A horse-drawn carriage with a diplomatic license plate of the Republic of Poland is parked in a remote corner of the port of Danzig. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 There were several people standing around the carriage, all dressed in rough suits, and the hair on their faces and heads had not been carefully trimmed, so at a glance it was clear that they were not diplomats. They all craned their necks and looked around, and some of them had bulging pockets around their waists, obviously carrying pistols or something. And the inhabitants of Danzig know that these guys are the ** members of the International Workingmen's Association, and most of them are from Russia. It is said that he wanted to overthrow the tsar, and then transform Russia according to the Polish model, and also wanted to establish some kind of Slavic socialist republic. Sounds like some unreliable guys!

And the spies of the Russian Tsar's secret agent bureau have long regarded these people as a thorn in their side and have organized several secret arrests. As a result, two groups of people openly opened fire on the streets of Danzig, causing the German government to transfer troops into the city of Danzeg, searching everywhere for a while, and finally expelling several Russian diplomats, causing a lot of turmoil. After that, these ** and the tsar's spies finally stopped a little and stopped doing things publicly. But there was no intention of evacuating from the port of Danzag. After all, it is an important window for the Republic of Poland to communicate with the outside world (although it is not a Polish territory), and it is often visited by big figures from the Polish side and the International Workingmen's Association. I don't know who is here today?

Sorge, Weidemeyer, and Bush had already disembarked from the Polaris and walked briskly in front of the two carriages, led by two people who might have come from Russia. The man in the lead pulled the door open at once, and then made a gesture of surprise, and invited the three men into the wide carriage. The coachman, who had been waiting for him, immediately waved his whip, and the carriage drove out as soon as it was smoking. At this time, the three American ** people who got into the carriage adapted to the dim light in the carriage, and saw clearly that sitting opposite them was a middle-aged man with a stubbled beard, unkempt edges, and a slightly obese figure.

"Mr. Sorge, Mr. Weidemeyer, Mr. Bush, welcome to me. Bakunin! The middle-aged man smiled slightly, and his mouth was fluent in English. I am confident that your visit to Poland will lead you to find a way to help the United States of America to free itself from British colonial rule! ”

"What? British colonial rule! Could it be ......" A guest sitting by the window of the carriage took away his politeness, revealing a gloomy middle-aged face. He was the leader of the Socialist Workers' Party of America, Henry Brown. Bush. He is also a well-known "warmonger" leader in New York. He also served as a major in the New York militia and participated in the Battle of Philadelphia. He was discharged from the army because he was wounded in battle and lame his left leg. After the armistice negotiations began, he and a few friends and his brother James. Bush co-organized the Socialist Workers' Party of the United States, but in fact there are not many elements of socialism, let alone a few workers' members, and they are just catching up with fashion. And the party's political propositions are not compatible with socialism, that is, to fight to the end for the United States, at all costs! In fact, it is a nationalist party.

Bakunin nodded, showing a sad expression, "I just received the news that the House of Commons of the British Parliament has passed a resolution to support the British monarch as the monarch of the American Empire after Queen Victoria's speech in support of the Anglo-American union. And they also passed a resolution to allocate £25 million to help the United States rebuild its economy and get out of the current difficult situation. ”

"It's only £25 million!?" Sit at Henry. Beside Bush, a middle-aged man with a beard and glasses who spoke German English shouted.

"I suppose you're Mr. Sorge, right?" Bakunin nodded at him, and the information sent by the American Workers' Association said that there was a German leader named Friedrich. The German émigré in Zolg was the chairman of the GCIST club.

Seeing the other party nodding, Bakunin smiled again: "This 25 million pounds is aid, in order to let those members of the British Parliament who pick the door come up with this money, Queen Victoria should not be less talkative, right?" However, in addition to this aid, British Prime Minister John . Russell also proposed a Russell Plan to help the United States recover its economy, and he planned to spend 10 years to help the United States restore the economy to pre-war levels. Banks in the UK will lend £110 million a year to the US government, £10 million more than the roughly £100 million that the US government needs to repay, to help the US government build a stable financial system. In this way, the vitality of the domestic economy will be gradually restored. Ten years later, when the U.S. economy recovered, the U.S. government would need to repay the loans of the Russell Plan year by year, with interest. ”

"Maybe that's a solution," another American visitor, Weidemeyer, president of the American Workers' Association, muttered in a low voice, with a helpless expression on his face. The United States of America has been defeated, and the huge reparations and debts are still not expected to be repaid? If it is not repaid, not to mention whether the British are willing to agree or not, the credit of the US government will be ruined...... Who will dare to do business with the United States in the future? Who will recognize the dollar?

Most of the paper money of this era was convertible, and the non-convertible paper money was a piece of waste paper, and the U.S. government's blatant default on its debts was tantamount to completely bankrupting the credibility of the dollar.

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"The Russell Plan is whimsical, and the United States can't afford to pay back that much money."

At the same time, Engels, who was working in Warsaw Castle, was holding a copy of the "Russell Plan" in his hand, and shook his head with a smile on his face, Marx and George Brown, the president of the British Trade Union, who had just arrived from England. Olzhe said.

"They should be able to guard such a rich land and such abundant resources, there is no reason why they should not pay such a small pound." The one who questioned Engels was George. Olzhe, a carpenter-turned-leader of the British labour movement.

Engels shook his head with a smile, looked at Olzhe, and said with a smile: "Please trust my judgment, I have formulated three five-year development plans for such a behemoth as China." When it comes to a country's economy, I think I can still see it. The United States of America, or the American Empire, could not have been saved by the Russell Plan. Because the United States will not have access to a lot of gold, silver or pound income for the next 10, 20, or even 30 years. The United States of America is an industrialized country, and this is the same as that of the United Kingdom. In fact, their industrial scale is second only to Britain and China, comparable to France and Germany, and far larger than the Holy Roman Empire and Russia. But how much of the international market does such a huge industrial country have? ”

Engels asked a question of his own, and then replied to himself with a mocking face: "Because of that stupid Chinese Exclusion Act, the entire market in Greater China has closed its doors to the United States." And recently, Napoleon III has been pushing for a pan-Roman free trade zone, wanting to include the entire French sphere of influence, and we Poland will also participate, and it is estimated that the Confederates will also join. The textile industry in France, Italy and Germany is growing fast and needs a lot of their cotton. In this way, it is impossible for the United States to make much gold and silver from these regions. So how much of the international market does the United States have left to occupy? Even if there are some external markets left, how much of a trade surplus will it bring to the United States each year? Once the time came when the United States needed to repay the huge loan of the Russell Plan. They are bound to suffer another economic collapse!

Now, because of the struggle between the three great powers of China, France and Britain, the era of free trade has come to an end. The three great powers are all industrial countries, and they all need markets and raw materials, so it is natural to fence the markets in their respective spheres of influence from others. In this way, it is tantamount to blocking the export channels of US industrial products. Of course, this is not to say that American products must not be exported, after all, the customs territory created by France will not completely exclude the products of the United States, but the goods of the United States must bear high tariffs. Except for the steel, hardware, shipbuilding and other industries in which the United States is particularly competitive, it may be difficult for other goods to enter the large market of the French. As for finding food in the markets controlled by the British, I am afraid that the people of the British Isles will be resentful...... r1152