Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1072 The Trash Can

When Rock met Louis Botha for the first time 15 years ago, Louis Botha had just turned 40 years old. At that time, Louis Botha was the commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition army and had just been called back to Pretoria from the front line. Participate in peace talks held by the British government.

The current Louis Botha is very old, and Rock doesn't know when Louis Botha in another time and space passed away, probably in the past few years.

When he saw Roque, Louis Botha was very happy. He grabbed Roque's arm and highly praised Roque's performance during the World War. He believed that Roque had won honor for southern Africa, and no one could do better than Roque. better.

Including him and Jan Smudge.

Jan Smotz agrees.

Louis Botha lived in Roque's castle that night, and the two naturally couldn't avoid talking about the upcoming negotiations.

It was also at this time that Rock knew that it was Ade who sent a telegram to Winston, voluntarily requesting that Rock return to southern Africa as soon as possible, and not to stay in Europe for a long time.

"Locke, you have to understand the prime minister's worries. The prime minister is afraid that you will speak rashly on certain issues, which will affect the image you have finally established. Now you are British, you are the earl of the British Empire, and you are the defense minister of southern Africa— —"Louis Botha took the initiative to explain, hoping that Roque would not have a problem with this issue.

"I understand Louis, there's no need to explain—" Rock's expression was calm, with mixed emotions in his heart.

In fact, even if Louis Botha didn't explain, Rock wouldn't blame Ade.

Rock knew why Ader had called him back to southern Africa.

Just one month before the end of the World War, the Provisional Government of the Far East finally declared war on Germany, but at that time the Second Battle of the Marne was coming to an end, and the only remaining mobile troops in Germany were surrounded by the Marne River. Whether the Provisional Government joins the war will not affect the final outcome of the World War.

But since he participated in the war, he is eligible to participate in the Paris Peace Conference. At this time, Roque's identity is a bit embarrassing. After all, Roque is a high-ranking commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, representing the interests of the United Kingdom and southern Africa, and has a natural position .

That's why Ade asked Roque to return to southern Africa. With Roque's character, if Roque showed obvious inclinations during the Paris Peace Conference, it would affect Roque and the Southern African Expeditionary Force's bloody battle for the British Empire. years of trust.

"It's good that you understand. The Prime Minister told me before I came that you don't need to explain to you to understand. It seems that the Prime Minister understands you better." Louis Botha finally relaxed, and there is probably Winston involved. Worried, although Winston never mentioned it to Rock, but Rock could feel it.

"Louis, in the upcoming negotiations, we must pay attention to these aspects, that is, the independent status of Najd Sultanate and East India, as well as the Kingdom of Congo and the Congo Free State. Our bottom line is to support a country under our control in the Mesopotamia, and we must not allow any other forces to get involved in the Mesopotamia--" Rock had something to tell Louis Botha before leaving. Strictly speaking, these points should be done It is not difficult to arrive, Rock believes in the ability of Louis Botha.

After the outbreak of World War II, the Najd Sultanate and the East Indies, as well as the Kingdom of Congo and the Congo Free State, were all members of the Allied Powers and sent support troops to Europe.

Among them, the main active theater of the Najd Sultanate is in the Middle East. The East India Forces joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. The troops sent by the Kingdom of Congo and the Congo Free State were servants of the Southern African Expeditionary Force. They participated in the British Expeditionary Force in the whole process. Battle on the Western Front.

Now it's time to reward the Najd Sultanate. The Najd Sultanate does not have high requirements. It only needs the soon-to-be-established League of Nations to recognize the independence of the Najd Sultanate.

The East Indies had more demands and hoped to get Germany's islands in the Pacific as compensation. These areas were called Type C Mandates in the Paris Peace Conference.

The origin of "mandate rule" can be traced back to the "entrustment" of the Ionian Islands to the British "protection" by the Vienna Conference in 1815.

Leopold II's rule over the Congo Free State was also entrusted by the Berlin Conference,

The so-called "mandate rule", according to the League of Nations: the happiness and development of the people in the place under the mandate are the sacred responsibility of the civilized world.

Therefore, the best way to achieve this goal is to "entrust the guardianship of the people in the mandated territories to the developed countries".

To put it bluntly, it is to replace the former form of privately carve-up and direct annexation of colonies by several imperialist countries with a more "civilized" and more "jurisprudential" method, which is essentially the carve-up of colonies.

After the end of the World War, parts of the Near East that belonged to the Ottoman Empire before the war were classified as Type A mandates, the African colonies belonging to Germany were divided into Type B mandates, and Southwest Africa and the Pacific Islands belonging to Germany were divided into Type C mandates. Class mandates.

