Neither the "British Fascist" nor the "Imperial Fascist Alliance" has formed a big climate. The one who really needs to be vigilant is a man named Oswald Mosley.
This guy was born into a British aristocratic family. When he was 21 years old, he was still a Conservative Party, and then joined the radical Labor Party. As the conflicts in British society became increasingly fierce, the Labor Party could no longer satisfy him, and then turned into a fascist.
Mosley is now in Italy to inspect Mussolini's New Deal. He was personally received by Mussolini and has great admiration for the fascist regime. He will return to the UK in a few months to join other fascist groups in the UK to jointly form the "
The British Fascist Alliance" quickly completed the integration of British fascist forces and organized the scattered British fascist factions.
When this man got married in 1936, the wedding was held directly at the home of German Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels, and Hitler attended in person as a distinguished guest. Before the official outbreak of World War II, Mosley had become the British Minister of Labor, and his fascist members were even in the United Kingdom.
Get a certain number of seats in parliament.
If World War II had not broken out in time, quelling the development momentum of British fascism, the whole of Britain would have continued to become fascist, and maybe Mosley could have become the British version of Hitler.
Fascism can develop rapidly in the UK mainly because the situation in the UK is so bad. The number of unemployed workers is close to 3 million, general strikes break out in the country from time to time, and the trade deficit last year reached 100 million pounds. British politics, economy, society and culture
There are serious crises on all fronts, and British civilization is in decline.
Toynbee, who recently published a "Survey of International Affairs," states in the opening chapter: "Members of this great, ancient, and ever-successful society are asking themselves whether the long history of Western life and its growth is changing for them.
The era of may well be coming to an end?”
Historians with outstanding vision, such as Toynbee, are openly questioning capitalism. It is conceivable what terrible disasters Western society has encountered.
Across the ocean, in the United States, there are more than 15 million unemployed workers at this time, and it is difficult to count the semi-unemployed. More than 1 million farmers have gone bankrupt, and the average income of farmers is only 48 US dollars per year, which is not as much as ordinary industrial workers in China earn.
Because they have no money to buy gasoline, some middle-class people and farmers have to use cattle, horses and other livestock to pull their cars. In order to make ends meet, American girls risked pregnancy and sold their bodies for 10 cents a time and had no money to buy contraceptive (harmony) condoms.
Later, the United States decided to join the war to fight World War II and massively expanded its military strength. As a result, 40% of the Americans who applied for the draft were eliminated due to poor physical fitness and long-term malnutrition.
The capitalist world is experiencing 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 serious, but the key contradiction still lies in Europe," Toynbee smoked a cigar and puffed away smoke. "As you said, the world is brewing for a war, and all problems will depend on this war.
solve."
Zhou Hexuan said: "The current political situation in Britain is so chaotic, why don't you stand up and appeal?"
Toynbee shook his head and said: "I am just a scholar, responsible for analyzing problems and making suggestions to the government. There are many scholars like me, and they all have different ideas. Only they themselves know who the British royal family and cabinet will listen to."
Zhou Hexuan laughed and said: "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 compromise. During World War I, George V had to give up his German surname and change his surname to Windsor in order to calm the people. In the face of the Irish uprising, he suggested that Congress adopt a gentle conciliatory policy.
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To put it nicely, this is a benevolent monarch. To put it harshly, George V likes to make peace with others. When encountering difficulties, he will solve them by fooling around and ignore the core issues, as long as he can stabilize the overall situation.
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After the collapse of the British cabinet last year, various factions continued to struggle. King George V came out to make peace again and appointed the Labor Party "traitor" Macdonald to form a coalition cabinet. This cabinet government is composed of a multi-party coalition, including conservative forces and the Labor Party.
Among the members, there are also socialists and fascists who are just confused. Anyway, it is in chaos.
In this way, the cabinet government has no hope of having a long-term vision. The parties compete with each other for power and hold things back. When it comes to specific matters, they have to deal with headaches and pains, and when it comes to international problems, they procrastinate again and again to maintain stability.
To put it bluntly, the policy strategy of this British coalition cabinet is essentially to watch the situation worsen and choose a path of slow death.
Social reform? Dare not.
Trade protection? Unwilling.
Preparing the army for war? Not appropriate.
Intervene in Europe? No.
Facing such a British king and cabinet, Toynbee suddenly felt the same powerlessness as Zhou Hexuan. He was able to propose many policy strategies, but those in power did not listen. Zhou Hexuan also made many suggestions to Chang Kaishen and Zhang Xueliang.
People also only listen but do not listen.
"By the way," Toynbee took out an invitation letter, "Prince George invites you to the ball. He and the princess both like your "Titanic" very much."
"Prince George?" Zhou Hexuan didn't respond.
Toynbee explained: "The king's second son, Albert, was a gentleman who liked to smoke."
"Oh, it's him!" Zhou Hexuan suddenly woke up.
Prince George is the future King George VI of the United Kingdom, 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
He reluctantly ascended the throne and became the king.
This is a "commoner" prince. Because he was considered to have no possibility of succeeding to the throne since he was a child, he lives a free and unsupervised life. He likes smoking, drinking, literature and art, but he doesn't like politics. But he later became
Became King of England.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and asked: "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 find it myself." Zhou Hexuan said.
Before attending Prince George's ball, Zhou Hexuan will also go to the Royal Academy of Arts to give lectures. This schedule is tightly arranged. When these activities are almost completed, Zhou Hexuan will return to China. The leader of the British Labor Party and former Foreign Secretary will follow him
We set off together. The old gentleman’s excuse was to go to China for an investigation visit.
