Chapter 138: Currency Wars VIII
Val T. Ratnau disembarked from the train with a heavy heart - he did not come out of nothing at the Renaya Conference, and on April 16 he and Russian Foreign Minister Chicherin signed the Agreement on the German and Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republics. This was the Raballo Treaty, which opened up a decade-long era of Soviet-German cooperation in history.
However, in this time and space, Soviet-German cooperation did not really stop after the end of the world war, but only through the Baltic Republic. So the significance of this "Raballo Treaty" is to make some of the cooperation that was originally carried out in secret a little more public, and that's it.
And what Val T. Rathenau wanted to achieve most - to temporarily save the German economy by handing over the right to issue currency - did not achieve it!
The reasonable Briand stepped down and was replaced by the unreasonable Raymond. PoincarΓ©. This guy is bent on stirring up trouble, and he wants to force Germany to war, where is he willing to give up half a step?
"Mr. Minister, the station seems to be under martial law!"
Hearing the secretary's words, Val T. Rathenau hurriedly looked up and was taken aback. The platform was full of Wehrmacht soldiers with rifles on their backs!
Martial law really? What's going on? Could it be that there was a coup d'Γ©tat!? Seckert: Are they really going to be desperate?
"Vaal T, Vaal T!" Hersmann's voice suddenly reached Rathenau's ears, and he hurriedly looked over, and sure enough, he saw Ludwig. Feng. Hersman was walking briskly towards him.
"Ludwig, what's going on here?" Val T. Rathenau asked hurriedly.
"Get information, someone is going to kill you!" Hersman shook hands with the Jewish billionaire. "Right at the train station!"
"Who?" Val T. Rathenau breathed a sigh of relief, it was not a coup d'Γ©tat.
"It's some White Russians who want to kill you," Hersman shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "because you signed a treaty with Soviet Russia!" β
"That's it?" Val T. Rathenau asked rhetorically, "Isn't the idea of the United Soviet Union your army?" β
"yes," Hersman smiled, "but those people decided to kill you anyway, because you were easier to kill." β
Preparing for the assassination of Val T. Rathenau was a right-wing group called the "Reconstruction Organization". The backbone of this group is the exiled White Russians and some German right-wing nationalists, and this group has some connection with Hitler's Nazi Party. The group's idea was to restore the Hohenzollern dynasty in Germany and the Romanov dynasty in Russia.
The signing of the treaty between Val T. Rathenau and Soviet Russia naturally offended the White Russians in the "Reconstruction Organization", who of course knew that there were also people in the German Army who were pushing for the Soviet Union.
But where did Seckert, Schleicher and Hersmann dare to move? Moreover, Stasi's spies have already infiltrated this "reconstruction organization", and if they really dare to fight this idea, the Miuta special forces will immediately go out to arrest people!
However, Hersmann could not let them kill Val T. Rathenau. Although he was a disgusting Jewish billionaire, he was Germany's foreign minister, and he had signed a treaty with Soviet Russia with the consent of the Army. In addition, signing a cooperation treaty with Soviet Russia was very beneficial to Germany's national interests, so he was also loyal to Germany.
"Don't worry," Hersman patted Val T. Rathenau on the shoulder, "I'll pick you up at the train station today, those people naturally know that you can't move, and they won't dare to touch you anymore." β
"Let's go, I'll take you home." Hersmann smiled and made a gesture of please, and then walked out of the station with Rathenau.
The square outside the train station has always been a center of street politics in Berlin, where the Nazis and Bolsheviks are now active. As Hersman and Rathenau walked out of the station, there were a number of bipartisan propagandists handing out leaflets.
These two parties, which were supposed to be mortal enemies, have now found a rare consensus. are all attacking the government's misuse of money! The Nazi Party was a little more up-to-date, shouting the slogan "Currency War - Germany Will Fight to the End".
The Bolshevik Party, on the other hand, continued to incite armed uprisings and insurrections to oppose the government's "money-printing policy," and also pointed the spearhead at "fascism" and called on the German people to be vigilant against the dangers of fascism -- at a time when the nation's survival was facing a crisis, it actually pointed the spearhead at fascism that had escalated from nationalism.
When Hersmann and Rathenau sat in a 1906 Mercedes sedan, they both had a Bolshevik tract in their hands, which had been given to them by one of Hersmann's agents.
"Fascism, it seems that the Bolsheviks in Germany also discovered the national fascist movement in Italy." As the car started, Hersmann looked at the flyer and asked Rathenau with a smile, "Val T, have you seen Mussolini in Italy?" β
"I've met once." Val T. Rathenau didn't hide it - and couldn't hide it! Stasi's agents were watching him the whole time.
"How?" Hersman asked, "When will this man come to power?" β
"On stage? Mussolini? "Val T. Rathenau clearly did not think Mussolini could come to power. He met Mussolini in Italy because he was a very popular star politician in Italy, but his Italian National Fascist Party was no match for the Socialist Party.
"Yes!" Hersman folded the flyer in his hand and stuffed it into his purse. "I think he'll be Italy's prime minister this year, or the first half of next year."
"How did he get on stage?" Val T. Rathenau asked.
"Revolution! A national fascist revolution! Hersman smiled, "Can you do me a favor?" β
"Help? Of course. Val T. Rathenau nodded, "You just saved me once, how can I refuse to help?" β
"When you are no longer foreign minister, go to Italy to avoid the limelight, and get close to Mussolini by the way."
Hersmann had given orders to Canaris, who was monitoring the Renaya meeting in Italy, to approach Mussolini, but it didn't work out well. Mussolini was already a big man and would not have much interest in a small role like Canaris, whose stated identity in Italy was only that of a manager of a small company.
So Hersmann thought of Val T. Rathenau. He looked at the rich Jewish man and smiled, "Are you one of the 300 men [referring to the 300 Jews who ruled Europe]?" β
"That's just a joke," Val T. Rathenau smiled bitterly, "and if it weren't for you, I would probably have been killed today!" How can a man like me, you say, be the ruler of Europe? β
"But you still have many ways and connections to be Mussolini's guest."
"You're right," acknowledged Val T. Rathenau, nodding his head, "then, when should I resign as Foreign Minister?" β
Despite the signing of a treaty with the Soviet Union, the main task of Rathenau remained unfinished. Not only has Germany's super-inflation not been cured, but even the Ruhr area will be occupied by the French next year.
"Of course, the sooner you resign, the better," Hersman sighed, "and in the current situation, staying on stage is a live target for others to attack!" β
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