Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 194 The Chief (for Subscription)

The investigation team consisted of more than 30 people, and they lived in Frank Rhodes' mansion on the outskirts of the city.

It's a bit funny. I don't know what the investigation team thinks. They live in Cecil Rhodes' brother's house to investigate Cecil Rhodes. If they can find out the results, they will see the hell.

The Johannesburg Police Department is responsible for the security of the investigation team. Roque carefully arranged three cordons around Frank Rhodes' house. The outermost cordon is in charge of the detective team's Xiao Hei, and the second cordon is in charge of the commando team. Ke left more than 30 large turbans for the investigation team to use. Anyway, Indians like to serve the British.

Early the next morning, the investigative team started to work. Dr. Starr Jameson, a senior employee of the South African company and Rhodesian administrative director, was the first "summoned" object of the investigative team.

Dr. Starr Jameson is a good friend of Cecil Rhodes. In 1895, because of the discovery of the Rand gold mine, the conflict between the South African Company and the Republic of Transvaal became increasingly acute. Cecil Rhodes Deciding to overthrow the Transvaal Republic and form a British-dominated federal government, Cecil Rhodes devised a subversive plan.

In this plan, Frank Rhodes, who was living in Johannesburg at the time, would lead a "reform committee" composed of British mine owners in Johannesburg to launch a riot, and Dr. Starr Jameson would lead a team of Rhodesian soldiers. The police responded at Bechandina, and once the "Reform Committee" and Dr. Jameson occupied Johannesburg, the British government would mediate and form a federation.

Cecil Rhodes underestimated the fighting power of the Transvaal Republic militia and at the same time overestimated the fighting power of the Rhodesian police force. The result was disastrous. The "Reform Council" riot was suppressed. Starr The police led by Dr. Jameson were annihilated, and four leaders of the "Reform Committee" including Frank Rhodes were sentenced to death, but the Boers dared not execute them for fear of angering Cecil Rhodes , so the death penalty was changed to a fine of twenty-five thousand pounds each, which was paid by Cecil Rhodes.

Because of their relationship with Cecil Rhodes, the Boers also did not dare to execute Dr. Starr Jameson. The Transvaal Republic did not even dare to try Dr. Starr Jameson. Dr Jameson was handed over to the Cape Colonial Government for trial.

As a result, Dr. Starr Jameson was sentenced to fifteen months in prison, but only one month later, the Cape Colonial Government placed Dr. Starr Jameson on the grounds that Dr. Starr Jameson was seriously ill. Dr. Jameson released.

When Rock met Dr. Starr Jameson, he really couldn't see that Dr. Starr Jameson was "sick to die", in fact the guy lived until 1917, when the distance It was 21 years later that the Cape Colonial Government claimed that Dr Starr Jameson was "mortally ill".

Now Dr. Starr Jameson is still the administrator of Rhodesia, and the area he manages is larger than the four colonies of Cape combined, so Dr. Starr Jameson is not a criminal, he was respectfully invited by Rock over here.

It can be seen that Dr. Starr Jameson was in a bad mood, and he had no communication with Rock along the way. Rock watched Dr. Starr Jameson enter the investigation team site before Shi Shiran went to the temporary tent rest.

Joe Russell is specifically responsible for the security of the investigation team, so Joe Russell is also in the tent.

"I really don't know what's the point of this. Even if Mr. Rhodes is guilty, do they still dare to try Mr. Rhodes?" Joe Russell complained.

"It makes sense. Regardless of whether Mr. Rhodes is guilty or not, at least the establishment of an investigation team can prove that the attitude of Congress is serious. Whether the investigation team can find a result is not important, but the attitude is important." Rock I know whether the investigation team can find out the results, but in the original history, Cecil Rhodes was not tried.

It must be emphasized here that almost no one in Johannesburg, or indeed in the whole of the Cape, believed that Cecil Rhodes was guilty.

On the contrary, for Cecil Rhodes, a fanatical imperialist and a ruthless warmonger, the vast majority of British people are full of respect. The "majority" here is not only the British in Cape, but also the Cecil Rhodes is an undisputed "hero" in the hearts of all British people, including the British people in the UK.

Therefore, when Roque communicates with other people, if Cecil Rhodes is mentioned, Roque will also add a "Mr."

"If Mr. Rhodes is guilty, who will expand the territory for the British Empire!" Joe Russell expressed the aspirations of most British people.

The "vast majority" here does not include people like Emily Hobhouse. In fact, people like Emily Hobhouse are also very common. In the 21st century, many people pick up their bowls and put down their chopsticks Scolding.

"The thinking of politicians is different from that of us ordinary people." Rock would not think that the British government would unconditionally protect Cecil Rhodes.

Historically, after the death of Cecil Rhodes, the British government began to weaken the Rhodes family. In this regard, politicians are more shameless than "heroes" and have no bottom line.

