Chapter 684: Pretending to be pitiful
"League of Nations? Did that work? Even if the Kingdom of Iran goes to the League of Nations to make a representation, the Chinese can veto it. Let's not forget, China is one of the permanent members. David Lloyd George frowned.
The League of Nations was an international organization formed shortly after the end of World War I. During the First World War, some bourgeois peace groups in the United States actively advocated the creation of a body to mediate international disputes. U.S. President Wilson strongly endorsed this proposition and incorporated it into his "Fourteen Points" to advocate the establishment of such an organization as the League of Nations.
After the Paris Peace Conference was held on January 18, 4617 A.D., Wilson insisted on discussing the establishment of the League of Nations first, and advocated that the Treaty of the League of Nations be included as a necessary part of the Peace Treaty with Germany. However, under the manipulation of Britain and France, the Paris Peace Conference decided to establish a committee to draft the League of Nations Treaty, chaired by Wilson, so that Wilson's request to establish the League of Nations first was not accepted. The Drafting Committee of the League of Nations Covenant received drafts and presentations from many countries and groups, and engaged in heated debates on the question of the establishment of a mandate over the colonies and dependencies of the defeated countries, the inclusion of the "Monroe Doctrine" in the Covenant, and the question of opposing racial discrimination in the question of immigration. After 26 revisions, the Treaty of the League of Nations was adopted at the Paris Peace Conference on April 28, 4617 (19) of the Yellow Emperor Era.
The first part of the Treaty of Versailles was the Covenant of the League of Nations. The Covenant defines the organizational structure, functions, principles and obligations of Member States of the League of Nations. On January 10, 4618 (20), the day when the peace treaty came into effect, the League of Nations was officially established under the auspices of Wilson. All countries that declared war on the German-Austrian bloc in the Great War and newly formed countries were founding members of the League of Nations. In this way, the League of Nations had a total of 44 Member States, which was gradually increased to 63 and had its headquarters in Geneva.
The main organs of the League of Nations are the General Assembly, the Council, the Secretariat, and the International Court of Justice, the International Labour Office, etc. The most important of these bodies is the Board of Governors. The Covenant stipulates that the United States, Britain, France, Italy, and China are five permanent members, and four other non-permanent members. Although the United States was one of the initiators, it did not participate in the leadership struggle with Britain and France, so there were only four permanent members left: Britain, France, Italy, and China. The League of Nations was largely manipulated by Britain and France. In accordance with the Covenant of the League of Nations. The Council's responsibilities are: to draft disarmament plans, to examine the annual reports submitted by the countries under the mandate, to safeguard the territorial integrity of Member States, to submit proposals to the General Assembly for the settlement of international disputes, and to impose economic and military sanctions against aggressors.
Although the League of Nations was the first attempt by States to establish international institutions for the prevention of armed conflict and the strengthening of general peace and security, it did not play a role in maintaining peace in practice. Especially a few big countries, if the four major powers in the world do not need to care about the constraints of the League of Nations at all.
"Your Excellency, the League of Nations certainly has no effect on the Chinese Empire. But. We can take the opportunity to expose the banditry of the Chinese Empire in the international arena and let the whole world know what the Chinese Empire is all about. In this way, it will not be so easy for them to become the leader of the world. Winston Churchill smiled. The reason why he made this suggestion was not to really impose sanctions on the Chinese Empire or anything like that, as long as it could make the reputation of the Chinese Empire stink, it would be enough.
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up, there was no doubt about it. The Chinese Empire was one of Britain's main rivals in order to maintain its world hegemony. If you can stink the Chinese Empire, then. The reputation of the Chinese Empire will be seriously damaged. It will not be so easy for the Chinese Empire to replace Britain as the world hegemon.
"So, will the Chinese be annoyed and angry because of this?" War Chancellor Earl Derby said with some concern.
"Don't worry about that. The purpose of the League of Nations is to resolve conflicts. The Kingdom of Iran went to the League of Nations to state that this was their right. The British Empire, as one of the permanent members of the League of Nations, was naturally obliged to mediate the conflict between China and the Kingdom of Iran. Winston Churchill said.
"Alright, let's do it. Send a telegram to our representative to the League of Nations. Get them ready. In addition, it is good to contact the Iranians, but there is nothing wrong elsewhere. David Lloyd George said.
These are just small tricks under the table. If you get too big, it's not good.
"Yes. Your Excellency the Prime Minister. Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour nodded.
Soon, the British took action. On March 19, 4618 (20) of the Yellow Emperor Era, the day after the 7th Army of the Chinese Imperial Army forcibly entered the Kingdom of Iran and forcibly borrowed it, the League of Nations met in Geneva to accept the representation of the Kingdom of Iran and mediate the conflict.
