The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Although the "San Francisco Chronicle" is the newspaper with the largest circulation on the west coast of the United States, its main readers are concentrated in northern and central California. As long as the local readers in California are pleasing and the report attracts the attention of local readers, then there is no need to worry about sales.

On the second day after Zhou Hexuan's speech, the "San Francisco Chronicle" published relevant content on the headline of the second edition. The headline of the news was "The Silver Act is pushing the United States into the abyss."

Not only that, American left-wing writer Philip Rahv also took the opportunity to open fire and published an article in the "Partisan Review" magazine:

"The promulgation of the U.S. Silver Act is first of all a manifestation of the loss of national dignity. In July 1933, that is, last year, eight major silver-producing or silver-consuming countries, including the United States, China, and India, signed the "International Silver Agreement" at the World Economic Conference in London. 》, in order to stabilize the international silver price, it is stipulated that the U.S. government’s annual purchase of silver shall not exceed 35 million ounces. However, less than a year after the signing of the "International Silver Agreement", the United States promulgated the Silver Act, which is equivalent to unilaterally tearing up this international agreement .”

"The United States has violated its international obligations to stabilize silver prices, which will inevitably bring about a series of international problems. This kind of unilateral breach of contract is not what a major country should do, and the United States will gradually lose international credibility and influence."

"It might be argued that all the breach of trust was worth it if it helped America out of the Great Depression. But the Silver Act did more harm than good to the United States, and as more and more countries moved away from the silver standard, the value of silver actually It is going down. And the United States relies on laws and state purchases to raise the price of silver, which is equivalent to using limited national finances to purchase silver whose value is decreasing. Judging from the trend of silver prices, the investment of the US government is profitable, but the fact is that This is not the case in the world, the United States can only keep buying silver to maintain the price of silver, once sold, it will inevitably cause the price of silver to plummet. This is a bottomless pit, and only the silver group makes money."

"The rise in the price of silver has raised prices to a certain extent. This is what capitalists are happy to see, because it can stimulate industrial production and help the United States out of the economic crisis. But we should see that although prices have risen, people's income has not increased accordingly , making life more difficult for the people.”

"In the Far East, the United States is causing China's hostility, because the Silver Act has caused financial chaos in China. The Chinese boycott of American goods will inevitably lead to a reduction in the export of American goods. Only the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan have really benefited."

"The evil capitalists are tying a rope around the necks of the American people. President Roosevelt has been kidnapped by the Silver Group. The Great Depression in the United States is not over. This is just the beginning. The capitalists are using another way to plunder the last of the American people. Divide the money and take the last bread of the American people..."

The United States during the Great Depression in the 1930s belonged to an era when demons danced wildly.

Not only did liberalism and the civil rights movement rise, but left-wing ideas also flooded like a flood. Countless Americans began to study communism, and some even shouted: "Only communism can save the United States!"

And "Partisan Review" is such a left-wing magazine. Although it has only been published for half a year, it has become a stronghold of American public intellectuals.

Everyone knows what public knowledge looks like. During the Great Depression in the United States, public knowledge was the most indispensable thing. They criticize the government and policies at every turn, and even openly question the rationality of the American political system. The harder they scold, the more readers like them. Who makes the life of the American people so difficult.

At this moment in the United States, the entire country has signs of a left-leaning trend.

Of course, the right-wing forces in the United States are also very strong, but the Silver Act undoubtedly runs counter to right-wing thinking. The right advocated laissez-faire economically and hoped that the government would intervene less and less in the market, which happened to be in serious conflict with Roosevelt's New Deal.

Once some newspapers began to question the "Silver Act", both the left and right wings of the United States jumped out at the same time and began to blurt out curses at the current government. The left-wingers have the responsibility of "pleading for the people", while the right-wingers are purely against Roosevelt's New Deal-Roosevelt offended too many people.

Zhou Hexuan only gave a speech, which directly ignited the flames of public opinion in California, and continued to spread to several neighboring states. The effect was so good that even Zhou Hexuan himself could not believe it.

The United States in the Great Depression was originally a powder keg of public opinion.

In addition, Zhou Hexuan also played a huge role in it. He is an internationally renowned scholar. He has successfully predicted the economic crisis. He wrote "Titanic", which is popular all over the United States, and his words and deeds have attracted the attention of the American media.

If it were Song Ziwen, it would certainly not be able to achieve good results, because no one pays attention to him in the United States.

