From the 1940 U.S. election process, we can see that the United States is stepping away from isolationism step by step.
At the beginning, there were three main candidates, namely Republican Thomas Dewey and Robert Taft, and Democratic Party Wendell Willkie. When Roosevelt announced his candidacy, Willkie, who knew he was unable to fight, immediately rebelled.
He left the Democratic Party and defected to the Republican Party.
Willkie's public support was pitifully low. When the British and French forces were defeated, he immediately killed Dewey and Taft, became the Republican presidential candidate, and entered the presidential election finals with Roosevelt.
Willkie was able to win the Republican intra-party election because he was the only international diplomat in the Republican Party, while his opponents were all isolationists.
In other words, the 1940 U.S. election ended between two "interventionists."
This is enough to illustrate the choice of the American conglomerates and the people. The vast majority of them support the United States to go out of the Americas and actively participate in international affairs in Asia and Europe. The wind of isolationism is getting weaker and weaker in the United States.
The two presidential candidates, Roosevelt and Wilkie, had basically the same views on military and foreign policy. However, Wilkie represented the interests of Wall Street, while Roosevelt focused on the overall development of the United States.
The differences are huge.
After understanding the changes in the direction of U.S. diplomatic public opinion, the rest is easy to understand, including Roosevelt's promise to provide China with a credit loan of US$100 million, and the U.S. government media's support for the anti-Japanese propaganda activities of Hu Shih and the China-American Association.
The anti-Japanese propaganda performance on the weekend is very large. Not only will some celebrities participate, but Stimson, who has just become Secretary of the Army, will also attend. This man started working to aid China two years ago and has always advocated the United States' participation in the war. Now he is even more so.
Senior U.S. officials provoke Japan in various ways.
Not only did Roosevelt fail to stop Stimson's behavior, but instead used him as a vanguard to test and guide the United States' active foreign policy.
Before the performance officially started, Yu Peichen took two men home to meet Zhou Hexuan.
Yu Peichen introduced: "Brother Xuan, this is Mr. Paul Robeson, the African-American singer king. He is a staunch internationalist who supports China. He also sang "March of the Volunteers" at his concert not long ago."
Zhou Hexuan shook hands warmly and said: "Hello, Mr. Robertson!"
The first sentence Paul Robeson spoke to Zhou Hexuan was actually in Chinese. He grinned and asked: "Mr. Zhou, nice to meet you. Do I still speak Chinese fluently?"
"It's very good. Although the tone has some flaws, the pronunciation is very clear." Zhou Hexuan praised it.
"Thanks to Liu's help." Paul smiled.
The Chinese young man next to him is called Liu Liangmo. He is Paul's personal Chinese teacher and taught Paul to sing "March of the Volunteers."
Liu Liangmo said with a smile: "Mr. Robertson is a language genius. It only took him three months to be able to use Chinese for daily communication. In addition to Chinese, Mr. Robertson is also proficient in more than ten languages including English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
dialect."
Paul Robeson waved his hand and said: "I only have a little understanding, but I can't say I'm proficient."
The consistent image represented by black people is that they are rude, stupid, good at singing, dancing and long-distance running, but there are still a few people with superior IQs. For example, the black singer in front of you has fully utilized his language talents.
He holds a master's degree in law from Colombia and learned more than 20 languages in his later years.
The funny thing is that Paul was originally a professional actor, and his performances in movies and plays were widely recognized. This was very difficult in the 1920s. As a result, this professional actor who graduated from the law department became a well-known actor with his super racial talent.
He is a black singer, but his identity as an actor has been ignored.
By the way, this African-American singer also participated in the Spanish Civil War a few years ago and publicly supported China's war of resistance three years ago.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Paul Robeson called Taizu as soon as possible to express his heartfelt congratulations, and accepted the invitation of the Chinese representative and agreed to visit and perform in China. As a result, his overseas passport was revoked by the US government...
When New China's diplomatic situation was at its most difficult, Paul wrote in "A Letter to the Chinese People": "Your great country is one of the cradles of human civilization and one of the great countries of today and in the future.
I look forward to one day coming to your land to show my respect to you. I hope this day comes soon. This is a happy day that I long for."
Unfortunately, when New China and the United States officially established diplomatic relations, this respectable black brother had passed away and never had the opportunity to set foot on Chinese soil.
As for his Chinese teacher Liu Liangmo, he later participated in the first session of the People's Political Consultative Conference and was one of the proposers of the national anthem of New China. He sang "March of the Volunteers" for most of his life.
Liu Liangmo shook hands warmly and said, "Mr. Zhou, I'm glad to see you again."
Zhou Hexuan couldn't remember, so he asked: "Have we met before?"
Liu Liangmo said: "Three years ago, I met you at an event held by the National Salvation Association in Shanghai. I was one of the executive committee members of the National Salvation Association at that time. After the event, we even took a group photo, and you sat in the center of the first row.
