Chapter 527 DuPont is condemned by the public
Along with the astonishing light, the sea water boiled, causing the submarine underwater to be in shock and many crew members to have tinnitus. The freighter had long disappeared, and the few survivors were also struggling for survival. It was less than a hundred nautical miles away from the port of Delaware, but this was not a distance that the survivors who had survived by chance could cross.
As for the submarine that launched the attack, it had already hidden its merits and fame, and left the sea area involved underwater, leaving behind only the unfortunate people who were gradually falling into despair. When they lost their last bit of strength, it was time for them to return to the embrace of Mother Ocean.
God was quite good to Sheffield. He allowed the slave owner to capture the DuPont family's raw material cargo ship by chance and successfully sank it. It is true that opportunities always come to those who are prepared.
Soon, Sheffield, who was preparing his defense materials in New Orleans, received this exciting news, even though the submarine he sent out could not contact him at all and was still on its way back.
This matter is very simple. The accident site is less than a hundred nautical miles away from the port of Delaware. The DuPont family can be said to have high hopes for this ship full of raw materials. The ship disappeared without anyone noticing, so they would naturally find a way to find it.
As long as Sheffield's informants paid close attention to the movements at the port, they would know that something must have happened to the returning freighter, so there was no need for the submarine to come back and tell Sheffield whether it was a success or a failure.
"It is said that we must pay attention to safety issues during the production process. Especially for very dangerous raw materials, we must be more cautious. Things like saltpeter are very dangerous. If we don't handle it properly during transportation, such a big accident will happen."
In front of the head bodyguard, Sheffield had already made the whole story clear. No one knew more about saltpeter than Sheffield. There must have been an accident during the transportation, which eventually led to the explosion.
Sheffield helped the DuPont family solve the case here, and the result was already very obvious. Without this shipload of main raw materials, bankruptcy was impossible for a company of the size of the DuPont family. However, the factory in Delaware would soon be shut down, and the production line had already been paused.
Unrestricted submarine warfare actually appeared for the first time in the United States. Sheffield can be said to have won another world first. Although this should not be publicized, I can only think about it and feel happy when I have nothing to do.
"You must keep it confidential, understand?" After Sheffield was happy, he did not forget to issue a gag order.
"I know this matter is unethical and I will pay attention to it." Jesra understood and said that he would deal with the matter immediately. All employees on the submarine would be sent to Kuwait for one year and would come back after the storm had passed.
"It's good to know that the situation is serious, even if it has nothing to do with morality or immorality." Sheffield chuckled, "Who cares about the wailing of a loser? As long as the DuPont family surrenders this time, not to mention that they don't know what's going on, even if they find out a few years later, will they dare to say a word?"
The most immoral thing about unrestricted submarine warfare is that Germany was defeated. In unrestricted submarine warfare, the practice of attacking submarines without surfacing to warn them was indeed what the British had to bear.
At the beginning of the German blockade of Britain, Britain used its geographical advantage to forcibly purchase goods shipped to Germany. It also disguised its warships as merchant ships, and only revealed its true colors after the German submarines surfaced. The British themselves violated the London Declaration. If a ship deviated from its route and entered the war zone, it would bear the consequences if it was sunk by a mine. Ships sailing privately would be intercepted, and the British did ignore international law and blockaded Germany at will.
Since Britain was the first to violate the blockade, the Germans could naturally fight back. The reason why the Germans were condemned was because they were defeated. Since they lost the war, of course they had to bear the blame.
As a descendant of British immigrants, Sheffield certainly inherited this kind of despicableness. Isn't the DuPont family a descendant of the French? Britain and France are arch-enemies. What's wrong with sinking your company's raw material cargo ship?
What excited the slave owner the most was that maybe his idea of blocking New York would become a reality. Many people in later generations believed that the ruling power of the United States of America was greater than that of the British Empire, but he did not agree with this.
The British, France, Germany, Russia, the United States, and the former world hegemon Spain have all fought wars, and all of them have won. Each of them is a well-known existence. As of a hundred years later, the most important opponent the United States encountered should be Japan. Among the remaining many that can be defeated, the most important one should be Spain in the Spanish-American War.
Beating Iraq and Yugoslavia, can the propaganda be compared with Britain's opponents? The most bizarre thing is that later countries think they can be compared, and think that the United States is more powerful than the peak of the British Empire. This is the terrible thing about the United States' propaganda.
