＜ Episode 259 >
United States, the White House.
– Nice to meet you after a long time, Ms.
Huey Long, who is slowly entering the second half of his second term, wrote a letter directly on the hand of a woman who came to him.
“It is an honor to see you again. Your Excellency.”
Huey Long looked at the two men sitting in front of him. Polly Thompson, and… the renowned social activist, Helen Keller.
The two had no relationship. In fact, Huey Long was attacked a lot as a socialist, and Helen Keller was a socialist who even joined the Socialist Party at the age of 29.
In fact, from that point of view, if you are a socialist, even the head of state of the Russian Empire, Mikhail, who is famous for his ultra-hardline response, can claim that he has socialist tendencies, such as insisting on the welfare of the people and social safety net, and Roosevelt or the current British Prime Minister, Eric Even Blair could have been attacked for being a socialist.
Of course, they were quite far from Nazism, etc., but when did people criticize them while checking them out one by one? The world is full of critics who do not even know what their critics are claiming.
It is not for nothing that there were people who said, ‘I don’t care what you say about me, but write my name correctly’.
Anyway, Huey Long worked with Roosevelt after governor and was able to make a kite with Helen Keller, after which he met once or twice.
“I came here because of news from the Far East. I thought that was impossible, but I wanted to be confirmed.”
“Helen.”
You can’t hear it, but her assistant writes on the palm of her hand to convey the president’s words to her.
“The war is over, but not over. On June 6, 1943, an end-of-war agreement was signed and World War II ended, but is that really the end?”
“……”
“Do you know how many casualties occur in South America, and in Ireland, where our American military is responsible? Did you know that tens of thousands of Americans had to be there to keep the Irish from burning up English homes and raping and killing women? And what about Japan? Russia is clearly dissatisfied with not taking Japan alone, even with all of Europe! People need markets, and South America, Southeast Asia, and India alone are not enough. We lost Europe, it’s a miracle we got Ireland.”
“In the first place, the Russian Empire is not interfering with trade with the United States of America and its territories. What the hell is wrong with Wilga and Detroit?”
“The general opinion of the State Department is that Mao Zedong is an honest rural leader, many times better than the general warlords, but he is not the only leader of the Laurel Warlords, and the country is full of enormous military supplies, and the must be sold everywhere.”
“So you’re saying you’re going to support Mao Zedong with those weapons. Military advisors as well.”
“If Mao Zedong seizes the Laurel Warlords…”
“Once you take over the Laurel Warlords, will they be satisfied with it? Your term of office is coming to an end. Who will be president if you step down?”
“Wendell Wilke, he’s going to be the Democratic Party’s next presidential candidate, and given his approval ratings now, the odds of winning are pretty high.”
Republicans are guilty of the Great Depression. In addition, Huey Long, the former president, will step down due to restrictions on two terms, but is there any reason why the people will not support the Democratic President who succeeds him?
“The Salt War Warlords are backed by Russia, so if the Laurel Warlords attack the Salt War Warlords and either side collapses, is there any guarantee that Russia or the United States of America will intervene and there will be no third world war?”
“… Wilkee is an interventionist. FDR’s political views are almost in line with that man, but if it’s for the sake of America’s national interest, it would be more than enough to intervene, though. He’s also sensible, and if we have to face Russia head-on, he’ll take a step back. And above all, Congress wants it.”
“… America will probably regret this very much.”
“Well… there is no such thing as a rule.”
***
Currently, King Philip II of England is only six years old.
In the media, there were rumors that Prince Philip was an illegitimate child, and in London there were even rumors that the deceased Simpson had a German lover and spread both legs.
“Proof that she wasn’t that popular across the UK.”
Vasilebsky sighed.
“It is no exaggeration to say that no one has sympathy for Edward VIII, but no one has sympathy for the Simpson who died with him.”
“It’s the exact opposite of my father.”
“Yeah, because my father was formally well-established, had an affair and had no divorce history, and was already a hero of all Russia at that time. It was a different matter from Edward VIII having an affair with a woman whose husband was still in good shape.”
“Isn’t your father also half-married? with my mother.”
“……”
Well, it’s a bit of a bizarre reluctance to talk openly about the imperial family. Who would be able to openly talk about the fact that the princesses had a political battle between their sisters over a man?
And after the empress took the younger sisters with power and made them husbands, the fact that the younger sisters, although sorry, condoned them to become their husbands’ mistresses, of course, didn’t just happen because of politics, but rather complicated political engineering issues were involved.
