Chapter Forty-Six: The Organization of Worse Things
Sending Arest away, Stephen had a headache. It's easy to say, but it's not the same thing at all.
Austria is not the United States, and Hungary is deeply influenced by German culture, especially the compulsory education introduced in the last ten years, which has influenced a generation.
What is the core of German culture? It's a difficult question to answer, but there is one tradition that has always influenced this nation, and that is military culture.
A country that has incorporated military training into its primary school textbooks has been cultivating discipline in everyone from an early age. Discipline has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow of many people.
A strict nation is not just a casual flickering sentence and someone will march on the street with you. If you can't convince them, you're more likely to be sent to the police station.
Theoretically, as long as you are willing to take the time to convince, you can also organize. In fact, as long as there is a little accident in the middle and someone reports it, you will lose everything.
If the Hungarian independence organization had been able to march tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people in the streets, they would not have ended up in the situation they are in now.
Stephen asked, "What do you guys think?" It seems that the Americans were afraid that the countries would intervene in this civil war, and wanted us to cause trouble for the Austrians. ”
He, the leader of an independent organization, is now gradually becoming the nominal leader. This is the United States, which is liberal. As a result, Stephen's power was greatly diminished, and he was unable to enforce orders from any of the members.
Cesar, a veteran revolutionary, frowned and said, "Mr. Stephen, the current situation is very troublesome. How much strength we have, Arest knows very well.
If he hadn't wanted to make a profit from it and help us cover up, the federal government would have canceled its funding for us a long time ago.
Our foundation in China has long been lost, and even if we still have some connections, it will be used once less than once.
It might be okay to do a little favor once in a while, but if they know about our plans and don't ask us for credit, they can be friends enough.
Now we have more than 28,000 members in name, but in fact everyone knows that these people have either met God or are on their way to see God.
For political prisoners, the Austrian road-building army has always been in and out.
Now our members are these hundreds of people who have developed in the United States. It's okay to do a small havoc once in a while, but it's not enough to make a big move and put all of us on board. ”
It was because he knew about the situation with the independent organizations that Arest came up with the idea of having them organize popular demonstrations, not armed revolutions.
However, Arest immigrated to the United States with his parents at an early age and did not know much about the actual situation in Austria. His outlook on life and the world is the American system, and he takes it for granted that it is very easy to organize a mass demonstration.
Even if you don't have support, you can build momentum by spending money to hire people. This is really no problem in the United States, but when you go to Austria, you have to sit in prison and can't play at all.
Cesar's so-called sabotage was not actually carried out by Hungarian independence organizations, and most of them were self-proclaimed.
In the same way that a terrorist organization declares responsibility for some unrelated incident, it is actually to make it a sense of existence.
They are no exception, and they have taken the credit for more than 80 percent of the major cases in Austria.
The Americans could not and did not dare to verify. At this time, the U.S. government did not have the confidence to make things happen in Europe, and the federal government could not afford to send someone to investigate and find out.
From the beginning to the end, the federal government did not take the initiative to contact them once, and did not assign any tasks. Including the relationship between Areste and the federal government, everyone is only speculating.
An old man in a sixtieth year said sharply: "Otherwise, let's deal with it casually, it's a big deal that the activity funds will not be taken in the future, everyone will have a family and a job, and they will starve to death."
I don't believe that the Americans really dare to hand us over, aren't the Americans afraid that we will confess to us? ”
Stephen said calmly: "Mr. Suzali, don't talk about such a child. Naturally, the Americans did not dare to let us fall into the hands of the Austrians, which would cause them great trouble.
But in the style of the Viennese government, even if we were dead, the Americans didn't mind trading our corpses.
Austria has the least number of revolutionary organizations in Europe, and their attitude towards political prisoners has always been deadly. ”
This is the most frightening of all, since Franz took the throne, the Vienna government has not pardoned a single political prisoner. Once you become a political prisoner, you will be arrested regardless of life or death.
Except for those who are traitors and have submitted their names to the Vienna government, which can be pardoned, the only thing left is that the wanted warrant will be revoked if the person dies.
The Great Revolution involved too many people, as long as they were not really high-level, and they usually kept a low profile and did not openly promote independence, revolution, and rebellion, who knew these little pawns!
Unfortunately, the people present, because they had no money in their pockets when they fled to the United States, turned their fate to their Hungarian compatriots under the banner of the Hungarian Independence Organization, and put up a large banner here, just enough to qualify for the list of Austrian political prisoners.
Of course, there is not only one revolutionary organization in the United States that has fraudulently obtained funds in this way.
The federal government has not made an inventory, on the one hand, this kind of thing is not easy to investigate, and it is easy to set yourself on fire; On the other hand, they politically need the existence of these organizations, proving that the monarchy is unpopular.
Historically, the United States has been very successful in this game. It was these chaotic revolutionary organizations that popularized the American political system and laid the foundation for seizing the right to speak in the world.
