Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 279 Accusation

Adelaide has been very annoying in the past few days. The continuous heavy rain is enough to make people upset. The Boers in Orange made it worse. When he received the report, Adela really regretted it for a moment. Peace talks with the Boers, if I had known the result of the peace talks, Ade would drive all the Boers out of southern Africa even if he sold the pot.

It's a pity that there is no such thing as reality, so Ade can only do everything possible to deal with the aftermath, and try not to cause more bad effects.

In fact, the impact is bad enough.

"Locke, London requires us to find out the truth as soon as possible. You only have one week. At that time, I may go to London to be questioned by Congress." Ade's expression was haggard, even a little decadent. Governor, if this kind of thing happened in his own jurisdiction, the pressure on Ade can be imagined.

"Yes, I'll do my best." Rock didn't dare to say anything. It's not easy to find out the truth in a week. Under normal circumstances, it takes a year or two to reach a conclusion on such a matter.

And it's not necessarily the correct conclusion.

"No, it's not about doing your best, it's about having to." Ade emphasized that there was no way out for Rock.

"Yes, it must." Rock did not refuse, and it was not impossible to draw a conclusion within a week, but Rock could not guarantee that the conclusion must be true.

Ade doesn't care about these, he just wants the result.

Rock had no time to waste, and immediately went to find Louis Botha.

"A week? Don't be ridiculous, it would be nice if we can sort out the casualty list in a week." Louis Botha obviously didn't have the confidence of Roque.

"The list of casualties can be released first. The key issue now is to investigate the cause of the incident." Rock patiently persuaded that if he wanted to investigate the conclusion within a week, Rock needed the cooperation of Louis Botha.

"Impossible, it is impossible to draw a conclusion in a week." Yang Smother looked solemnly, looking at Rock with obscure eyes.

Yang Shi Mozi's eye sockets are relatively deep, and he has a long face, so when he looks at people, he habitually squints his eyes into a slit, making people feel like a cold poisonous snake.

And Luis Botha feels like a bull in his prime, fearless, energetic, and takes everything very seriously.

"Impossible has to become possible. I am not asking for your cooperation, but I am asking for your cooperation. If you don't cooperate, then I will use my own method to investigate." Accustomed to Yang Shi Mozi's strange yin and yang.

To be honest, Rock didn't like this kind of intrigue very much.

Some people may think this is part of politics, but for Rock, wasting a good time on intrigue is tantamount to wasting time.

Louis Botha is better, although he is also old and cunning, compared with Yang Smozi, Louis Botha is a bit frank and more acceptable.

Yang Smozi can't do it anymore. This guy who was born as a lawyer is very keen on playing word games, and he is good at using language to dig holes for people without knowing it. Rock has already learned how powerful Yang Smozi is, so he treats Yang Smozi Mo Zi really has no patience.

To put it bluntly, it might make more sense that Rock would rather watch a calf being delivered than someone like Yang Smudge.

"Director Locke, what's your attitude?" Yang Smother turned his face faster than Rock.

"Hmph, Mr. Minister, please call me Lord Nyasaland." Rock didn't talk nonsense with Yang Smother, and simply talked about his status as a baron.

This is why Rock hates the Boers. The Boers can die as long as they don’t drag the Chinese, so Rock wants the Chinese and the Boers to be separated and not to mix everything together. Since the Boers love to play word games so much, then Just go and play on your own, the Chinese like farming, we all play in our own way.

"Lock, don't do this." Louis Botha came out to sing a bad face. Yang Smother had never played against Rock, and he didn't know Rock's character, but Louis Botha knew it.

"Louis, this is not about one of us. I must remind you that the Boers are also British now, so this is our UK's internal affairs. External forces should not interfere. Maybe you already know it, or maybe you don't know it. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany has sent a telegram expressing serious concern about this matter, what do you think this means?" Rock now does not consider who is behind the scenes, there are too many suspects.

Speaking of suspicion, the Boer leaders in Orange who are unwilling to lose power, the vested interests in Johannesburg, the Progressive Party in Cape Town, and even William II in Europe are all suspect.

It is impossible for Roque to arrest all these people and investigate them one by one, so Roque can only use the most stupid and currently the most effective way.

If Louis Botha and Jan Smolts do not cooperate, Rock will order everyone who participated in the conflict yesterday to be arrested and investigated one by one.

Doing this may seem a bit stupid, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it may not necessarily lead to correct conclusions, but Rock only has one week, so it is impossible to think long-term.

"Locke, what kind of result do you want?" Louis Botha asked skillfully.

"A result that everyone can accept - after a while, the governor may go to London to accept a parliamentary inquiry, at least this result must be acceptable to the members of Congress." Rock's answer is also very skillful.

The result that can be accepted by everyone is not necessarily the correct result. It is very troublesome to investigate this matter, but it is very simple to draw a conclusion.

It depends on whether Luis Botha is willing to do so.

"Okay, give me three days." Louis Botha finally backed down.

"Louis!" Jan Smother tried to speak.

Luis Botha stopped him with a resolute gesture.

Yang Shi Mozi's face was ashen, and he still didn't insist after all.

"Then, I'll wait for your good news." Rock got the result he wanted, so he didn't waste time here.

Even with Louis Botha's promise, Rock's investigation will not stop. This is Ade's responsibility, and it is also a spur to Louis Botha.

As soon as Rock left, Yang Smozi couldn't help jumping up and shouting: "Why? Why did you give him this promise? Are we going to arrest those compatriots and send them to the Johannesburg Police Station?"

"Calm down, Gianni, I don't want to do this either, but if that butcher is allowed to play freely, he will definitely kill." If Roque heard what Louis Botha said about him, maybe Roque would very proud.

