Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1434 Pensions

The dispute over Lake Victoria originated during the World War. When Southern Africa attacked Tanganyika, part of the German army in Tanganyika was defeated all the way to the north and fled into the territory of the East African protectorate. The southern African troops kept chasing it until Victoria It was about 60 kilometers north of the lake before the German army was completely wiped out.

After the war, Tanganyika became a mandated territory in Southern Africa, and Lake Victoria was successfully administered by Southern Africa.

Here is an explanation. In 1890, Britain and Germany divided up East Africa. Because Lake Victoria was located between the East African Protectorate and Tanganyika, half of the family belonged, the southern half belonged to Tanganyika, and the northern half belonged to East African protectorate.

Two years ago, Britain upgraded the East African protectorate to direct colonial management.

Last year, the East African protectorate established the first national political party, and proposed the implementation of universal suffrage, the establishment of an autonomous government, the control of the economy by Africans, and the release of King Mutesa II of Buganda who was exiled in the United Kingdom.

At this time, people in East Africa were surprised to find that Southern Africa had quietly swallowed up the entire Lake Victoria, not only built a railway around the lake, but also moved all the East Africans who originally lived around Lake Victoria.

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the second largest freshwater lake in the world. The lake covers an area of ​​69400 square kilometers and is rich in fish resources. East Africans are definitely unwilling to lose Lake Victoria. After the end of the World War, East Africa has repeatedly submitted Send out a request, hoping that southern Africa can return to the south bank of Lake Victoria, and give up half of Lake Victoria in accordance with the agreement between Britain and Germany in 1890.

Not to mention Roque, even a southern African would not agree to this request.

"If you want us to give up half of Lake Victoria, yes, but who will make up for our losses?" François, the new Southern African ambassador to the UK, argued on the grounds, and Yang Smozi returned to Southern Africa as a diplomat After Minister, François succeeded Jan Smudge.

"Loss, what have you got to lose? You fish Lake Victoria and make millions of pounds a year, you take over the Germans' plantations and sell them for ten pounds an acre or so, and you will live in Victoria All the East Africans around the lake have moved away and illegally occupied the land where they have lived for tens of thousands of years. Now you say you have lost, where is your loss?" Marop Jacob, East African Commissioner who came to London to deal with Lake Victoria affairs Bu looked displeased. From the perspective of rank, Southern Africa should allow Philip to come to London to be eligible to have a direct dialogue with Marop Jacob.

Marop Jacob didn't expect that there was only one ambassador to the United Kingdom in southern Africa, which made Marop Jacob feel indifferent.

Oh, François is not only the ambassador to the UK, but also the ambassador to France.

"During the World War, in order to eliminate the Tanganyika German army, we lost 1400 brave and skilled fighters in southern Africa. Isn't this a loss?" Francois looked sad, and the Tanganyika German army was still very effective.

"Ha, you killed 1400 people, but you got Tanganyika with a total area of ​​100 million square kilometers, isn't that enough to make up for the loss?" Marop Jacob made a mistake, he shouldn't be so lightly Say the number 1400.

"Tanganyika is a mandated territory for southern Africa by the League of Nations. What does it have to do with your East Africa?" François said with a bad expression. Listening to Marop Jacob, it seemed that not enough people had died.

"Then what does your attack on Tanganyika have to do with us in East Africa?" Marop Jacob thought he had caught Francois' loophole.

"Hehe, Your Excellency, if we hadn't wiped out the Tanganyika German army that fled into East Africa, it would still be a question of whether East Africa exists now." Francois sneered. Both were British colonies. Not far.

Leaving aside anything else, there are no more than 200 whites in East Africa, and even Africans are pitifully small, adding up to about [-] million. The huge gap in human resources cannot be made up.

As for industrial strength, there is no comparison in this regard. There is not even a decent enterprise in East Africa, and the standard colonial economy. After the outbreak of the World War, East Africa also followed Britain to declare war on Germany, but when the war was declared, all the troops of the East African colonial government added up. There are less than five thousand, and all of them are colonial servants composed of Africans.

Counting on a colonial servant army of [-] Africans against an all-white German army of Tanganyika?

Take your head against it.

"The situation you said did not happen, and it is impossible to happen—" Marop Jacob insisted, anyway, the Tanganyika German army has been wiped out, and no matter what he says now, those German troops will not come back from the dead.

"That's enough gentlemen, we are here to solve the problem, not to vent our anger—" Austin tried to ease the atmosphere. After all, it was the internal conflict of the British Empire, which had not yet risen to the level of hostility.

