The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Neither the "British Fascists" nor the "Imperial Fascist League" has formed a big climate. The one who really needs to be vigilant is a man named Oswald Mosley.

This guy came from a British aristocratic family, was still a Conservative at the age of 21, and then joined the radical Labor Party. With the increasingly fierce contradictions in British society, the Labor Party could not satisfy him, and then became a fascist.

Mosley is now in Italy to inspect Mussolini's New Deal, and was personally received by Mussolini, and he admires the fascist regime extremely. He will return to the UK in a few months, and unite with other British fascist groups to jointly form the "British Fascist Alliance", and quickly complete the integration of British fascist forces, and organize the various factions of British fascism in a mess.

When this person got married in 1936, the wedding was held directly at the home of Goebbels, the German Nazi Propaganda Minister, and Hitler attended in person as a distinguished guest. Before World War II officially broke out, Mosley had already become the British Minister of Labor, and his fascist members even got a certain number of seats in the British Parliament.

If World War II did not break out in time and stifle the development momentum of British fascism, the whole of Britain would continue to be fascist. Maybe Mosley could become the British version of Hitler.

Fascism was able to develop rapidly in the UK mainly because the situation in the UK was too bad. The number of unemployed workers is close to 3 million, and general strikes will break out in the country from time to time. Last year, the trade deficit reached 100 million pounds. Britain's politics, economy, society, and culture are all in serious crisis, and British civilization is on the verge of decline.

Toynbee's recent book, A Survey of International Affairs, begins by stating: "Members of this great, ancient, and successful society are asking themselves whether the long course of life and growth in the West is may well be the end of the era?"

Foresighted historians like Toynbee are openly questioning capitalism, and it is conceivable what kind of terrible disaster Western society has encountered.

In the United States on the other side of the ocean, there are more than 15 million unemployed workers at this time, and it is difficult to count the underemployed. More than 1 million farmers have gone bankrupt, and the average annual income of farmers is only 48 US dollars, which is not as much as ordinary industrial workers in China.

Due to the lack of money to buy gasoline, some middle class and farmers had to use livestock such as cattle and horses to pull cars. In order to make ends meet, American girls risk pregnancy by selling their bodies for 10 cents a time—no money to buy condoms. Later, the United States decided to join the war to fight World War II and massively expanded its military power. As a result, 40% of the Americans who applied for the draft were eliminated due to poor physical fitness—caused by long-term malnutrition.

The capitalist world is going through an unprecedented crisis.

In the next few days, Zhou Hexuan stayed at the Royal Institute of International Studies, discussing the development of the world situation with Toynbee and others.

"The problems in the United States are very serious, but the key contradiction is still in Europe," Toynbee puffed on his cigar, "As you said, a war is brewing in the world, and all problems will be solved by this war." solve."

Zhou Hexuan said: "The current British political situation is so chaotic, why don't you stand up and make a few appeals?"

Toynbee shook his head and said, "I'm just a scholar, responsible for analyzing problems and making suggestions for the government. There are many scholars like me, and their ideas are different. Only they themselves know who the British royal family and the cabinet will listen to."

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "They seem to have chosen the worst path."

"Yes, it is indeed the worst choice." Toynbee smiled helplessly.

The current king of England is George V, a monarch who is good at compromising. During the First World War, George V had to give up his German surname and change his surname to Windsor in order to stabilize the hearts of the people; in the face of the Irish uprising, he suggested that Congress adopt a moderate policy of reconciliation.

To put it nicely, this is a benevolent monarch. To put it bluntly, George V likes to get along with each other, and when he encounters difficulties, he will solve them by fooling around, leaving the core issues aside, as long as he can drag and stabilize the overall situation.

After the fall of the British cabinet last year, there have been constant struggles among various factions. King George V of England came out again and appointed the Labor Party "traitor" Macdonald to form a coalition cabinet. This cabinet government was formed by a multi-party coalition, including conservative forces, members of the Labor Party, and socialists and fascists who were fake. Or, anyway, it's a mess.

In this way, the cabinet government does not even think about having a long-term vision. Partisan parties struggle with each other for power.

To put it bluntly, the policy strategy of this term of the British coalition cabinet is essentially to watch the situation deteriorate and choose a path of slow death.

social improvement? dare not.

trade protection? unwilling.

Prepare for war? inappropriate.

Join Europe? cannot.

Faced with such a British king and cabinet, Toynbee immediately felt the same powerlessness as Zhou Hexuan. He was able to propose many policy strategies, but those in power would not listen. Zhou Hexuan also made many suggestions to Chang Kaishen and Zhang Xueliang, but they also only listened but did not accept them.

"By the way," Toynbee took out an invitation letter, "Prince Albert invited you to the ball. Both he and the princess like your "Titanic" very much."

"Prince Albert?" Zhou Hexuan was a little unresponsive.

Toynbee explained: "The king's second son Albert, a gentleman who liked to smoke."

"Oh, it's him!" Zhou Hexuan suddenly realized.

Prince Albert, the future King George VI of England, is the father of Queen Elizabeth II. In two or three years, when the current King George V dies and his brother Edward VIII voluntarily abdicates, Prince George will reluctantly ascend the throne as king.

This is a "commoner" prince, because he was considered to have no possibility of succession since he was a child, so he lives freely and uncontrollably. He likes smoking, drinking, literature and art, but he doesn't like politics, but he later became the king of England.

Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile, "When is the dance?"

Toynbee said, "Next Saturday, you'd better bring a dance partner. Do you want me to help you find one?"

"No need, I will look for it myself." Zhou Hexuan said.

Before going to attend Prince George's ball, Zhou Hexuan will also go to the Royal Academy of Arts to give lectures, and the schedule is tight enough. When these activities are almost completed, Zhou Hexuan should return to China. The leader of the British Labor Party and the former foreign secretary will set off with him. The excuse of the old gentleman is to visit China.