On the sixth day after Zhou Hexuan arrived in the United States, there were demonstrations on the streets of San Francisco, followed by Los Angeles, where countless people called on the government to cancel the silver bill.

"How could the situation develop so quickly?" Song Ziwen flipped through the newspaper in surprise.

"That's right," Fan Heyan also said, "The newspapers are all against the silver bill, and the public opinion is almost one-sided. If you say no one is behind the scenes, who will believe it?"

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Of course someone pushed it."

Fan Heyan asked curiously: "Mr. Zhou has many friends in the United States? Are they helping to promote?"

"I don't have that kind of ability," Zhou Hexuan said with a playful smile, "We seem to be involved in the political struggle in the United States."

"What's the situation?" Song Ziwen asked in confusion.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Someone wanted to attack the Baiyin Group, and we just provided an excuse."

"Who?" Fan Heyan asked.

Zhou Hexuan said uncertainly: "It may be a senator from a non-Silver Group, or it may be Roosevelt himself."

Fan He said: "I still don't understand."

Zhou Hexuan explained: "There are currently 49 states in the United States, and each state has 2 Senate representatives, a total of 98 senators, and the seven silver provinces have one-seventh of the seats. The silver bill will definitely violate the interests of some states. However, they reached a compromise through political deals. Now that we are standing up to make trouble, naturally someone is willing to take the opportunity to give the Silver State some eye salve. Of course, it may have nothing to do with the states, maybe Roosevelt instructed it. Roosevelt has long been interested in the Silver Seven If you are dissatisfied, you can do whatever you want.”

Song Ziwen shook his head and said: "Probably not. American politicians are all about rules, a set of rules set by themselves. If there are any conflicts, they can be resolved through private negotiations, and it is impossible to make them public in the society. Once this rule is broken , it’s like flipping the table.”

"Hehe." Zhou Hexuan smiled and said nothing.

Politicians are less trustworthy than capitalists, and their integrity has no bottom line.

Politics in the United States is very interesting. If a policy is to be promulgated, it simply means that the president proposes a bill and the Senate passes or amends the bill. This often happens: the Senate vetoes a bill by the President, the President vetoes the Senate's veto, and the Senate vetoes the President's veto by the Senate. Endless...

The Senate represents the interests of various groups. This group is not a certain company and consortium, but an interest group composed of many companies and consortia, known as the "outside group". For example, the Silver Group is a typical lobby group. It is a collection of interests from seven silver-producing states in the United States and holds one-seventh of the voting rights in the U.S. Senate.

In order to successfully implement his New Deal, Roosevelt had to make compromises, but he already hated the Silver Group. And there are many other non-hospital groups in the United States who dislike the Silver Group, such as the "American Farmers Union".

The Silver Act seriously damaged the interests of the "American Farmers Union" and caused the agricultural products in the United States to become more and more unsalable. Originally, the "American Farmers Union" hoped to open up overseas markets, such as selling grain to silver standard countries, because the Silver Act would lead to an increase in the currency value of these countries, thereby improving the overseas competitiveness of American agricultural products.

However, it never occurred to me that as soon as the Silver Act came out, many silver standard countries announced their abandonment of the silver standard. Even countries that did not abandon the silver standard did not have to buy American grain. The Soviet Union took the opportunity to grab many orders—the Soviet Union relied on selling grain to raise funds to develop its industry.

As a result, the "American Farmers Union" became confused, the domestic market shrank, and the foreign market did not expand. They were also victims of the Silver Act.

There is more than one lobby group like the American Farmers Union, such as the American Chamber of Commerce. Their losses were even greater. They found that after the introduction of the Silver Act, the amount of Chinese imports of American goods did not increase as expected, but decreased instead! ——It was also for this reason that Britain took the initiative to take action later. The Silver Act led to a sharp drop in the sales of British goods in the Chinese market, which was the consequence of the destruction of the Chinese market.

Whether it is the "American Farmers Union" or the "U.S. Chamber of Commerce", they all hope that the damn silver bill will be canceled as soon as possible.

Zhou Hexuan just provided them with an opportunity.

Historically, the U.S. Silver Group split after the promulgation of the Silver Act, because external political pressure was too great, and the exchange of various interests led to internal strife in the Silver Group. Roosevelt completely subdued the hungry wolf of the Baiyin Group through the contradictions of the various groups outside the hospital.

Even if Zhou Hexuan didn't make a move, things would develop in that direction, but it took a long time, a full two years. For China, the day lily was cold at that time, and I don't know how much profit it lost.