It is indeed something to be proud of to make the enemy fearful.

"No, he dare not, this is Orange, it is impossible to allow him to act recklessly." Yang Smother had a tough attitude and did not think Rock had this right.

"He dared, look at what this guy did during the war, you know how ruthless this guy is, if he didn't dare, then he wouldn't have bought almost all the farms around Johannesburg and divided them up To those yellow men, when we were fighting with the expeditionary force in the Cape, this guy was stealing war dividends wantonly in Johannesburg. Before the war broke out, this guy was just a patrolman. After the war, this guy was already Lord Nyasaland. Isn’t that enough to prove this guy’s ambition?” Louis Botha really knows Rock very well, no wonder someone said: The person who knows you best is your enemy.

"Fuck, we fought bloody battles on the front line, and we didn't expect to take advantage of these moths." Yang Smozi was angry, but forgot his identity.

"Gianni, we are the defeated side." Louis Botha was still quite sober.

Yang Smozi was silent, and there was an expression on Yang Smozi's face that had never appeared on Yang Smozi's face—lonely.

In less than three days, Louis Botha gave Rock an investigation report.

"Hehe—the city government was unable to provide timely and effective rescue due to the flood caused by the weather, and then the victims spontaneously concentrated and prepared to go to the Johannesburg area to avoid the flood. As a result, they clashed with the military and police on the way to Johannesburg, which eventually led to the disaster—oh, Louis , Do you think Congress can accept this reason?" Roque directly turned to the last page to read the conclusion, and as Roque expected, Louis Botha really put the blame on the city government.

If this report is just submitted to Ade, then Rock will definitely be scolded by Ade.

Think about it, if the responsibility lies with the city government, then the city government is responsible.

At that time, perhaps the Boers will ask for a re-election of the government on the grounds that the city government is incompetent, and then it will be a democratic representative.

"Whether you can accept it or not, this is the best explanation we can find. It is true that some people took the opportunity to make trouble. Our investigation results show that, in fact, before that, some people spread some inappropriate remarks among the Boers, conflicting On that day, it was precisely because of the instigation of these people that the Boers went to Johannesburg—unfortunately, all of these people were killed in the conflict, so we proved whether there was someone behind them. But to find them, we need more time.” Louis Botha also knew that this conclusion was hasty, even a bit absurd, but the ability of politicians to tell lies with their eyes open is very high, as long as the members of the parliament are willing , they can accept this argument.

"It doesn't take much time. I already have a part of the list here. Would you like to show it to you?" Rock has not been idle these days. Louis Botha is investigating, and Rock is also on the move.

Before, Roque thought it would be difficult to investigate this kind of thing. Unexpectedly, after the investigation started, Roque unexpectedly discovered that it is not easy for violent agencies to enforce the law these days, so it is really not difficult to investigate.

A very simple reason is that in 1902, neither the Transvaal nor Orange, nor even London, England, had any protection clauses on "individual rights".

In other words, in Orange, if the police suspect that there is something wrong with a Boer, they can be taken back to the police station for interrogation. There is no reason, no formalities, and no judge. The Boers are innocent, and the police department does not need an apology, let alone compensation.

Rock loves the 1902 law.

On the day of the conflict, there were tens of thousands of Boers trying to go to Johannesburg. Of course, it was impossible for Rock to arrest all of them in the police station. The prison in Bloemfontein could not hold tens of thousands of people. Rock sent someone to question Bloemfontein. The staff of several temporary food distribution points in Dan immediately found dozens of young people who often spread dangerous remarks. These young people, without exception, all participated in the actions on the day of the conflict.

With the list, Rock immediately ordered the Bloemfontein Police Department to start arresting people.

At this time, criminals also have no personal rights. It is not uncommon for criminal suspects to be beaten to death during interrogation. Rock's time is tight, the task is heavy, and there is no time to grind slowly, so many suspects come up with whips and irons. , Ax three-piece set, the captured suspect has only three endings, one is to confess as soon as possible, and then walk out of the interrogation room alive.

And being stubborn, being beaten to death; or being forced to confess, but the body is left with a disability that can never be recovered.

In this case, few people can really stand it. The captured Boers cannot withstand the torture of the police station. As the interrogation progresses, more and more evidence points to the establishment of Herzog and DeWitt. "Orange Union Party".

"Herzog and DeWitt—how is it possible." Louis Botha couldn't believe Rock's conclusion, but after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed very possible.

Article No. 12 of the "Peace Agreement" stipulates that the main commanders of the Boer army will be deprived of their citizenship rights, but they will not be sentenced to death.

This article has not been seriously implemented. For example, the main commanders of the Boer army such as Louis Botha and Jan Smother have now entered the Orange government to assist the Governor's Palace and the city government to appease the Boers.

For the main commanders of the Boer army, the governor's office and the city government also treated them differently. For example, Louis Botha and Jan Smozi, who tended to cooperate with the United Kingdom in peace negotiations, were incorporated into the governor's office.

And Herzog and DeWitt, who tended to fight to the end in peace negotiations, were excluded by the government.

Although Louis Botha didn't know whether Rock's conclusion was correct, but Louis Botha knew that Herzog and DeWitt were really unwilling. They always wanted to make a comeback, but they had no chance, so Herzog Erzog and De Witt founded the "Orange Unity Party", even before Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz founded the People's Party.

"Why is it impossible? These unwilling guys have lost all their rights. They are unwilling to fail and try to make a comeback, so they incited the Boers in Orange to create chaos and try to gain benefits from the chaos. But they didn't expect that the Boers The degree of resentment was beyond their control, so the conflict broke out—" Rock analyzed calmly, wanting to confirm the charges of Herzog and DeWitt and sit dead.

(End of this chapter)