Chapter 578 Public Opinion Battlefield (8)
In the heart of Foreign Minister Arthur, the director of Bank of France is likely to be a big belly, a thin and smart businessman, who has a wide connection and a body hollowed out by wine and sex. Mr. Ma Baifu in front of him looks more like a scholar, elegant and firm. Especially Mr. Ma Baifu expressed his understanding of economics just now, which shocked Arthur.
Whether it is Adam Smith, free trade, or national credit, gold standard, and fiscal balance. These nouns are not unfamiliar to Arthur Henderson, and it is not only Ma Baifu or scholars from Cambridge University who have spoken of these terms. As long as economic issues are discussed, the British upper class will more or less use one or two such nouns.
Mr. Arthur was a caster and later became the chairman of the Newcastle Local Branch of the Castor Union. To become a foreign minister, of course, you must have a broad knowledge. After some tutoring and taking out these terms alone, Mr. Arthur would not be completely ignorant.
What Director Ma Baifu said between him and British scholars does not only take out a certain economic term. British Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson could only vaguely feel that this combination was describing a certain economic state, but could not understand what this economic state really wanted to reveal.
This feeling made Secretary Arthur uncomfortable. He knew that he was different from the foreign minister who was born in aristocratic, graduated from Trinity College, proficient in diplomacy, and read economics works. He did have great shortcomings in the economic field.
(Nevil Chamberlain, who served as British Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940, was the half-brother of former Foreign Secretary Austin Chamberlain)
But nothing can be said. Arthur Henderson, who hopes to make a difference in banning war, said to Director Mabaifu: "Mr. Mabaifu, I don't know if the French government is happy to see world peace."
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Chairman Ma Baifu was stunned. He felt that what Minister Arthur meant was that the continued high growth of France's economy would break the political balance of Europe. He replied: "Mr. Foreign Minister, from historical experience, when Britain faces a strong economy on the European continent, it generally adopts a very conservative view."
Secretary Arthur believed that this was that Mabaifu wanted peace. If the French economic community agreed with peace, Minister Arthur felt that the British foreign policy he had been promoting would be responded well, and continued to tempt: "If France is willing to strongly support the League of Nations and the International Conference on Disarmament, the world will be safer."
Ma Baifu was stunned and felt that he had heard something wrong. Just as Director Ma Baifu was about to continue the test, the private secretary standing next to Minister Arthur quickly spoke, "Your Excellency, BBC has already had new news. Do you want to go and see?"
Arthur was concerned about the situation in China and hurriedly left for the time being. Ma Baifu became interested and kept Minister Arthur's private secretary and tentatively said: "Britain wants to sign a disarmament treaty? Is it the target of the great powers of various countries, or the United Kingdom and the United States?"
The private secretary really complained to Minister Arthur. People from Labor came from the same party but did not understand international politics. Now Britain is seriously considering the possibility of military means to influence Sino-France relations. Although it will not fight in the end, it is the current priority to not compromise France. If Foreign Minister Arthur really doesn't understand these things, it wouldn't be possible. But Arthur could never say such words when facing the French, and France will definitely try every means to take advantage of such opportunities.
Thinking of this, the private secretary replied coldly: "Can you think that Mr. Ma Baifu has manipulated the strength of the French cabinet?"
As a director of the Bank of France, Ma Baifu has 10 years of working experience in the British financial industry. Of course, he knows that British secretaries as civil servants are all good people. When the private secretary of Minister Arthur first took down the hat of "capitalist interfering in politics". Of course, Ma Baifu cannot admit that the Bank of France controls the French government, so he can only deny such possibility. Then, Minister Arthur's private secretary can continue to ask: "Mr. Ma Baifu, since you have no intention to manipulate the French cabinet, what is your purpose in inquiry?"
The development of the matter was as expected by Director Ma Baifu. The private secretary of the minister on the opposite side almost said something Ma Baifu had presumed, forcibly eliminating the matter that might have affected Sino-French relations.
Mr. Ma Baifu could only smile at the minister and secretary, then turned around and left. At this time, a crowded circle appeared in the banquet venue. Mr. Ma Baifu found it interesting and leaned over. Soon, he heard someone in the inside talking to the people in the siege in a strange accent that did not exist in Europe and was talking to people in the siege.
Listening to the voice, Ma Baifu felt that it might be Mei Youqian, a representative of China. This guy is an advisor to the Ministry of Finance of China. He is a little bit good. Listening to his voice, he should be interested in drinking. However, as an advisor, what Mei Youqian said is just an advisor's words and has little influence on politics. Standing outside the circle and listening, although Mei Youqian is in a full mood, what she said is economic concepts, which makes Ma Baifu admire him very much.
There is nothing to be picky about when an adviser of the Chinese Ministry of Finance expresses his views on economics. In Europe, this is an academic exchange, which is quite open and free. Unless Mei Youqian was appointed by the Ministry of Finance in a short time after this academic statement and became a formal official, otherwise, even if all his academic views are not accepted, Europe will not be able to make a fuss about this matter.
"I really recommend that you read Chairman He's new book. In the book "The Dao Balance of the Maze of Economics", Chairman He elaborated on a point that after the emergence of Marxism as an academic theory, it not only ended utopian socialism, but also ended utopian capitalism. Before the birth of Marxism, capitalists came from several different sources. It is also very doubtful whether they can be considered modern capitalists. After the birth of Marxism, it made a clear definition of modern capitalists. All modern capitalists should set up a tablet of the ancestors and worship Marx and Engels every day."
There was a burst of laughter and applause from the crowd, some ridiculed, some amused, and some participants expressed their sincere support and approval.
Mei Youqian didn't care and continued: "After the birth of Marxism, real capitalism and socialism appeared. These two became two sides of the coin, and the essence of the coin was the operation of capital. When the vague speculation unique to utopian capitalism and utopian socialism was replaced by rational reality, capitalism and socialism would find that there are so many similarities and so many differences between them. Opposing feudalism and privileged systems became the common goal of both."
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