The DuPont family was the one who experienced this horror the most. When the news of the cargo ship explosion came, the major newspapers did not change their malice and focused their reports on the mismanagement and the compensation that DuPont must be responsible for. It was impossible for the dung collectors to solve the problem, but they never found fault with anyone.
No matter whether you follow the procedures or not, the newspapers will only report that you are transporting raw materials for explosives. The DuPont family was the first company to set safety standards, but the newspapers just don't report it. What can you do?
The newspapers will just say that this is another death brought about by death dealers, without any sympathy.
"I've been feeling a little weird these past few days." Alice Roosevelt approached Sheffield in a panic and whispered, "I think something's wrong with my body. I haven't had my period this month."
Sheffield made a tactical retreat. Could it be that he hit the target with one shot? Seeing the man like this, Alice Roosevelt said angrily, "What's your attitude? Don't you believe me?"
"Don't be angry, I'm like this when I'm surprised." Sheffield raised his hands in surrender and smiled apologetically, "Surprised, a joyful surprise. In fact, I've been looking forward to having good news from you and harvesting the fruit of our love."
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, the slave owner once again showed his true colors as a dog, and made a solemn promise to Alice Roosevelt. It took a while for Alice Roosevelt's face to turn from cloudy to bright. "I have never given birth to a child either, so I am a little nervous."
"Don't worry!" Sheffield swallowed back the words I had seen many times before. He successfully saved his life and hugged Alice Roosevelt's body to comfort her, "God will definitely bless us."
God will certainly bless Sheffield. It is a historical fact that anyone who buys indulgences will be forgiven. The basic premise is that you must have money. Slave owners have always believed that God will bless them.
Good news always comes one after another. A few days later, news came that DuPont's factory in Delaware had completely stopped production due to a shortage of raw materials. This caused another public opinion feast, indicating that DuPont was not far from bankruptcy, and triggered a frenzy of selling DuPont's stock.
Even if Pierre Dupont denounced these media, it was useless as his voice was drowned out by countless fake news.
You arrested corrupt officials, I said you failed in your political struggle! You published news, I said you launched a propaganda offensive. You said you called for fair treatment, I said you disrupted freedom of speech. Sheffield was just trying to see how the public opinion arrangement would work in front of the DuPont family.
The versions in the southern states are slightly different. Many southern newspapers vividly quoted a descendant of a so-called duPont family butler. The source said that the duPont family actually had black blood. The second generation of the duPont family had offspring with black people, but their skin color was not very dark, so their offspring were preserved.
Soon, scholars stepped in and said that not all offspring of white and black people are black, providing scientific evidence for the fact that members of the DuPont family have black ancestry.
During the Civil War, the DuPont family played a brilliant trick and became the main gunpowder supplier for the Union Army. Now that there was a connection between them and the blacks, the vast majority of Dixies welcomed it.
The attacks on public opinion reached a peak with the antitrust lawsuit against the DuPont family. At this time, the DuPont family was in the midst of internal and external troubles. The transportation routes for raw materials were cut off and accidents occurred on the sea transportation lines.
The criticism against the family grew stronger and stronger. After the antitrust investigation entered the prosecution stage, the entire DuPont family was in a precarious situation. The situation was worse than ever before, and the few neutral opinions were ignored in the face of such attacks.
The DuPont family hoped that the companies with which it had good relations would come out to clarify the matter. However, the friends who had been smiling on their faces before now acted as if they had seen the god of plague and were avoiding them as much as possible, let alone helping them.
At the end of September 1909, in this bright and cool autumn season, the Supreme Court subpoena was delivered to Delaware. On Pierre duPont's desk, people from the Ministry of Justice looked at him coldly. Every move seemed to reflect the authority of the law, which made Pierre duPont very angry.
"I hope Mr. Pierre will attend the trial next month," the investigator said seriously. "As a personal reminder, I suggest that Mr. Dupont find a lawyer first. The unfair competition and parliamentary corruption cases will be tried together."
"Thank you for your reminder!" Pierre Dupont scratched his smooth forehead and said word by word. After the investigator left without any regrets, he threw everything on the table out, and it scattered all over the floor. Only Pierre Dupont was left in the office, gasping for breath.
But this does not help to change the current almost hopeless situation.
I can’t update three chapters today. I don’t know if my eyes are astigmatism or not, but I can’t see the words on the screen document clearly.
(End of this chapter)
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