Chapter 285, how difficult life is
At a time when the government in Berlin was struggling with the refugee problem, the people below had already made a choice for them.
The reason was that there was too many refugees and the local government did not provide timely relief, and the hungry refugees ransacked a noble manor in Skvizhna, accidentally killing the old earl who was patrolling the estate.
There have been many things that have been plundered in places, but this is the first time that a great nobleman has been killed. Perhaps realizing that the matter was getting bigger, in order to survive, these people decisively chose to kill people.
The refugees themselves are a rabble of makeshift patchwork, and it is easy to say that they kill people to cover up the truth, but how can they not leave clues?
Needless to say, after the news was leaked, it caused a shock immediately, and the nobles naturally wanted to retaliate.
A large number of refugees poured in, and the interests of the local nobles were not only damaged, but the local people suffered even more, and they were already miserable.
Great chaos broke out, and once the butcher's knife was raised, it could never be put down. In order to restore order, the Berlin government immediately ordered the garrison to intervene.
In fact, by this time, the Berlin government was no longer able to control the situation. The local troops were definitely more inclined to the natives, and the bayonets were naturally cut at the refugees.
Perhaps many of the refugees were innocent, but at this time no one could distinguish them, and they did not want to distinguish them, and the massacre broke out.
Upon receiving news of the massacre, William I's first thought was to stop it immediately, and then he gave up.
It was a non-choice question, either to side with the refugees and offend the nobles, capitalists, and ordinary people in Prussia, or to side with the Prussian people and act as if nothing had happened.
Without thinking about it, the Berlin government knows it's on its side. As for the refugees lying in pools of blood, they saw nothing, they knew nothing.
A strange scene appeared, the Russian army was driving away the refugees, the Prussian army was also driving the refugees, and the two sides jointly composed a "March of Killing".
As a result of this, Polish soldiers in the Prussian army also mutinied. If it weren't for the fact that the Russians were too cautious and worried about fraud, and did not take the opportunity to send troops, it is estimated that there would be nothing to do with the Berlin government.
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The sudden massacre made the European world collectively lose its voice.
Condemnation?
The media is already doing it, the newspapers and the radio are blaming the Russian government for its atrocities, and of course there are many condemning the refugees.
Journalists also have to eat, and their stance is naturally influenced by the financiers.
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The Vienna Palace, this amazing big news, brought Franz, who was thinking about life, back to reality.
How to characterize this is another headache. From the standpoint of a bystander, Franz could not determine which was right and which was wrong.
Are refugees at fault? The answer is: yes and no!
They are just trying to survive, so naturally they are not wrong; But in order to survive for the sake of himself, he hurt other people at the same time, which is a big mistake.
The tragedy that happened in Skovina will not be accidental, and many more innocent people have fallen on the way to escape.
Maybe it's just some people who do evil, but everyone doesn't have the ability to distinguish and don't want to distinguish, and others are not obliged to pay for their mistakes.
Human nature cannot stand the test, especially in the face of hunger.
Was it wrong for the Prussian aristocracy and the people? Again, the answer is: yes and no!
It is certainly right to defend one's own interests and suppress the mob; Deliberately magnify the problem and enlarge it to the entire refugee population, and there is a problem.
But as a bystander, Franz didn't think he was in a position to blame them. If you can solve the crisis in advance, why ask people to solve it after the disaster happens?
Anyone who is smart knows that after losing Poland, the Berlin government is no longer able to provide relief to so many refugees.
Without relief food, refugees will be in chaos sooner or later, and this is not something that can be changed by manpower.
If the war could not be ended as soon as possible, even if the Prussian nobles and capitalists opened warehouses and released grain together, it would be useless.
For the sake of one's own interests and the country one guards, it seems that it is not wrong to choose the simplest and most practical method.
Including the expulsion of refugees by the Russians, he can understand. Morality aside, the tsarist government was powerless to provide relief to the refugees, and in order to prevent more people from becoming refugees, the expulsion of refugees was effectively a last resort.
Franz is not a virgin and knows how to think rationally. Three to four million refugees, even in the 21st century, is a difficult problem to solve, let alone in this era.
A simple mathematical problem shows that according to the calculation of one pound of food per person per day, three million people will consume 1,500 tons of grain every day, and four million people will consume 2,000 tons of grain.
This is just theoretical data, in fact, this bit of food is definitely not enough, high-calorie food may be able to maintain people's survival needs for a pound, but cheap low-calorie food, the demand will be significantly higher.
People in these years are more able to eat, a young man can eat three or five catties of food at a time, it is easy, and most of them are the big stomachs of later generations.
