Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1691 National Library

"Manchester Express" is valuable, really only the name "Manchester Express".

The office of the "Manchester Express" is rented, and the rent is paid until the end of the year. Although it can still be used now, it is meaningless.

Valentine does not have a printing house under his name. The Manchester Express signed a contract with a printing house in London, and he still owes the printing house a sum of money. Manchester Express to court.

The "Manchester Express" ceased publication, which violated the contract with the advertising company. It also needs to pay a large amount of compensation.

Oh, by the way, the house Monica lives in is also rented. The housing price in Hampstead is not cheap, the annual rent is 120 pounds.

"How are you going to deal with the Manchester Express?" Monica finally calmed down and faced the cruel reality.

"Mrs. Valentine, we deeply sympathize with Mr. Valentine's tragedy. If you are willing to give up your husband's shares, then all the debts of the "Manchester Express" have nothing to do with you, otherwise you have to think about the consequences. You can consult your personal lawyer." Charles smiled, this is to be wiped out.

Monica looks at Sapir.

Sapir hesitated to speak.

Monica looked at Harriman again.

Harriman didn't look up, not daring to meet Monica's eyes.

Monica turned and left without saying a word.

Charles looked at the closed door, picked up the phone silently, and prepared to call the Times News Group to see if they were interested in taking over the Manchester Express.

Rock doesn't care about the "Manchester Express", and he doesn't even know who Valentine is. The Commonwealth Games has entered the sixth day, and the Southern African delegation has won 42 gold medals, ranking first in the gold medal list. Great Britain has nine gold medals, while third-ranked Canada has just two.

In the shooting arena, Fan Rui from Lorenzo Marquez performed well and won four gold medals and one silver medal in the 50-meter rifle and pistol events. Among them, the 4-meter rifle fired 50 rounds of bullets in a prone position With a full score of 60, it is known as a world record that can never be broken.

But this is not necessarily the case. In future shooting competitions, the full score in the preliminaries will still be 10.9. In the final stage, the full score will become 600. A [-] score is no longer out of reach.

Of course, the accuracy of the rifles used in future shooting competitions is much higher than that of the Lee Enfield used in the Commonwealth Games. The advancement of technology is also an important factor for the improvement of performance.

On July 7, Roque and George V watched the equestrian competition, which is a traditionally dominant event in Britain.

Equestrianism is not horse racing. Horse racing is about speed, and equestrianism is about skill. The German-born athlete Anne Clark represented southern Africa. When Anne Clark appeared on the stage, the audience gave Anne warm applause and cheers as usual.

"How many Germans are there in southern Africa?" George V's focus was obviously not on the field.

"About 150 million, accounting for about [-]% of the total population of southern Africa." Rock knew the data without asking Louis.

This is also thanks to the census held in southern Africa not long ago. In the past, Rock had to lay out an ambush to avoid arousing the suspicion of George V.

Again, the population represents the strength of a country in this era, and the larger the number, the better. If there are [-] million people in southern Africa—

To the fucking British Empire!

"The total population of Germany seems to be just over 6000 million, and there are actually 150 million Germans in Southern Africa—" King George V didn't know what to say. When the Federal Government of Southern Africa was established, there seemed to be less than 150 million British people.

In George V's view, the British Empire just took a nap, and southern Africa miraculously developed rapidly, just like the United States 200 years ago, which is incredible.

Before the outbreak of the world war, there were 6500 million people in Germany.

Now that the world war has ended for several years, Germany's population is still 6500 million, without any growth.

In fact, it must have increased. The problem is the same as that of Britain and France. The population of Germany is also constantly leaving. Britain and Germany are better and can maintain a situation of no increase or decrease. France is too miserable. The population does not increase but decreases. From the colonies Imported labor cannot make up for the serious shortage of local labor.

Southern Africa is the main destination of the European outflow. Most of the European outflows have come to Southern Africa, and the Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Nyasaland are the majority.

"Don't worry, the Germans who came to Southern Africa are no longer Germans." Rock was not worried, Germans also had to take an oath to become a Southern African citizen.

Roque couldn't be honest with George V on this point.

In the Adelaide era, the oath to join the southern African nationality is-I swear: I will be loyal to King Edward VII/Her Majesty George V, and his heirs and successors; I will earnestly abide by the laws of southern Africa and fulfill my duties as Responsibilities of citizens of Southern Africa.

