Is it the reason for Italy's participation in the war? Or some other reason! Judging from the current situation, after these three decisive battles in Europe, there has not been much change. The Allied camp still holds the initiative on the battlefield.

This is different from the First World War. After the three decisive battles were fought in 1916, the Allied Powers gradually moved back to the Central Powers. After the war began, they took advantage of the battlefield advantages established by rapid mobilization and began to gradually tilt the balance of the war in their favor. Now

There are at least two things that can be determined about the situation.

The first point is that the length of this war should be longer than the length of the First World War in history. It is certain that the casualties in various countries will be more heavy. The other point is that it is actually the problem of the British themselves. This time, the mobilization intensity of British India is far higher than that of the same period in history.

, let alone the just-concluded Battle of the Somme, even the battle in the Persian Gulf has far exceeded the total number of Indian deaths in World War I.

Slave owners remember that in World War I, the British mobilized 1.3 million soldiers from British India and killed less than 100,000 people. Now, nearly 200,000 people have been crucified in the Persian Gulf alone.

In the Battle of the Mu River, nearly 30 Indian divisions were invested, but now only ten remain, a reduction of two-thirds. After these two battles, the Indian soldiers have lost half a million soldiers.

If Britain went back on its word after the war and treated the promised autonomy conditions as non-existent, British India would have been in chaos for a while.

Of course, Sheffield believes that as long as she is ruthless, Britain will not be so weak that it cannot even control British India. It will just mean more people die.

The change brought about by Italy standing in the Allied camp was not how powerful the Italian army was, but the fact that it could liberate the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army in the southwest. After Bulgaria entered the war, Serbia withdrew from the war, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire only needed to withstand the Russian attack.

Just one goal is enough, which means that the potential mobilization power of the Austro-Hungarian Empire has not been exhausted, reducing the pressure on the Germans on the Eastern Front. There are also various problems, resulting in the current situation, and it is still impossible to judge the direction of the war.

"The balance of power on the continent is also a good thing!" Sheffield picked up the cup from the table and took a sip. Sheffield looked relaxed. The situation was not particularly bad. It was just an extra year or two, and it would not affect the Americas. What should he be afraid of?

After checking the time, Sheffield got dressed and took Edith Rockefeller and Louisa Morgan to attend the founding ceremony of the American Ocean Research Association. The Vanderbilt family had already prepared the reception venue.

Sheffield has been attending similar events recently, such as the North American Society for the Protection of Animals, the Climate Research Association, the World Archaeological Society and other organizations. There is a lot of war in Europe, but the scenery in the Americas is unique.

"How many associations have you attended? Recently, Biermont Manor has welcomed you very much." Louisa Morgan sighed quietly, "What's the point of this? It's not like you at all. Not only can you not make a profit, but you have to invest."

"The purpose of establishing these associations is to create jobs." Sheffield fiddled with Louisa Morgan's earlobes twice with her fingertips, causing a burst of coquettishness before saying, "Create in advance a platform for friendly people in this federal government to use their remaining energy.

Institutions, and in this way can have good moral standards. Smart animals like killer whales should be protected and spoken out well."

"Orca? Are those animals smart?" Edith Rockefeller asked, "I've never heard of it."

"Oh, I forgot!" Sheffield patted his head and explained, "Evelin has always been responsible for communicating with the five major publishers. In almost two months, you will see my book published.

The social nature of whales, and the need to protect whales in the ocean. By the way, your Rockefeller family should invest some energy in this, because Standard Oil has eliminated whale oil lighting. This is the power of scientific and technological progress. This is standing in history.

A good thing in terms of process. The more something is lacking, the more we have to promote it. We must always find the shining points of our own industry and package it for better exploitation, otherwise those socialists will give us trouble."

Sheffield is the honorary president of the American Paleontological Research Association, the honorary president of the Native American Native American Protection Association, etc., and serves as the honorary president of more than 20 associations. What these institutions have in common is that they are not destructive, just like the Great Lakes, which are seriously polluted.

, slave owners never mentioned environmental protection.

He doesn't do things that offend others, he only does things that occupy the moral high ground but are not too egregious. Looking back now, he has been the chairman of the United States Olympic Committee for twenty years. The side effect is that all the white people in this organization are white people.

The supreme one.

"You have established so many institutions, will anyone really go to them? Are those retired federal government officials capable of studying paleontology?" Louisa Morgan said puzzledly, "It's just an extra salary."

