Reincarnated as Nikolai II

Chapter 240 The Turning Point (6)

No matter how chaotic the country and despite foreign troops being stationed, public safety hasn't completely collapsed.

The police and military police can't even touch such people. That's the only way their blatant activities make sense.

'If this happened in Petrograd, it would've immediately been a war on crime.'

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Putting aside brief impressions, he immediately attended the committee meeting.

Sure enough, from the start, questions showered onto Beren.

"It seems Russia's reparation forgiveness clearly chose political gain while taking a loss... Can you explain the exact intention without room for misunderstanding?"

"Reparations had a more important purpose than just the amount. Preventing war and implementing justice! Did you not know that the Russian Empire's unilateral action would harm Allied relations?"

Beren also knows that Pan-Slavism and this reparation forgiveness appear to be different lines.

And that this reparation forgiveness seemed too obviously taking Germany's side between Germany and France.

However, Beren also had plenty to say now that he was here.

"Mr. Charles Dawes, did you wear a blindfold coming here? Does this country look normal to you? They've already lost! They're one step away from death. So what changes by grabbing a bankrupt Germany by the collar and demanding money?"

The objective point that Germany was ruined no matter how you looked at it.

"And Mr. Parmentier, when did France gain jurisdiction over Germans? I see you've issued guilty verdicts through 150,000 non-judicial procedures in the Ruhr alone."

"Control of the Ruhr is a legitimate right specified in the treaty."

"Are reparations placed above human rights in that paper's clauses? Nearly 200 executions? Did you deliberately kill everyone you saw?"

And France's malicious behavior shown over the two years before this meeting.

"Our forgiving reparations wasn't hoping for other nations to join. It was simply us stepping forward first since that country is near death."

"Hah! How strange to hear such words from someone who raised independent negotiations during wartime. Aren't you just trying to ride German sympathy?"

"Let's speak correctly. Isn't sympathetic opinion coming from everyone here except France?"

"Italy's reparation ratio readjustment? That's not only unsuitable for this topic, but also has nothing to do with us since our country has already given up reparations. Discuss it with France and Britain."

"No, has my common sense changed overnight? This country that can't even clean up one political gang with its own military and police can wage war alone against the whole world? Even for excuses, you should present something more plausible - this is comedy too difficult to even laugh at."

After beating them down with logic too, the delegation attending the committee truly reached a point where they couldn't understand Russia's intentions.

'...Right, if Russia wanted to intervene in Germany, they would have dragged out the reparations instead.'

'Honestly, France, these crazy bastards did go too wild. Economic sanctions against Germany? Is there any need to make this country communist?'

Of course, there were still sharp ones among them.

"But why eliminate the Republic of China's reparations? How could you forgive those Qing Boxer atrocities?"

"Lord Stamp, that has nothing to do with this matter, but."

"Wouldn't its relevance depend on your answer?"

"Hmm, since it's not particularly secret, I'll answer. While we were fighting the Great War, the Chinese Communist Party was founded in Asia. You probably know this much."

"So what?"

"Though their power may be small, they clearly pose a risk of turning all of Asia red. Germany and the Republic of China are the same. When they collapse, only one result remains. A communist state."

"..."

When Beren finished his answer, everyone momentarily turned their gaze to the British delegation.

A moment of awkward silence.

There was neither additional questioning from Stamp nor supplementary explanation from Beren, but.

"Ah, no! They have nothing to do with us!"

"...I didn't say anything though."

"Co-communists! And a warlord group with an army! Absolutely despicable bastards!"

"Yes, well."

There was no need to explicitly state that everyone gathered here momentarily had the same thought.