You don't need to eat enough for disaster relief, as long as you don't starve to death. For example, if refugees need 2,000 tons of food per day, that is to add the consumption of transportation on the way, this figure should be magnified to at least 2,500 tons.
In addition to food, other materials are also indispensable. There are too many refugees, and it is necessary to do a good job of epidemic prevention, otherwise the plague will be in trouble.
According to preliminary estimates, tents, clothing, medicines, coal, daily necessities, and ...... of these messes add up, and they cannot be purchased without hundreds of millions of Aegis.
Even if the materials are ready, without tens of thousands of tons of capacity per day, it is simply impossible to meet the demand.
It looks like this number, but it's every day, not every month, and not every year.
What about other countries, Franz didn't know, anyway, Austria did not have the ability to transport so many supplies over, even half of it.
Perhaps the whole of Europe working together may be able to solve the refugee crisis, but the chances of success are no more than 1 in 3.
Knowing that he can't do it, he is either a hero or a fool, and Franz is neither, so he can only watch from the sidelines.
can't be regarded as a cold sidestander, at least he donated, although it is still a drop in the bucket, it is also hard work.
I can't take care of things outside, but I can't ignore the refugees who send them to my door. Prussia and Russia could not go, and the refugees had to run to Austria.
This road was also not easy to follow, and the Russians did not dare to make the Viennese government think that they were driving refugees to Austria, so they had to intercept it.
Anyway, the number of refugees on the Austrian border is increasing day by day, and if it weren't for the Vienna government's preparations, it would really be impossible to hold back.
Even if there is preparation, it can only barely manage the food. It is up to the army to maintain order, and almost every refugee camp has a few criminals hanging outside.
Happiness is all contrasted, and after seeing the atrocities of Prussia, Austria's approach is so unacceptable.
Trouble?
Didn't you see that the people who were doing things were hanging outside? Now they are all illegal immigrants, the kind that have no human rights, they die in vain, and if they break any rules in the camp, they may become the chickens that set an example for the monkeys.
Looking at the statistical table sent to him, Franz was not good, he suspected that there was something wrong with the world, and Austria had accepted more than one million refugees.
Franz asked suspiciously: "Prime Minister, is there a problem with this data, how can there be so many refugees?" ”
The larger the number of people, the more cumbersome it is to place them. The refugees who were able to run all the way to Austria were either close or young.
It's easy to drag your family and bring your mouth, and the young and strong people who run the single gang are hidden dangers. The military camp was run to suppress these people and take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, and the tragedy in Skviřina also aroused the vigilance of the Vienna government.
Felix replied affirmatively: "No problem, we have double-checked three times, and each camp is the right number."
The number of people exceeded expectations, and it has something to do with the atrocities of Prussia and Russia. Although they were also intercepting, there were still many soldiers who sympathized with the refugees and secretly let them go.
We have already lodged a diplomatic protest with both countries, and the situation should improve. ”
Raising a butcher's knife does not mean killing millions of people. In fact, most of these refugees have been deported to the border area between Prussia and Russia, and today you rush to my side, tomorrow I will rush to you, anyway, no one wants it.
The mass death of refugees was caused by starvation, and no one has counted how many people died of starvation, some say hundreds of thousands, some say more than a million, and some say two or three million.
Governments around the world are pretending to be confused, and relief for refugees at this time is a chore, and it is necessary to do it well, and if it is not done well, it will be criticized by international public opinion.
After pondering for a while, Franz shook his head: "I'm afraid the situation will be more serious in the future, even if the two countries are willing to cooperate, they may not be able to stop it."
Pick a group of young people out of the refugees, and if the situation exceeds our tolerance, close the border and let them intercept it themselves.
In addition, the government should do a good job of epidemic prevention and prevent refugees from leaving the camps and not allowing them to come into contact with the local population. If you have relatives and friends, you must also go through a doctor's examination, and you can only leave after there are no problems. ”
At the moment of life and death, people are always able to burst out to their maximum potential. Unless the Prussian army can unleash the killing of their hands and feet, there will always be someone who can break through the blockade.
This is not something that Berlin and St. Petersburg can control, and the tsarist government is a little better, at least able to control the army; The Berlin government's control over the army, Franz really did not dare to compliment.
If the Russians were willing to pay a high price for the Junker aristocracy, it is unknown whether the Berlin government would still exist.
With the influx of refugees, Austria will not be able to hold back. In order not to worsen the situation, then we can only say sorry to the latecomers.
Decentralized placement exists only theoretically. The language barrier is unable to communicate normally, whether the body is healthy, whether there is a plague or not, if you blindly disperse, one bad will make the whole country uneasy.
The refugees in front are real refugees, and the refugees in the back are all crawling up from the pile of dead people, and they still retain a bit of humanity, all of which are unknown.