Chapter 134: Currency Wars IV
On the German side, the dissolution of the parliament was triggered by the French's demand for reparations. On the French side, from January 1920 to the present, there have been three changes of government.
"Tiger" Clemenceau became an unlikable "madman" after winning the world war. The French right-hand Pai believed that the Treaty of Versailles, which he had single-handedly promoted, had spared Germany. It's betrayal and surrender! Zuo Pai regarded him as a dictator because he ordered the shooting of workers who protested and marched.
So he suffered a crushing defeat in the presidential race at the end of 1919 and disappeared in early 1920. Then, there were two short-lived right-wing Pai governments in France - the Millerand government and the Légue government (Millerand went to be president in September 1920, and the prime minister was succeeded by Léger), and the huge reparations of 269 billion gold marks were the two right-wing Pai governments and the former French president, the current chairman of the reparations committee, Raymond. Poincaré (also Big Right Pai, of course) made it together.
But on January 16, 1921, the French right-wing Pai government stepped down because of the post-war economic depression, and was replaced by Christede, one of the grandparents of the European Madonna, a left-Pai politician who later won the dynamite award, and the leader of the French Independent Socialist Party. Brian.
At this time, the internal political structure of France, if it is also divided by positions, is somewhat different from Germany. The extremist forces in France are relatively small -- the victorious countries of France do not have so many bitter and bitter ideas -- and basically the center-left and center-right factions take turns in the government. There was almost no extreme right, and the Bolshevik Party on the J left had some strength, but it was not as radical as the German Cloth Party, which carried out armed uprisings at every turn. From the very beginning, the French party took the path of parliamentary democracy.
And when the center-right of France was in power, the most important thing was to bully Germany, shouting and killing, and eager to devour Germany alive. If France had always been the **** leader, the historical Nazi Germany would definitely not be able to get up, but France still has the Virgin of Pai.
Therefore, the Franco-German relations after the First World War are figuratively said that whenever the French right-hand Pai villains bullied the German children miserably, they lost the election, and then the French left-Pai virgins came to appease the German children with love. And when the German children were moved by the French Virgin and determined to change their minds and be good people, the French big right Pai villains came to the stage again......
On June 27, 1921, on the day the results of the German parliamentary elections were announced, French Prime Minister Christine Brown. Briand visited London, England.
"Mr. Prime Minister, do you know the results of the German elections?" As soon as he sat down in a small, old meeting room at 10 Downing Street, the French "Virgin" Briand directly brought up the German election.
"You know, the Social Democrats and the Independent Social Democrats won 145 seats, a full 40 seats less!"
Lloyd's. George's complexion looks bad, and his premiership is now unsecure. Because his policy toward Russia was questioned by conservative forces at home (Qiu Fatzi and Curzon, among others) - as mentioned earlier, Britain's policy toward Russia was only to dismember and weaken, not to eliminate Soviet Russia. The Anglo-Soviet trade negotiations that began in November 1920 and the trade agreement signed on March 16 of the following year were naturally products of this policy. But the move drew the ire of the Conservative Party (the British Cabinet at the time was a coalition of Conservatives and Liberals).
"At least a third of it is saved, and Albert will not be impeached." Lloyd's. George said, smoking a cigar.
"Just not for the time being," Brian shook his head, "just a few more seats, very dangerous." And in this election, several militant parties emerged, one of which was called the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (with Hersmann's support, Hitler had become the leader of the party, and changed its name again) and Ludendorff was supported by Ludendorff and won 12 seats. The Fatherland People's Party (Stresemann's party, which is related to the Fatherland Party, founded by Ludendorff before the war) received 10 percent of the vote and won 42 seats. Now Ludendorff has won 54 seats! ”
"It's less than 13%."
"If you add the members of the Honorary Officer Corps of the Central Party, the National Party and the Democratic Party, the number is 148!"
"This ...... It's a bit much. "Lloyd's. George scratched his head, "But...... Christian, I see what you mean. The Germans can't compensate so many gold marks, and if the current situation continues, the mark will definitely collapse. By that time, Germany's militants will win more seats in parliament. But we still have to follow through on the policy of collapsing the mark. ”
The British Prime Minister sighed, there were some things that he could not dictate, and there were many in the British Empire who wanted Mark to collapse......
"Someone will come to the rescue of the German economy, and the German militants will not be allowed to succeed for long."
"Collapse first, then save, this is a war, right?" Our Lady of Brian asked with a frown. "There are already German newspapers saying it's a currency war!"
Lloyd's. George actually nodded, "Yes, this is a currency war!" As long as we destroy the mark, the German economy will depend on us forever. ”
"They can still fight!" Briand said in a gloomy tone, "The wartime economy can be without gold!" ”
"It's not going to get to that point, or else." Lloyd's. George waved his hand and said with a smile, "I just received a telegram from our ambassador to Soviet Russia that the Russian Bolsheviks want to convene an international conference to discuss the conclusion of treaties and trade. I think we can take advantage of this opportunity to convene an international conference in the Italian city of Renaya to discuss European economic issues. In addition to the Soviet-Russian question, the question of German reparations and the revision of the Treaty of Versailles could also be discussed. Let's get this out there first to give the Germans a little confidence. ”
It should be in Germany's interest to discuss the question of German reparations and to revise the Treaty of Versailles. This is because both Britain and the United States, when the reparations commission meets, tend to let Germany pay less. And the government of the Great Right Pai in France has stepped down, and it is now the Virgin of the Left Pai who is in power.
Therefore, by the time of the conference next April, the Entente could work out a new reparations plan that would control the German economy without pushing the Germans to a dead end. Britain, on the other hand, could later further incorporate the mark into the "gold exchange" system, thereby controlling German finance, which was controlled by Britain and ruled by the anti-war Social Democrats, and Germany would no longer be a time bomb for Europe.
But now Lloyd's. Neither Georges nor the Left Pai Madonna of the White Lady expected that God would not bless France! By the time the meeting was held, the Virgin Briand had stepped down, and the Great Right Pai Raymond. Poincaré has been elected Prime Minister again......
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"Joseph. Wirther and Val T. Rathenau are traitors, ****, traitors! The enemy is just a look, a sign, and he is impatient to form a cabinet and betray the country! Such a person is not at all worthy of being the leader of the German Empire! By the way, Rathenau is still an evil Jewish capitalist! ”
In an office in Berlin's Reichstag, an angry mustache is shouting -- he's Adolf. Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party! With Hersmann spending a lot of money on advertising and Ludendorff bringing in a lot of retired "heroes" to fill the façade, his Nazi Party achieved a remarkable record in the recent general election, winning 12 seats. And Hitler himself, who had just become a German citizen, became an honorable member of the Reichstag.
However, the "anti-Albert" camp still did not have the seats needed for impeachment. And after Britain and France expressed their willingness to discuss the issue of reparations and amendments. President of the Catholic Central Party Joseph. Wirther and the Democratic co-chairman, Val T. Rathenau, immediately expressed their willingness to form a coalition with the SPD......
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