118 исторических миниатюр и 108 авторских текстов на 13 иностранных языках. Сборник (СИ)

"England [under the direction of Lloyd-George] didn't undertake anything to improve matters of Russia on Baltic, and ignored wishes of the Russian command about offensive in the Balkans. Even Nabokov, was delighted by activity of the English leaders, noted: "They refused to us in the essential assistance"."

"The tone was set by the prime minister [Lloyd George]. It is necessary to take an opportunity "to remake Britain. It isn't necessary to think all the time of that, to return there where we were before war"... Remounting old holes, we won't be able to create the new world, Lloyd George in other case said. At the initiative of the head of the government the new "ministry of reconstruction" has been formed. If in the beginning understood "restoration" of old pre-war regimes as reconstruction, then soon, probably according to instructions of the prime minister, began to place emphasis on the slogan "transformations" of the country and search of other, best orders invented by him".

-And what is the attraction of "new orders"? Allow me to make addition about "the best state orders", - the voice of one of visitors of library was alouded.

- Please, - Edouard Daladier has invited.

- Mark Aldanov in the story "Field marshal" has tried to design mentally thoughts of one of Field marshals about Hitler and Hitler's regime: "We had no such people. And couldn't be. After all our system was existed for centuries and was under construction, been preparing - for the centuries. We needed people with traditions, more or less (of course, only more or less) insured by education, the conventional truths, social environment's opinions, at last, religion from the meanness reigning here. At us was what to protect, and to these bastards of society who yesterday came out of an underground, they spit on everything: "though day and mine, also I will live happily!" Enemies of the monarchy also don't understand, which the level of stability was creating in the world by the monarchy. We weren't too soft on enemies, but the monarchs who were in 1815 on the congress in Vienna haven't imposed to the defeated France of those conditions which democrats in hundred years have imposed to the defeated Germany."

- Talleyrand, Metternich ... Alexander I ... - has sighed Daladier - "... "... by the end of war [World War I] the English battalions (each of them) had 64, and some of them - 80 machine guns".

- What will you tell about the events which have taken place after the end of World War I, mister Daladier? - one of visitors of library expressed an interest.

- The history has disposed that both the ability to talk to trade unions, with hired workers, to organize "the peace of classes", and ability to talk in the Welsh and English languages were joined in one person, - Edouard Daladier has philosophically noticed. - This person, if to trust the book, considered that "it isn't necessary to think all the time of that, to return there, where we were before war".

Edouard Daladier has kept silent. Then he with a smile has looked at audience:

- Here the quote from the story "Field marshal" was heard. I will quote words from the short story "Josephine de Beauharnais and Her Fortuneteller": "She daily devoted in the mornings for a dresses about three hours, then many times changed clothes and three times a day changed linen. She had four hundred shawls and a myriad of dresses ... The whole day in her apartments some suppliers, dressmakers, fashion makers whom she treated, as with the best friends, were replacing each other; Josephine didn't recognize any etiquette: for why this nonsense? She told fashion makers and dressmakers all the family affairs and chagrin; She had no secrets and from maids. Josephine didn't read either books, or newspapers - there one frustration - did nothing the whole day and not at all bored."

Edouard Daladier with a strange smile has looked at audience.

The active visitor of library has again joined in discussion:

- On June 7, 1919 Lloyd George recognized that "the admiral Kolchak won't win against Lenin". In the spring of 1920 Lloyd George characterized Lenin the "most great person in policy" who is successfully carrying out "great economic experiment".

Lenin wrote that Lloyd-George "not only the person very clever, but also to much learned from Marxists. Not a sin and to us to learn at Lloyd of George".

Edouard Daladier has put a palm of hand on one of books:

- To study, to study and study!. And to read!

- Our previous conversation was similar to my monologue. Today's meeting is more similar to dialogue. I come into your library with interest! - Edouard Daladier has politely said. - I wish useful reading.

Gorky has thanked Edouard Daladier for a conversation with visitors and walked with him to an exit from library.

January 13, 2018 12:38

Translation from Russian into English: January 14, 2018 10:51. Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Рассказ о чтении исторических книг".

XCVIII. Dialogue about creativity

- Al Capone has written the book ...