Mei Rujiao took advantage of the victory and pursued: "If you don't rank the seats according to your weight, then I think the only fair way to rank the seats is to follow the signing order of the "Japanese Surrender Document". I don't want our international tribunal to really turn into a boxing ring. ”

The analogy of the boxing ring is extremely ironic. Every judge can understand. Sir Wilber had no choice but to avoid talking about it. The controversy has been put on hold for the time being.

Although Sir Wilber, an Australian judge and president of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, maintained sufficient respect for China during the trial, it can be seen from various details that Wilber, who is an Australian, has an average sense of Chinese.

The reasons are varied. But there is one important factor, which is clear. Australia has also had actions to exclude the Chinese. And, until the twentieth century.

The Chinese first entered Australia in the mid-to-late Qing Dynasty. Around 1830, sheep farming in Australia began to develop, but at the same time, there was not much workforce in Australia. Europeans still see Australia as an uncivilized wilderness, and the aborigines are expelled by the colonizers, and there is not much left to assimilate.

As a result, Chinese laborers became the first choice for Australian farmers and ranchers. Then, the Chinese discovered that Australia, an undeveloped and wild land, is a rare treasure of feng shui.

In 1851, when gold was discovered next to Melbourne, Australia, a large number of Chinese were smuggled out of the sea and immigrated to Australia. By 1859, the total number of Chinese smuggled into Australia had reached more than 42,000. These Chinese have found jobs in Australia that are difficult to get in China.

As a result, many Chinese laborers work very hard. Hard-working, thrifty and thrifty. Their only purpose is to earn a sum of money later. Return to your hometown and return to your hometown.

With this in mind, this high-quality and low-cost Chinese labor soon robbed the job opportunities that originally belonged to white Australian miners. In 1854, white miners in the Victorian goldfields rallied and decided to drive the Chinese miners out of the mines. The "Royal Commission for Gold Mines" was then formed, and the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in June 1855.

This bill not only restricts the number of Chinese entering Australia. Moreover, a poll tax was also established after the entry of Chinese people. As a result of the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the situation of the Chinese miners became more and more difficult, and a large amount of property was looted, and there was nowhere to appeal.

Moreover, the Victorian regional authorities have also called for mutual exclusion of Chinese in New South Wales and South Australia. In 1857, South Australia and New South Wales also passed the Chinese Exclusion Act.

These bills were not until ten years later, when the gold mines dried up. before it was repealed. However, this kind of thing, with the first time, there will be a second time. When gold was discovered in 1875 in the Palmer River in Queensland, the Chinese flocked to it again.

These Chinese laborers know that opportunities are rare, so they will not let go of every ounce of slag. As Australians described Chinese miners at the time, they were digging slag in gold mines that had been mined by others.

Because of the patience and diligence of the Chinese laborers. This gold rush has made many Chinese laborers very profitable.

So, the conflict happened again. 1877. Queensland, Australia, officially passed the "Restriction of Chinese Immigration Act". Even Chinese laborers who had already been hired for major companies that had nothing to do with the gold rush were gradually laid off.

This time the Chinese exclusion incident lasted for a long time, and in June 1884, after an incident in the Victorian area where the Afghan ship was laden with Chinese, it was considered a violation. The Second Inter-Regional Conference of the Oceanian Colonial Zones passed a resolution, which stipulates that any vessel of 500 tons is allowed to carry only one Chinese into Macao; and forbade Chinese to emigrate to the colonies.

From this time on, the exclusion of Chinese became the basic national policy of Australia. The whole territory of Australia, comprehensive exclusion of China. But even so, tens of thousands of Chinese. Still struggling to survive in Australia.

The cultural inclusiveness of the Chinese enables the Chinese to quickly transform this inclusiveness into the ability to adapt to the new environment when facing other cultures. After settling in Australia, these Chinese began to engage in furniture manufacturing, vegetable farming, and other business activities.

