The world in 1910 was in a peaceful atmosphere. Although gunpowder smoke began to fill the sky over Europe, this did not affect the current tranquility.
If there is anything that attracts more attention in this peaceful world, then the news of the death of King Edward VII of the British Empire this year. The British king, who reigned for only nine years, passed away in Buckingham Palace on May 6, 1910.
, the cause of death was pneumonia.
Edward VII was famous for his romantic affairs. His father, Prince Albert, made a hurried round trip from London to Cambridge because of his romantic affairs. He died of typhoid fever two weeks later.
Affected by his father's death, his mother, Queen Victoria, had not allowed him to get involved in political or royal affairs. It was not until he was nearly 50 years old that he began to participate. One can imagine how angry Queen Victoria was with her son.
But despite this, the Edward VII monarch, in addition to being romantic, also made many political achievements. For example, during his reign, he vigorously restored the British monarchy that had been dimmed by the Queen's long-term widowhood. In addition, in 1903, he
The visit to Paris laid the foundation for the signing of the "Anglo-French Entente" between the two countries.
No matter what, as the world's most powerful country, the death of a monarch of the British Empire and the accession of a new monarch to the throne must be extremely grand and grand.
The funeral of Edward VII also saw the gathering of monarchs from all over the world. Nine monarchs, five crown princes, seven queens, and more than 40 members of the royal family attended his funeral, especially the famous photo of the nine monarchs gathered together.
It was taken before the funeral.
For this century's luxurious funeral attended by dignitaries from all over the world, Italy also sent a delegation headed by Foreign Minister Bacona to attend, but did not send any members of the royal family or monarchs to attend. The reason is simple, because the Savoy family did not cooperate with
There is a marriage between the British royal family and the relationship between the two countries is now a bit delicate, so there is no need to send such a high-level delegation.
In addition to the succession of the British Emperor, a bourgeois revolution broke out in Portugal.
The revolution began on naval ships. Instigated by the Republicans, a man named Santos led two cruisers to openly rebel and bombard the palace. The army also refused to carry out King Manuel's order to suppress it, and instead formed a coalition with the navy.
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At this time, Manuel was playing bridge leisurely with the visiting Brazilian President. After learning the news about the outbreak of the revolution, he knew that the situation was over and could not stay for long. So, regardless of the fact that the game was not over, he hurriedly took a seat from the harbor.
The ship bound for England.
Not to be outdone, the republican-minded soldiers in Lisbon took this opportunity to arrest their sleeping officers, quickly took control of the troops who might interfere with the revolution, and distributed weapons to the people in the city who were eager for change.
It was all too easy, and the Republicans discovered that they had taken over a country so quickly. They quickly patrolled the streets to protect people's private property and suppress any signs of anarchist tendencies.
Teofilo Braga was subsequently elected president, and the new government quickly carried out reforms in politics, economy, foreign policy and other aspects.
The Brazilian president who came to visit dramatically witnessed the hasty curtain call of the Portuguese monarchy. Yesterday he played bridge with the monarch, but everything changed the next day. The sunshine of the Republic shone on the land of Portugal.
The Portuguese revolution was child's play. It was child's play compared with the other revolution, which was the Mexican Revolution.
This year, Mexico held another presidential election. President Díaz has always been the "love" of the people and has been ruling the country for more than 30 years. Under his rule, Mexico's economy has been in serious chaos, and the people have suffered even more.
.In addition, Mexico’s elections are also quite democratic, because Díaz always announces himself for re-election without going through an election. He has been reelected as president for 6 terms.
The key is that Mr. Diaz not only wants to generate electricity for Mexico, but also wants his family to continue to generate electricity for Mexico. This spirit of dedication to Messina makes the people dissatisfied.
Among them, the liberal Madero proposed programs such as opposing dictatorship, protecting national industries, and establishing a constitutional state, which received great support from the people.
Díaz then locked Madero up in a dark room, held a fake election in July, and declared himself the winner. Madero, who was locked up in a dark room, was released after the election.
