Chapter 19: Chapter 79: The Most Corrupt Conference
The faces of the five members of the Frankfurt Preparatory Committee were very ugly. The Austrian delegation made a strong protest on the grounds that the Austrian Empire was a whole.
Delegates to the Frankfurt Conference are allocated seats according to population. In theory, a representative is elected from 50,000 people. If non-German regions are not kicked out, this conference will be a special event for Austria.
During this period, the two states of Schleswig and Holstein[1] still belonged to Denmark, and Austria also controlled part of Italy. In terms of population, Austria exceeded the sum of the small German regions.
It's okay to protest, anyway, a series of regions such as Hungary do not belong to the German region, and they are not afraid of wrangling.
But I didn't expect that the Austrian representative would stab the matter to the reporter in a very single-minded manner, and openly uncovered the dark side of the meeting.
Because of the customs union, Prussia, the most industrially developed German state, has the greatest influence on the capitalists, and this meeting did have a clear tendency.
By now, it is clear to everyone that the Austrian delegation is here to make a fuss and not allowing the Austrians to participate in the meeting.
Could this be considered a German Reserve Congress? It is estimated that the Austrians will be very happy to leave. The Congress, which does not have much legitimacy in the first place, will become a laughing stock if Austria decide to leave.
"Everyone, we must take action. The recent public opinion is very unfavorable to us. If we continue, the enemy's conspiracy will succeed!" Merlin said solemnly
The media's exposure of their dark past did not arouse their vigilance. The world's capitalists are all the same type of hyenas. Who doesn't have a dark past among them?
Now what they are most worried about is the Austrian delegation doing things. As the largest state in the German region, Austria often acts as the leading big brother.
Whether they like it or not, Austria's influence in the German state is huge, and it is impossible for a Congress without Austria's participation to be recognized by the people.
"Let's just change the name, let's call it the Little Reichstag, and let the Austrians get out of here!" a Prussian representative suggested.
"Impossible! Weinstahl, you are splitting the great German Empire. If it is only the Little Reichstag, then we will also withdraw!" The representative of Bavaria objected.
The main purpose of this Congress is to expand the political influence of the bourgeoisie. The unification of the German region is actually second, and the Frankfurt Conference is not as important as described in the history books.
Otherwise, in the end, even the Kingdom of Prussia will not recognize this meeting. It is really too idealistic, and the rights and interests of the capitalists are infinitely expanded, which is not feasible at all.
The interests of each capitalists are not the same, and capitalists in different regions and industries often have different interests.
It was in the interest of the North German capitalists to build a small German empire, and they could avoid competition from the Austrian capitalists.
But it is different for many capitalists in the South German region, especially the Kingdom of Bavaria. The local economy is very closely linked with Austria. Once separated, it will be a disaster for them.
Because of the protest of the Austrian delegation, the conference has not yet started, and naturally there is no way to solve the problem by voting. If the support of the representatives of the South Germany region is lost again, then this conference will not be held.
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The bourgeoisie is naturally compromising. After a week of disputes, everyone reached a compromise, allowing representatives from Bohemia and Hungary to participate in the meeting, but limited their quotas.
Directly set a cap on the number of representatives of a state, no more than 200 representatives of any state, and only Austria and Prussia participated in the meeting.
Undoubtedly, the next thing is to argue, the status of Austria and Prussia, as Germany's largest state, must have equal status. The Austrian delegation headed by Anderson was originally here to start up trouble, so how could they just give up?
All in all, Austria must have the most representation. Anyway, Austria has the largest population now, and there are no professional statistics in this era. Who knows how many Germans are there in Austria.
The Prussians, who wanted to gain the same status as Austria, naturally refused to agree. You must know that this meeting was planned by Prussian internal interest groups, and the purpose was to exclude Austria.
The Prussian and Austrian delegations started a tug-of-war, which soon spread and became a regional conflict between North and South Germany, and all the representatives were involved.
The dispute lasted until June, and the Austrian delegation was gradually at a disadvantage. But it doesn't matter. At this time, the Frankfurt meeting with frequent scandals has become a joke.
The Vienna Daily described the meeting as a "capitalist's feast", accompanied by a picture of a group of fat-headed capitalists slaughtering a cow with a knife and fork.
The Neue Rheinische Zeitung also published an article by Engels, which strongly criticized the Frankfurt Conference, which was ridiculed as "a meeting of the interests of a group of capitalists".
The Munich Post even made a series of reports on the Frankfurt meeting, detailing the information of all the parliamentarians who participated in the meeting. There is no doubt that the focus is on the dark past of these capitalists.
In the end, the "most corrupt conference ever" was used to describe this meeting. There is no way to clean it up, and all the delegates participating in the meeting are corrupted.
Including the scholars, civil servants, and members of the public who participated in the conference are no exception. Election fraud is the worst of them all.
For example: a representative was elected with 30,000 votes, but less than 100 people participated in the vote; another example was a regional election, where there was only one candidate, and the default was unanimous...
To sum up, it is election fraud. The election took less than a week from the beginning to the end, and many places may not even have time to pass on the information, even if they are not sick.
Experts and scholars have organized groups to attack the election from a technical perspective. For example, the newspaper published today where the election will be held, and the election will start the next day, and the time is simply too fast.
Numerous questionnaires have shown that 90% of Germans are unaware of this election, and 99% have never participated in this election.
At this stage, Franz no longer needs to continue to take action. The representatives participating in the meeting were hacked from head to toe. Many people could not stand the pressure of public opinion and took the initiative to withdraw from the meeting.
The conference lasted until July. Due to the changes in the political situation and internal and external troubles, this self-organized conference of the bourgeoisie collapsed.
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