Cesar said with some hesitation: "There are a lot of chaotic revolutionary organizations in the United States, and in the early years there was the Austrian Revolutionary Party, which is much more powerful than us.
However, then Brooks had an accident, lost his leader, and finally surrendered to the Vienna government in the midst of infighting and disbanded the organization.
I thought about fooling around first, and it would be best to get through. If the Americans force the excess, it is a big deal that we announce the dissolution of the Hungarian Independence Organization.
Without the Hungarian Independence Organization, we would not have been able to reach the level of political prisoners. With the help of domestic connections, there is a high possibility that the Vienna government will cancel our wanted notice. ”
This can only be regarded as a way out, and after more than ten years of exile abroad, everyone's ambition has been exhausted.
Now that everyone has wives and children, how many people can abandon their wives and children, and walk on a road with no hope without hesitation?
Stephen thought for a moment and said, "Let's contact other revolutionary organizations first, the Italian Independence Organization and the Polish Independence Organization have some strength, and we can act together with them."
It is better not to explain the Hungarian independence organization as a last resort. Offending the federal government, we will not have a good time in the United States in the future. ”
The strongest revolutionary organizations in Austria were the Italian and Polish independent organizations, and they were also transnational revolutionary organizations.
The Polish Independence Organization spans the three countries of Russia, Austria and Prussia; Members of the Italian Independence Organization are located in Sardinia, Lombardy, Venezia, the Papal States, Naples, Tuscany, and other regions.
These two transnational organizations are a hundred times better mixed than the Hungarian independent organizations. If nothing else, just look at the number of immigrants in the United States to know the gap.
The number of Italian immigrants in the United States is only the three major groups of England, Ireland, and Germany, and even Polish immigrants have more than 100,000 or 200,000 immigrants, while Hungarian immigrants have less than 10,000 immigrants.
This makes it much more difficult for the Hungarian independence organization to develop and grow, how to develop members with a small population base? It is even more difficult to organize volunteers and death squads to return to China to launch a revolution.
Now Stephen pinned his hopes on other revolutionary organizations, which was also a last resort.
Even if the authority of the federal government is not high, many people do not take the federal government seriously. However, they still can't afford to offend a small nation that is at the bottom of American society and has no country to rely on.
In the United States, a country of immigrants, there are also three or six or nine grades, and usually the stronger the home country, the higher the social class status.
This is also the reason why many Hungarians refuse to join independent organizations. If you don't mix with them, you can take the banner of Austrian immigrants, and if you encounter something, you can also ask the Austrian embassy for help.
This is also why American-Italian gangsters are famous. The large number of immigrants in Italy, and the lack of protection of the motherland behind them, everyone can only hold each other, and various associations came into being in this context.
The Hungarians are even more tragic, because the number of immigrants is so small, and even if they are in the United States, they have no influence.
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On a manor outside New York, the Polish Independence Organization also faced pressure from its financiers. Of course they were treated much better, at least no one threatened to hand them over.
Alexandra, a core member of the Polish Independence Organization, said: "We should reject these unreasonable demands. Now that all the forces of the organization are being thrown into the uprising against the Russians, it would be very unwise to provoke the Austrians. ”
"However, these capitalists have provided us with a lot of money, and it will be difficult for us to ask for help from them in the future if we refuse their demands," objected to Caesia. ”
Kesia was a second-generation immigrant, and his parents were members of the Polish Independence Organization, and his generation inherited it.
However, while supporting Polish independence, it is inevitable that it will move closer to the United States, and when considering the problem, it is often a little forward-looking.
Alexandra shook her head and said, "There is no need, if this uprising is successful, the Kingdom of Poland will be re-established, and it will not matter whether there is their support or not."
Now the guarantee of the independence of Russian Poland is the first priority, and the question of Austrian Poland can be left to be solved in the future. To increase the chances of success, we can't face two enemies at the same time. ”
Obviously, the support of European countries this time gave him confidence. In Alexandra's opinion, this was a golden opportunity, and if the dispersion of forces at this time led to the failure of the uprising, it would be a sinner of Polish history.
However, the Polish Independence Organization has long ceased to be an organization. Everyone was only temporarily united for the sake of Polish independence, and there were a lot of large and small interest groups within themselves.
Although many people know that Alexandra's opinion is correct, it is a pity that they still jump out and oppose him out of their own interests.
"You are a coward, the whole world is supporting the independence of the Kingdom of Poland, and if you don't get rid of the Austrians at the same time, when will the next opportunity be?
Even if this opportunity was missed, the Kingdom of Poland was completely divided and there was never a chance to take back Galicia from Austria. ”
It's not that Radsi is against letting Russian Poland become independent first, the problem is that the boss behind doesn't agree! He was the eye of the federal government within the Polish Independence Organization, and it was time to take a stand.