Being treated in this way by the President, this old man was also angry. On October 3, he issued the "San Luis Petosi Plan" in San Antonio, Texas. He called on Díaz to resign, distribute land and reform the electoral system, and called on the people to revolt.
So under his leadership, the revolution swept across Mexico. In the north, Orozco and Villa led peasant armies to attack the government troops, and in the south, Zapata led the peasants in armed struggle.
The war in Mexico is very lively now, and its enthusiastic neighbor the United States will naturally not be peaceful at this time. The United States has always been very wary of Mexico because the United States needs to control it.
During the Dias government, the United States exported a large amount of capital and technology to Mexico. Although Mexico's economy developed rapidly during the Dias period and its industry developed to a certain extent, the economic development during the Dias period
It is based on the United States unilaterally exporting its economy, rather than being independent. Therefore, economically, Mexico has gradually been controlled by the United States.
As for the revolution that has broken out now, the United States is naturally paying close attention to it. As long as there is any behavior that harms the interests of the United States, Uncle Sam will let the Mexican straw hat know the many benefits of his neighbor.
Although two countries are engaged in revolution, their international status is not high, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the world is peaceful.
Under such a disaster-free and harmless situation, Italy's economy has developed very rapidly.
At present, the Italian economy mainly relies on shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing, power industry, military industry, etc.
Taking the automobile manufacturing industry as an example, Italy alone has 1.97 million people in the vehicle manufacturing industry, and the number of people in related industries has exceeded one million. And this year, the total scale of the Italian automobile manufacturing industry exceeded the 2 billion lira mark, reaching
The scale is 21.1 billion lire. Among them, the export of automobiles and parts accounts for 151% of the total exports.
Although each country currently has its own automobile manufacturing plants, the advantages of first mover and mass production allow Italian cars to occupy more than half of the market share in various countries. Especially in the truck industry, which pays most attention to economic efficiency, Italian trucks account for 80% of Europe's market share.
sales volume.
The reason why trucks can sell so high is mainly because Italian automobile companies were the first to enter the industry. Fiat, for example, spends tens of millions of lire every year on the research and development of truck technology.
This is something no other car manufacturer can achieve, so it makes sense for Fiat to become the largest truck manufacturer.
Italy's pillar industries, in addition to automobile manufacturing, are also booming in shipbuilding.
Low labor costs and the continuous development of new technologies have allowed the Italian shipbuilding industry to occupy an increasing share of the world's shipbuilding industry. The current order displacement of the Italian shipbuilding industry accounts for 189% of the total order displacement of the global shipbuilding industry.
, this is not a small number.
In addition to numerous shipbuilding orders, Italy is also innovating in related technologies. At present, the most powerful technology in Italy is containers and their supporting facilities and equipment. This is a technology developed in Italy under the guidance of an expert.
Yes, it is the container that is the killer of shipping. Needless to say, the benefits of the container are that it can be used repeatedly for a long time. In addition, there is no need to move or load and unload midway, which effectively avoids the loss of goods. It can also be loaded and unloaded quickly, and the goods are full and
It is very convenient to unload. Secondly, there are many specifications and standards to choose from, and they can be stacked in ports and ships, saving a lot of space.
More importantly, the efficiency of containers is unmatched by other loading methods, whether it is in terms of reloading efficiency or economic efficiency.
Therefore, once this technology was launched, it immediately attracted countries to imitate it, and everyone upgraded terminals, stations, ships and other tools in an effort to adapt to the use of containers.
Among them, as a promoter of the use of containers, Italy has also made a lot of money from the container technology promoted in various countries. After all, using containers requires various facilities and equipment, and currently the best facilities and equipment for using containers are basically Italian ones.
produced.
In fact, the container is very simple, mainly because of the thinking problem. After all, it is just a big iron box, and it is more from a management perspective.
In addition to these two pillar industries, the Italian power industry has also declined. Currently, Westinghouse Electric Company occupies a large proportion of power transportation and production equipment manufacturers. And in addition to these, Westinghouse also owns all electrical appliances for production and living.
A lot of them have been developed and are currently being promoted in various countries.
