It seems that there is no need for Zhou Hexuan to disclose the "Tanaka Memorial", just a "China Policy Program" is enough to make China's knowledgeable people filled with indignation.
Just when Zhou Hexuan was about to leave Fengtian and return to Tianjin, tens of thousands of anti-Japanese demonstrations broke out in Fengtian City.
There was definitely someone planning and leading this parade. More than a hundred female students were modern, and the parade was neatly organized. They waved various flags and slogans, and there was even a band playing tragic songs and singing "Military Song", "Su Wupu" and "Su Wu Pu"
"An anti-Japanese song". Every time they passed a Japanese store or club, they would stop to shout slogans and sing lamentations. When they arrived at the official residence of the provincial parliament, they would stop and give an impassioned speech.
The entire procession was orderly, with consistent steps, no panic, and no excessive behavior.
Instead, they followed the crowd who were watching the excitement. After being aroused with anti-Japanese enthusiasm, they insulted the Japanese and smashed the windows of Japanese stores.
The Japanese immediately negotiated with the Fengtian authorities. The Fengtian authorities were greatly alarmed. They immediately arrested several leaders of the demonstrations and ordered major girls' schools in the Northeast not to allow female students to cut their hair short, otherwise they would be regarded as rebels.
The students were so angry that all schools in Fengtian City, except Northeastern University, went on strike.
Zhang Zuolin specially sent a telegram back to Fengtian, ordering the principals to ban student activities, and this patriotic anti-Japanese march finally came to an end.
Zhou Hexuan was timid and cherished his life. He did not dare to show the slightest intention in the Northeast, where Japanese influence was rampant. However, as soon as he returned to the Tianjin Concession, he immediately handed over the full text of "Tanaka Memorial" to Hu Zhengzhi, which was published on the front page of "Ta Kung Pao" the next day.
Publish it.
As soon as this news came out, readers immediately rushed to buy it, and the sales volume of "Ta Kung Pao" even surged to 60,000 copies.
Even the officials of the Press Censorship Office were furious. Instead of immediately ordering Ta Kung Pao to make corrections, they submitted the newspaper to Zhang Zuolin for review.
"Mom, pull your ass!"
Zhang Zuolin believed the "Tanaka Memorial" the moment he saw it, because the contents were all true and consistent with a series of recent actions by the Japanese. He really thought that a patriot entered the Japanese palace at night to steal books, and he cursed: "
These little bastards have been planning to invade my territory all day long. Mom, please wait until I have my hands free to make your little Japan look good!"
"Generalissimo, is this newspaper... going to be ordered to make corrections and apologize?" an official from the Press Censorship Office asked nervously, saying worriedly, "The Japanese have already lodged a protest, saying that the Ta Kung Pao distorted the report and that the Tanaka Memorial was actually fake news.
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"Apologise, you're a fool," Zhang Zuolin yelled, "let them retaliate, retaliate vigorously, it's best to let the whole country know."
Zhang Zuolin is angry, but an old fox like him doesn't know how to act on his own initiative.
Now that the Feng clan was besieged by various armies, Zhang Zuolin took advantage of the "Tianzhong Memorial" to call on all parties to stop the civil war and unite with the outside world. What a good tool of public opinion. In an instant, he was elevated to the level of national justice, and all the forces attacking him were
He is a traitor.
Zhang Zuolin not only asked Ta Kung Pao to continue reporting, but also asked all newspapers in the Fengjun area to reprint it unanimously. Soon Shenbao and Xinwen in the south also reprinted it, and the contents of "Tanaka Memorial" spread throughout the country in an instant.
The anti-Japanese demonstration in Fengtian that had just subsided spread directly to the entire Northeast, and many Japanese shops were smashed to pieces.
"Excuse me, the Chinese martyrs entered the Japanese palace at night and stole the secret memorial!"
Shanghai streets.
The tram was full of employees going to work in the morning. Some people read the newspaper and cursed: "If you want to conquer China, you must conquer Manchuria and Mongolia first. If you want to conquer the world, you must conquer China first... The Japanese are really ambitious and want to devour them."
The whole of China is not afraid of being choked to death!"
"Not only the whole of China, they also want to occupy South Asia and Southeast Asia." Another person answered.
Some people's attention was distorted. They held the newspaper and praised: "He is really a righteous man. He risked his life to enter the palace at night and steal the memorial. I wonder what the real name of this patriotic hero is?"
"Of course you can't tell your real name, otherwise you will definitely be killed by the Japanese."
"That's right, a hero doesn't want to be famous, he just wants to live."
"It's a pity that the Japanese are about to invade China, and the warlords are still fighting endlessly."
"well……"
The impact of the "Tanaka Memorial" was terrifying, as if it was piercing the hearts of the Chinese people. Anti-Japanese demonstrations broke out one after another across the country.
Businessmen took the opportunity to push behind the scenes and called for a boycott of Japanese products. The textile industry in particular was the most active. Competition in textile products has been too fierce in recent years, and domestic products have been overwhelmed by foreign products. How could such a great opportunity be missed?
Not to mention, the boycott of Japanese products was really effective. Within a few months, the sales of Japanese textile products in China dropped significantly, and the market share was taken by domestic and Western products.
This is probably a side effect of Zhou Hexuan's announcement of the "Tanaka Memorial". He can also be regarded as having contributed to the revitalization of national industry.
Immediately afterwards, newspapers across the country called for an end to the civil war, hoping that all parties would sit down for peace talks and, ideally, could jointly form a democratic government.
However, if the eggs are mixed, how should they be treated?
Western powers, including the Soviet Union, reacted fiercely to the Tanaka Memorial and severely condemned Japan's wolfish ambitions. Their thinking should be like this: Damn, if you want to occupy China, you can occupy it. It's still here.
You want to invade our colony, you damn Japan wants to rebel!
Among them, Americans had the biggest reaction, because the United States originally wanted to squeeze out Japan's influence in China.
As soon as the memorial incident broke out, the United States immediately started negotiations with three Chinese governments (Beiping, Nanjing, and Wuhan) to discuss how to cancel the U.S. tariff privileges in China and return tariff autonomy to China. This move was a full year earlier than in history.
Seeing the flirtations between the United States and China, countries such as Britain and France could not sit still and joined the negotiations one after another. All countries unanimously decided to immediately return China's tariff autonomy as long as it has a unified and legal government.
Well, they want to return the tariffs, but unfortunately they don’t know who to return them to. China has to finish the war on this matter.
Zhou Hexuan once again became the focus of national attention. To be precise, it attracted the attention of the world, because the impact of "Tanaka Memorial" was world-class. People could not find the righteous man who entered the palace at night and stole the book, so they focused their attention on the disclosure
On the body of Zhou Hexuan who gave the memorial.
Northeast, Kwantung Army secret service.
A Japanese colonel banged the table and shouted: "The emperor is furious, we must capture Zhou Hexuan. Remember, we must capture him alive, and ask him who is the person who stole the documents!"
Although the "Tanaka Memorial" is false, the content of the document is true and is an absolutely confidential document.