Chapter 717 Sukabule
In July last year, in order to appease its overseas colonies and dominions, Britain held an imperial conference to discuss the future of the Commonwealth.
The meeting lasted for 4 months in total, and no results were discussed, which made the member states increasingly dissatisfied.
Constantinople held an exposition and sent invitations to South Africa, Canada, and Australia respectively. This also aroused strong dissatisfaction in the United Kingdom, so Churchill's thief was called a thief.
Lloyd George was relatively restrained and did not directly mention names.
Churchill directly targeted Russia, which also aroused dissatisfaction among Russian political figures.
Fortunately, Witte, as a mature politician, did not express his anger with the British government because of Churchill's remarks.
But in an interview with reporters, Nicholas Jr. said that since the British believed that the submarines of the Irish Resistance were provided by Russia, it would be unfair if Russia did not do something.
Churchill immediately clamored for World War II.
George and Lloyd George put out the fire urgently. We couldn't let these two go on like this, otherwise they would have to fight.
In fact, there is no need to fight. Britain's situation is getting more and more difficult.
At the end of last year, the British Treasury predicted that British exports in 1920 might drop to only 1 billion pounds.
This prediction fully proves the seriousness of the situation in the UK. You must know that UK exports last year were still 2.6 billion pounds.
Witt believed that the British Treasury's forecast was too pessimistic. After all, in the first week of the Constantinople Exposition, the total amount of agreements reached exceeded 12 billion rubles.
This includes 4 billion contributed by the French.
No one expected that the British Treasury's forecast was not pessimistic, but too optimistic.
In the first four months of 1920, British exports were only 10 million pounds.
The decimal point is correct, it is indeed only 1 million.
At the same time, UK imports were £1.2 billion.
About half of this went to Russia.
George has to say that the British are still very wealthy.
600 million pounds, at the current exchange rate, is approximately worth 4.8 billion rubles.
The materials imported by the UK from Russia include: food, medicine, clothing, building materials, complete sets of machinery, as well as daily necessities such as cosmetics.
While exports shrank sharply, the rebellion in Ireland intensified, and the British government had to consider negotiating with the Irish.
With the arrival of spring, Russia has begun intensive domestic construction again.
Witte's prediction was correct this time. The number of Korean and Japanese workers returning to Russia was less than one-tenth of last year's number.
Japan accelerated its military expansion last winter and established six new Class A divisions with a total strength of about 150,000.
Russia and Goryeo have begun negotiations on troop withdrawal. The focus of the dispute lies in Russia's various military investments in Goryeo.
After the Russo-Japanese War, Russia increased its investment in Goryeo. In the past decade alone, the Amur State Government’s cumulative investment in Busan, Seoul, Jeju and other places totaled more than 3 billion rubles.
If Korea wants Russia to withdraw its troops, it must return the 3 billion to the Amur Region government.
Li Tuo, who ascended the throne earlier this year, does not agree with this result. He believes that the Amur Region government is suspected of blackmail.
When the news reached Gyeongbokgung Palace, Concubine Min, who had been bedridden for a long time, was so angry that she passed away.
After the death of Concubine Min, Li Tuo no longer had any scruples. He actually appealed to the Russian government and the Amur Region through the League of Nations regarding the casualties of Goryeo soldiers during the World War and the unfair treatment Goryeo workers had suffered in Russia for a long time. The government initiated the claim.
The news reached Constantinople, and even George felt incredible.
Russia is one of the four permanent members of the League of Nations.
On April 28, 1919, the League of Nations was established with a total of 44 participating countries in the first batch. Among them, 31 countries had joined the Allied Powers or supported the Allied Powers during the World War.
As an advocate of the League of Nations, Wilson received the Dynamite Peace Prize.
The United States did not join the League of Nations, so only four of the original five permanent members were left, namely the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Russia.
The first plenary meeting of the League of Nations was held in Paris in January this year, and then the League of Nations moved to the Wilson Palace in Geneva, Switzerland.
In addition to the four permanent members of the League of Nations, there are also four non-permanent members.
The permanent members are fixed, while the non-permanent members are not fixed and rotate every four years.
The first batch of four non-permanent members are South Africa, Morocco, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and the Kingdom of Greece.
Among the four non-permanent members, South Africa is an overseas autonomous territory of the United Kingdom, Morocco is a French dependency, the Kingdom of Bulgaria has changed pants with Russia, and the Kingdom of Greece has nothing to do with Italy.
Just half a month ago, the Kingdom of Greece, which had lost its asylum from Russia, failed to withstand the offensive of the Ottoman Empire. It lost consecutive battles and lost all its territory on the Asia Minor Peninsula.
The Ottoman Empire failed to usher in peace as the Sultan wished, and immediately entered a state of civil war like Russia. Mustafa Kemal became the most watched international figure in 1920.