“More than anything else, if my father had not married my eldest mother, my eldest mother would not have been able to stabilize her power because of the military affairs that her father took over. It was an inevitable choice. I would be lying if I said there were no dental problems at all.”
In any case, their father’s popularity is skyrocketing, and it’s a far cry from this ignorant Queen Simpson, who has sympathy after death.
“And your Majesty, you won anyway.”
“I guess that’s right, anyway, because winning is the best.”
A hero who wins is a traitor when he loses, but Russia is a victorious country and Britain is a defeated country.
Of course, criticism of Edward VIII is inevitable. At the end of the war, the shelter collapsed in an airstrike, and he died leaving only one child.
“Anyway, for that reason, I am a little skeptical about whether Philip II will be able to keep the throne no matter what the coronation ceremony is. At least some people around the Duke of York think that if the Duke of York had ascended to the throne, the defeat would have been avoided.”
“From what I heard, he seemed like a good person, he had a good personality…”
The three were traveling in a car and talked while framing prior information.
“From the perspective of the Russian Empire… it seems that they have arrived.”
Nikita, who was just about to bring up a political story, looked out the window at Windsor Castle.
After Buckingham Palace was destroyed by Russian bombing, the royal family moved to Windsor Castle and, of course, the meeting was also held there.
“Are you still going to give people something to eat?”
Among the things my father told me in the past, there was a story that he was served with black bread and turnips that were served as a meal by the German imperial family. It’s not like an insult, it’s just after the end of the great war, so it was symbolic that the imperial family shared the same pain as the people, so the Kaiser also ate it together. It didn’t seem like it would be so good if a person who had only eaten those things had been invited to a luxurious meal.
“The one I regret is over there, could you give me some dog food?”
“but. But does the prime minister also live here?”
“It is not. I heard that the Prime Minister is living in a rented room near London. London should have been so devastated.”
“I’ll lend you Balmoral Castle anywhere… Oh, it must be too far.”
“Actually, there are rumors that the duke will really leave the room sooner or later. Apparently, my nephew became king, but it doesn’t look good to sit with my children at Windsor Palace, which is the royal palace, so I might go to Balmoral Castle.”
“As we talk about Balmoral Castle, I’m curious, is there any story about Scotland’s independence? It’s about getting out.”
“Isn’t it possible that the two people I’m going to meet now are probably the ones who suffer the most because of that. Perhaps this invitation is also a request for cooperation with him. The Grand Dukes are… nominally relatives.”
In terms of number of villages, it is 7 villages.
“Have you received any instructions from your father? For now, we haven’t heard anything.”
“There is no one way, because if you try to force yourself to do something, it can backfire.
“They will want us to help fight independence.”
“Some people even talk about making the Duke of York the King of Scotland and gaining independence…. Get off.”
When the British Army Guard opened the door, the three got out of the car.
All three of them were dressed in uniforms and were wearing medals. The two archdukes also had several majors, so many medals were hung on their chests.
After a while, they entered the restaurant.
As if they had put a lot of effort into preparing, the clean tablecloth was lit with candles, and it looked elegant.
‘Is it the pride of an old lion?’
Even if he was hit in the jaw by a brown bear and pricked in his eye by an eagle, he would not crawl on the floor and stand upright and protect his final dignity.
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Maintaining such self-esteem is worthy of high praise, but self-esteem that does not follow strength is only egotism and arrogance.
“…It’s the first time we’ve met in real life, Archduke Nicholas and Archduke Nikita.”
“I am happy to meet you. Your Majesty the Duke, please call me Kita (Nikita’s nickname).”
“Nice to meet you.”
“Unfortunately, we aimed weapons at each other, but we are basically relatives, aren’t we? The British Royal Family welcomes the visit of members of the Romanovs.”
Well, even in 21st century Korea, there are quite a few people who don’t even know the name of a cousin when they become cousins, but when it comes to the 7th cousin, they are actually male.
“The first meeting was a little unfriendly and warlike, but it would be better not to repeat such a tragedy.”
“I agree too.”
“Have you ever had unfriendly contact with England?”
“I was shot down in the first London bombing of this war and barely returned home. At the time of the amphibious operation, Nikita landed with the armored unit as a first wave.”
It’s famous anyway, so there’s no need to hide it. Of course, the process itself was confidential.
“It’s a long story, my people and my children.”
“Nice to meet you,”
Nikolai, who turned his head, stiffened for a moment.
“Looks like it’s been a while, Captain.”
A girl with an acquaintance had grown up over the past few years and was looking at him.