Unlike small groups like the Hungarian Independence Organization, the Polish Independence Organization is a federation, and it's very easy to join this organization – just sign up. If you are good at organizing flickering, you can be in a high position.
If the Polish Independence Organization had really been well-organized, it would have been possible to achieve national independence on their scale, and there would have been no need to wait for the end of the world war.
Organizations are scattered all over the world, but there is no core of leadership, and only personal prestige is in charge.
It's not just the Americans who have bought off its members, almost every country has eyeliner in it, including the Russians.
This organization has long been infiltrated like a sieve, including the Polish uprising, and the rumors have leaked out in advance.
Before the uprising, most of the leaders were arrested, and in order to solve the hidden danger, the tsarist government temporarily decided to recruit troops in the local area, preparing to send all these suspicious elements to Central Asia to be cannon fodder.
Had it not been for the fact that the tsarist government was equally rotten and the bureaucracy was slow to act, creating an opportunity to reorganize the uprising, the uprising would have died abruptly.
Of course, the arrest of a large number of leaders may also be a good thing. The January Uprising in history lasted for more than a year because of the arrest of these people.
If you keep this group of mouth cannon powerhouses under the command and be able to resist the Russian army for a month, it will be regarded as God's favor.
It's not a joke, it's just the way it is. If you look at the history of the Polish revolution, the more leaders there were after the outbreak of the uprising, the shorter the revolution lasted.
Radsi's "coward" directly angered Alexandra, and he immediately punched him, and the two fought together. Under the persuasion of everyone, it soon turned into a big scuffle.
Of course, this fight came and went in a hurry. After the fight, everyone resumed the meeting. Naturally, the wounded left the field early, which is also a unique way of handling.
There is no doubt that Radsi was kicked out. Everyone is not a fool, his identity has long been discovered, but he is still messing around in the territory of the Americans, and he has to save some face.
Now the moment has come to decide the fate of Poland, and these faces will not work. Basically, those suspected of being spies from various countries were kicked out in this way.
The respectable Autumn Scott spoke, "All right, the flies are kicked out." First of all, I would like to say that the uprising went more smoothly than expected, and despite the rumors before the uprising, the rebels occupied Warsaw.
Judging from the current situation, our chances of winning are very good, but it depends on whether we can withstand the counterattack of the Russians in the future.
Whether to start an uprising in the Galician region or not, everyone can express their opinions. Our opinions can only be used as a reference, and the final decision is left to the commanders at the front. ”
Obviously, the successive failures of the Polish Independence Organization have learned their lessons and become less arrogant.
This is also the reason why countries support the Polish Independence Organization, if there is chaos all the time, no one's money is blown by the wind, and it is impossible to invest it at will.
Of course, this also has something to do with the large number of groups within the Polish Independence Organization. They are not subordinate to each other, they are only allies, and the Polish independence organization in the United States is not the leader of the Polish independence movement.
Basically, whoever started the uprising was listened to, and the opinions of other groups were limited to reference and did not have the power to enforce.
Alexandra said: "My opinion has been made, and it is not suitable to make too many enemies at the moment.
The Galician region is not at the heart of us, and the local population base is not mature. Austria had much stronger control over the region than the Russians, and the Habsburgs were more popular than the Tsar.
It can be seen from previous uprisings, whether it was the 1846 uprising or the 1848 uprising, which was strongly resisted by the local population.
Many revolutionaries did not die at the hands of the Vienna government, but at the hands of the local peasants and workers. I don't think that by starting an uprising now, it will be successful. ”
This is an embarrassing question for many revolutionaries, and the mass base in the Galician region has always been poor. It's not that they don't try, the point is that the local Poles did not dominate.
After so many years of operation by the Habsburgs, the local Ukrainians, Czechs, Germans, Slavs and other nationalities combined far outnumbered the Poles.
Talking about Polish independence with these people turned out to be tragic. Thanks to the reputation left by the Polish aristocracy, the local people decisively stood against them.
They were most hurt by the fact that many Poles, who thought it would be good to stay in Austria, were also on the opposite side of them.
Before the window paper is pierced, everyone can still discuss. Now that it has been pierced by Alexandra, naturally no one will make a stupid proposal to do it.
This was true not only of Galicia, but of Prussian Poland as well. After the Germanization of the Kingdom of Prussia, the Polish Independence Organization also lost its local popular base.
That's why when people think of the Polish independence movement, they think of Russia.
It is really too risky to do things on the territory of the other two, and if one is not good, they will put themselves in, and they can only make an independent effort in Russian Poland.
Seeing that the atmosphere fell into an awkward state, Autumn Scott broke the silence: "Since everyone has no opinion, then continue according to the original plan."
After the establishment of the Kingdom of Poland, we will consider the question of recovering the territory from Austria and Prussia. Pugar put together our opinions and passed them on to Traugut as soon as possible. ”
The young man of Pugar replied, "No problem, Mr. Chouscott. ”
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