Chapter 108 Those who come are not afraid, those who are afraid will not come

It turns out that you don't know yet!Liang Qiushui told them that the purpose of the meeting was to oppose the signing of the peace treaty.He went on to talk eloquently: "Unexpectedly, the authorities banned us from the meeting. This is obviously helping Japan to oppress us... You are all Chinese. If you are all heroes, please go to the meeting with us quickly." The police were silent.Liang Qiushui then invited them into the house to rest, smoke and drink tea. After sitting for a while, the leader suddenly realized that it was difficult to deal with Shangfeng, so he hurriedly said to Liang Qiushui: "Let me tell you the truth, the members are not arrested, the clubhouse is not closed, but the park must not be visited, if you go, you will surely die. "

Liang Qiushui did not back down: "As the saying goes, those who come are not afraid, and those who are afraid will not come." At this time, more than 100 members had come, and he pointed to these members and said: "More and more people come to die. .” The "dead people are like hemp" in the mouth of the police chief is just to frighten people, so they dare not actually shoot.Seeing the stalemate for a long time, the members of the association were still unable to deal with it, so he had to beg Liang Qiushui to help him find a way so that he could explain to the higher authorities.

Liang Qiushui pondered for a while and said, "If we don't go to the park for a meeting today, then the arrested students must be released today." The police leader called his superior after hearing this. Liang Qiushui: "The chief agrees with Mr. Liang's method." Now that the problem was solved, the police dispersed.Members of the Foreign Affairs Association immediately marched to Tiananmen in a whole team-it was agreed that there would be no meeting in the park, nor could there be a parade in the street. In front of Xinhuamen, the members met the students who had just been released.Everyone joined forces and shouted "oppose the Paris Peace Treaty" along the road, while distributing leaflets until four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

The May 4th Movement not only did not stop there, but showed a momentum of intensification.In addition to Beijing students continuing to take to the streets to demonstrate, Shanghai, Nanjing and other places also implemented large-scale strikes, strikes and boycotts of Japanese goods. On June 3, 1919, the Beijing government was forced to dismiss Cao Rulin, Lu Zongyu, and Zhang Zongxiang.A week later, Xu Shichang submitted his resignation to the Congress. Although it was not approved, his overwhelmed state has been fully revealed. Even so, the government and the court still believe that signing the contract is the right choice.When Xu Shichang submitted his resignation letter, he proposed to sign a contract with the provinces by telegram. On June 23, the State Council sent another telegram to the delegation, instructing them to sign a contract.

June 28 is the day when the peace conference stipulates that the signing should be signed.On the same day, Chinese students studying in Paris surrounded the residence of the delegation. Even if the international students don't surround the apartment, the delegation may not dare to sign the contract.News of the May 4th Movement had already reached Paris, and telegrams requesting visa refusals were sent one after another like snowflakes.Among them, the Foreign Affairs Association went to three telegrams, and the full text of the third telegram read: "For those who dare to sign, please don't survive!"

Except for the head of the delegation, Lu Zhengxiang, who is known as a "good man", others, such as Gu Weijun, can be called the best of the best. Even if they only think about themselves, they are willing to bear the responsibility of signing the contract, and they will follow the example of Cao Rulin and Lu Zhengxiang. What happened to Zongyu and Zhang Zongxiang? Well, anyway, now that the apartment is surrounded by students, it is impossible to go to the Palace of Versailles to sign a contract.So everyone simply didn't go anywhere, and only sent an official statement to various newspapers in Paris, describing the reasons before and after.The statement finally said: "The Chinese delegation is for justice and for the country. The only thing we can do is not to sign the contract and wait for the judgment of world public opinion."

The turbulent tide of the May 4th Movement not only blocked the signing of the peace conference, but also shocked the cabinet.Prime Minister Qian Nengxun had repeatedly asked Xu Shichang to resign as early as May. However, due to the troubled times at home and abroad, it was not easy to change the cabinet, so it was delayed until June, when Xu Shichang accepted his resignation and appointed Gong Xinzhan as his interim replacement. At this moment, the Beijing government suddenly received a report from Chen Yi, the central guard in Kulun, saying that Outer Mongolia had intended to return to China.

Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, Outer Mongolia was still within the territory of China, and its northern end bordered on the Baikal Province of Russia, and there were 96 China-Russia boundary signs.Not long after the Revolution of 1911, Jebtsundamba, the Living Buddha of Outer Mongolia, was instigated by the Tsarist Russian government to declare the independence of Outer Mongolia. After the establishment of the Republic of China, the Beijing government firmly refused to recognize the independence of Outer Mongolia.In order to resolve this difference, China, Russia, and Outer Mongolia conducted several rounds of tortuous and complicated negotiations, and finally signed the "Sino-Russian-Mongolian Treaty."According to the agreement, Outer Mongolia recognized China's suzerainty, and Russia recognized Outer Mongolia as part of China's territory, but the agreement also stipulated that Outer Mongolia had full autonomy over the interior.This means that Outer Mongolia has not yet broken away from Russia's sphere of influence, and both China and Russia have troops stationed in Outer Mongolia.

Since then, the Chinese government has been preparing the conditions for the withdrawal of Outer Mongolia.In order to show the country's prestige and strength, Yuan Shikai specially selected tall cavalry from the country as the garrison.These garrisons are all equipped with yellow wool uniforms and new weapons, and their military discipline is also very good, which is quite popular among the residents. The biggest obstacle was still Russia, but the outbreak of the October Revolution automatically eliminated this obstacle for China. The Russian troops stationed in Outer Mongolia were withdrawn one after another, and the revolutionary Soviet regime was too busy with the civil war to take care of Outer Mongolia.

As Russia's rule in Outer Mongolia temporarily fell into a vacuum, some Outer Mongolian princes worried that Japan would take advantage of it, so they contacted Chen Yi, expressing their willingness to withdraw from governance (revocation of autonomy) and return to China.