It should be noted that these islands requested by the East India partly conflict with Japan's request. Japan also hopes to obtain some of Germany's islands in the Pacific Ocean, although the East India has nothing to do with Japan when it attacks these islands.

As for the Kingdom of Congo and the Republic of Congo, another time and space Paris Peace Conference was partly given to Belgium from Tanganyika, and only then did the future Rwanda and Burundi come into being.

Now southern Africa will definitely not agree to separate Rwanda and Burundi from Tanganyika, and the Kingdom of Congo and the Congo Free State do not have so many additional demands. What they also demand is an internationally recognized independent status.

"Hehe, Locke, I would never have imagined ten years ago that Southern Africa is not only so powerful, but also has so many overseas enclaves—" Louis Botha was filled with emotion. This is actually not the end, Madagascar Still waiting for Southern Africa to receive it.

During the World War, the Malagasy rebelled again while France was too busy to take care of themselves. Now the entire south-central and central highlands of Madagascar are under the control of the rebels. The colonial government of Madagascar organized the colonial servants to try to suppress them, but the colonial servants also joined the rebel camp. Now, the colonial government of Madagascar has to rely on the mercenary arm of the umbrella company to barely guarantee the colonial rule of northern Madagascar.

It is really strange that a dignified old colonial country is so embarrassed in Madagascar.

In fact, the Malagasy never really surrendered to France. France's colonization of Madagascar was interrupted several times. France was once beaten by the Malagasy and forced to recognize Madagascar's independence.

"It's not an overseas enclave, at most it's our sphere of influence." Rock smiled, and he was extremely proud in his heart. From a small and peaceful Cape Colony to a huge country with a land area of ​​550 million square kilometers, if you are not proud? is deceptive.

"If London wants to interfere in Russia, should we participate?" Luis Botha must fully seek Roque's opinion on the military aspect. If Roque disagrees, it will be useless even if Luis Botha promises.

"The new Russian government doesn't owe us any money, and it doesn't have any deep hatred. Why should we participate?" Rock didn't want to get involved in the muddy waters. Don't look at the current Russian new government that seems to be crumbling. In another 20 years, the whole of Europe will be on the back of Russia's iron horse Shivering, that's why Rock didn't want to offend the Russians.

It is said that Jews hold grudges. In fact, Russians are no better than Jews. Not long ago, Leon Trotsky, one of the leaders of the new Russian government, was forced to leave Russia. Wandered to Ottomans, Norway, Mexico.

In Mexico, Leon Trotsky was murdered and the killer drove an ax into the back of Leon Trotsky's head.

At the Paris Peace Conference, in addition to dividing the accounts, the leaders of the Allied Powers also had an important task to discuss whether to intervene in Russia. Whether it is the United Kingdom, France, or the United States, they are all worried about whether the Russian riots will spread to their respective countries. .

Of course, for the United Kingdom, there are two important reasons for interfering in Russia. One is that George V wants to avenge his cousin's family, and the other reason is the 7.45 million pounds borrowed by the new Russian government.

All of this has nothing to do with southern Africa. When the British government decided to lend 2000 million pounds to the Russian Empire every month, Rock reminded Winston, but it was useless.

"Well, we are indeed unable to send troops. One million people died in the world war. We have to try our best to get some pensions—" Louis Botha has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, but the issue of pensions cannot be solved. Easy, Winston and Clemenceau have been arguing in meetings these days, and the core is the issue of Germany's compensation.

On this issue, Great Britain and France are far apart.

The United Kingdom does not want to weaken Germany too much, which will lead to France's dominance in continental Europe, which is seriously not in the interests of the United Kingdom.

Clemenceau worried that if Germany was not completely sucked dry this time, then Germany would have a chance to rise again and continue to pose a threat to France.

Therefore, Britain hopes to keep some vitality for Germany, and France hopes to squeeze Germany as dry as possible. It is best for Germany to never pay reparations, so France has reason to occupy the west bank of the Rhine forever.

In the resolution that has been formed, France occupies the Saarland region, which is rich in coal resources in Germany, for 15 years. After the expiration, the ownership of the Saarland region is determined by the residents of the Saarland region.

At the same time, Germany will hand over the West Bank of the Rhine to the Allied forces for 15 years. This is mainly carried out by the French army. The French government also reluctantly agreed to hand over the Mesopotamia to the British because of the British government's concession on this point.

Now the Mesopotamia is mainly between southern Africa and the British government. Southern Africa hopes to directly mandate the rule, while the British government hopes to establish an independent country, and then throw all the factors of instability into it.

Just like a trash can.

(End of this chapter)