African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1317 Government in Exile
Ernst went on to say, “The cities on the west coast, such as Cabinda and Luanda, are conducive to navigation with the Baltic Sea region, which means it will help you to directly contact St. Petersburg.”

"Of course, although St. Petersburg is the political center of your country, I do not recommend that you make St. Petersburg the primary target of your attack."

"After all, St. Petersburg is now the headquarters of the Russian Labor Party. The Labor Party is very powerful in St. Petersburg, especially after the purge of your people. At the same time, the Baltic Sea is blocked by the Central Powers and the Allied Powers because of the war in Europe, which is not conducive to the transportation of materials and the transmission of information."

“So, I suggest that you locate the seat of government in Dar es Salaam or somewhere north of Dar es Salaam.”

"From the east coast of East Africa, there are several routes to Russia, including the Suez Canal, the Middle East and Central Asia, and finally the Trans-Siberian Railway."

"The Siberian Railway is the most beneficial to your development. Through the Siberian Railway, you can get in touch with the forces in eastern Russia. As far as I know, the current forces in Siberia are still loyal to the Russian government."

In the past, the base camp of reactionary forces such as the Russian White Bandits was concentrated in the eastern part of Russia. For example, the well-known bandit leaders Denikin, Kolchak, etc. relied on the Siberian Railway to obtain support from external forces and fight against the Labor Party.

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the only transportation route that can provide unimpeded support to the Russian reactionary forces.

So Ernst pointed out: "The eastern part of Russia will either be controlled by the Labor Party or be blockaded by the Central Powers and the Allied Powers because of the European war."

"So, if you want to communicate with the country or allocate supplies now, you can either use the Trans-Siberian Railway or land transportation in Central Asia."

"Obviously, Central Asia and the Indian Ocean coast are not your Russian land after all, so this route is not as safe as the Trans-Siberian Railway."

“So, in your confrontation with the Labour Party, you should place the Trans-Siberian Railway in a relatively important position.”

“At the same time, this is why I recommend that you locate your government seat in a city on the east coast of East Africa.”

"Besides that, choosing our East African city has another advantage, which is that we can obtain all kinds of intelligence and information in Russia more quickly."

After decades of development, East Africa has already built the world's second largest submarine cable line, second only to the United Kingdom, and is actively developing land postal and telecommunications systems between East Africa and Europe, the Middle East and other regions.

Therefore, it is very convenient for East Africa to obtain intelligence and information from all over the world. In this regard, only Europe and the United States can be compared with East Africa.

After listening to Ernst's suggestion, Alexei said: "Let's set the location in Dar es Salaam!"

There was no other reason why Alexei chose Dar es Salaam, mainly because Dar es Salaam has long been the largest city in East Africa.

Therefore, Alexei believed that setting up the exile government in Dar es Salaam would at least not be bad in all aspects.

In fact, if possible, Alexei didn't want to leave Rhine City. After all, the climate in Rhine City was quite good, while Dar es Salaam was a bit hot.

But as Ernst said, setting up the exile government in the coastal areas is more conducive to their communication and exchanges with the country.

Moreover, since a government in exile has been established, it will inevitably go against the Labour Party. As a result, the government in exile will have to rely on other imperialist countries for weapons, food and other supplies.

Now that the government in exile is set up in East Africa, it is obvious that they have to "beg" for supplies mostly from the East African government. These supplies are sent to Russia by sea, so they also need a region with convenient sea transportation.

Of course, Ernst was well aware that there was basically no future in supporting such a Russian government in exile.

However, this did not prevent Ernst from giving some help to Alexei and other Russian reactionary forces. After all, East Africa had previously robbed Nicholas II's treasury in Kazan. In addition to this reason, Ernst also hoped that the exiled government could attract people from Russia to flow into East Africa.

Just like in the past, under the Labor Party regime, a large number of elites and wealthy people will inevitably flee Russia. For the Russian Labor Party, there is no shortage of waste and garbage among these people. After all, their existence does more harm than good to the overall development of Russian society.

However, these wastes and garbage are a kind of wealth for East African countries and other countries. Even if it is the most greedy official in Russia, as long as he can bring the corrupt money to East Africa, it will be a great help to East Africa. In any case, he can't cause harm to East African society.

After all, he was able to act tyrannically in Russia because of his bureaucratic status and position, but when he went into exile in East Africa, he naturally lost his past power.

Ernst said: "Then we will provide you with an office space in Dar es Salaam free of charge, so that you can hold meetings and direct domestic affairs."

Alexei said gratefully, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Establishing a government in exile is not an easy task, especially for a country like the East African government that has never had experience in supporting a government in exile. East Africa has supported some puppet states, the most typical of which is the Abyssinian Empire.

Ten days later.

The Russian government in exile was formally established in Dar es Salaam. This government inherited the claims of the former Tsarist government. As the situation of Nicholas II himself was unclear and he had announced his abdication long ago, the former Crown Prince Alexei was naturally the indisputable legitimate first-in-line heir.

At the same time, Alexei appointed Baranov as prime minister and appointed other Russian personnel who had fled to East Africa as cabinet members, thus embarking on the initial road to governance.

After the establishment of the government in exile, it actively contacted the royalist, aristocratic, and military forces in Russia, especially the army. Famous Russian officers such as Dönitz and Kolchak were all targets of the government in exile.

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It is worth mentioning that Chubalov, who controls Kazan, is also a candidate that the exile government is focusing on winning over. This unlucky guy is the warlord who was previously pushed up by the East African Defense and Security Agency. Because his power has not yet bordered on the Labor Party, he still exists.

And because he controlled Kazan, an important Russian city, Chubalov was also one of the more famous warlords in Russia.

The establishment of the Russian government in exile, to a certain extent, made the nobles and royalist forces in Russia very excited, and many people could not wait to go to East Africa to meet Crown Prince Alexei.

This also caused some high-ranking officials in Russia who were preparing to flee to choose East Africa as one of their important destinations.

On the contrary, some warlord forces within Russia are not very interested in the government in exile, especially some people who support the former provisional government.

The former Provisional Government, that is, the former Russian capitalist government, many old Russian officers actually supported this government that had been overthrown by the Russian Labor Party.

From the moment the former Provisional Government of Russia was established, the separation between the Russian aristocracy and capitalism was already evident.

This made it difficult for the Russian government-in-exile formed in East Africa to command and order some of the Russian troops in eastern Russia.

At the same time as the establishment of the government in exile, the East African government also stepped up its surveillance activities within the country. After all, the establishment of the Russian government in exile would inevitably attract the attention of the Russian Labor Party government. Ernst was also worried that some fearless Labor Party members would sneak into East Africa.

After all, they even dared to kill Nicholas II, so a former Russian crown prince who was exiled to East Africa was naturally a piece of cake. This was also the reason why Ernst wanted Alexei to set up the exile government on the coast. In fact, he was afraid of being implicated.

Of course, the Russian Labor Party certainly does not have the energy to take care of overseas at present. The war in Russia is enough to keep them busy. However, it is better to be safe than sorry, so we still need to take necessary precautions.

(End of this chapter)