The fact that the Kingdom of Iran would make a representation in the League of Nations was a surprise to the Chinese Empire, and it seems that the Iranians would do so. However, the Empire's permanent representative to the League of Nations was not a vegetarian.
In accordance with the agenda of the League of Nations' representations, the representative of Iran to the League of Nations made a presentation to the Council.
The representative of the Kingdom of Iran to the League of Nations was a little old man, with a short pigeon, and a long one that was dry and thin, as if it were about to sink into the ground.
"Distinguished representatives of the permanent members, the Kingdom of Iran is also a member of the League of Nations, and we are an independent country. However, now that the independent sovereignty of the Kingdom of Iran has been trampled upon, I hope that the representatives of the permanent members will help us to uphold justice. The representative of Iran looked sad, as if his mother had died.
Gu Shaochuan, the permanent representative of the Chinese Empire to the League of Nations, watched the performance of the Iranian representative with a blank face, and was not moved at all. He was originally the Imperial Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, and after the establishment of the League of Nations, he was appointed as the first Permanent Representative to the League. Yesterday, when the British and Iranian representatives met, he received information that the British and Iranians were planning to make trouble in the League of Nations.
Gu Shaochuan reported to China as soon as possible, and China immediately gave instructions asking him to safeguard the interests of the empire no matter what.
"Just yesterday, the army of the Chinese Empire forcibly entered the Kingdom of Iran, which was directly broken into the Kingdom of Iran without the consent of the Kingdom of Iran, as if it were a bandit. Although the Kingdom of Iran is only a small country in the Middle East. But we are also dignified, and we hope that the League of Nations will do justice for us. The Iranian representative continued.
The permanent representatives of the United Kingdom, France, and the Kingdom of Italy to the League of Nations couldn't help but glance at Gu Shaochuan. The Chinese Empire is one of the four permanent members of the League of Nations! Now it has become the object of the members' complaints, which is undoubtedly too embarrassing.
It's just that Gu Shaochuan has always been expressionless, as if he was accused by the Kingdom of Iran. It's not the same as the Chinese Empire at all.
"Ahem, representative of Iran, is there evidence for what you say?" The British representative to the League of Nations asked.
"Yes, at present, the Chinese* army has been operating on the territory of the Kingdom of Iran, and this is the most direct evidence!" The Iranian representative hurriedly said.
"Guys, what do you think?" The representative of the United Kingdom looked at the representatives of the other permanent members.
"Before the League of Nations was founded, many small countries were oppressed by the big countries and had no place to complain. But now, the League of Nations was formed. Naturally, these small countries should be given a chance. If this were the case, the League of Nations should have intervened in the matter. The representative of France said. Although the world war was over, the British and the French were still allies.
In addition, the relationship between the French and the Chinese Empire was not close, so they were naturally happy to find trouble with the British at this time.
"The world war is finally over, and peace should indeed be cherished. It would be great if the problem could be resolved in a peaceful manner. The representative of the Kingdom of Italy also said.
The representatives of Britain, France and Italy all took their positions. Only Gu Shaochuan, the representative of the Chinese Empire, remained. Everyone looked at him and wanted to see how he could cope.
"The armies of the Chinese Empire entered the Kingdom of Iran. It was just to go to the South Caucasus and fight against the Russian Red Army through the Kingdom of Iran. We do this not for the sake of the Chinese empire itself, but for the benefit of the capitalist world as a whole. Soviet Russia was the enemy of the entire capitalist world, and the Chinese Empire had already committed millions of troops to fight against the Russian Red Army. Among the countries that intervened in Soviet Russia. It is undoubtedly the country that has contributed the most troops. It can be said that we have now borne the pressure exerted by the vast majority of the Soviet Russian Red Army. Therefore, we hope that when we fight the Russian Red Army, other countries will not help. Don't hold us back, either. Gu Shaochuan said.
The Chinese Empire's forcible use of the Kingdom of Iran is indeed harming the interests of the Kingdom of Iran and is suspected of bullying the weak. However, let's not forget that Soviet Russia is only now talking about the worst enemy of the entire capitalist world. In order to destroy Soviet Russia and contain its development, the entire capitalist world was united. Even if it is an obvious alliance, isn't it also aimed at Soviet Russia?
In this case, if any country pulls the hind legs of the Chinese Empire, it is undoubtedly helping Soviet Russia in disguise, and it is the enemy of the entire capitalist world!
The faces of the delegates of various countries suddenly did not look good. For the sake of their own interests, countries have been demonizing Soviet Russia. And now, the Chinese Empire has sent millions of troops to fight against Soviet Russia, and is undoubtedly a hero of the world. If the people knew that they were not only not helping the Chinese Empire, but were dragging it back, then the problem would be serious. (To be continued.) )
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