’s death was unquestionably linked to the British.
The Roosevelts were well-known in the United States, and after all, Roosevelt was the nephew of the old President Roosevelt.
The American Government made inquiries to the British Government, demanding an explanation for Roosevelt’s death and handing over the masterminds behind the assassination, as well as compensating the Roosevelt family and the United States.
However, the British expressed surprise and not only rejected the demands of the Americans but also firmly stated that Britain had not plotted the assassination of Roosevelt.
As the first superpower, the British Empire naturally could not show weakness to the United States; the British even arrogantly stated that if Americans slandered Britain again, the British Government would continue planning strikes against the American Government.
This diplomatic dialogue directly damaged the relations between the United Kingdom and the United States. Regardless of whether the British were the masterminds behind the assassination of Roosevelt, the Roosevelt family began to hold a grudge against Britain.
After all, this matter concerned the honor of the family, and even if it was just for the sake of face, they could not give up on holding the British accountable.
To ensure that the American Government firmly stood behind them, the Roosevelt family began to print large quantities of news about the assassination of Roosevelt, and soon this event became one of the hot topics in the economic crisis that occupied the American public’s attention.
Although the person assassinated was just an ordinary lawyer, it happened on American Territory and involved the British Empire, the world’s first superpower, which inevitably led some Americans to question.
Under the pressure of public opinion, the American Government also had to promise to seriously investigate the matter and severely punish the mastermind behind it, vowing not to let any perpetrators go.
Seeing that the Americans were relentlessly pursuing the matter, it seemed as though the blame might be shifted onto them.
The British were completely enraged, declaring that the dignity of the world’s first superpower was not something the United States could easily offend.
On January 7th, 1927, Britain boldly announced that it would once again raise tariffs against the United States and demanded the American Government continue compensation for the Influenza because all of humanity had not yet forgiven the United States.
The British request for the United States to continue the compensation sparked many European Nations to follow suit.
Already when the United States had declared the cessation of compensation, numerous European Nations had expressed their dissatisfaction.
After all, during an economic crisis, the compensation from the United States became even more significant. This compensation could not only be used for people’s livelihood, allowing those unemployed to have sufficient Grain,
but could also be directed towards infrastructure, creating more jobs for the country like Australasia, and mitigating the impact of the economic crisis on the country.
However, after the United States declared the end of compensation, European Nations not only lost a major source of income but also saw their Domestic Finance worsen. @@novelbin@@
Since compensation was an annual occurrence, these countries’ fiscal plans had always included these payments.
With the sudden reduction in compensation, some projects were impossible to halt, leading these countries’ Fiscal Budgets to plunge into severe deficits.
Seeing that Britain had taken the initiative to demand continued compensation from the United States, European Nations declared their intention to follow suit, demanding that the United States continue the compensation.
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