Chapter 1883 Birds of a Feather Flock Together and People Are Divided Into Groups Four
In fact, although Albert's assessment of the situation is a bit too optimistic, the Social Democratic Party does have some influence in other states, except for the three free cities and the Alsace-Lorraine region that everyone knows , In the crowd attending the meeting, there were actually several representatives of the princely kingdom. For example, Prince Leopold IV of Lippe!
"First of all, everyone is welcome to come here and work together for our common cause and goal!" Albert said after looking around at the participants: "Compared with Bavaria and the Kaiser, I think our biggest advantage is The reason is that our goals are highly consistent! There is no struggle for power between states, nor will we quarrel over a certain colony or privilege, because our goal is the administrative power of the entire empire, and we will use practical actions Tell everyone that the medieval feudalism is outdated, only we and the people behind us can lead this country to a more brilliant tomorrow!"
"Among us are representatives of political parties, such as me, and princes of the empire, such as the esteemed Prince Lipper." Here Albert bowed slightly to Leopold IV. "There are also high-level executives, such as the mayor of Klein from Hamburg. We represent the broadest class in Germany. And this time will also be our first battle as a political force that can dominate the empire!"
What Albert said is also true. Whether it is a free city or those princely kingdoms that choose to cooperate with the Social Democratic Party, their strength is too small. Generally speaking, it is a city of one square kilometer. With this little territory and population, do you still want to expand outside? Expansion also depends on the foundation, right? Therefore, these small states are also very open-minded. They think that instead of being a "mayor" without real power, it is better to devote themselves to party politics in order to obtain more benefits at the imperial level. What is there in this world? Is it easier to profit than the person who specifies the policy? Therefore, some small states began to transform from aristocrats to party leaders a long time ago.
"Our main purpose this time is not to compete for the territory of the Eastern Front. Our main task is the administrative power of the empire. In order to achieve this goal, we must do the following. The first generation point is that we must cancel Hierarchical parliamentary system, our main supporters are civilians, intellectuals, and merchants and financiers, and their votes are suppressed in the hierarchical parliament. As long as we can achieve universal suffrage, then the upper house of the Imperial Parliament is our world, and the Imperial Prime Minister is also It can only come from among us," Albert said.
"I'm afraid there will be some difficulties. The influence of the Social Democratic Party in southern Germany is very limited, and states like Bavaria are very repulsive to foreign parties. If these large states form a new political party, then in the future parliament Among them, our position is not stable. After all, even the largest Social Democratic Party has only more than 1 million party members, while Bavaria has a population of more than 13 million. At this time, the army is estimated to exceed 800,000. If one person, one vote, the Crown Prince Ruprecht can turn around and pull up a political party that can rival the Democratic Party. Not to mention, the army in the hands of the Crown Prince alone will take 99% of the votes. Vote for their Crown Prince, not for you," said Klein from Hamburg.
It has to be said that as the mayor of a free city, Klein's political sense is still very keen. If there is a big political party as a supporter, then Klein's achievements may not be lower than Albert. To be honest, compared with other big countries, Germany’s political party system is still relatively immature. Among other things, it is nothing in terms of the population it covers. The Social Democratic Party is the largest political party in Germany, with only one million members.
You know, Germany at this time has a population of more than 70 million! (Higher than in history) There have even been some political groups in Germany that are bigger than the party size in history,
For example, the Naval Association in Tirpitz and the Military Association after World War I. Therefore, Klein is very clear that if some influential people want to form a certain political party, their competitiveness in the Imperial Parliament may not be worse than that of the Social Democratic Party, such as the Crown Prince Ruprecht.
"However, the number of party members is only the basis of a political party, and we can radiate and influence more people." Albert said with some dissatisfaction. In his opinion, his situation is very good. Why do some people always fail to see the benefits? Instead, just look for problems?
"What Mr. Ebert said is very reasonable, and Mr. Klein's words must also be taken seriously. The Social Democratic Party only had a certain influence within the scope of the original Prussia. After the war, in addition to the original population of Germany, the newly added territory There is also a large population, what will they do?" said Leopold IV. In fact, the prince did not say anything clearly, that is, the German army on the front line was also very dissatisfied with the things that the parliamentary faction did. Although they will not fight a civil war, if their dislike is vented through votes, it is enough Let the Social Democratic Party go around without eating!
"Those newly added populations are naturally impossible to be included in our voters. They are all Ukrainians, Russians and Poles. A few months ago, they were our sworn enemies. Even now, the areas where they live have been merged into Germany. The territory of the empire, then it does not mean that we have to give them citizen treatment! They are completely our slaves!" Albert's answer is very simple, although Albert advocates democracy, but at the same time he is also a racist, saying To be honest, if we talk about national assimilation, the Kaiser has done better than the Social Democrats. After all, many Junker nobles said from their ancestors that they are all Poles, and now they are still loyal to the Kaiser.
"This is probably a very troublesome issue. If some kingdoms are willing to grant citizenship to those people, but the central government of the empire does not recognize it, it will cause very big trouble." Klein said in his heart. He had a premonition in his heart that at this meeting, someone would use this issue to attack the Social Democrats!
At this time, both Klein and Leopold IV felt very uneasy in the venue, because Albert in front of them was a little too optimistic. And under Albert's dominance, everyone was unwilling to continue to raise some opinions, because they knew that before Albert hit a wall, this arrogant guy would not listen to other people's opinions, and it was very ironic Yes, the parliamentary faction who thinks they are the most united is actually the most divided!
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