"You can also use my money to travel around the world at public expense!" Sheffield tilted his head and said, "Take the people from the Black Gold Company to Egypt to dig for cultural relics. This is what the Archaeological Association does. Going to Africa will collapse.

Elephants take away their ivory, this is the matter of the Paleontological Association, this is all to understand the past and the future, scientific progress always has to sacrifice something, but we cannot not do it because of minor side effects."

"Say something simple." Edith Rockefeller and Louisa Morgan said in unison.

"Collusion between government and business!" Sheffield obeyed and no longer used words to fool two women from wealthy families.

In the luxurious Biermont Manor, people from New York's upper class gathered together. Members of the Vanderbilt family welcomed Sheffield's visit. Although in essence, the reception was the same as before, it was now covered in name.

Once you gain the aura of academics, you will look different again.

"Uncle!" Harold Vanderbilt shouted obediently, very happy that the distinguished guest whom the family attached great importance to had arrived.

"Harold!" Sheffield smiled and touched the child's head.

"Brother William and sister Margaret are not here?" Harold Vanderbilt looked behind Sheffield and asked in disappointment when he did not see his brothers and sisters taking care of him.

"Oh, there may be something wrong. Harold, you will grow up one day. Then you don't have to stay at home and can go out to play with your peers." When Sheffield heard this, he realized that he was waiting for him.

His son and daughter-in-law, he did bring William Rockefeller and Margaret Carnegie with him last time.

"What did the child ask?" Edith Rockefeller asked.

"Looking for our son and his wife. After I did the math, they can actually get married. Carnegie is in good health now. It's better not to delay this matter. My thoughts on Margaret

Fortunately, little William was raised like a Puritan like your family, but she is different, and maybe she can be a good help to your son."

"It's time to get married." When Edith Rockefeller heard this, her attitude became more serious than ever before, but then she began to express dissatisfaction, "What have you learned from our family? It's just that they talk less. Who knows?"

Dare you deny the success of our Rockefeller family?"

"Your family has always been wealthier than the Morgan family, but the perception of the citizen class is the other way around. Doesn't this explain the problem?" Sheffield glared and said with a poker face that you can still understand, "A person with no money but

I can treat a person with a good reputation as nothing, because the two families are not on the same level, but the two families are in the same class, but have obviously different reputations, and there must be room for improvement."

"Is that so?" Edith Rockefeller fell into doubt. Sheffield secretly breathed a sigh of relief and once again passed the risk. The reason was of course very complicated, and it was not just the Morgan family that would package this problem.

The ebb and flow of the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family must be viewed in different historical contexts. If globalization goes smoothly, the Morgan family will rise. If globalization is not strong enough, or if the main market is domestic, the Rockefeller family will be able to overwhelm the Morgan family.

A family head.

The reason why the Morgan family was more famous than the Rockefeller family before World War I was because Britain, as the world's first colonial empire, established a global market chain, which of course has now been broken.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, competition among the capitalist classes mainly took the form of fighting between nation-state industrial trusts. If a capitalist wanted to compete with another capitalist, he had to rely on the state machinery of his own nation for his own benefit.

Competition provides security guarantees.

German capital, represented by Thyssen Associates, entered the Americas because Germany's military power was obvious to all.

Under such circumstances, the bourgeoisie will become more patriotic. Even monopoly capitalists like Sheffield know that they are active today because they stay in the United States and do not go out, because the United States can protect themselves.

So in this era, it is people like Sheffield who hold high the banner of patriotism, and it is the workers of all countries who shout that the proletariat has no motherland.

In this era, the monopoly capitalists are shouting for nationalism, and the working class is shouting for internationalism. However, among the monopoly capitalists, there is also a part that has been trying to become internationalist. This part is the banker group, and the banker group is more enthusiastic about the world than the industrial capital group.

change.

This is the opposite of the 21st century. In the globalized environment a hundred years later, it is workers who shout that their jobs should not be taken away by others, and those who hold the banner of globalization and wave the flag have become monopoly capitalists.

"Let's set the time in the middle of the year!" Sheffield shook the steel company equity transfer document in his hand and said to William Rockefeller and Margaret Carnegie, "It's a good time."

"Father, I heard that there are voices among the people to join the war. I don't want him to go to war after getting married." Margaret Carnegie made another request, which was beyond the slave owner's expectations.
Chapter completed!