African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 642 Sanctions and Giving in

The Chinese Exclusion Act not only affected the Far Eastern Empire, but actually when the news spread back to Europe, it would also affect East Africa. East Africa itself has half of the Chinese immigrants, and a large number of people working and studying in Europe are of Chinese descent.

Because the U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act stipulates that it applies to all Chinese, including those who have obtained third-country nationality, the United States will automatically classify Chinese immigrants who have obtained East African nationality into the ranks of "Chinese", so this matter was not a problem from the beginning. East Africa can stay out of it.

Ernst, who was visiting Germany, looked ugly because Ernst did not know the specific content of the Chinese Exclusion Act. He had only heard about it in his previous life. It was not until restrictions were imposed on Chinese workers in the United States from East Africa that Ernst knew " This American sword wants to chop off the head of East Africa." Isn't this the 19th century version of long-arm jurisdiction?

If East Africa does not respond, it will be a clear insult to the East African people. East Africa has some patience with Britain, the world's hegemon, but it has no "respect" for the United States.

"Let our media publish detailed facts about this situation, prevent rumors from spreading in Europe, and at the same time let Europeans see more clearly the true face of these descendants of nouveau riche, thieves, and robbers." Ernst said in Germany Thomas (Tom), the person in charge, said after being called.

This kind of thing actually has nothing to do with Europe, but the center of world public opinion is in Europe, so we must not let the bad nature of the US Chinese Exclusion Act be transmitted to Europe.

Although the United States is the nouveau riche in the eyes of Europeans, it is still white after all, so its attitude towards the Chinese will naturally be biased towards the United States.

"Not only that, but by publishing the human rights level of the United States to public opinion in Europe, I can see how many other countries will help Americans speak up."

The human rights hierarchy in the United States is nothing more than English, Jewish, French...Germans, Slavs, Italians, blacks, Indians, and Chinese, in this order, with the ellipsis followed by the lowest level, so that the German region, the Italian region, and the Slavic People in the area should not just watch the fun.

It depends on who the target is. If it is Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and Russia, then the remaining small European countries will have to endure it. Who is the United States?

Therefore, Ernst plans to coerce local public opinion and elevate the issue of Chinese exclusion in the United States to an issue of racial and ethnic discrimination in the United States. After building momentum in Central and Eastern Europe, it will definitely be enough for Americans to drink.

And these places also have a characteristic, that is, they are important trading areas in East Africa, and they are also areas controlled by public opinion of the Hechingen Consortium.

Taking advantage of the economic crisis and depression of the previous decade, the Hechingen Consortium in Europe also began to transition from industry to financial capital, holding a large number of newspapers in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Hechingen consortium withdrew its funds before the economic crisis, and later transferred part of its production capacity to East Africa. After all, many European companies went bankrupt at that time, and machines were sold in batches at low prices. East Africa could assemble factories in Africa by paying a shipping fee. stand up.

At the same time, the Hechingen Consortium can also put a lot of energy into the financial industry. The advantage of this is that the Hechingen Consortium is developing in the direction of international investment, and it is more difficult for the local government to control it.

If all the hands are industrial, it will be easily harvested by governments of various countries. Therefore, the Jewish routine is worth learning from the Hechingen Consortium. As for the hard work of developing industry, it is better to come from East Africa.

Thomas: "Your Highness, I remember that we left a lot of film evidence in the United States around 1870. Are these photos of Chinese workers also published?"

What Thomas was talking about was the photos of the life and work of Chinese railway workers that Ernst sent in the United States at that time. Ernst kept this habit of retaining incriminating evidence.

"Then let's send it out together! Dogs can't change their ways of eating shit. Don't Americans claim to be free and equal? ​​Let's see how they quibble."

