Chapter 801: Why?
The anti-Japanese movement in the United States has also been echoed in China.
With the victory of China in the war against Japan, and the beginning of civil claims, the anti-Japanese movement in China also reached a new **.
During President Coolidge's visit to China, both he and President Wang Hengyue of the Republic of China were silent about the anti-Japanese incident. Neither side has expressed any opinion on the matter.
And then a small incident, like Pitt's speech in the United States, completely ignited anti-Japanese sentiment in China.
It's actually very simple to say.
In Tianjin, a man named Niu Shenggui and a Japanese named Guankou Taihao, who had lived in Tianjin for more than ten years, had a little dispute, and the two sides also made a move, which was originally a trivial matter.
After the fight, Niu Shenggui didn't take it too seriously, he went home and drank some wine as usual, Xu was angry during the day, and drank more, but when he went out to relieve himself, he accidentally fell into the river and drowned.
It was a normal death, but the bad thing was that he had just made a move with the Japanese.
As a result, a theory soon began to circulate, saying that Niu Shenggui did not fall into the river by himself, but the Japanese who held a grudge pushed him into the river. One
As a result, such a statement spread more and more widely, and the more it was said, the more evil it became, and later it became that Niu Shenggui beat three Japanese by himself, beating the Japanese to the ground. As a result, the Japanese took advantage of Niu Shenggui's inattention, drugged the wine he drank, and poisoned a good man alive.
In this era when communication was not yet developed, the source of information mainly depended on the spread of people's mouths.
The same thing came to ten people, and there were ten theories.
But although there are many versions of Niu Shenggui's death, the people who spread the word have a unified understanding:
Niu Shenggui was killed by the Japanese!
Now it's a big deal.
First, half of Tianjin spread, and then Beijing and Hebei spread out like a relay.
At this time, Taiwan also began to make civil claims against Japan, and the anti-Japanese sentiment of the Chinese people was rising, and the "Niu Shenggui Incident" ignited a fire in this rising mood!
Tianjin was the first to move. One
Since Wang Hengyue became the president of the Republic of China and took action against Japan one after another, there are very few Japanese in Tianjin.
Everyone's spearhead is aimed at these few Japanese who are still living in Tianjin.
The cry of "drive away the Japanese people and return my land" sounded in Tianjin!
Tahoe Kanguchi's residence was completely surrounded. The Japanese never imagined that an ordinary thing would turn into the situation it is today.
The loud Chinese outside the house made Tahiro Kanguchi and his family feel scared.
The police were on the scene, but they didn't seem to have the slightest intention of stopping them. Just tell those Chinese that fireworks are strictly prohibited and pay attention to safety ̈ one
The source of water, electricity and daily necessities in the Japanese concentration area was completely cut off.
Immediately, a wave of large-scale protests in Beijing and Hebei followed.
At this time, China's President Wang Hengyue and US President Coolidge jointly held a press conference.
At the press conference, a reporter keenly raised the question of whether there is some inevitable connection between the anti-Japanese movement in China and the United States, or whether there is some tacit understanding between China and the United States.
Wang Hengyue and Coolidge categorically rejected this possibility.
"The government will not openly support any action against foreigners and the expulsion of foreigners." Wang Hengyue said to all reporters solemnly: "Whether in China or in the United States, the occurrence of the anti-Japanese movement is a kind of action raised by the people, and the government has never been involved in it, and we will not approve of this overly radical approach!" ”…,
After Coolidge also expressed the same opinion, Wang Hengyue suddenly changed his words: "But we think that the Japanese government must also reflect on why it has caused today's situation? Is it also at fault on the Japanese side? If there is a wave of opposition within one country, then there may be something wrong with it. But it is time to think deeply about the simultaneous rise of such a wave of opposition in the countries of two large countries! ”
"Mr. President, what do you mean by deep thought?"
Glancing at the reporter who asked the question, Wang Hengyue's expression was very solemn: "The Japanese government should ask why?" When a nation is not popular in various countries, they have to ask why this is. For example, our government has never made a clear statement on the issue of private claims against Japan in Northeast China, because we don't want to escalate the matter, which will not benefit both countries, but why are there private claims? Are those who claim compensation so-called 'Diaomin'? I don't think so. If the Japanese government were a peace-loving country, I don't think these unpleasant things would have happened. But unfortunately, in the years when they occupied Northeast China and Taiwan, they brought too much harm to the Chinese people. Those Japanese people in the United States have also brought too much harm to the people of the United States."
