Chapter 726 Naturalization
Alexander stayed in Germany until Christmas before returning to Constantinople.
The negotiations are not over and will continue next year.
The main disagreement lies in Alexander's request to send someone to supervise the operations of Deutsche Bank, which was strongly opposed by shareholders.
Before the end of the year, the United States held a presidential election, and Republican Warren Harding won and became the 29th President of the United States.
Harding became president not because of his ability, but because of his mediocrity.
Harding's running mate was Calvin Coolidge. After Harding was successfully elected, Coolidge became the Vice President of the United States.
Coolidge's nephew is John Coolidge, the legal adviser to the Dolgorukov family.
George had no feelings for Harding, but felt sorry for Wilson.
In October last year, Wilson suffered a stroke, leaving the left half of his body completely paralyzed and blind in his left eye.
When Wilson suffered his stroke, the U.S. economy was already extremely tight.
During the World War, the United States sent 4 million soldiers to Europe to participate in the war. After the end of the World War, Wilson had been attending the Paris Peace Conference in Paris and had not had time to properly resettle the veterans.
After the economic crisis broke out, workers in the U.S. steel industry and meat processing industry went on strike, and racial riots began to spread in cities such as Chicago and Omaha.
When the United States needed Wilson most to perform his duties as president, Wilson suffered a stroke and completely lost the ability to work.
This also became an important reason for the introduction of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution in the future.
During the two months at the end of the year, Constantinople's festivals come one after another, and every day is a carnival.
First it’s Christmas and New Year’s Day, then the Russian New Year, and then the Chinese New Year.
George told Witte to take good care of the Germans working in Russia and make them feel Russia's friendliness.
Witt hesitated to speak.
Since Russia introduced a large number of workers from Germany, tens of thousands of Germans have applied to become Russian citizens. This situation has attracted the attention of the Weimar government.
It would be fine if they were ordinary Germans.
Most of those who apply for Russian citizenship are engineers, military officers and other professional and technical personnel.
The news that Witte received was that the Weimar government was considering restricting professional and technical talents from going to work in Russia.
This cannot be blamed on those Germans who applied for Russian citizenship.
Germany is still hungry, and the food shortage dilemma has not been completely alleviated.
Russia is not only well-fed, but also has a high standard of living in all aspects, which is very attractive to Germans working in Russia.
Guderian felt deeply about this.
The living standard in Amur is better than that in Russia and Europe.
Before Christmas, Granat invited Guderian and several familiar German officers to his home, and Guderian happily accepted the invitation.
The family building of the Army Academy where Granat lives looks square and ordinary on the outside, but there is a lot going on inside.
The family building with only four floors in total is actually equipped with an elevator, which is incredible in Germany.
Granat’s home is more than 200 square meters, and only Granat’s family lives on the entire floor.
There are nine people in Granat’s family, and only Granat works.
“This is normal in Amur. In many Amur families, one person works. If two people work, it is impossible to take care of the family.”
After Granat’s introduction, Guderian I learned that Granat’s wife was actually a German.
In order to welcome the arrival of the fellow villagers, Granat's wife specially cut a piece of German ham.
Guderian thought Granat's wife had made it herself, but after asking, he found out that it was a year-end benefit issued by the Vladivostok city government.
Guderian just couldn't eat anything. Guderian remembers that it seemed to be the second year after the outbreak of the World War. Germany slaughtered livestock to save feed. From then on, it was difficult for even the German army to eat ham.
Guderian always thought that Germany would no longer produce ham since then.
Now I know that Germany has been producing ham.
It’s just that ordinary Germans are not qualified to enjoy it.
“This is the biggest difference between Grand Duke Yuriev and those noble men. Those noble men never care about the life and death of ordinary people. Only Grand Duke Yuriev cares about whether we old guys have any problems. Eat, eat well.”
Granat has been in the army for 20 years and has been serving in Amur.
“If you could see the Grand Duke, or the Grand Duke’s wife, could you please ask the Grand Duke to reprimand those school inspectors. They have arranged too many extracurricular activities, which have affected the children’s learning.”
Mrs. Granat's request surprised Guderian.
Who can Grand Duke Yuriev meet whenever he wants?
There is also a photo of Granat and George hanging on the wall of Granat’s restaurant.
It was not a group photo alone, but a group photo of many people together. George sat in the center of the front row, and Granat's position was in the third row directly above George.
“Isn’t it good to arrange extracurricular activities?”
Granat does not have high requirements for children's learning, only that they can grow up healthily.
If you fail to get into Shanghai Shenwei University, then continue to serve as a soldier under George.
“Of course it’s not good! Look at those schools run by the Chinese. The students have no time to relax from morning to night every day, and they all have books in their hands when they eat——”
Grana Mrs. Te was very anxious, this was too complicated.
“Do you like that?”
Granat asked the children for their opinions.
A bunch of little carrot heads disagreed. Some nodded and some shook their heads.
"If you like to study, then go to a school run by Chinese."
It doesn't matter Granat, everyone has his own ambitions.
Guderian was very interested in Amur’s educational model.
"The Grand Duke attaches great importance to education and requires all school-age children to go to school. I would say it is not necessary at all. Some people do not like learning at all and do not cherish opportunities at all. Being in school is a waste of time and educational resources."
What Granat has become accustomed to, for Guderian and other German officers, can only happen in dreams.
“Someone in our school bullied other students and was expelled from the school.”
Granate’s youngest son Vladimir just entered primary school this year.
“Expulsion is not enough, those bitches should be sentenced to prison!”
Granat's pure military style.
“Don’t say bad words in front of the children.”
Mrs. Granat stopped her in time.
The meal was lively. After finishing the meal, Granat invited Guderian and the officers to have a cup of coffee before Guderian and the others left.
Guderian had just returned to the dormitory, and Nicholas, who came to the Vladivostok Army Academy at the same time as him, came to see Guderian.
"William, I want to become a Russian citizen -"
Nicholas was very calm and seemed to have made up his mind.
This is the fourth German officer to choose Russian citizenship this month.
(End of this chapter)