The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

"Crack clap clap!"

After the deathly silence, the venue immediately burst into thunderous applause.

Romain Rolland said to Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou, you are also Chinese, please come on stage and say a few words."

Zhou Hexuan also made preparations in advance. He asked someone to bring up a large blackboard, held a chalk and said, "I don't want to talk about justice, I don't want to repeat the tragedy of the war, and I don't want to use the suffering of the Chinese people in exchange for the sympathy of everyone here. .I just want to tell you a fact very sensibly, the Second World War is coming. Please allow me to define the European War more than ten years ago as 'World War I', and the one that is brewing now, It can be called the 'Second World War'. I dare to predict that the destructiveness of the Second World War is far stronger than that of the First World War. No one in the countries on the Eurasian continent can escape, and it is impossible to escape. "

The previous speeches of everyone were all centered on the topic of anti-war, calling for and discussing how to avoid and stop war.

And Zhou Hexuan's opening remarks, saying that the war is inevitable, and it is a large-scale world war, immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Zhou Hexuan continued: "International friends are all non-war activists. We hope that war will never break out again. However, war is inevitable. We must choose to face it bravely and stand firmly on the side of justice."

Roman Rolland quickly interrupted his speech and said, "Zhou, are you responding to the war? This has nothing to do with the topic we are discussing today. Please pay attention to your wording."

Zhou Hexuan said in a firm tone: "Here, I have to pour cold water on you. Everyone's call for peace is actually conniving at the fascist forces. It's like a wolf that wants to eat people. No matter how much you call, the wolf will eventually eat you." Human. The only correct way is to call on people to pick up shotguns and drive this wolf away."

"No," Romain Rolland retorted, "a small number of fascists are evil wolves. They have bewitched the majority of the people. But when we call for peace, we are awakening those bewitched people. As long as the people are on the side of peace, then the few fascists will Molecules cannot become climate."

"I only partially agree with your point of view," Zhou Hexuan said to Romain Rolland, "Can you let me finish?"

Romain Rolland nodded and said, "Please tell me."

Zhou Hexuan drew a simple world map on the big blackboard and marked it in Japan, Germany and Italy: "I'm afraid I don't need to explain more about what is fascism, because you are all anti-fascist fighters. Today I want to It is about why the fascist forces can develop and grow rapidly, and its root lies in the Versailles system!"

Mr. Zhou is going to give a lecture, and he will give lectures to many international masters present.

"In my opinion, the First World War was a war in which the great powers carve up the world. The victorious countries adopted a series of diplomatic treaties such as the Treaty of Versailles, the Treaty of the Four Nations, the Treaty of the Five Nations Navy, and the Treaty of the Nine Nations. Together, they formed the current world pattern of the 'Versailles-Washington System'. Germany's overseas colonies were divided up and had to cede territory and pay compensation; although Japan gained a small amount of benefits, it was completely out of proportion to expectations."

"The huge amount of war reparations clearly marked the price directly caused the collapse of the German economy after the war. The hardships of the German people, coupled with the national humiliation brought about by the ceded land, directly led to Hitler's Nazi ideology being widely recognized. Unless a miracle happened, the Germans could not be true. The performance of the contract, their war reparations will never be repaid. Coupled with the impact of the current economic crisis, the Germans can only do one thing, and that is to launch a war to violate the treaty!"

"Looking at Japan again, you may not know that Japan had a 'mainland strategy' hundreds of years ago. Their plan was very clear. First, they invaded Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula, and then occupied China's Northeast. These plans It has all been realized. Next, Japan will invade and occupy the entire territory of China, attack the Soviet Union in the north, and attack Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean in the south.”

"In Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, there are large colonies of countries such as Britain, France, the United States, and the Netherlands. Japan's invasion will inevitably lead to war. Therefore, Japan and Germany will form a war alliance, plus a fascist Italy, to jointly fight against other countries in the world. .”

