394 Press conferences
On the fourth day after the "Tianjin Wharf Incident", the Foreign Legion finally made its voice.
Admiral Qin Zhiyuan of the Foreign Legion is going to hold a press conference at the Black Swan Castle.
The news quickly spread throughout the Parisian press circles and spread to the surrounding area at an incredible speed.
This is the first time that the Foreign Legion has publicly responded to the "Tianjin Wharf Incident", and no matter what Qin Zhiyuan's attitude is, it will be regarded as the final attitude of the Foreign Legion to this matter.
In fact, Europeans really don't pay much attention to the "dock incident", they don't care how many Chinese died, too many people died in Europe in the world war, and they have become numb to the numbers.
Europeans are concerned about the final ownership of the "invincible legion" of the Foreign Legion, and the final destination of Qin Zhiyuan, the "God of War" who can be compared to Ares.
For a time, almost all the world's media eyes were focused on the Bois de Boulogne, and even stole the limelight from the Paris Peace Conference, which was being prepared.
The world's attention to the Foreign Legion can be imagined.
Later, the French War Department issued a statement that the French Minister of War LeotΓ© will attend Qin Zhiyuan's press conference, no matter what the Foreign Legion explains, no matter what Qin Zhiyuan decides, the French War Department will firmly stand with the Foreign Legion and unconditionally support Qin Zhiyuan's decision.
Immediately afterwards, George Patton of the U.S. Army also said that he would attend, George Patton did not represent the U.S. Department of the Army, he only expressed support for Qin Zhiyuan on his own behalf.
Then there was Foch, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, who had just been awarded the title of Field Marshal of France, and Foch bluntly pointed out that the Beiyang government was primarily responsible for the deaths on the docks, regardless of whether the Foreign Legion was responsible for the incident.
From the very beginning, the Beiyang government has lost control over public opinion, which is the root cause of this tragedy.
As for some careerists hidden in this matter, Foch directly warned and said that Qin Zhiyuan would never give up.
Then there is John Monash, who is even more famous than Qin Zhiyuan, the "Commonwealth God of War", who has been awarded the title of knight, only said one sentence: Qin is my idol, and I will express my support.
In fact, there is a branch of the Republic of China newspaper in Paris, because of the existence of the Foreign Legion and the establishment of the world's first "ambassadorial-level diplomatic relations" with France, the Republic of China newspaper still attaches great importance to Paris as the center of the world.
Diplomatic Relations at the Ambassadorial ......
The day after the outbreak of the "dock incident," the French government announced that it would downgrade its "ambassadorial-level diplomatic relations" with the Republic of China government to "minister-level diplomatic relations."
Because of the emergence of the Foreign Legion, all the diplomatic progress of the Republic of China in the past three years in foreign exchanges has been in vain.
For now, the world has not focused on ridiculing the Republic of China, and they are still paying attention to Qin Zhiyuan's decision.
If Qin Zhiyuan's decision at the press conference is not favorable to the Republic of China, then it is certain that almost the whole world will laugh at the Republic of China's behavior of "self-destructing the Great Wall".
In fact, at a time when all kinds of unfavorable rhetoric against the Foreign Legion in the Republic of China are flooding, all kinds of unfavorable rhetoric against the Republic of China are also flooding all over the world.
The people of insight in the Republic of China had realized that something was wrong, and they tried to raise their voices and say a few words of justice for Qin Zhiyuan and the Foreign Legion, but to no avail, those few words were quickly drowned in the overwhelming insults.
So the current situation looks absurd, the Republic of China is anti-Foreign Legion, and almost the whole world is anti-Republic.
There is only one country that is different, and it is Japan.
Only Japanese newspapers are pretending to shout that "Asia is the Asia of Asians," "Asians who have left Asia do not deserve to return to Asia," and "Asian affairs do not need other countries to meddle."
This immediately aroused the disgust of the French government, and Clemenceau called Count Nobuaki Makino, the head of the Japanese delegation, who had arrived in Paris to wait for the "spoils" to be "divided," to the Prime Minister's Office to severely reprimand him, and said that if the Japanese continued to make wild statements, the Japanese would not be welcome in Paris.
