Subtitle of this chapter: Shame, shame

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"Comrade who is the most sensitive word here once said that the October Revolution brought us Marxism-Leninism with the sound of a cannon.

But Comrade Lenin, who led the October Revolution, said that the explosions on Piccadilly Street woke up the colonial peoples of the world!

These are the first sentences of his personally authored article published on the front page of Pravda on July 25.

In fact, on July 24 and in the days following (due to the time difference), newspapers around the world devoted a lot of space to the '723 Event'.

Interestingly, the headlines of newspapers in both the UK and other countries are related to "SHAME".

NEWSPAPERS OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM GLOATED THAT THE '723 INCIDENT' WAS A DISGRACE TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND SOME SIMPLY QUOTED MS. LAM HUIYIN'S 'SHAME ON YOU' AS THE HEADLINE.

Even Japan, Britain's ally at the time, seemed to have forgotten about the kidnapping of the crown prince, and the Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, and Mainichi Shimbun, the three major general folio newspapers, all used the word "shame" as the headline on their front pages.

The same is true for other countries. The People's Observer, an obscure tabloid newspaper in Munich at the time, published an article written by an inconspicuous man at the time, in which the author ridiculed the British Empire.

And this man was none other than Hitler. Because of this incident, he developed a strong favorable impression of the Chinese people. Therefore, after he came to power, he once hoped to pick up the "German-American-Chinese Triangle Alliance" once advocated by the Manchu government.

However, the commanders of the military advisory group he sent to China poured cold water on him several times, telling Hitler that the Chinese soldiers should be excellent after adequate nutrition and training, but the commander of the Chinese was a big, big 'beep'. Only then did he turn to seek cooperation with the Japanese side.

Mussolini published a similar article in his newspaper Le Volvo Italiana, but the fascist leader used more polite terms than Hitler.

In the world, the most detailed coverage of the '723 Event' is undoubtedly the New York-based Le Monde.

Relying on the first-hand interview of Ms. Emma Pulitzer, a rising star of the Pulitzer family of the No. 1 news newspaper in the United States, this newspaper that was almost squeezed out of the big four newspapers in New York has become the largest circulation in the United States, and it is also the most internationally reputed, if not one.

INBRISH LISTENED TO THE WORD 'SHAME' IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS IN THE UK, SUCH AS THE TIMES, THE GUARDIAN AND THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.

Of course, they are not criticizing their own colonial policies, but they are making a big show...... Perhaps it would be more accurate to use hysteria that the newspapers scolded Scotland Yard and the then Superintendent of Police, Sir Holwood.

Although their rhetoric was fierce and even suspected of personal attacks, the Metropolitan Police was indeed to blame.

First of all, Scotland Yard has a responsibility to protect royalty and senior cabinet officials.

And in this case, not to mention the security of the Japanese legation, the Prince of Wales and two cabinet members were easily kidnapped.

Secondly, the field commander, Sir Holwood, was so poor that he was speechless during this period.

He and his policemen were like cattle led by the nose by the hijackers, and not only did the hibiscus make that important statement, but the hijackers slipped through the sewers very easily under the noses of Scotland Yard.

Because the kidnappers released a large number of hostages and blew up the internal passage of the Japanese legation, by the time the London police discovered the hole in the basement, two or three hours had passed. The Hibiscus Legion had long since fled.

Finally, British public opinion questioned the entire police system of the British Empire.

Because just after July 24, the IRA issued a public statement that the two royal highnesses of the crown prince had actually fallen into their hands, and had arrived in Ireland at this time!

In other words, the Prince of Wales and the Prince of Dee Palace were transferred just after the kidnapping on July 23. Later, the things that the Hibiscus Legion did were nothing more than smoke bombs to divert attention.

It also suggests that there is a deep connection between the Hibiscus Corps and the IRA, and perhaps even a group of people. Because after the incident, both Royal Highnesses claimed that they had seen Caucasian people among the kidnappers.

But whether the kidnappers were Chinese or Irish, they had set up a clandestine underground network in Britain. This network can not only support them in launching the '723 Incident', but also help them easily transfer two large living people.

How can this not convince the British of the work and competence of the British police?

How could this not make the British fear for the safety of their own country and individuals?

How could this not make the British feel that this incident was a great shame for their country?

Of course, this distrust was also directed at the George Lloyd's Liberal coalition government, which was in power at the time, and it is no wonder that Lloyd's head fell out of power after a few years. (Author's note: Originally, this government was dissolved in 1922.) ）

He was succeeded as prime minister by Andrew Bernal Law of the Conservative Party, who was born in Canada and is the only prime minister in British history who was not born in the British Isles.

As a result, the Liberal Party collapsed, and even the Labour Party had far more seats in Parliament.

Our coverage of the '723 Incident' in the Chinese press is limited by means of communication, so all the news comes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Beijing government.

This was probably the most pleasant cooperation between the government and the press in the history of the Republic of China.

Yen Huiqing, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, was a professional diplomat, and he realized that it would be more beneficial for the government to turn the finger on Britain than Japan.

As he expected, although the student movement triggered by this incident has not subsided for the time being, and there are once again voices in the market to "boycott Japanese goods", the main demand has expanded from "return my Qingdao" to "recover the concession". This has eased the relationship between China and Japan a little.

In these reports, two Chinese names are frequently mentioned. A Miss Lin Huiyin, who naturally spoke for the Hibiscus Legion. Newspapers outside the UK have named her the most beautiful Oriental woman.

The other is Mr. Yuan Yanqi, who also arrived in Ireland with the two Royal Highnesses of the Crown Prince.

At this time, the magazine "Transformation" had already published his "Village Teacher", plus his previous "A Group of Wives and Concubines", which made him the title of "the first person in vernacular literature" who had not yet returned to China......"

——Excerpt from "The World's Newspaper Industry in the 723 Event"