The International Non-War Conference held in May 1932 was not an official international conference, and most of it was advocated and participated in by non-governmental anti-war figures.

Don't underestimate these peace lovers, each of them has a huge influence, and their voice in the front of public opinion even exceeds that of their respective governments.

Mrs. Sun wore white shoulders and said to Zhou Hexuan at the door of the venue: "Mr. Zhou, please first!" ”

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly said, "It's better for Ms. Song to ask first." ”

Mrs. Sun no longer shirked, with a slight smile on her face, and walked into the venue.

When the two walked into the venue, there were already a few people inside. Romain Rolland greeted him, shook hands with Zhou Hexuan warmly and said, "Zhou, we meet again." ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Let me introduce you, the lady next to me is the wife of Mr. Sun, the founder of the Republic of China." Ms. Song, this is Mr. Romain Rolland, a great European writer. ”

"Hello Ms. Song!"

"Hello Mr. Roland!"

After greeting each other, Romain Rolland introduced the others to them: "Ms. Song, Mr. Zhou, this is Sir Marais, the 'red aristocrat' of the United Kingdom, this is Mr. Gu Jiulie, a member of the Central Committee of the French Communist Party, and this is Mr. Eloson, the editor-in-chief of China Forum. ”

Romain Rolland introduced all of Europe's most famous anti-war activists.

Sir Marley belonged to the left wing of the British Labour Party, Gujulie was the editor-in-chief of the French newspaper Humanité, and Eloson was a well-known anti-war journalist in the United States (China Forum was an English-language magazine in the United States).

Under the introduction of Romain Rolland, everyone quickly became acquainted and talked about the current international situation in a low voice.

After about a few minutes, two more people suddenly entered, one was Remarque (German), the author of "All Quiet on the Western Front", and the other was Barbisse (French), the author of "Artillery Fire".

"All Quiet on the Western Front" is now popular all over the world, with 6 printing presses and 10 binding machines, working overtime for this film, selling crazy in Europe, the United States, and Asia, setting off an international wave of anti-war doctrine. It was even adapted into a film by Hollywood, USA, and won the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director.

In addition to this, there are the American writer Theresa, the German writer Louis Lang, the founder of the future British left-wing book union, Gorenz and many others.

Anyway, none of the people who came to the conference were ordinary people, all of whom had huge social influence, including writers, poets, booksellers, journalists, artists, scientists, historians, political scientists, and social activists.

When Albert Einstein arrived at the venue, the crowd immediately responded with a round of applause – the only scientist in the room.

Zhou Hexuan felt that he had come to the stronghold of the leftists, and there were more than a dozen of them in the British Communist Party, the French Communist Party and the German Communist Party. Sir Marley and Gorentz, although British Labour Party, were also left-wing figures who advocated social reform and peace movements.

Gorentz, in particular, is not very well-known at the moment, but in a few years he will be very powerful. The left-wing Reading League, which he founded, set off a frenzied red learning craze in Britain, and by 1938 had nearly 60,000 members. They believe that capitalism is coming to an end, and that the future development of the world will be dominated by fascism at worst and socialist at best.

This trend had a great impact on the future politics of Britain, and indirectly led to various social reforms and the enactment of numerous social welfare policies in Britain after World War II.

However, the funniest thing is that although Gorentz actively promoted leftist ideas in Britain, and he also deeply longed for socialism, he was an out-and-out big capitalist. He had more than 10 servants in his big house in London, and a country house with 3 gardeners alone. He went out in a custom-made luxury car where he could lie down and sleep, ate at a high-end restaurant every day at noon, and had double-digit female secretaries, many of whom developed into lovers.

According to Freud's psychological theory, Gorentz chose the "superego" in his career and pursued the "id" in his private life.

Contradictory?

Seemingly, it is not contradictory.

Before the meeting officially began, Gorentz quietly approached Zhou Hexuan and said, "Mr. Zhou, I would like to publish all of your works in the UK. ”

"Of course you can, we'll talk about the specific cooperation in private." Zhou Hexuan naturally would not refuse this big British bookseller.

"That's great!" Gorentz laughed amusefully.

Zhou Hexuan subconsciously felt that Gorenz's motives for propagating leftist ideas were not pure. Now that the British publishing industry is in recession, people are desperate for capitalism, and then they are interested in socialism and communism, and Gorentz, as a bookseller, may have only joined the left camp to make money.

Not only the United Kingdom, but also the whole of Europe and the United States are now beginning to reflect on the shortcomings of capitalism, thus giving birth to a large number of "communist fans".

At the same time, the ideas of "appeasementism," "non-warism," and "independenceism" are also rampant, and the best-selling books in the United States in the past two years are all anti-war literature. In the hearts of the people of Europe and the United States, war is exaggerated as an extremely terrifying thing, and it seems that the entire human race will perish because of war.

This anti-war ideology, which originated among the people, has influenced governments from the bottom up. In order to gain popular votes, politicians have presented themselves as pacifists and are essentially promoting appeasement.

To put it bluntly, the First World War was fought so badly that everyone was scared and didn't want to come back a second time.

Throughout the meeting, Zhou Hexuan and Mrs. Sun undoubtedly became the focus because they were Chinese. The Japanese army's brazen occupation of Northeast China, followed by its attack on Shanghai, is an act of war that has attracted worldwide attention recently.

Romain Rolland was the first to speak, followed by Albert Einstein and Sir Marais, all on the topic of "anti-war".

Mrs. Sun then spoke: "For Europeans, fascism is growing, and war is imminent. For the Chinese, Japanese fascism has begun to rage, and war has actually broken out. The Chinese are resisting the Japanese fascists and are at the forefront of human resistance to fascism. The Chinese nation has been peace-loving since ancient times, but the Japanese fascists have broken the beautiful peace. Under the iron heel of the Japanese, the Chinese people were displaced, and large swathes of Manchuria were lost...... This is an ugly war, this is a shameful aggression. The Chinese people must stand up against fascism, just as the people of Europe must stand up against fascism. Friends, our pursuit is the same, and we are all striving for a better future for mankind. I hope that the Chinese people will no longer fight alone, and that anti-war people around the world can unite. In the northeast of China, it has become a living hell......"

Mrs. Sun was obviously prepared for a long time, and listed many bad deeds of the Kwantung Army. For example, the Japanese army brutally suppressed the people in Northeast China and robbed the private property of Chinese for no reason; For another example, in order to defend against the Soviet Union, the Japanese army captured and enslaved Chinese laborers to build military projects.

In particular, the condition of those laborers was extremely miserable, and the Kwantung Army forced them to do the work of building bridges, building roads, mining, logging, digging caves, and repairing trenches by means of deception, forcible recruitment, and arrest. Laborers eat spoiled and moldy coarse grains, and basically go hungry every day, and they also limit their meal times, and if they overtime, they will be robbed of their jobs, and even beaten and punished.

Most of the laborers wore single clothes to work in the winter, and only used cement bags and burlap bags to protect themselves from the cold, and countless people froze to death from frostbite. In the summer, they will suffer from mosquito bites, various epidemics are rampant, malaria and injuries take the lives of countless workers. However, the Japanese Kwantung Army never gave medical treatment, and the laborers could only endure when they were sick, and they had to work with illness, and if they couldn't survive, they could only be abandoned in the wilderness and wait for death.

After Mrs. Sun finished talking about these situations, there was a dead silence in the venue.

Romain Rolland closed his eyes and said bitterly: "May God bless the Chinese, sooner or later the devil will go to hell." ”