When Palmerston was thinking about how to cause trouble to John Walter, the latter did not sit back and wait. After all, John Walter was not a novice, so he naturally understood the power of the threat of the dignified Foreign Secretary.
Although he has been mentally prepared to resist, resisting does not mean being beaten passively. When it is time to take the initiative, he will never let it go.
First of all, he started his previous plan and started to expose the shocking news about Palmerston in the newspapers, such as the rich romance and other tidbits.
Afterwards, John Walter found Prime Minister John Russell. Some people may wonder why, as the leader of the Whig Party, John Russell should maintain the authority of the party and defend Palmerston.
But John Walter knew that the relationship between Russell and Palmerston was not very good. Palmerston was indeed conservative, and he had a closer relationship with Russell's predecessor, Robert Peel. After all, Peel himself was
Conservative elements.
In other words, Russell as a liberal and Palmerston as a conservative are actually very difficult to deal with. If it were not for Robert Peel's relationship, Russell really wanted to kick Palmerston out of the cabinet, at least he would not kick out other members of the cabinet.
The position of Foreign Secretary, the most important minister in the country, was handed over to Palmerston.
Therefore, if you want to resist the threat of Palmerston, the best way is to go to Russell. If you can persuade the Prime Minister, Palmerston will not have anything to worry about.
"You are very strange. You think it is necessary to clean up the bad atmosphere in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then you should go to Viscount Palmerston. He is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. I believe he will be more interested in your proposal!"
John Walter naturally knew that Russell was not sincere. He would definitely not mind if he could knock Palmerston. What he cared more about was whether hitting Palmerston would split the Whig Party and hit the cabinet he led and himself.
political prestige.
So John Walter immediately said: "Dear Prime Minister, to be honest, I have already had talks with Viscount Palmerston, but His Excellency the Viscount completely dismissed my suggestions..."
Russell interrupted angrily: "In that case, what do you mean by coming to me? Since Viscount Palmerston has already made a decision, there must be a reason for it. It is very likely that your suggestion is not so perfect.
Or it’s not true!”
John Walter knew that the critical moment had come. He puffed up his chest and said loudly: "No, Your Excellency, I think the reason why Viscount Palmerston refused to accept my suggestion is that he himself was directly involved with Robert Cohun.
In this case, he was directly involved, and in order to cover up the scandal, he rejected my suggestion!"
John Russell is a little angry. He is a dignified Prime Minister, the first person under Her Majesty the Queen, or more like the first person in the UK than Her Majesty the Queen, who has no real power. And you actually do it in front of a noble person like me.
You talked about the so-called abuses in front of me, and even directly accused my foreign minister. Are you here to slap me in the face? Or do you mean that you don’t regard me as the Prime Minister at all?
So Russell said categorically: "Sir, please pay attention to your words. What you just said has gone beyond the limit and is a personal attack. Viscount Palmerston's character and talent are impeccable. I believe he has been doing his best."
Serve the country. Even if you have flaws, they are flaws. You attack a gentleman so openly and harshly, which is really not the behavior of a gentleman! I think..."
To be honest, at this moment, John Walter's heart was pounding, and there was cold sweat on his forehead and back, but he knew that he must withstand it and argue with reason, otherwise the consequences would be extremely serious.
He immediately retorted: "Your Excellency, I admire and trust you very much, that's why I come to you with hope. I believe that only you can solve the shortcomings within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs! But now you have let me down a bit.
, if even you say that, I can only disclose information to the public and appeal to the authority of the law!"
John Russell's temples jumped, and he stared at John Walter fiercely. He wanted to know what the bastard in front of him meant, whether he was just saying harsh words, or whether he meant it!
Like Palmerston, he is not too afraid of litigation, because it is unlikely that he will lose the case, but the negative impact of litigation is hard to say. The opposition parties will definitely take the opportunity to criticize and discredit him.
, this is very detrimental to his re-election!
At this time, John Walter said at the right time: "I believe that if all the corruption cases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are made public, it will set off a storm, which is very likely to completely destroy the public's trust in the government and you, and this is my extreme
I don’t want to see it. I always think that Viscount Palmerston’s problem is limited to him personally and has nothing to do with you. But if you really don’t pay attention to it and are willing to be deceived by Viscount Palmerston and his gang, I have no other choice.
This is the only last resort we can take!"
Russell was immediately shocked. It wasn't that he believed John Walter's lies, but that he found that the situation was a bit bad. If John Walter made the matter bigger, there really would be no way it would end. And if according to what John Walter said
Yes, it seems to be more beneficial to him to leave the responsibility to Palmerston.
It's just that Russell didn't quite trust John Walter. Newspaper people are liars. God knows if this guy would say one thing and do another, and in the end he and Palmerston would be finished together!
But Russell was reluctant to ask directly. After all, he still wanted to lose face. He couldn't let others know that he had simply abandoned Palmerston!
The most critical thing at this time is John Walter. His performance directly determines the final result. As a newspaper giant who knows the inside story of the political world, he knows very well what John Russell has in mind.
He suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, there is no need to question my sincerity. If I really want to make things come to an end, why should I come to tell you this? We all have a common enemy, and this enemy is
Viscount Palmerston, it is this Viscount's actions that have caused the situation at hand."
"The only person who needs to be held responsible for this is Viscount Palmerston. He is the one who really needs to examine and pay the price! Think about it, if it hadn't been for him, Robert Cohoon, would he have committed such a big scandal?"
"I also heard that when it comes to diplomatic issues, especially the Russian and Balkan issues, this Mr. Cohoon is an out-and-out troublemaker. If you leave them alone, God knows what troubles they will make in the future!"