"Cease the war of aggression. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"The Eight-Nation Coalition go back. ”

"Defend the rights and interests of the Chinese nation. ”

"Protest against the Russian invasion of Northeast China. ”

"All Chinese unite. ”

"Revitalize China and strive for self-improvement. ”

With this slogan, the consuls of various countries standing on the balcony on the third floor of the British Consulate seemed to feel the building trembling under their feet.

Looking down from the balcony, I saw that the street in front of the British Consulate was full of people, and it had been discharged for hundreds of meters, filling the entire street, but it could be seen that these people were very young, and it was estimated that the oldest would not be more than 20 years old.

However, the whole procession appeared to be quite orderly, and stopped at a distance of 6 or 7 meters in front of the consulate gate, led by more than a dozen young students, including two women, holding a large long banner that read "Protest against the invasion of China by imperialist powers". Although it was too far away to hear the content of her speech, judging from the enthusiastic response from the students, it showed that it was quite influential.

After returning to the room from the balcony, the faces of the consuls of various countries were not very good-looking. On the one hand, after the Industrial Revolution, the rise of the new class of workers and the improvement of their ideological consciousness triggered the workers' stratum to safeguard their own rights and interests; on the other hand, after the emergence of Marxist theory, the workers' movement was given theoretical and ideological guidance, and the struggle was organized and purposeful. In recent years, China's neighbor Japan has been increasingly industrialization and workers' demonstrations have been increasing. As a result, consuls from all over the world have seen demonstrations.

Compared with the demonstrations of tens of thousands of people in European countries, this time's demonstrations were only two or three thousand people at most, and most of the participants were students, which was much smaller in scale, but the consuls of various countries still felt shocked, because according to their experience, such a large-scale procession would never be spontaneous, and there must be someone behind it, just like the demonstrations that are happening in European countries now, most of them are planned and organized by believers in Marxist doctrine, and in some countries, relatively tight associations or political party organizations have been formed。 As for who organized the march behind this parade, the answer is almost imminent.

In addition, although European countries will take tough measures against demonstrations, and dispatch military and police to disperse and even suppress them, for each country, the occurrence of demonstrations is a major crisis event, which will not only affect social order, Economic development has a great impact, because the slightest carelessness can lead to revolutionary events and subversive changes to the national government, such as the constitutional revolution in England, such as the French Revolution, so after the demonstrations are over, whether it is peaceful or forcibly suppressed, governments often make some concessions to the workers in order to ease social contradictions.

Moreover, the impact of the Boxer Rebellion, which was dominated by xenophobia in China, has not yet completely ended, and the outbreak of demonstrations in Shanghai with the main purpose of opposing the Eight-Nation Alliance, coupled with the participation of overseas Chinese, has further complicated this incident, so in the face of such a situation, the consuls of various countries are not only a little overwhelmed.

After returning indoors from the balcony, Huo Bilan said to the consuls with a solemn face: "Everyone, we must control the situation in Shanghai now, and we must not let Shanghai become a second Beijing, so what do you think?"

Dmitriev said: "What else is there to consider, immediately notify the patrol room of the concession, send the police to disperse them, and arrest the leader." ”

U.S. Consul Guna frowned and said, "Don't forget, the police in the concession are all Chinese, and it's probably not easy for them to attack their own compatriots." ”

Dmitriev waved his hand and said, "Then transfer the army over, use guns, use shelling, and deal with these yellow-skinned monkeys, using guns is the most effective way." ”

However, after he finished speaking, the other consuls looked at the Russian consul with idiot eyes, and some people even wondered if this guy could become the consul of Shanghai, whether he used some kind of operation, and this IQ was too gratifying.

In fact, Dmitriev is also a relatively capable official in Russia, but in dealing with the workers' movement, demonstrations and other behaviors, other European countries are relatively restrained, and if they can be appeased, they will try their best to pacify and resolve it peacefully, and if they can't be appeased, they will generally only send the police to disperse, and only when the scale of the march is very large and has a major impact on the government and society, will the military be dispatched. However, only the Russian government has the most drastic measures against the workers' movement, demonstrations and other acts, and almost every workers' movement and march that takes place in Russia, the government will use force to suppress it, and even send troops, causing bloodshed. Therefore, Dmitriev's proposal to send troops to suppress this student march was a matter of habit, not ignorance.