"No one wants to quarrel, but what do you think of someone's attitude?" The villain Marop Jacob complained first.

"It is obvious that we in southern Africa made a huge sacrifice to save someone, and it turns out that someone not only doesn't know how to be grateful, but just asks for it. This kind of person is really hateful!" Take your seat.

"You—" Marop Jacob was furious, and the words starting with F almost blurted out.

"Stop! No one is allowed to speak without my permission!" The veins on Austin's forehead were twitching. Marope Jacob and Francois were indeed a bit too much to push this gentle and gentle old man into a hurry.

The Minister of Colonial Affairs still has to give face. Although Marop Jacob is the commissioner for East Africa, Francois doesn't care. He relies on the powerful southern Africa behind him, and he doesn't care about Marop Jacob's identity at all.

In terms of rank, Francois, the ambassador, is indeed not as high as Marop Jacob.

But this is not the way to look at it. Southern Africa and New Zealand are both countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. As the Prime Minister of Southern Africa, Philip holds a high position, but who knows who the Prime Minister of New Zealand is?

Well no one cares at all.

"David, tell me about Southern Africa's request. You just talked about compensation. What compensation does Southern Africa want?" Austin tried to cut the mess quickly.

"I just said that in order to eliminate the Tanganyika German army, more than 1400 brave and skilled fighters in southern Africa died in the battle. Let us retreat to the south bank of Lake Victoria in southern Africa. Well, those soldiers who died heroically, Pensions must always be given—" Francois did not mention specific figures, for fear of scaring Marop Jacobs.

"Hehe, it was 1400 just now, and now it's more than 1400—" Marop Jacob sneered, ready to be blackmailed.

"Shut up!" Austin was blunt, while Francois's attitude was very clear. If you want to return half of Lake Victoria, you can give enough compensation, and southern Africa can be considered.

Yes, even if Southern Africa gets enough compensation, it can only be considered to that extent. Austin and Philip used to be colleagues, and they both worked in the Colonial Affairs Department. Because of the relationship between Rock and Neville, Austin is no stranger to Rock. I understand Roque's attitude in this regard very well.

Based on Austin's understanding of Rock and Philip, not to mention that the East African colonial government did not want to pay, even if it paid enough, the Southern African federal government would probably not be able to give up half of Lake Victoria.

Just kidding, if it was Austin, Austin wouldn't let it.

"Francois, how much are those pensions?" Austin had a completely different attitude towards Francois and Marop Jacobs. He really didn't know the standards in this regard in southern Africa.

"During the World War, the average annual salary of officers and soldiers in southern Africa was about 250 rand. The pension for officers and soldiers who died in battle was a one-time payment of ten years of annual salary. At the same time, the family members of the officers and soldiers were taken care of. This part of the cost is immeasurable. Let's calculate it based on the five-year annual salary. Alright——" Francois is really not a lion, the federal government of southern Africa really stipulates this.

250 a year, 2500 ten years, plus five years—

The calculation was a bit complicated, and Austin tried to do the math in his head, then quickly gave up.

"Ha, it costs 25000 pounds a person. You southern Africans are all made of gold, right?" Marop Jacob calculated quickly, and he didn't know if he was right or not.

François looked at Marop Jacobs with the look of a fool.

Austin's expression was a bit complicated. He wanted to laugh, but he was probably embarrassed and wanted to correct him, but he didn't know the correct answer.

"Okay, then 25000 pounds, if calculated on the basis of 1400 people—" Francois stared at this point, the arithmetic is a bit complicated, and Francois subconsciously looked at the dip on Austin's desk. fountain pen.

Not a fountain pen, but an old quill pen.

This kind of pen is to choose the hardest hairs on the poultry, and cut the end surface into a slanted point, so that it can be dipped in water to write.

Generally speaking, the feathers on the tail of the goose are selected, so the quill is also called the quill.

The feather used in the quill pen on Austin's desk is pure white, most likely goose feathers.

"Impossible, we can accept London's pension standards, but we cannot pay according to your southern African standards." Marop Jacob solved this embarrassing problem, since it is too complicated, don't calculate it.

"Hehe—" Before Austin could speak, Francois sneered.

Pension standards in London?
It does not exist. Not every government is as efficient as the Southern African Federal Government. The world war has been over for four years, but Britain has not yet formed a unified standard for pensions.

(End of this chapter)