Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1917 Interpretation

The conflict between the Southern African Navy and the Brazilian Navy instantly attracted worldwide attention.

The two sides insisted on their own opinions. The Southern African Navy insisted that the Brazilian Navy was the first to attack civilian ships in Southern Africa, and the Southern African Navy was forced to fight back.

The Brazilian Navy was miserable. The sea area where the incident occurred was in Brazilian waters. The destroyer of the Brazilian Navy was actually sunk by the southern African naval aviation from afar, causing 45 deaths and 27 missing. This is a violation of Brazil’s sovereignty and a violation of international law. The blasphemy, Southern Africa, as a big and influential country all over the world, should take full responsibility for this matter.

Then the question arises, is the waters 30 kilometers east of Victoria the Brazilian waters?

30 kilometers, converted to about 16 nautical miles.

Regarding the territorial sea, there are different standards in different periods. In the book "Law of the Sea" published in 17 by the 1652th century jurist J. Rosenius, he advocated that the width of the sea area under the jurisdiction of the country should be "two-day voyage". distance.

At the same time, many treaties and decrees in the 16th and 17th centuries stipulated that the sea area under national jurisdiction should reach "the horizon as far as the eye can see".

The so-called "two-day voyage" and "as far as the eye can see" are too vague. After all, in an era of rapid technological change, there is still a gap between the "two-day voyage" of warships in the 17th century and the 20th century.

The horizon seen by the eye is not the same as the horizon seen through a telescope.

So in 1703, another Dutch jurist, C. van Binkshoek, proposed that land power ends where the power of arms ends.

At that time, the range of the cannon was about one league, that is, three nautical miles. Therefore, many people believed that the width of the coastal sea controlled by a country should be three nautical miles, and thus proposed the "three nautical miles rule".

However, this statement began to be inapplicable in the era when the range of cannons was getting farther and farther, so all countries began to determine territorial waters according to their own standards.

The territorial sea rule used by Brazil is the "three nautical mile rule".

The territorial sea rule used in southern Africa is the "main gun rule". Based on the M1931 330mm naval gun produced by Nyasaland Military Industry, the maximum range is as high as 46.5 kilometers, so the territorial waters of southern Africa are 46.5 kilometers.

46.5 kilometers, converted to about 25 nautical miles, almost 8.3 times that of Brazil.

Now you know, the standard of the territorial sea of ​​each country is directly proportional to the strength of the country. If the country is strong, the territorial sea is big enough. If the country is not strong enough, even if the "three nautical mile rule" is used, the interpretation power of the "three nautical mile rule" still rests with the maritime power hand.

So the current situation is that even if Brazil's "three nautical mile rule" is effective, then 16 nautical miles is far beyond the scope of Brazil's territorial waters, so the Brazilian navy has no law enforcement power in the relevant waters. The attacks belonged to the category of piracy, and the sailors who fell into the water decades ago would have been hanged even if they returned to Kitchener Port.

Compared with a few decades ago, it is still a little more civilized now. Pirates will be hanged after being tried, and there is no difference in essence.

So on this issue, even the United States has no way to speak for the Brazilian Navy, because the United States itself is the biggest supporter of "free navigation".

"The destination of the 'Liberty' is the state of Espirito Santo. The 1500 marines on board are a brutal intervention in the Brazilian Civil War, so there is nothing wrong with the Brazilian Navy's interception of the 'Liberty'. Doesn’t the navy even have the power to protect Brazil?” Amaral Marcelo, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, complained about the brutality of southern Africa at the plenary session of the League of Nations Executive Council.

In any case, it was the southern African naval aviation that sank the Brazilian destroyer "Terror", so Amaral Marcelo was full of anger. If the Executive Council of the League of Nations cannot give Brazil justice, then Amaral Marcelo must Will not let it go.

Considering that the current Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan is a southern African, it is actually very difficult for Marcelo's complaint to be supported by the Executive Yuan of the League of Nations.

However, that has to fully express your attitude. Anyway, it is impossible to withdraw from the League of Nations. The current League of Nations dares to sanction even the United States. If Brazil dares to withdraw from the League of Nations, it will give the League of Nations a sufficient reason to intervene in the Brazilian civil war. I am afraid that the situation will be even worse by then. serious.

"Heh, the United States can send marines to Brazil to evacuate overseas Chinese. Can't southern Africa send marines to Brazil to protect the interests of southern African companies?" Hathaway looked disdainful. On this issue, Sean is It is inconvenient for the secretary-general to speak. As the younger brother, Hathaway naturally wants to take the initiative to share the worries of the elder brother.

Stanley Bruce had a dignified expression. If this continues, the top spot among the many younger brothers will be hard to secure.

"The United States sent the Marine Corps to Brazil at the invitation of the Brazilian military government. This is a legal act. The invitation by the state capital of Michigan cannot represent Brazil. This is a brutal interference in Brazil's internal affairs—" Marcelo showed no fear, nominally Brazil's military government is now the only legitimate government in Brazil.