In this case, Goryeo claimed compensation from Russia, which immediately replaced the Ottoman Civil War and became the focus of everyone's attention.
During the World War, the Gauri Corps performed better than the brave and capable Cossacks in the Balkan theater.
The reputation of the Cossacks was mainly affected by the defeat on the Northern Front.
The outstanding performance of the Koil Corps made the whole world look at Goryeo and Japan with admiration.
Compared with Japan, as early as the Russo-Japanese War, the Goryeo army fought for Russia, made many military exploits, and became George's ace army.
Now the ace legion under the Military God has finally rebelled, which makes many people inexplicably excited.
If you want to defeat Russia, you really have to start from within.
This tastes just right.
In response to Li Tuo's rebellion, Nicholas Jr. suggested that someone else should be the king, which would be easy for Russia.
Li Tuo was still too naive. He probably thought that under his command, the Goryeo officers and soldiers would perform as well as they did in the Balkan theater.
As long as George nods, Li Tuo won't be able to have dinner today. "No, we can't do that."
Witt firmly objected.
“Why?”
Little Nicholas wants to kill the chicken and scare the monkey.
"Because that would hurt Russia's honor."
Witt's answer drove little Nikolai crazy.
No matter what Russia does, in the eyes of many people, Russia has no honor at all.
Most countries in the world are afraid of power but not moral. Did the Queen of England ever care about the honor of Britain when she issued the "Private Order"?
Americans have never been ashamed of themselves when they were trying to get the best of both worlds.
Clemenceau was ordered to lead France to victory in the World War.
At the beginning of this year, Clemenceau suffered a tragic defeat in the French election and was abandoned by all French people.
This is the killing of the donkey.
"Li Tuo's health is not good and he needs to take medicine for a long time. We can do it perfectly and let Li Tuo die in an accident."
Guchkov has become Russia's sharp knife.
"Even if he really died in an accident, some people will suspect that we did it."
Felix is talking about things. At a time when conspiracy theories are so popular, if you interpret them from different angles, you can draw completely different conclusions. .
"Then why are we hesitating?"
Little Nicholas broke the jar.
“Before making this decision, I would like to ask you a question, what does your ideal Russia look like?”
George has high demands on Russia.
“Russia should be the king of the world, fearsome!”
Little Nicholas transformed into Caesar, awe-inspiring and inviolable.
“We are the European military police and should be the defenders of order.”
The tradition in Werther’s bones will never change.
"No, no, no, we should learn from the British Continental Equilibrium."
Felix takes the wrong approach, and the ideal Russia is a chess player.
Igor kept smiling and said nothing. You scumbags still don’t understand Grand Duke Yuriev.
There is no need to answer this question at all. Just do whatever George said.
Another person who did not speak was Guchkov. He did not speak because he was wise, but because he could not speak.
"Tell me about it——"
Little Nikolay is not too big a deal to watch the fun.
“We should kill everyone else——”
“You’d better shut up!”
Little Nicholas regretted it and would rather squat on the ground and count ants. I don't want to provoke this madman anymore.
"My ideal Russia should be a holy land that everyone yearns for, a Garden of Eden, a Utopia, and a perfect fairy tale world."
For the first time, George revealed his true feelings to his imperial ministers.
“We don’t need to be like the Germans, who risk their lives for the sake of living space; nor are we like the Koreans, who have to endure hardships for survival; and we don’t need to be like the Americans, who are being punished for petty gains. "The contempt of man."
George went directly to the value, and the chicken soup was freshly baked in 1920.
“Russia is big enough to accommodate all of our ambitions; Russia also has the ability to make our ideals come true; those who oppose us will eventually be run over by our wheels; those who follow us, It will eventually become part of us.”
George concluded with Huntington's question.
“Who are we?”
George paused, meaningfully: “We are Russia.”
While everyone was still immersed in the beautiful vision described by George, they couldn’t extricate themselves. , Little Nicholas suddenly exploded: "Suka Bu!"
This is the difference between being literate and uneducated.
George is not angry. He can transform a person like little Nicholas into a person useful to Russia. George can only be a virtuous person.
This scene that took place in George's office was not known to the outside world except for the participants.
After the meeting, Nicholas Jr., as Russia's ambassador to the League of Nations, went to the League of Nations to argue with representatives of other countries.
Felix went to Crimea to inspect the construction of the new capital.
Witt continues to work hard to sell national debt. No matter how desirable the future George describes, it must start accumulating bit by bit.
The secret police under Guchkov continue to mobilize frantically. Anyone who dares to go against Russia will be liquidated by Russia.
Igor was about to retire, but suddenly decided to work for another two years, and helped little Felix onto the horse for another ride.
Everything seems to be the same as before.
But only those who attended the meeting that day knew that Russia finally welcomed the real Caesar.
(End of this chapter)