The Rise Of Australasia

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.

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.

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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