"Mr. Rhodes is not the one who started the war." Joe Russell was still indignant.

It is true that it was not Cecil Rhodes who started the war. It was Alfred Milner, then South African Commissioner and Cape Prime Minister, who really started the war, but this issue is not easy to discuss because Alfred Milner Na is now the governor of the Transvaal, so Rock can only change the subject.

"Don't worry about that, let's just do our own thing, tell the brothers to be smart, and don't let guys who shouldn't be here break in." Rock reminded Joe Russell.

The content of security work is very complicated. It is important to protect the safety of the members of the investigation team, but it is also important to prevent some people who should not appear from "harassing" the investigation team.

As Cecil Rhodes Jr. said, Cecil Rhodes served as Prime Minister of Cape and provoked the war to annex Rhodesia. The Rhodes family still monopolizes Kimberley diamonds, and also Gobbling up Johannesburg's gold—

Therefore, Cecil Rhodes must have offended many people. It is no secret that the investigation team came to Johannesburg. Rock must ensure that the investigation team does not hear different voices.

"Hey, who can break through the commando blockade in Johannesburg—" Joe Russell was blindly optimistic.

The result was immediately slapped in the face.

"Report, a chief from Rhodesia asked to enter the cordon." Martin reported outside the tent.

chief --

Still the chieftain of Rhodesia!

Roque immediately became vigilant. Rhodesia was the kingdom of Cecil Rhodes. Although Roque didn't know how Cecil Rhodes took Rhodesia, but if you want to come, Cecil Rhodes Sri Lanka's method should not be very aboveboard, so Rock has enough reasons to suspect that the chief's purpose is not pure.

It was Yaya who accompanied the chief to meet Rock.

"Mr. Director, I have an important situation to report to the investigation team." It was a little strange that the chief was actually white and could speak English.

In Rock's impression, the chiefs seemed to be Zulus wearing grass skirts, nose rings, and strange patterns painted on their faces with oil paint. Unexpectedly, some chiefs were white.

What an amazing Africa!

Perhaps it was for this reason that Yaya did not dare to attack the chief and sent it to Rock to handle it himself.

If the chief was a Zulu, then he would have no chance to meet Rock, and he would not be able to pass Yaya.

"I'm sorry chief, unless the investigation team calls by name, no one can harass the investigation team." Rock hoped that the chief would retreat.

"Mr. Director, I have important matters to report directly to the investigation team, and I have the right to do so." The chief had a tough attitude.

Rock and Joe Russell looked at each other, and Joe Russell understood, and raised his hand to call a few Boer policemen.

"What are you going to do?" The chief's expression changed drastically.

"Sorry Chief, we suspect that you approached the investigation team for illegal purposes—" Joe Russell didn't talk nonsense, and glanced at the Boer police chief beside him, and several Boer police officers rushed forward.

"Damn——" the unlucky chief was gagged just after he said a word, and he wanted to struggle but was hit on the back of the head with a gun butt, and the chief suddenly fainted to the ground.

"Old rules?" Joe Russell asked Rock for advice.

"Old rules!" Rock was a little helpless. This morning, the police station had already arrested more than a dozen people with similar purposes.

Back at the police station, Rock ordered Martin to interrogate one by one. No matter what the purpose of these people approaching the investigation team was, they would be locked up for a period of time and would not be released until the investigation team left Johannesburg.

If it's something else, Roque can be tolerant, but if these people are here for Cecil Rhodes, then Roque will turn the people over to Cecil Rhodes Jr. Believe in Cecil Jr. El Rhodes would have handled it more simply.

Rock was very relieved that Martin was doing business. After careful screening, six people including the white chief were handed over to Cecil Rhodes Jr., and the rest were irrelevant, except for a man named Frank von A. German priest of Dryde.

Seeing this name, Rock immediately felt a little headache.

The one with "Von" in the middle of the name is the symbol of the German Junker nobles. The Second Boer War actually had inextricable relations with Germany. The Republic and the Orange Free State would not dare to declare war on Cape.

Looking at Germany’s performance in the Second Boer War, Germany is like a poor relative with pink eyes. Before the war, Germany provoked the Boers to declare war on Britain. After the war broke out, Germany gave the Boer Republic all kinds of support explicitly and secretly. , Now the Boer guerrillas still have close ties with the German Southwest Africa, and the Expeditionary Command has intelligence that some desperate guerrillas will choose to enter the German Southwest Africa to rest and reorganize.

General Kitchener therefore negotiated with Leutwein, the governor of German Southwest Africa, but Leutwein rejected General Kitchener's request to cover up those guerrillas. Therefore, regardless of the relationship between Germany and Britain, at least in the Relations between the Cape, the Cape Colony and German South West Africa were tense.

(End of this chapter)