Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1080 Digestion

Negotiations were underway when the Southern African Expeditionary Force withdrew from France in batches.

After entering October, as the negotiations deepened, the contradictions accumulated during the World War gradually began to emerge. Although the Allied Powers fought against the Allies as a whole during the World War, in the Allied Powers camp, different countries made different contributions to defeating the Allies. On this point, during the World War, Britain and France made some compromises and tolerance for the unity of the Allied Powers. Now it is time for the distribution of benefits, and the contradictions are infinitely magnified.

As a key member of the British Expeditionary Force, Southern African interests were the first to be identified.

As requested by Rock, Southwest Africa and Tanganyika were designated as Class C Mandates and Class B Mandates respectively, and the Allied Powers appointed Southern Africa to rule.

The situation in the Mesopotamia is a bit complicated. Although France has given up its territorial claim to the Mesopotamia, it is unwilling to see Britain annexing the Mesopotamia. Southern Africa and the United Kingdom are still a whole here. The final decision is in the Mesopotamia The basin is formed as an independent country.

The Najd Sultanate has benefited enormously. It has not only been recognized by the Allied Powers, but also annexed the Muscat Sultanate grandiosely, and pushed the border to the vicinity of the Jordan River.

The independence of the Kingdom of Congo and the Republic of Congo was also confirmed by the Allied Powers. The Kingdom of Belgium gave up its suzerainty over the Kingdom of Congo and the Republic of Congo. Compensation for Belgian companies.

The issue of East India is a bit complicated. After Japan declared war on Germany, East India also declared war on Germany and sent troops to occupy the islands of Germany in the Pacific Ocean. By the time Japan noticed this, East India had already completed the occupation of those islands. , now Japan claims ownership of part of the island, but is rejected by the East Indies.

The food of the Japanese is too ugly, and those islands have nothing to do with the Japanese. Although Japan has the "British-Japanese Alliance", East India also has the support of southern Africa.

After being frustrated on the island issue, Japan turned to seek an equality clause that would not allow racial discrimination in the upcoming League of Nations, hoping that European countries and the United States would treat Japan equally and not confuse Japan with other Asian countries.

This proposal itself is to improve Japan's status, but it touches the fundamental interests of European countries and the United States.

If such a clause is established, the suzerainty status of European countries in Africa will be challenged, and the United States will not be able to justify itself. The tragedy of the American Indians, as well as the "Chinese Exclusion Act" that has not been cancelled, will all cause controversy because of this clause.

On similar grounds, Australia also objected to the proposal, where Aboriginal interests were likewise left unprotected.

After being rejected by European countries and the United States, the Japanese delegation decided to break with the West, mainly with Britain. Through the Russo-Japanese War and the World War, the Japanese felt that they were full-fledged and saw no need to pursue new ideas. Before the goal, maintain friendly relations with former allies.

The Japanese are very similar to the Italians in this regard.

The performance of the Kingdom of Italy during the World War was a disaster. The million Italian troops promised by the Italian government did not play a million-level role. Twelve consecutive battles of the Isonzo River did not make any progress. Instead, they were defeated by the German and Austrian forces. A counterattack was defeated thousands of miles away, and it was only with the help of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force that the defeat was saved.

Although it performed poorly in the World War, in the Paris Peace Conference, the Kingdom of Italy still obtained more land than the British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray promised to the Kingdom of Italy in order to allow the Kingdom of Italy to participate in the war. The land inhabited by hundreds of Germans and Austrians was allocated to the Kingdom of Italy, which was not within the scope of Edward Gray's promise.

Even so, the Italians were still not satisfied. After getting more than expected harvest, the Kingdom of Italy also demanded Fiume in Croatia. Fiume is Rijeka in Italian. This city is the third largest city in Croatia and the most famous. A major port, shipbuilding and shipping center, but also one of the economic and cultural centers.

This request was of course rejected, and the Kingdom of Italy was extremely indignant, and simply packed up and returned to Rome a few days later.

Italy is now stronger than ever since the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Through the Italian-Turkish War and the World War, although the Kingdom of Italy did not perform well in the World War, as a member of the Allied Powers, Italy searched the surrounding "neighbors" and found that there was no object that the Kingdom of Italy was afraid of, so the Kingdom of Italy returned to its old ways, and the United Kingdom , France began to alienate.

When the Italian delegation returned to Rome, Roque was in Port Elizabeth, inspecting the oil fields and port facilities in Port Elizabeth.

