Clemenceau chose to go all out, not only because he had no way out, but also to protect France.
France was severely damaged in World War I and lost a large number of its population, and France's fate in World War I also made French senior officials further realize the importance of population. If France was not inferior to Germany in terms of population, it would not be in today's predicament.
Although France's industry now lags behind Germany's, in the final analysis it still has to be traced back to the population issue. After all, France lacks the basic minerals needed for industrial development compared to Germany, but France's colonial resources are still not bad.
However, the resource development of these colonies also requires population as support, otherwise the colonial resistance movement alone would make French government very overwhelmed.
At this point, East Africa has done very well. The rapid population growth since the colonial era is the foundation for East Africa to expand and monopolize half of African continent.
If traditional European colonial methods were used, East Africa would never have expanded to the extent it is today. Of course, this is also due to the strong fertility rate of Germany and Far Eastern immigrants. The same is true for Slavs immigrants, the third largest source of immigrants in East Africa, but the Slavs immigrants in East Africa have long been Germany.
Of course, French government, or the current French government leadership, is very envious of East Africa's fertility rate.
Clemenceau said with a sad tone, "France lost a lot of precious lives in the war, and many of them were young people. They should have been the future of France and shouldered the heavy responsibility of French breeding work, but because of our wrong judgment on the war, they died on the battlefield."
"So, for the sake of France's future, we must cherish the surviving France people even more."
"If what is described in East Africa really happens, this plague will probably take more lives. This is unacceptable to me."
Seeing that the president's will was unchangeable, the senior government officials no longer hesitated, but asked, "Your Excellency, what should we do?"
Although Clemenceau's future is bleak, it is undeniable that he is still the top leader of France, and he was known for his tough tactics during the war. Therefore, no one in the government dares to stir up Clemenceau's temper and do things that are both positive and negative.
Clemenceau Seeing that his morale was ready, he said happily, "Everyone, for France, we will fight again this time. As for our posthumous reputation, we will leave it to future generations to evaluate! We just need to have a clear conscience this time."
"According to my order, France has entered a state of emergency. From now on, the government will return to wartime status and strictly control the country's supplies, especially medical resources."
"All French people must carry out production and living activities under the arrangements of the government. For areas hardest hit by the epidemic, strict control over travel will be implemented, and registration and filing work will be done."
"Health Department, the military, Police Department and other related organizations, under the unified command of the government, are carrying out large-scale elimination work across the country."
"Especially the ruins of wars and corpses on the battlefield must be professionally processed to prevent the formation of new sources of infection and to be alert to the occurrence of other plagues..."
Western Front, France is also the main battlefield, especially the northern part of France, which also resulted in a large number of buildings being destroyed by artillery fire and a large number of casualties.
In some ruins and battlefields, there is a high probability that there will be corpses that will not be cleaned up in the future, so Clemenceau emphasized this point.
"Strictly control the flow of medicines and crack down on criminals who drive up prices. At this time, if anyone dares to go against the government, he will be punished as treason."
"We will conduct an inventory of the materials stored in the warehouses requisitioned by the government and the military during the war, and strictly check the reselling of materials. Although the war is over, the fight against the plague is a new war. I don't want to hear bad news flowing into my ears..."
France has stockpiled a large amount of supplies for the war, but now these supplies are still backlogged in the warehouse because of the end of the war. Clemenceau plans to Waste Utilization.
"Special management measures will be implemented for the epidemic-stricken areas. Before the crisis is resolved, an isolation system will be strictly implemented. The government will uniformly dispatch national medical and health resources, and the transportation and operation of daily necessities..."
Clemenceau arranged various tasks in an orderly manner, but other government personnel became more and more frightened as they listened.
Without him, France, as an old base of world sports, its rulers also know best how difficult the French people are to serve.
You must know that France has just escaped from the war, and the French people have been suppressed for five years. Now Clemenceau's orders are tantamount to once again shrouding France in a haze.
It's just that it was the haze of war before, but now it's the haze of plague. Without fully confirming the destructive power of this round of epidemic, Clemenceau's series of measures are tantamount to telling French that this epidemic crisis is no less than war.
If the epidemic develops as Clemenceau predicts, it will be okay. If it ends hastily, then the image of the Clemenceau government in the hearts of the French people will really be impossible to clean up.
Moreover, there is a question mark as to whether French government has the ability to suppress the plague under control by himself. If it is like in the Black Death era, and is unable to do anything through various means, then it will be even more impossible to end.
Out of this consideration, someone worriedly asked President Clemenceau: "Your Excellency, is this a bit of a fuss? If the situation exceeds our expectations and control, I am afraid that all of us will not be able to explain to the people."
President Clemenceau waved his hand and said, "Don't try to persuade me any more. No matter how bad the situation is, it won't get any worse! You don't need to worry, just follow my orders. I will bear all the consequences in the end. Even if it means getting infamy, I will bear it!"
Seeing that the president was very resolute and took the initiative to take responsibility, others did not dare to say anything.
In fact, up to now, although Clemenceau's reputation among the French people has dropped significantly, his power has not been shaken at all.
The so-called disaster lies in the blessing, and the blessing lies in the disaster. It is precisely because France is in a mess now, which makes Clemenceau's competitors unwilling to take over. Clemenceau's power has not been damaged at all, which also gives him more confidence to implement his own policies.
In early 1920, when East Africa was preparing to deal with the plague, France followed suit and initiated nationwide martial law.
The actions of the two governments are naturally seen by other countries in the world, and have received a lot of discussion. Some countries support the attitude of the two countries, but many countries sneer at the actions of the two countries, and even entertain the idea of watching a show.
Countries outside of Europe even think that the matter has nothing to do with them and ignore it. Many of them do not realize the destructive power of this plague. In addition to the delayed news and insufficient awareness, many people do not think that this plague will spread so fast.
What's more, there has never been a plague of this scale in the world before. After all, the world structure is very different from that before the 19th century. Now the world market has taken shape, which has also led to increasingly frequent trade, cultural, military and other exchanges between various continents and regions.
This has also intensified the exchanges of people between countries and regions. The frequent exchanges of people naturally mean that if a large-scale infectious disease breaks out, the possibility of it developing into a global disease is greatly increased.
This was the case with Spanish Flu in the previous life. At that time, almost half of the world's population of 1.8 billion were affected.
Some data even estimate that during the raging Spanish Flu in the previous life from 1918 to 1919, 50 million to 100 million people in the world lost their lives.
If this data is true, it even far exceeds the number of casualties in the entire World War I.