Zhou Hexuan began to draw arrows on the map, marking the offensive lines of the fascist Axis countries and their planned occupied areas, and finally threw away the chalk and said: "Through this map of the source of war, everyone can clearly see that the future will be What kind of world war broke out. But now the anti-war thinking is popular among the people of various countries, and the governments of all countries strictly adhere to appeasement and isolationism. This is tantamount to conniving fascist forces in disguise. Japan invaded the northeast of China, and the powers of various countries remained on the sidelines and condemned. In the future, Germany will invade and occupy Poland , the Czech Republic, the powers of various countries will still wait and see and condemn. The appetite of the fascist regime is getting bigger and stronger, and the final world war is inevitable.”

Everyone was a little scared by the map of the origin of the war. If it was as Zhou Hexuan expected, the whole world would be at war.

"Red Nobility" Sir Marley said: "Mr. Zhou, you are scaremongering. France has the most powerful army in the world, and Britain has the most powerful navy in the world. No matter how crazy Germany is, it cannot compete with Britain and France at the same time." The two countries are at war, not to mention the Soviet Union with a huge land area. As long as the Germans dare to provoke a big war, they will only be greeted with destruction."

The American journalist Iroson also said: "Japan is small in size and lacks in resources. As long as the United States is present, it is impossible for Japan to go to war in the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. The United States does not need to send troops. As long as Japan's oil import routes are cut off, Japan's security will be guaranteed." Airplanes couldn't go to the sky, Japanese warships couldn't leave port, and Japanese tanks couldn't move."

"Who can say for sure about the war?" Zhou Hexuan spread his hands, "It seems that this is indeed the case. It is impossible for Germany and Japan to go to war with the whole world. But everyone should not forget that the fascists are a bunch of lunatics. They need Suppressing the people internally to maintain rule requires launching wars abroad to transfer domestic conflicts. The appeasement strategies of the great powers will ignore the fascist countries’ step-by-step increase in strength. Take Japan as an example. If the great powers have been ignoring it, the Japanese will Occupy the whole of China. At that time, Japan was invincible in Asia, and they had full strength to fight in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Therefore, I appeal to the governments of all countries to use force to curb the growth of fascist forces. For example, sending troops to force Japan to abandon Northeast China, this is is the only way to get peace."

Everyone was silent, some people were thinking carefully about Zhou Hexuan's speech, but most of them thought it was impossible.

Even if Germany, Japan, and Italy unite, they are completely incapable of challenging the world.

Einstein suddenly said: "Although Zhou's statement just now exaggerated the facts, there is still some truth. If left unchecked, the fascist countries' appetites will definitely increase, and a world war will inevitably happen by then. Even if the fascist regime It will be wiped out soon, and the flames of war will ruin the lives of countless people, so we must stop this from happening in advance."

Mrs. Sun took the opportunity to say: "It is necessary to limit the growth of fascism. We should persuade the governments of various countries to take tough measures against Japan and force Japan to return the Northeast land to China. There is a Chinese idiom called 'It is not too late to mend a prison after a dead sheep'. Japan's development is to block the path of fascist expansion. China stands with the people of the world in the fight against fascism."

Zhou Hexuan said righteously: "I propose to set up an international anti-fascist alliance!"

"I agree!" Einstein raised his hand immediately.

Einstein lived in Germany all year round, and he was extremely worried about the development of the Nazi forces. Just three months ago, his friend Ossietzky was convicted of treason by the Nazi government for promoting peace. He attended the Geneva Disarmament Conference some time ago and was extremely disappointed with the attitudes of the great powers.

Even without Zhou Hexuan's proposal, Einstein would have publicly stood up against German fascism two months later, but was wanted by the Nazi government for ransacking his home and offering a reward of 100,000 marks for his head.

"I agree." Mrs. Sun was the second to raise her hand.

"I agree too." Romain Rolland was the third to raise his hand.

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

Dozens of arms were raised one after another in the venue. Although everyone did not believe the terrible future described by Zhou Hexuan, they were completely consistent in their anti-fascist attitude.

In May 1932, the "International Anti-Fascist League" was formally established in Amsterdam, and more than 60 members present voted to join. By the end of World War II in 1945, the official membership of this international organization had grown to 200,000, including people with lofty ideals from all walks of life around the world.