At this time, the culture inherited by the Chinese for thousands of years gave them strong vitality. In the era of natural economy, male farming and female weaving, many men in Chinese families had to learn some simple carpentry work. Because once you learn it, you can save a lot of money on hiring others. This habit has been passed down to future generations.

Therefore, most of the Chinese who immigrated to Australia have some carpentry background. Learning carpentry and furniture making is easy to pick up. And because of the hard-working nature, the competitiveness is incredible. The white people in Australia had to set up an organization called the "Anti-China Alliance of the Furniture Manufacturing" to stop the development of the Chinese in the furniture manufacturing industry.

However, this kind of discrimination and opposition between people was eventually defeated by economic laws. Although white laborers don't like the Chinese, white bosses like it very much. As they describe it – "They rarely look for trouble, and you can rest assured that they are doing their work." ”

Therefore, although this kind of anti-Chinese exists, the Chinese can survive in this foreign land. It was not until later generations of Chinese became more and more powerful in the international community that Australia's rejection of the Chinese gradually disappeared.

The purchase of Australian land and minerals for the rest of his life was also successful because of Sassoon's face. If you buy it yourself for the rest of your life. I don't know how much trouble I'm going to suffer. And the people who are stationed in Australia for the rest of their lives are also because Australians are not optimistic about these places, so they can obtain mining concessions in corresponding places.

Of course, after spending the rest of his life in Hollywood and becoming a world-renowned filmmaker, no one dares to underestimate him. It's another thing again.

Therefore, for the rest of his life, he did not have much good impression of Australians, and it became a matter of course to add a little chaos to the president. Yu Sheng let Ye Wuguang buy off a reporter from a Japanese news media and let the reporter write a report in a witty tone.

This report is a satirical expression of the exclusion and discrimination suffered by Chinese workers in Australia from 1830 onwards. By 1930, the injustices suffered by the Chinese in the past 100 years had been counted in detail. And accompanied by photos of Mei Rujiao and Wilbur.

Finally, I wonder if Webber will give this Chinese judge fair treatment?

The report may seem like a historical review, similar to a later paper, but the last sentence is enough to make Wilber uneasy. If Mei Rujiao is in a seat dispute, there is any problem. and resigned in anger. Then Wilbur would not be able to explain to all sides. The impartiality of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East will also be questioned.

This is a situation that the Americans absolutely do not allow to occur, because it is tantamount to questioning the United States. When the time comes, it will be strange that the Americans will not let Wilbur get out.

In addition, this article has the intention of sowing discord between the Allies, and it is very popular with the whole of Japan. So, although both the newspaper and the reporter were warned by the Americans, the Japanese regarded him as a hero. In the layers of cover-up, this person is sheltered.

But. Things are still going on as they are in history. Wilbur still wanted to fight for the British Empire, which made himself a knight.

1946, 2 May, the day before the official opening of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Wilbur is ready to make a detour and make Mei Rujiao compromise.

On May 2, 1946, when Mei Rujiao was reading documents in the office, the staff informed Mei Rujiao: "Mr. Mei, it is four o'clock this afternoon. For the opening ceremony of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, please be sure to attend according to the dress code of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. There will be reporters to take pictures at the scene. ”

Mei Ruxuan didn't hear the notice of adjusting the order of the seats, and she had a score in her heart. In the afternoon, at a meeting before the rehearsal of the eleven judges, Wieber said: "Because tomorrow the International Military Tribunal for the Far East will officially open the trial, we will now do the last rehearsal." Below. I would like to announce the order in which the judges will be seated. ”

"United States, Great Britain, China, Soviet Union, Canada, France, Australia, Netherlands, India, New Zealand, Philippines."

After Mei Rujiao listened, she closed her notebook, turned around and left. Go back to your office. This move was very unexpected to Wilbur. He never thought that Mei Ruxuan's attitude would be so resolute.

