Chapter 243: The Red Ghost of Europe

The third update, today's late flight, the flight was delayed, and it may have been twelve o'clock in the evening when I got home, so I didn't update it so early

From a carriage slowly driving towards St. Martin's Church, there was a burst of hearty laughter, interspersed with hurried debates. At this time, Garian, Wolfer, and Marx were sitting in the car, discussing the next meeting.

"This is the first meeting of the Provisional Committee, and the election of the members representing the States, together with the members who have already been elected, is fifty in all; A nine-member committee will also be elected to draft the charter. I have been elected to the Provisional Committee and the Special Committee to attend the inaugural meeting of the International Committee this time. Lord Garion is an observer, but it's just as important, because some of the statutes still need you to polish up. ”

Although Garion was an observer and a proposer, and had no right to decide on the various initiatives of the meeting, he was able to provide suggestions for amending the bylaws.

"Okay, I'll do my best to accomplish this."

Marx nodded, and continued, "Your Excellency Wolfer is Comrade Mazzini's secretary, and he and Comrade Weston of the Chartist will prepare a draft document on the program of the Communist League movement for the Congress. If the congress can vote on it, then it will be a truly organized, influential movement of the spontaneous proletarian movement in Europe. It is also us who appear in front of the world in a unified form. ”

Garion didn't speak, and he didn't bother to dig into the meaning, anyway, Marx must have been embarrassed when he saw the two articles of association, and tried his best to oppose it, and finally a debate and conflict broke out at the meeting, and under the opposition of everyone, the draft submitted by the two was prevented from passing, and Marx was personally responsible for drafting a document, which smashed the error of the line and stabilized the position of the proletariat.

Marx admired this young and energetic man of letters, although he was on the side of the bourgeois democrats, but ideologically he was a standard communist fighter, which is why Marx wrote a letter to invite Garion to the meeting.

If they want to grow and develop, they must be able to accommodate more comrades.

"I've heard in London that Gallian angrily denounced the academic art of Paris in the unsuccessful salon, vigorously advocated the blossoming of the art of painting, and directly slapped the official salon in the face, which is tantamount to a slap in the face of the Bonaparte family. And you have also read your article on "France, the Great Qing Dynasty of Europe", and it is reasonable that the views are novel and unique, and it is reasonable that they are opposed by the people of Paris, after all, they have not yet been able to wake up from the glory of the past, and they do not realize that the so-called glory of Napoleon III is just a flash in the pan. According to the report of the French workers, the gap between the rich and the poor in France is widening, the discontent of the people is gradually increasing, and the Bonaparte family is facing pressure not only from Germany, but also from dissatisfied opposition at home. At present, France has gradually entered a situation of internal and external troubles. I want to get out of trouble in the future. The best way is to use national contradictions to divert class relations in the country, and waging war is the most direct means. ”

Karl Marx's forward-looking strategic vision

Shocked by Galian, he used national contradictions to divert class contradictions, which was the same as the practice of one of the five permanent members of the United Nations in the future, and Napoleon III did this in history, but he miscalculated the difference in strength between the two sides, resulting in the disastrous defeat of Sedan.

Garion added, "It's the twilight of the Empire. ”

"The big capitalists hold the lifeblood of the economy, the growing disparity in incomes and growing discontent of the people, oh, and the rising housing prices of Paris. History is always strikingly similar. France will still have four or five years now, and it is not known what will be the situation in four or five years. ”

When it comes to the current state of affairs in France, Garion is the one who has the most voice. He wished that Bonaparte's government would be wiped out in the insurrection, but that the newly established French Third Republic would be no better.

"The proletarian party must enter the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies and compete with the capitalists until they control the Congress, so that we have the right to turn the president or the emperor into rubber stamps."

Garion scoffed at Wolfer's statement and asked, "Did Lord Wolfer misunderstand everything about us?" The way the proletariat gets the world is not to join the capitalist game, but to smash the chips of the capitalist game. What are the odds of winning when you play cards with a gambler who is destined to make a thousand? ”

"So what do you say?"

Wolfer was annoyed, he was annoyed by Garion's repeated rebuttals, and he didn't know why the other party was against him at every turn!

"Violent revolution and overthrow of the regime are the only way out for the poor people who eat sewer rats, not by the handouts of the capitalists!"

"Alright, stop arguing."

Karl Marx interrupted the dispute between the two, and in fact the contradiction between the two is also the contradiction of the vast majority of the leftists today, each with their own ideas, and has never been able to form a huge force, and this gathering is to gather idle forces and turn them into political behemoths that can make the countries of Europe tremble.

"What is left to Parliament, the priority now is to draft a charter and a manifesto."

Marx turned his head, patted the back of Garion's hand, and said earnestly, "Actually, I have a personal request to invite His Excellency Garion to this meeting this time. This was also mentioned to Lord Garion in the previous envelope. ”

Garion nodded, he had almost guessed the purpose, he had no chance to meddle in specific matters, and the reason why Marx invited him over was largely because of his literary talent. Responsible for the drafting of some charters.

It was an honour for Galion, who was a landmark charter draft, and Gallien, who had a Parisian conscience and was a revolutionary sympathizer, was undoubtedly the best choice.

He thought for a moment before slowly making his request.

"I have only one request for the drafting of the declaration. It is about the first sentence of the manifesto, which I hope that His Excellency Marx will accept my suggestion. And this proposal for the declaration is very important. ”

"Speak, please."

Karl Marx changed to a serious expression, and quietly listened to Garion's words.

Garion raised his index finger, and both Marx and Wolfer listened attentively.

The chatter in the carriage was gone, and only Garion's deep voice, like the whispers of a god, filled the sealed carriage.

"A specter, the specter of communism, hovers the continent."