"Hehehe, the invitation of the state capital of Michigan is also a legal act for the federal government of Southern Africa—" Stanley Bruce was not far behind. Not in my own hands.

"Gentlemen, shouldn't the focus of our attention be that the Brazilian Navy is brazenly firing on civilian ships on the high seas? Even the Marines on the Liberty, destined for Espituri Santo - oh, sorry, It's Espirito Santo, so the Brazilian navy shouldn't attack civilian ships without proof, which is a real public desecration of "International Law"-" Bradley Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Congo to the League of Nations Gray also spoke for his eldest brother. The Kingdom of Congo was established as a country by Africans, but Gray was white.

This is also normal, not only the Kingdom of Congo, but other countries established by Africans, the plenipotentiary ambassadors to the League of Nations are also white.

In this way, there are actually quite a few countries established by Africans. In addition to the Kingdom of Congo, there are Abyssinia, Liberia, and Haiti in the Americas.

"Yes, no matter what, we must resolutely safeguard the right of civilian ships to navigate freely on the high seas. This is our bottom line. Any country that breaks through this bottom line will be severely punished by the League of Nations." Aveno echoed, and the French did not Concerned about the Brazilian Civil War, but concerned about the freedom of navigation of civilian ships on the high seas.

The Brazilian Navy actually broke through the bottom line of many countries this time.

For example, countries outside the region such as Britain and France. Although the Brazilian Civil War has nothing to do with Britain and France, the Brazilian navy’s attack on civilian ships on the high seas also violated the interests of Britain and France. This opening must not be opened, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the future.

So even though Sir Drummond and Aveeno expressed sympathy for the Brazilians, on this issue, the British and the French will definitely stand on the position of southern Africa.

Otherwise, the civilian ships of Britain and France will wait for the "pirates" to attack endlessly.

"Mr. Marcelo, the Brazilian military government has not given a reasonable explanation to the Executive Yuan for the massacre of Macaé residents by the Brazilian government army. Is there any investigation result now?" Sean Ferguson turned over the old account, the Brazilian army The government has a lot of handles, and just finding one is enough for the Brazilian military government to drink a pot.

The investigation into Macaé has not yet yielded results. The Brazilian military government and the state capital of Mizhou also insist on their own opinions. The military government insists that the state capital of Mizhou instigated the rebellion of the Macaé garrison, and then the Macaé massacre occurred.

The statement from the state capital of Michigan is more convincing. After all, there are witnesses and evidence. The mercenaries of the Umbrella Company in Macaé obtained some confessions from the rebels in some way, confirming that the Macaé massacre was caused by the Brazilian military government. Self-directed and acted.

Even in this case, the Brazilian military government still insisted that the evidence provided by the umbrella company was forged, so the investigation is currently in trouble.

This is very annoying. The Brazilian military government said that the Macaé garrison was instigated by the state capital of Mizhou, but the Brazilian military government has no evidence.

The state capital of Mizhou has evidence, but unfortunately the Brazilian military government does not recognize it.

Now Sean Ferguson is waiting to see Marcelo perform.

Marcelo's mouth was really hard.

"Now we have ample evidence that the Macaé massacre was led by the state capital of Mississippi."

As soon as this was said, many people were frowning.

Since the Brazilian military government believes that the evidence provided by the state capital of Mizhou is forged, the evidence provided by the Brazilian military government is also not very credible.

So Sean Ferguson took the initiative to discuss with Sir Drummond and Aveno, and suggested that the Executive Yuan of the League of Nations organize an investigation team to go to Brazil to investigate the truth of the Macaé massacre.

"Is it useful?" Aveno shook his head again and again, not thinking that this kind of investigation would be of any use.

When Japan was expanding its military in the Far East, the League of Nations also organized an investigation team to the Far East to investigate the truth.

As a result, Sir Lytton's investigation report directly led to Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations, which was the first major blow to the League of Nations since its establishment.

No, the first major blow should be Germany's withdrawal from the League of Nations——

This is not right either, if this is the case, then the first major blow to the League of Nations should be the United States' decision not to join the League of Nations——

Forget it, don't count, anyway, the League of Nations, which has been hit hard repeatedly, has no face now.

"Of course it works. We can't just let this kind of farce happen and do nothing." Sean Ferguson was firm. Brazil is not Japan.

There is one thing to say, regardless of the fact that southern Africa has Japan as its enemy everywhere, Japan still has certain strength.

Forget it for Brazil. If Brazil dares not to recognize the investigation report of the League of Nations investigation team and withdraw from the League of Nations like Japan, then Sean Ferguson has a lot of ways to clean up Brazil.

However, it is not easy to investigate the truth of the matter. It took Sir Lytton's investigation team nine months to form an investigation report. If it takes nine months for Brazil, it will have to say whether there will be a Brazilian military government by then.

(End of this chapter)