In the time of Philip, the oath of naturalization in Southern Africa was replaced by - I hereby solemnly swear that I completely renounce my citizenship and allegiance to foreign princes, monarchs, countries or sovereigns to which I belonged.

I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the Federal Government of Southern Africa against all enemies, domestic and foreign.I will pledge my sincere allegiance to the Federal Government of Southern Africa.

I will bear arms for the defense of the Government of the Commonwealth of Southern Africa when the law so requires; I will perform non-combat military service for the Commonwealth of Southern Africa when the law so requires; I will serve under the command of a Government officer when the law so requires. The country does important work.

I hereby voluntarily swear that there will be no mental hindrances, excuses or reservations.

God help me.

So in Southern Africa, regardless of whether they are German, French, or even British, as long as they become a Southern African nationality, Southern Africa is the only country they are loyal to.

During the World War, the Germans in southern Africa, like other southern African citizens, donated to the federal government of southern Africa and contributed to defeating the enemy.

It was not until after the end of the World War that some southern African Germans donated to the hungry in Germany.

These are two completely different concepts.

Anne Clark is an excellent athlete. She and her horse cooperated tacitly and completed the race with a set of near-perfect moves. Even other athletes and coaches who were watching the game couldn't help applauding Anne.

All five referees gave 10 points, and Annie won the championship without any dispute. The runner-up was a British athlete, and the No.3 athlete was a southern African.

It doesn't matter, regardless of which country's athletes win the championship, the British national anthem is played.

The flag is different.

The flag of the United Kingdom is the union flag, and the flag of southern Africa is the orange, white and blue tricolor flag, which was determined when the federal government of southern Africa was established.

This is also normal. It is not only southern Africa that uses its own flag. The Australian flag is a Union flag with six stars, and the Canadian flag is a Union flag with a coat of arms.

If we have to talk about the difference, only southern Africa has completely abandoned the Union Jack. Only from the national flag, it has nothing to do with the British Empire.

After watching the equestrian competition, George V was very happy. Although the British athlete only won No.2, it did not affect the mood of George V.

In the afternoon, George V did not watch the game, but went to visit the National Library and the National Museum in Pretoria.

Roque will preside over the ministerial meeting in the afternoon, and Stoudemire will accompany George V on a tour.

For George V, Stoudemire didn't like it very much.

But it's not annoying, the king of England in the time of old Cecil Rhodes was Queen Victoria, and there was Edward VII between George V and Queen Victoria.

The National Library of Pretoria is located in the middle of the King’s Road. It was built in 1918 and covers an area of ​​28 square meters. It has a collection of 1100 million books, 25 reading rooms, and more than 5000 seats. Nyasaland State Library and Nyasaland University Library stand alongside the National Library.

"Eleven million volumes! Are there really so many?" George V was amazed. Pretoria is not only a city of gardens, but also very advanced in terms of culture.

It's a pity that Pretoria is still not the cultural center of southern Africa, but Nya Saranlo is.

"There are indeed, and many of them are ancient classics from Greece and the Far East. Greek professors have to come to southern Africa to look up materials if they want to study Greek history." Stoudemire is proud. Rock's emphasis on culture is well known. The size of the Desia State Library is actually not small.

There are many libraries in southern Africa, even public primary schools. Every year, federal governments at all levels spend millions of rand on cultural promotion.

Where there is investment, there is reaping. When Southern Africa was established, even the language was not unified. Now English and Chinese have become recognized official languages ​​in Southern Africa. Boolean has long been thrown into the clouds. Except for Orange State, other states issue official documents. At the time, there was not even a Boolean version.

Nominally, Boer is still the official language of Southern Africa.

The National Library of Pretoria looks like an open book, probably because there are not enough seats in the library. The steps in front of the library are full of young people who are reading.

This is not because the elderly in southern Africa don't like to read books, but the young people in southern Africa are polite and give as much as possible to the elderly, and they don't care. Looking at the scenery in the distance, breathing in the fresh air, and sharing your reading experience with friends around you is actually very comfortable.

In the eyes of George V, such a scene feels inexplicably shocking.

George V also received an elite education since he was a child, and he must have known the power of culture.

Unlike the Anglo-American elites who sought to monopolize cultural knowledge, Southern Africa seemed to take it lightly, which weighed heavily on George V.

(End of this chapter)