1855 United States Tycoon

Early that morning, Edgar, the editor-in-chief of the Bavarian Progressive newspaper, had just sat down behind Own’s desk. Before he could pour a glass of water into Own’s cup, he heard a knock on the door outside.

"Ah, the door is open, come in by yourself." Edgar said with a grin. He is in a very good mood recently, because the strike incident triggered by their newspaper and the genuine "Advance News" investigation of chemical plant accidents has already achieved phased results: providing appropriate compensation for workers injured at work. Legislation will soon be put on the agenda, and regulations to strengthen the safety management of chemical plants are also being brewed. In short, since Bismarck's resignation, the situation of the workers is clearly heading in a good direction. This naturally makes Edgar, who has been busy working for the labor movement for decades, very happy.

The door was gently pushed open, Edgar saw Dana walking in, he immediately smiled, and said to Dana, "Hi, Dana! Good morning. Ah, I have you Amy here. Aunt Li’s little biscuits, would you like to have a few pieces?” In the newspaper, this new little girl who serves as a temporary reporter is very cute. Not only is she beautiful, she has a very good heart, and, Also very talented and very capable. To be honest, it is generally not easy for a girl like this to go to the road of supporting workers and supporting the most humble, most humiliated and trampled people like her. Because this is really a difficult road, and a girl like Dena with such good conditions can choose an easier and more comfortable road. Among other things, Dena is a student at the University of Göttingen. There is no shortage of young guys with a family background and good personal qualities in that university. If a girl like Dena doesn't have a large number of suitors behind her, then Edgar definitely doesn't believe it. Because he himself had been young, and he had done playing guitar under the window of his beloved girl in the middle of the night. Moreover, just now, several young male reporters in the newspaper are obviously paying tribute to Dena. Apart from anything else, since Dena came to the newspaper, the male reporters have obviously dressed more carefully than before. As for Dena's ability, it has been very clear in recent reports on chemical plant accidents. It is said that the authentic "Advance News" has already sent out an invitation to Dena...

"Thank you, Mr. Edgar." Dana walked to Edgar's desk and said to him apologetically, "I don't want to spoil your good mood, but I have a bad news to bring you. ."

"What's the matter, Dena?" Edgar hurriedly asked when she saw Dena's serious look and didn't know what had happened.

"I got a piece of news that is unfavorable to the newspaper." Dena still said solemnly, her eyebrows frowned slightly, as if very worried.

"What's the news? Is it because the government is going to seize our newspaper again?" Edgar started to take heart out at this time and asked with a smile. Anyway, this newspaper of him and his colleagues should not be seized too many times. Everyone is used to it. Even recently, their newspaper has been in continuous operation for almost a year, and it has not been blocked for such a long time, which has made many old employees in the newspaper feel uncomfortable.

"The situation may be more serious than this. Not only our newspapers may be seized, but some of our people may also be caught in prison. Even, they may be sentenced to long-term or even life-long hard labor." Dena said .

This situation is serious, so Edgar was taken aback.

"Dana, who did you hear about it. How is this possible? Although our recent reports made the authorities very unhappy, even if the people on stage are still Bismarck, they don't say that they will get them in the newspaper. People are caught in jail and sentenced to life-long hard labor. At most, they are expelled and exiled."

"If it's just because of the content we reported some time ago, it is indeed the most that is to block our newspaper." Dena said, "But if it is for this report, I think they have every reason to throw us into jail. Feed the mice."

While talking, Dena put a stack of manuscript paper in front of Edgar.

Edgar put on his glasses, then picked up the manuscript and read it carefully.

On the top is a press release, which is related to the accident they have reported before. At first glance, it seems to be a follow-up report of that news, but when you look further down, Edgar's face began to gradually change. Because this report clearly illustrates the terrible use of these toxic chemicals-as weapons to slaughter humans. Moreover, in this report, Dena used a very scientific and very digital method to calculate the efficiency that can be achieved if these things are used as murder weapons.

"It only takes dozens of tons of poison to kill tens of thousands of people easily, and even turn a big city into a dead zone? This..." Edgar opened his eyes suspiciously.