This is regarded as Wang Hengyue's official statement.
The word "harm" and "why" have become the most frequent words in the world's major newspapers, after "eggs".
The front page of the New York Times was marked with three bold bold letters:
Why?
In the following article, he wrote: "When the Chinese president asked, 'Why?', the Japanese government still did not reflect on it, and they just blindly accused the United States or the Chinese authorities of the so-called 'inaction,' and the hostile attitude toward Japan that occurred almost simultaneously in China and the United States was not accidental, but the accumulation of long-term contradictions, and finally inevitably happened, which is a tragedy, but it is also worthy of everyone's reflection."
On the day the New York Times was published, California's newly elected Senator Conwell. S. Pitt is giving a lecture at the University of California, Berkeley.
When his assistant handed the newspaper into his hands, Pete hurriedly skimmed through it, then held it up and said:
"Children, our friend China has also taken action! The Japanese in China are also compressing the living space of the Chinese and depriving the Chinese of their right to work and land! There is nothing more despicable than this. Now that the storm is coming, let's make it more violent, and wash away all the ugliness! ”
The Chinese are boiling, and the Americans are boiling.
The volleyball movement has entered a ** in China and the United States at the same time!
"Why" and "harm" became the slogans of the anti-Japanese movement.
In Tianjin, Beijing, and Hebei, the demonstrators gathered in the Japanese residential areas shouted slogans such as "why" and "let's not hurt." Shouting that the government expells all Japanese in China as soon as possible.
Such a rising momentum made the Japanese in Wang Hengyue's think tank and those who had evacuated from Japan to China Masahiro Suzuki also feel afraid.
In this regard, Wang Hengyue said to them: "The Japanese and the Japanese are not the same. There are also good and bad people in the Chinese, and for you, I think you are friends of the Chinese, and I will try to protect your one."
The president's words put these Japanese at ease.
Subsequently, the wave of protests finally got out of control.
Dozens of students lost patience during the days-long protests and began to try to storm Tahoe's house, but were met with resistance from Tahoe and his family. …,
So, this completely infuriated the students.
They threw stones at the window panes of Tae-ho and shouted "Murderer get out"!
That night, several homemade Molotov cocktails were thrown at Tahoe Kuringuchi's house and quickly started a fire, and as the fire spread, Tahoe Kuringuchi and his family, despite knowing that there was danger outside, rushed out under the threat of the fire!
They were then beaten by the crowd outside.
Firefighters arrived quickly, busy fighting the fire, ignoring Tahoe and his family, who were being beaten.
And the policemen who maintained order on the periphery were so anxious that their feet jumped, of course, not for the sake of the Japanese being beaten, but for such a fire.
An elderly policeman kept saying: "You all said be careful of fire, be careful of fire, why don't you juniors listen?" There is a warehouse not far away, so what if it burns! ”
The students are a little sorry one.
The beating lasted more than ten minutes, and then the students dispersed. Tahoe and his family were admitted to the hospital.
This is the "Guankou Taihao Incident" after the "Niu Shenggui Incident". And the "Guankou Taihao Incident" has also triggered similar incidents in various cities.
Things are getting a little out of hand.
Both in China and in the United States, things are starting to spiral out of control.
The resolute anti-Japanese activists, with red eyes, searched for the Japanese like enraged bulls, and once the Japanese fell into their hands, they would face a very tragic fate.
This forced Wang Hengyue to warn the Japanese around him to go out as little as possible, and even if he really wanted to go out, he must not reveal his Japanese identity.
Subsequently, the Japanese government designated China and the United States as dangerous countries and urgently discussed with the U.S. government the evacuation of the Japanese. As for the Chinese government, because the war had severed diplomatic relations, the Japanese government had to entrust the British side to mediate.
Wang Hengyue and his government quickly agreed to the Japanese government's request, but only if the people could be evacuated, and their property in China could not be evacuated for the time being due to the opposition of the majority of the Chinese and the possible changes.
The anti-Japanese movement has entered a new period! Clear