"We also question the Far Eastern Empire government and ask them to respond to the US Chinese Exclusion Act. They cannot pretend to be dead on this matter. The United States cannot afford it. Don't think that we in East Africa are easy to mess with. At the same time, in the name of the Pacific Fleet, stationed in Jiaozhou Bay , to express our dissatisfaction.” The Pacific Fleet has only five gunboats in total, but its symbolic significance is greater. The economic exchanges between East Africa and the Far Eastern Empire have become larger and larger in recent years, especially the Huaihai Economic Zone, the largest area.

Although the Huaihai Economic Zone is controlled by the Far East Empire, East Africa has maintained a large number of interest spokesmen in the local area through economic means, mainly local bureaucrats and businessmen, who rely on the East German trade led by East Africa to make a living, rather than the East-US trade. .

In addition, local public opinion was also controlled by East Africa. The Qing government did not pay attention to private public opinion, so East African and Western countries filled this gap.

In this way, East Africa can mobilize the official power and public opinion of the Far East in the Huaihai Economic Zone and force the Far East Imperial Government to respond to this US anti-Chinese campaign.

In fact, after the Westernization Movement, the Far Eastern Empire's national strength has rebounded, especially the military industry, and several naval forces have been greatly developed. The Pacific Ocean is not so easy to cross in this era, so as long as the Far Eastern Empire government has a slightly tougher attitude, the United States The government will never step on the nose and face it.

Because U.S. trade relies heavily on the Far Eastern market, if the trade between the U.S. and the Far Eastern Empire suffers due to the exclusion of China from the Far East, then people all over the world will be happy to see the result.

East Africa acted very quickly. First of all, East Africa domestically imposed similar sanctions on Americans in East Africa. There are already nine open ports along the East African coast. These open ports are indispensable for the presence of American businessmen who value commercial trade.

At the same time, the mouthpieces of the Hechingen Consortium in Central and Eastern Europe began to announce the tragic experiences of Chinese American railway workers to the European society. The Americans were "ungrateful" and the "heroic deeds" of "burning bridges across rivers" were widely circulated. At the same time, in Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire , received a positive response in Tsarist Russia.

The image was originally not good, but now that East Africa is sowing discord, the international influence of the United States has plummeted. Especially the national media in Italy have promoted the United States' "false equality" banner and demanded that the U.S. government treat Italian personnel in the United States equally.

In July, Richard, the East African ambassador to the Far Eastern Empire, met with the central government of the Far Eastern Empire. At the same time, some officials from the four provinces in the Huaihai Economic Zone also wrote to the court, demanding that national traitors be punished.

As for who is the national traitor, it is naturally the official who demanded to quell the "American anti-Chinese incident". With this big label removed, and with the pressure from the Germans, the Far Eastern Empire government had to issue a slightly tougher statement against the United States, and With the support of East Africa, the Far Eastern Empire directly imposed economic sanctions on the American "California".

The vanguard of the Chinese Exclusion Act was directly beaten to death. Other states in the United States, especially the West Coast region, for their own interests, revoked the "relevant laws" overnight and passed the responsibility to California.

At the same time, under the exaggeration of the media with an East African background, a wave of "boycott of American goods" was launched within the Far Eastern Imperial Government, especially in the Huaihai Economic Zone and the Zhuhai Trade Zone.

Under the double blow of international public opinion and economic interests, the U.S. government had to amend the "Chinese Exclusion Act" in August. It was to amend, not to abolish.

In particular, the item "Chinese with third-party nationality" was abolished in an attempt to calm the impact, but they did not want to admit their mistakes.

However, this point of East Africa's demands has been resolved, and it no longer insists on fighting against the United States. As for the attitude of the Far Eastern Empire government, it has nothing to do with East Africa.

But in this farce, Britain is very comfortable, especially when East Africa and the United States are two thorns in the side. As for the Far Eastern Empire's tough attitude towards the United States, Britain supports it because Britain is the country with the greatest interests in the Far Eastern Empire and the market that the Americans have lost. , naturally returned to the hands of the British.

(End of this chapter)