Wilbur had to chase after Mei Rujiao's office and said to Mei Rujiao: "Mr. Mei, things are not what you think. You listen to me. Can you please calm down? ”

Mei Ruxuan said: "I'll listen, you can say it!" ”

"The main reason why the American judges and the English judges sit on my left and right hand is because they are more familiar with common law procedures," Wilber explains. This is just for the convenience of work, and there is no discrimination against China in the slightest. ”

Mei Rujiao rolled her eyes, these words could only deceive children. No one is stupid, as long as the seat is fixed, everyone will know what it means. Do you have to say this explanation one by one?

He said to Wilbur: "With all due respect, you and I both know that this is an international tribunal and not an Anglo-American tribunal. So, this explanation of yours does not hold. In my opinion, there is no need for such an arrangement! ”

Wilbur responded, "Mr. May, can you think about this from another angle?" If you think about it, it would be very pleasant for you to have judges in your country now coming from England or the United States, not from Russia. This passage is still spoken by Wilber from the perspective of facilitating work.

Mei Ruxuan was not fooled by Wilbur: "Sir Wilber, this is an insult to me, as a Chinese, I must solemnly say that I did not come to Tokyo for pleasure. My motherland has suffered from Japanese aggression for 50 years! ”

"For the Chinese, trying Japanese war criminals is a serious and heavy task! And not for pleasant things! ”

Wei Boqian's donkey skills were poor, so he could only threaten Mei Rujiao and said: "I must also remind you again that this seating arrangement is the meaning of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces. Unfortunately, if you refuse, Sino-US relations may fall into unhappiness. Your country may not agree to such a dispute. ”

Generally speaking, people who threaten others are actually unable to achieve something, or they are unwilling to bear the loss after realizing it. Therefore, threats can only be used. Belongs to the obvious paper tiger.

Therefore, Mei Ruxuan insisted: "I refuse to accept this unreasonable arrangement!" In the war of aggression launched by Japan, China suffered the deepest aggression, the longest war of resistance against Japan, and the greatest sacrifice! And the British, on the other hand! But he just blindly endured and compromised Japan! China must not accept that in this trial, the Chinese judges are second only to the British! ”

"I don't think anyone else in China would agree either! I even doubt that this was a decision made by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces! ”

In fact, MacArthur had no leisure to care about these things. The question of the ranking of the judges of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East is really not the meaning of the Americans, but the meaning of the British, the nominal boss of Australia. Wilber made his own assertions, and Mei Ruxuan had insight into the truth and opposed the army.

Even if Wilburdam was a little flustered, if this matter made a big fuss, everything that the newspaper said would come true. I can't explain it to the Americans, after all, this is an extraneous branch.

Therefore, Wilber said to Mei Ruxuan: "Mr. Mei, wait a minute, I will go and discuss it with a few other judges." ”

Mei Rujiao wore her own clothes and didn't care about Wilbur at all. Wilber could only promise: "I'll give you an answer in ten minutes!" ”

Although Wilber promised a reply in ten minutes, in fact, Mei Rujiao waited for dozens of minutes.

Dozens of minutes later, Wilbur knocked on the door and said to Mei Rujiao with a pronounced attitude: "Mr. Mei, I'm sorry to disappoint you again!" We agreed that today was nothing more than a dress rehearsal, informal! We're just going to take some photos first, and we're going to talk about the seating order for tomorrow's official court session tonight. ”

Wilbur's trick is called creating established facts. Once Mei Ruxuan is fooled by the low profile he performs, then the Chinese's seating order after the British will be known to the world. Take some photos first, not just take some pictures.

By that time, the international influence had already taken shape, and it was no longer possible to adjust the seating order. This issue will not be brought up for discussion again.

Of course, Mei Rujiao knew Wilbur's intentions, so she could only use a killer move: "Sir Wilbur, I'm going to disappoint you too." I would never have attended such a seating arrangement. ”

"Photojournalists and journalists all over the world are in the Hall of Judgment right now, and you are going to have to report on it. Therefore, I must not be in attendance. Do you know what the consequences will be once these photos and reports reach China? (To be continued.) )