Of course, Italy is not just home to Westinghouse Electric. Electrical companies such as Erica, DeLonghi, and Tess are all relatively famous in the world. Of course, the largest and most important company in Italy is Westinghouse Electric.
Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the military industry. Currently, various countries are constantly expanding their military and preparing for war, and Italy is certainly not left behind. The Turin Arsenal, Beretta Arms Company, Venice Naval Shipyard, etc. have provided sufficient support for Italy's military expansion.
After all, the guns, ammunition, artillery, warships, etc. needed for military expansion can all be built by the above-mentioned companies.
Of course, in addition to producing various weapons for the Italian military, the above-mentioned companies also accept orders from abroad. The performance of the Italian army in recent years has made the lack of independent production visible to the eyes of various countries and even various forces, and in order to allow companies to obtain
For better development, the Italian government is also actively promoting its own weapons to other countries. For example, the Qing Dynasty in the Far East purchased a lot of guns and ammunition, artillery, warships, etc., and Italy had a large share.
In addition, weapons produced by Italy can be seen everywhere in the Balkans, South America, the Middle East, and Africa.
In addition to the above-mentioned industries, Italy's petrochemical industry cannot be underestimated. Currently, Italy is the largest oil exporter in Europe, and oil from Libya is continuously supplied to European countries. With its own oil advantages, Italy is in the petrochemical industry.
It has its own place. Various crude oil, refined oil and chemical products have become Italy's top export products, bringing considerable profits to Italy every year.
In addition to these pillar industries, various industries such as the steel industry, textile industry, and mining industry also performed well driven by pillar industries.
At present, Italy has more than 8 million industrial workers in various industries, accounting for 187% of the total population.
Yes, the current total population of Italy has reached 43 million. Benefiting from the great development of industry in recent years, coupled with the influence of Italian culture, the number of people who are willing to have children is not low, and this has also led to Italy’s population growth over the years.
Not low.
At present, Italy's annual natural population growth rate has been hovering around 2. The increase in population has put considerable pressure on the Italian government.
Of course, this also proves that the growth of the Italian economy has led to the gradual prosperity of the people. Otherwise, who would have children if they don’t have enough to eat?
In response to the natural growth of the population, the development of Italy's education, medical and food and other related industries has not been slow in recent years.
In addition to their own development, these industries also receive considerable support from the government.
In recent years, the development of the Italian economy has brought government revenue to a new high. According to estimates from the Ministry of Finance, Italy's fiscal revenue this year has reached a new high of 312 lire. The gross national product has even reached a scale of 30.4 billion lire. It is very close.
The level of France and Russia is much higher than that of Austria-Hungary. No one can wear the title of poor power on Italy.
As Italy's economic situation improves, its status in the Triple Alliance is also rising. Germany needs to ask Italians for their opinions on many aspects.
This is also a benefit brought by the increase in national power. Of course, in addition to the benefits, there are also disadvantages. For example, Britain, France and Russia have strong uneasiness about the growth of Italy's national power. France, in particular, has built a lot of fortifications on the border between the two countries. At present,
Paris has passed a financial spending plan to increase the construction of fortifications on its Alpine border.
Similarly, the British Navy also strengthened its Mediterranean Fleet, assigning two of its four newly built Mammoth-class battleships to the Mediterranean Fleet.
The British Mediterranean Fleet currently has 6 dreadnoughts, ranking second among all fleets in terms of strength, second only to the Home Fleet targeting Germany.
As for Russia, due to its long distance, it does not have many means against Italy, but its huge army advantage to the west of its border with Germany and Austria is enough for both countries to dare not ignore its existence.
In response to the tension between Britain and France, Italy sent diplomats to express goodwill to the two countries, and on the other hand accelerated the construction of warships. Currently, the construction of the fourth Cavour-class ship has begun. In addition, the No. 2 Milan-class ship
The ship also started construction this year.
Italy's actions have also made the situation in the Mediterranean tense.
At this time, the integration of a non-adjacent country has made the Mediterranean more dangerous and made European countries feel like they are facing a formidable enemy.