The current Port Elizabeth covers an area about [-] times larger than when Rock just bought Port Elizabeth.

During the World War, many Ottoman dignitaries came to Port Elizabeth to escape the war. Port Elizabeth was unprecedentedly prosperous. Housing prices in the King’s District and Queen’s District were pushed up to an unbearable level, and the price of food also rose to a certain extent. Acceptable for Constantinople.

After the Kings District and Queens District were full, Reed opened up a new urban area to accommodate those new immigrants who had just arrived in Port Elizabeth. The name of the new area was "Nyasaland District".

Compared with Rock's last visit to Port Elizabeth, the current Port Elizabeth covers a larger area, with better urban infrastructure and more trees. The trees planted by the Umbrella Company when they first came to Port Elizabeth have grown after nearly ten years , also began to flourish.

Compared with the city, the size of the port is also expanding. Dozens of ships enter and leave Port Elizabeth every day. While transporting oil from Port Elizabeth, they deliver food and other daily necessities that Port Elizabeth needs.

At this time, Rock also realized the benefits of a single colonial economy, so in Port Elizabeth, oil is still the only economic pillar. After the new immigrants arrived in Port Elizabeth, after a short rest (isolation) in Port Elizabeth, They will go to the inland areas in batches for scattered resettlement. Mesopotamia is the main destination. There are also influxes of new immigrants along the banks of Damascus and the Jordan River. Even the oases in Najd Sultan have resettlement sites for new immigrants.

Most of these immigrants are family members of Chinese workers.

During the entire World War, about 30 Chinese laborers came to Europe through different channels, some of which were hired by the French government, and the other part were labor groups organized by major immigrant companies in southern Africa.

After the laborers came to Europe, they realized that the world is so big, and there are so many lands in the Mesopotamia that have not been cultivated or are gradually becoming barren due to no one's management.

It is very easy to obtain these lands. As long as they agree to settle down, the immigration company will even bear the immigration costs of the workers’ families. According to the regulations of Adan Company, every worker who agrees to immigrate to Mesopotamia can get at least 50 acres of land ownership. It is about 300 mu, which is enough to drive the laborers into madness. Before they came to Europe, they were all poor and poor. Now they have the opportunity to get such a large amount of wealth in Mesopotamia, although some people insist that this is an immigrant company. pitfalls, but more people are willing to give it a try.

After all, they have nothing to lose.

"Since the end of the World War, immigrant boats have arrived in Port Elizabeth every week. The new immigrants are very enthusiastic about the land. They are eagerly looking forward to going to the resettlement point at the isolation point. We resettled the new immigrants in the form of a small town. A small town The town resettled about [-] families of new immigrants, and at the same time stationed a small team of mercenaries to protect the new immigrants from the interference of the local natives." Li De's body has gotten a little fat in recent years, and when he was in Cape Town, Li De was still Rock's little follower, and now he is the sole official of the frontier.

Although in name Li De was only the general manager of Adan Company, in fact even Ali Rashid, the king of Najd Sultanate, had to make an appointment to see Li De.

Of course, since the establishment of the Najd Sultanate, Li De regarded Ali Rashid as a real king. In front of Ali Rashid, there was not much arrogance similar to the overlord.

"There are still local indigenous people in the resettlement site?" Rock understated.

"It used to be, but now it's gone—" Li Dexin understood.

Rock nodded and stopped talking. There is still a lot of work to be done to ensure the long-term stability of the Mesopotamia.

"Ali wants to merge the Najd Sultanate into southern Africa. I told him not to worry, at least it will take a few years. Up to now, this work has not been completed. Now the Najd Sultanate is really sparsely populated. Sometimes we can’t see a person in the desert for half a month. We have an exploration team that disappeared in the desert and found it a month later. , The members of the exploration team have become mummies." The situation described by Li De is a normal phenomenon in the Najd Sultanate. If there is no oil, the Najd Sultanate is really worthless.

"There is enough oil now, and the exploration work can be stopped for a while. We have just conquered the Mesopotamia, and the next task is to slowly digest it. Even if it takes ten years, we must complete the transformation of the Mesopotamia." Rock said not Don't worry, Port Elizabeth is a good example. Ten years sounds like a long time, but it's actually not that long. It passes in the blink of an eye.

Li De didn't speak, he hesitated to speak.

"Say!" Rock said simply.

"I want to transfer back to Southern Africa—" Li De was still very smart.

(End of this chapter)