"Yes." Dena said, "this is a crucial step in the preparation of the German Empire for a world war."The idea of ​​preparing for a world war is not new to the left. Especially in the schools of Marxism. Because based on the basic principles of Marxism, after analyzing economic issues, the conclusion that a world war is inevitable is already clear and clear. Engels, who is still alive, has predicted a possible world war more than once. However, for most people, a war of this scale is completely unimaginable. Therefore, although theoretically, this situation is possible, and even inevitable, it is not easy for people to accept it. In fact, even among the leftists, many people do not believe that a war of this scale will really happen. As for those from the Federation of Trade Unions, they directly accused this statement of being alarmist. In their opinion, don't the capitalists know the disastrous consequences that the world war might eventually lead to? Wouldn't they compromise with each other? After all, in the eyes of people accustomed to compromise, everything can be compromised.

"In fact, as far as I know, other countries are very likely to have similar plans. Even if they don't, it's nothing. Because almost all chemical plants in the world can easily produce similar things." Dena replied Said, "At least, I know that in the large laboratory of the Macdonald Consortium, there have been a lot of things that are more efficient than killing insects. In addition, the British and French are not too good in this regard. Poor. The technological difficulty of this thing is actually not high. If you are willing, just buy me the raw materials in a day, and I can even make similar things in your office. It is estimated that only Russia will have production capacity among the big countries. Aspects of the problem."

"If this is the case, then this situation is really terrible." Edgar said as he began to think about whether the own newspaper should expose the matter. Obviously, if the own newspaper exposes this matter, it will definitely be hit by the German imperial government. And this time it will never be just as simple as the seizure, because the matter involves military secrets, the imperial government can easily convict them of treason, throw them into jail, and finally sentence them to life-long hard labor. What's more terrifying is that, unlike before, in the past, even if their newspapers were blocked, those who supported them would still continue to support them. And now, if they really publish such news, would those readers who were loyal to them also consider them to be traitors who betrayed the motherland?"Think about it, if one day the imperial government really uses this in war, what will be the consequences?" Dena said, "Those militarists must use Ruyi Scepter's calculations like this: First of all, they will want themselves As soon as I used this thing, I immediately frightened the opponent, scared the opponent immediately to kneel on the ground and kowtow, and then the war was over. They won. But this must be a delusion. Because, even if the opponent does not have this type now It’s not very difficult to create something temporarily. If you admit defeat, you may suffer more losses than if you continue to resist and quickly come up with something similar to counterattack. Do you want to join the Junker nobles to take advantage of They went to fight France with something, and they really won. How can they ensure that France will not retaliate with similar things in the future? This thing can be easily made in any chemical plant, in order to ensure that it will not be similar in the future. In revenge, they must make France completely de-industrialized. And is this acceptable to France? So it is absolutely impossible to expect the opponent to surrender in one shot. Then both sides use this thing to kill each other and die. Are not all the proletarians deceived or forced to be cannon fodder? After paying such a high price, the capitalists on the victorious side can get a lot, but what can the proletarians on the victorious side get? Mr. Edgar, you can Take a closer look at the editorial behind me, and then consider whether to publish these things."

Edgar listened, nodded, and continued looking at the editorial below without saying anything. In that editorial, Dena first demonstrated the possibility and inevitability of a full-scale war between the emperor, state, sovereignty and righteousness, and then used historical facts to point out that this kind of war can only bring endlessly to the proletariat of various countries. disaster. After that, she changed her writing skills, but she began to criticize the idea of ​​relying on legal struggles in the labor movement, hoping to compromise with the bourgeoisie, pursuing "common interests" and "win-win", and accused and advocated this. People with this kind of thinking will eventually become traitors to the proletarians. When the war comes, they will stand on the side of the capitalists and deceive the proletarians to shed blood for the bourgeois country with nonsense such as "defense the motherland".

"'The proletariat has no motherland!' This is a very good sentence!" Edgar finished reading the editorial, then looked up at Dana and said, "It's really hard to imagine that such an article could be a girl of this size. I wrote it out. I remember I didn’t know anything when I was this old. But, Dena, I can’t post this article for the time being... Don’t look at me like that. I mean, first of all, I want to ask the newspaper to The others here are prepared. Let my children, including you, leave the newspaper first-you know that such an article will involve a lot of people. We are not afraid of sacrifices, but we should minimize sacrifices as much as possible. Secondly, This is a good article that can be handed down to the world. If you are marked with your name, I dare say that you will be famous in Europe immediately. But Dena, you have a bright future, and you can’t put you in danger. For a revolutionary , Reputation is far less important for revolutionary work. You are better than me in this respect. So, please allow me to change the name of the author of this article..."

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