The second volume is full of glory and splendor in the capital, and the spirit is full of vitality in the foggy city. Chapter 171 Love of Truth
Chapter Subtitle: Washington Doesn't Believe in Tears
"Bo Li Xitiande Li, did you say that?!"
"No..." Under the spotlight of everyone, Syngman Rhee could only shake his head in panic, "I, I, I didn't say that..."
"Shock! Did you hear that? Even he doesn't admit that a good person can be a good uncle Li Xitiande."
Master Yuan, who had stuffed a "rag" into Lee Seung-man's mouth, raised his voice again and said, "Ladies and gentlemen. Being a good person is only the minimum requirement for the nobles of America and even the world!"
"Mr. Wilson is a good man, a good teacher, and a good principal..."
"BU...U...UT!!!" He waved his arms and shouted in a long, hoarse voice: "He is not a good president!"
Yuan Yan's voice suddenly lowered. "Ladies and gentlemen, this isn't just me saying this. This is what you, the American voters, are saying with your ballots."
"Do you remember the results of the election?" He held up his hands with four fingers raised. "404, 404... 404 votes!"
"I remember it very clearly. I think everyone knows the reason..."
"Pfft..." Some people were really amused by his words.
Yuan Yan suddenly delivered the final blow with a rhetorical question: "Are you from Princeton University going to go against the will of the entire American people?!"
"Amicus Plato, sed Magis Amicus VERITAS."
Master Yuan took the opportunity to show off a Latin sentence, which translated into Chinese is Aristotle's famous saying "I love my teacher (Plato), but I love the truth more."
"I dedicate this sentence to everyone here!"
Yuan Yan pointed at Lee Seung-man and said, "Especially you..."
He turned to the crowd and said in a sarcastic tone, "Some of you may not know this gentleman yet. Let me introduce him to you. He is a PhD from Princeton University, a loyal student of Mr. Wilson, and the current President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea..."
"The Republic of Korea is a buffer state between China and Japan, just like Poland between Germany and Russia..."
"I'm sorry, I was wrong. Saying that is an insult to the Poles! At least the Poles created the 'Miracle of the Vistula' last year, resisting the Red Russians and defending our free world."
"Throughout history, we Chinese have repeatedly saved our homeland from Japanese invasion. Once in 663 AD (Battle of Baekgang), once in 1592 AD (Imjin Japanese Invasion), and once in 1894 AD..."
Our Master Yuan suddenly bowed deeply to Syngman Rhee and said sincerely: "I am really sorry that we failed the last time and let your motherland become a colony of the Japanese."
At this moment, Li Xitiande Li's face turned green, and he stood there with his mouth open, unable to say a word...
Well, if he could speak, what would he say?
To refute what the Chinese said, they are stronger than Popovich... Are you kidding? Poland just defeated the independence movement and suppressed Poland, and now they are definitely the bastion of the free world.
Or we can refute the Chinese for falsifying history. Their Republic of Korea has never relied on China... It's a pity that at that time, Dangun Korea, which was founded half a thousand years ago, and the largest country in the universe had not yet been invented.
He doesn't always answer with "It doesn't matter", "It's okay" or "It's not your fault".
Yuan Yan straightened up suddenly, sniffed, rubbed her eyes, and said with a sigh, "I'm not saying this just because I'm in Princeton. But I sincerely believe that the United States of America is a beacon of democracy and a model of freedom among all the nations today..."
"I recently had some close contact with President Harding. He is a politician with great charisma. I don't mean to flatter him, but his recent speech fully proves that he has ideals that are no less lofty than Mr. Wilson's. He is committed to maintaining international peace and promoting human progress!"
Even if you become a master... I'm wrong, even if you want to become a master, you must flatter the people you should flatter.
America is the "beacon of democracy and model of freedom." But it will take many years to be like this. Even a hundred years later, Master Yuan's disciples will still be worshipping it. If he doesn't say it now, when will he say it?
Although President Harding, who advocated for "maintaining international peace and promoting human progress," fell into disgrace two years later, the Republican Party remained in power for the next decade or so. Furthermore, once a person dies, their debts are settled. After Harding's death, who would have remembered his words?
His two sentences naturally had a great effect, and the expressions of most of the audience in the auditorium softened immediately.
It's no wonder these Yankees are so soft-hearted; the phrase "a beacon of democracy, a model of freedom" is so catchy that it seems tailor-made for America. So in their eyes, this handsome Chinese man looks even more appealing.
"President Harding did say he would convene an international conference in Washington to bring together the relevant countries to complete the unfinished business of the Paris Peace Conference. But I still have a few words of advice for you..."
He pointed at Syngman Rhee and said, "Uncle Lee, as long as the colonial system of certain evil colonial empires is not completely destroyed, then..."
Everyone present naturally knew that the "some evil colonial empires" referred to were the British Empire, which was part of the American belief of "love God, hate Britain."
"Begging will not bring justice."
"Begging will not bring justice."
"No matter how much you appeal, you will never be able to make the Japanese give up their colonial rule over your 'Great' Korean Empire or 'Great' Korean Republic. Because..."
Our Master Yuan, with his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky and said with infinite emotion: "Washington does not believe in tears!"
When did the global anti-colonial movement officially begin? Some say it was the Amritsar Massacre in India. On April 13, 1919, over 20,000 people in Amritsar, Punjab, held a protest rally. They were brutally massacred by British troops, resulting in the deaths of hundreds and the injury of over a thousand others.
"This incident became one of the direct reasons why Gandhi launched the first nationwide non-violent non-cooperation movement from 1920 to 1922 and led to India's eventual independence."
"Some also say that it was Mr. Yuan Yanshu who actually sounded the clarion call for the global anti-colonial movement around 1921. In particular, in late April 1921, at Princeton University, he uttered the words that awakened countless colonial people: 'Washington does not believe in tears.'"
"The subsequent Washington Conference also proved that the great powers in Washington truly did not believe in tears. They did not believe in the tears of the people of East Asia. They did not believe in the tears of the people of the Middle East... and naturally, they did not believe in the tears of the people of other colonies either."
"So, starting in 1921, the anti-colonial movement around the world entered a new phase. In particular, the oppressed peoples of various ethnic groups in Southeast Asia took up arms against the British and Dutch colonizers, even carrying the flames of war to the homeland of the Kingdom of the Netherlands..."
"As Mr. Yuan said, as long as we hold the truth in our hands, we can obtain justice."
——Excerpt from The Rise of the Global Anti-Colonial Movement