At this moment, I saw a waiter come over and report to Huo Bilan that the students who were at the entrance of the consulate asked the British consul in Shanghai to go out to meet them and accept the protest letter submitted by the students. At the same time, he also gave Huo Bilan a document, which turned out to be an urgent telegram sent by overseas Chinese to the British Consulate.

Huo Bilan was noncommittal about the demands of the marching students, but he did not dare to ignore the telegram from overseas Chinese, because this time was too coincidental, and there must be important content, so he hurriedly took it and looked at it, and his face couldn't help but change. And the other consuls were watching, and everyone's hearts were wondering what was written in this telegram.

And Huo Bilan didn't let them wait too long, and even handed the telegram to Guna and said, "Let's take a look, this is sent to us by overseas Chinese, and it is estimated that each consulate will receive one." ”

Guna took the telegram, and the other consuls came to him to watch, although it was in English, most of the consuls could also understand it, and saw that the telegram was written: I learned that there was a march in the Shanghai Concession to protest against the invasion of China by various countries, and this was a move by Chinese students who were concerned about the future and destiny of the motherland, and they were patriotic rather than xenophobic and xenophobic. The consulates of various countries should exercise restraint and respond to the demands of the students, and should not use force to disperse the shock, and if there is still bloodshed if there is a conflict, the Tianjin New Area Government will definitely take intervening actions, and all the consequences will be borne by the concession.

If at the beginning, the consuls of various countries only suspected that the parade was related to overseas Chinese, now it is basically a sure thing. However, now the consuls of various countries do not have effective means to counter the overseas Chinese, and they no longer dare to ignore the warnings of the overseas Chinese, because after the People's Army conquers Beijing, no one dares to doubt the determination of the overseas Chinese, because if the overseas Chinese really send troops to attack Shanghai, with the current garrison of Shanghai, it is impossible to resist it, so even Dmitriev, who just called the highest tune, did not say anything at this time, the fighting nation is actually quite pragmatic, although the Russian army in the northeast has been ready to wave its army to the south, but it is too far away from Shanghai, if the overseas Chinese are really anxious and send troops to attack Shanghai, then it is unlucky to be yourself。

At this time, the Public Concession and the French Concession sent telegrams to the British Consulate, and it turned out that they had received the news that someone was marching in the Concession, and they were going to send police, but at this time they received threatening telegrams from overseas Chinese, so they sent a telegram to the British Consulate for interrogation.

Before the consuls could react, other consulates also sent telegrams, and sure enough, each consulate received a telegram from overseas Chinese, but at this time, all the consuls were meeting in the British consulate, so they all sent telegrams to inquire.

The consuls also looked at each other at this time, and really didn't know what to do, then Huo Bilan said: "In this way, for this parade, we still have to stabilize the situation in the concession first, from now on, the procession is also quite restrained, I think as long as we also maintain restraint, they should not make much trouble, and as for how to deal with the situation in China, this is no longer something that our consulate can solve, I suggest that you first truthfully inform the situation in China to the country, and let the governments decide." After a pause, Huo Bilan said: "I'll go out to meet their representatives in a while, see what they say, and I'll tell you the results immediately." ”

At this time, all countries could only do what Huo Bilan advised, so the consuls of various countries also left one after another and left through the back door of the British Consulate. Huo Biqian also walked out of the door of the consulate, met with the student representatives of the march, and received the protest letter submitted by the students, and the two sides also had a brief conversation, in fact, the students' demands were similar to their slogans, that is, to ask all countries to stop the war, stop the aggression, and let China restore peace.

Huo Bilan also made a brief speech to the students, saying that he had known the students' demands and would convey them to the domestic government, and that he would suggest to the domestic government that negotiations with China should be resumed as soon as possible to end the war and restore peace in China. At the same time, it is also requested that the students should immediately end the march and return to their respective schools, and if the students still insist on the march, it is hoped that the students will exercise restraint during the procession, refrain from using violence, do not destroy the public facilities of the concession, and do not disturb the normal order of life in the concession.

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