Since the signing of the Armistice Agreement, Clemenceau has become more and more arbitrary, Clemenceau has been carried away by the victory, he does not listen to the opinions of others, and he has become more and more impatient in his attitude towards Germany and other countries, which makes the French government and the Allies have a lot of criticism about Clemenceau.
At 3 p.m. on January 5, the press conference was held on time.
This is the first time that many journalists have had the opportunity to step into the Black Swan Castle, the heart of the Foreign Legion, known as the "Invincible Legion".
No amount of film is enough, every corner, every detail is worth recording with a camera, because everything that happens here in the next two hours will affect the fate of many people.
From the perspective that the Republic of China accounts for a quarter of the world's population, then what happens here will almost change the fate of the whole world.
Think about it, if the Foreign Legion and the Beiyang government reach a reconciliation, the Foreign Legion will return to the Republic of China, then if the Republic of China establishes a strong government with the Foreign Legion as the core, the national strength of the Republic of China will be improved by leaps and bounds, not to mention whether it will affect Europe for a period of time, at least it will dislike the bloody storm in Asia.
But this is extremely unlikely.
Many journalists know that the government of the Republic of China is trying to reconcile with the Foreign Legion.
Because the wife of Lu Zhengxiang, the ambassador of the Republic of China to France, was ill, and Lu Zhengxiang was currently in Belgium, the government of the Republic of China asked Shi Zhaoji, the minister to the United Kingdom, and Wei Chen, the minister to the Netherlands, to try to communicate with Qin Zhiyuan, but Shi Zhaoji and Wei Chenguo did not get the opportunity to go to France at all, and the French government did not allow them to enter France.
The Republic of China has been poor and weak for hundreds of years, and there are many countries that have made enemies with the Republic of China.
Speaking of which, France is also the bitter master of the Republic of China, if Qin Zhiyuan returns to the Republic of China, after the rise of a powerful Republic of China, will he settle accounts with those countries that have bullied the Republic of China for a hundred years?
It's quite possible.
No......
It's almost a certainty!
According to Qin Zhiyuan's past performance analysis, this guy is definitely a strong nationalist, once Qin Zhiyuan becomes the helmsman of the Republic of China, then the interests that the powers currently have in the Republic of China will not be guaranteed.
It seems that the whole world is unwilling to let Qin Zhiyuan return to the Republic of China.
So what will Qin Zhiyuan decide?
This has become a concern for the whole world.
Before the press conference began, the reporters gathered at the gate of the Black Swan Castle, and they wanted to see how many of those who issued the statement a few days ago would support Qin Zhiyuan with practical actions.
From one o'clock in the afternoon, the convoy was in constant circulation.
It can really only be described as an endless stream, almost every big man who arrives has security personnel accompanying him, and they are all wearing military uniforms in their own country, which means that they are protected by the military and are all important guys.
The first to arrive, and to surprise and take it for granted, was Louis Reynaud, who has been silent lately.
The relationship between Louis Renault and Qin Zhiyuan is well known, they are good friends, good partners, helping France in the world war, Qin Zhiyuan led the Foreign Legion at least twice pulled France back from the edge of the cliff, and Louis Renault's factory has been supporting France to persist in the war, without Qin Zhiyuan and Louis Renault, it can be said that France can not insist on the participation of the Americans.
Since the "dock incident", Louis Renault has not made any sound, but as soon as Qin Zhiyuan decided to respond, Louis Renault personally rushed to provide support, and it is obvious that the two of them have maintained a high degree of agreement.
Seeing Louis Renault appear, the enthusiasm of the reporters immediately exploded, and almost all of them asked questions.
"Luis, tell me what you think......"
"Luis, in your opinion, how will Qin decide?"
"Luis, don't go, okay? Say something......"
"Luis, if Qin chooses to join the Commonwealth, will the Renault Group continue to maintain a strategic partnership with the Foreign Legion?"
Well, the last person to ask the question was a British journalist, and as soon as he finished his question, he immediately won the glaring glances of his French counterparts around him.
Your sister, digging the foot of the wall and digging into the Bois de Boulogne, and digging so blatantly, do you really think you are a big clove of garlic?
The elder Reynolds was good at dealing with the media, and when he couldn't get out, he stopped at the door and answered a few simple questions.