, I’m on the far left in the first row.”
"I see, it's a pleasure to meet you, a pleasure to meet you!" Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Liu Liangmo's identity during the Anti-Japanese War was very interesting. He was known as the "cheerleader for saving the nation." In 1935, he organized a singing club with a thousand members to sing patriotic anti-Japanese war songs. When the full-scale Anti-Japanese War broke out, he led people to
On all fronts, singing was used to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda and labor activities. When Zhou Gong inspected the New Fourth Army last year, he specially watched Liu Liangmo's singing performance and spoke highly of his patriotic behavior.
Unfortunately, Liu Liangmo not only sang anti-Japanese songs, but also many revolutionary and patriotic songs. The Nationalist Government was very dissatisfied with this and actually detained Liu Liangmo last summer. He regained his freedom with the help of the YMCA and was sent to the United States for asylum.
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Yu Peichen said: "Mr. Liu is now the leader of the singing group of our Chinese American Association and is responsible for organizing singing performances for anti-Japanese propaganda activities. Thanks to him for adapting Chinese anti-Japanese songs into English songs, American audiences can understand them more deeply.
Understand the enthusiasm of the Chinese people for the War of Resistance."
Liu Liangmo said modestly: "I just did a little bit of work to the best of my ability. The anti-Japanese fighters on the front line are the real heroes."
Zhou Hexuan said: "If everyone can make a small contribution, then the 400 million people will gather huge strength. Why worry about not being able to defeat the Japanese invaders?"
"Mr. Zhou said it well," Liu Liangmo said, "I am going to cooperate with Mr. Robertson to release a record of Chinese anti-war songs in the United States. Your compositions "On the Songhua River" and "My Motherland" will also be included. The proceeds from the record
All profits will be used as donations for the Anti-Japanese War. I’m afraid I can’t pay you the copyright fee. I hope you can understand.”
Zhou Hexuan said: "That's no problem. If no record company is willing to help with production and distribution, then I can pay for the production costs and let my publishing company help with distribution."
Paul Robeson praised: "You are really a generous and patriotic gentleman."
Zhou Hexuan said: "Your internationalist ideas are more respectable."
Paul Robeson said: "Mr. Zhou, I am a loyal fan of yours. The two songs "On the Songhua River" and "My Motherland" are so beautiful, especially "My Motherland". I just learned it some time ago and can't wait to listen to it." I want to perform at the concert."
"That's my honor." Zhou Hexuan smiled.
Paul Robeson added: "I have read your masterpiece "Guns, Germs, and Steel" over and over again, and I very much agree with your views in the book. You are the first person to publicly elaborate on racial equality in your work, and believe that black people and An internationally renowned scholar who is as good as any other race. If possible, I hope you can write a monograph on black history in the future."
Zhou Hexuan said: "When China wins the Anti-Japanese War, I think I will write it."
"Please, please," Paul Robeson lamented, "whether in Europe or America, the status of black people is very low. When I was in middle school, there were only two black students in the whole school, including me. Just because Because of my different skin color, I couldn’t do this or that in school, and I couldn’t even fight back. When I was studying at Jester University, I couldn’t participate in the school choir because I was black. It wasn’t until I entered Columbia University that I could It was such an unpleasant experience to have the chance to sing.”
Zhou Hexuan said: "The United States is a multi-racial country. Blacks, Chinese and Jews all suffer severe discrimination. Jews have gradually been recognized by mainstream society by virtue of their economic status and white advantages, but they still need to obtain more rights. Blacks want to fight for For racial rights, the wisest way is to choose to cooperate with the Jews and strengthen exchanges with the Chinese community. Weak races need to unite to gain strength."
Paul Robeson asked: "Do you have any advice on this?"
Zhou Hexuan said: "It is an inevitable trend for the United States to participate in the world war. At that time, you can be more high-profile, stand up and call on black people to defend the country, and form a black patriotic group. This is a very critical first step, because only dedication will reward you, and patriotism This behavior will definitely win the recognition of mainstream American society. After the war is won, black people have paid their blood and lives for the country, then you have reason to seek racial rights. They all shed blood and sacrificed for the country, why are black people not allowed to enter certain restaurants? ?”
Paul Robertson nodded and said: "That's right. Thank you very much for Mr. Zhou's guidance."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "At that time, I can cooperate with you in publicity, such as investing in adapting "12 Years a Slave" into a movie."
"I look forward to that day." Paul Robeson said happily.
After the war, black Americans were bound to engage in racial movements, which were eventually secretly manipulated by the Jews into an equal rights movement. Historically, both Jews and blacks benefited from this movement, but Chinese Americans gained nothing. By then, Zhou Hexuan could also join the movement. Step in, not only to film "12 Years a Slave", but also to make the story of Chinese laborers into a movie, and to join forces with Hongmen to lead the Chinese to participate in the affirmative movement.