"Joining the Commonwealth? I'm afraid you're the only one who thinks so, and you can ask everyone here if they will agree? "Old Renault has bad intentions.
"Absolutely not!"
The neat and loud answer startled the guards on duty.
"But you can't deny that there is such a possibility......" the British journalist cunning and cunning.
"There is not the slightest possibility!" Old Renault came to a decisive conclusion, and there was a categorical gesture to assist: "If Qin considers joining other countries, France will be Qin's only choice." In these three years, France understood the value of Qin, and France gave Qin's Foreign Legion enough freedom that no country in the world would give except France. We are different from the people of the Republic of China, if Qin joins France, we will not let him 'get out', we will open our arms and sincerely say to Qin, 'Come on Qin, we love you!'" βγ When the time comes, Qin will be greeted with flowers and applause, and it will be a passionate French girl. β
How inflammatory these words were, and suddenly whistles and applause rang out.
There are also discordant voices: "I'm afraid not, Ms. Julie Qin probably won't agree to ......"
This immediately caused laughter in the audience, including the British journalists, who had just looked ugly.
Men's little thing, cough, everyone knows it.
"Louis, do you support Qin's entry into France?" Someone didn't cherish the opportunity, asked an almost nonsense question, and succeeded in ushering in a blank of the eye.
"Of course yes, if Qin chooses to join France. But no matter what decision Qin makes, I will support him unconditionally. Louis hurriedly dropped a sentence and did not answer any more questions.
It was impossible to say more, and there was a convoy coming in later, and Luis was going to give up the venue to someone else.
The next person to arrive was Lu Zhengxiang, the minister of the Republic of China in France, but surprisingly, Lu Zhengxiang did not take the car of the Republic of China Legation, but took a car with a foreign legion plate, and two cars escorted before and after, which made people think about it.
Reporters are no strangers to Lu Zhengxiang, and in recent years, thanks to the Foreign Legion, reporters have dealt with Lu Zhengxiang a lot.
"Lu, why did you take the Foreign Legion's car? Have you decided to put on a military uniform? β
"Lu, I heard that the government of the Republic of China sent people to reconcile with Qin, what do you think of this matter?"
"Lu, I heard that the Republic of China is now extremely disgusted with Qin, what do you think?"
"Lu, I heard that Qin's former residence in the Far East has been destroyed, is this true?"
Lu Zhengxiang is now a member of the Beiyang government, as the representative of the Beiyang government in France, Lu Zhengxiang's attitude is very important, and Lu Zhengxiang's attitude also represents the attitude of the Republic of China.
"First of all, I want to state one thing, before I came, I had just resigned from the post of Minister of the Republic of China to France, and gave up the nationality of the Republic of China and joined the nationality of Lanfang." As soon as Lu Zhengxiang opened his mouth, it was really explosive news.
As a diplomat sent by the Beiyang government, Lu Zhengxiang would actually declare his separation from the Beiyang government and renounce his nationality of the Republic of China, which is simply the biggest scandal of the Beiyang government, and it is a strange news in the diplomatic circles of the world.
This trip was really not in vain, this news alone is enough to pay back the ticket price, but the reporters are not satisfied, they are still waiting for Lu Zhengxiang to continue to break the news.
"Lu is not talented, trusted by the Grand Duchy of Meng Lanfang, and currently serves as Lanfang's foreign minister and ambassador to France, and we will have the opportunity to deal with each other in the future." Seeing that the reporters were still not satisfied, Lu Zhengxiang gave up his hand again and again: "Okay, okay, please ask Qin directly for more questions later, Lu can only say so much now......"
After Lu Zhengxiang finished speaking, ignoring the eager calls of the reporters, he entered the Black Swan Castle while apologizing.
Lu Zhengxiang has said a lot, just the sentence "Lanfang's ambassador to France" has revealed a lot of information.
In other words, Lanfang will exist as an independent country in the future, and has now established diplomatic relations with France at the ambassadorial level, and perhaps a secret alliance.
This is quite possible, because judging from the relationship between France and Qin Zhiyuan, it is strange that there is no alliance agreement.
Although the press conference has not yet begun, the reporters have enough information to put together several news reports.
It's wonderful!
(To be continued.) )