African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 975 Diplomatic Storm
1900 5 Month 1 Day.

This day is International Labor Day. As early as 1889, the Second International was established to commemorate the May strike of workers in Chicago, the United States.

It is worth mentioning that May 5st in East Africa is also Labor Day because of Ernst, but there is no qualifier "international". In the future, East Africans will have to add the National Day to their May 1st celebrations. At the same time, Ernst decided to extend the May st holiday in East Africa from three days to seven days, which is a week.

East Africa itself is a country with relatively few holidays. As a new country, Ernst cancelled some European religious festivals. East Africa does not have a distinct winter, and the country is divided into two parts by the equator. This means that East Africa does not have a nationwide unified farming off-season. Therefore, in order to minimize interference with agricultural production activities, many traditional Eurasian festivals have no market in East Africa.

This means that in the future May Day will be the most important holiday in East Africa after the New Year, and the second longest holiday after student holidays.

East African students have two holidays, the long summer holiday in the southern hemisphere (overlapping with the East African New Year), and the short winter holiday in the southern hemisphere.

Because most of East Africa is located in the Southern Hemisphere, and summer in the Southern Hemisphere is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, that is to say, the winter vacation for students in other countries is the hottest time in East Africa, so it is equivalent to the summer vacation in East Africa. In addition, it overlaps with the East African New Year, so this vacation is also the longest, nearly two months, compared to the short vacation which is only more than one month.

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"Ambassador Bleilron, long time no see. Are you also here to attend the coronation ceremony in East Africa?" German Ambassador to East Africa Boers asked Bleilron, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to East Africa, when he saw him at the Rhine Palace.

"It turns out to be Baron Boors. The East African government has invited quite a few people this time, but apart from diplomats, it seems that no important heads of state from other countries will attend." said Brailon.

"It's better this way. The actions of the Hechingen royal family are unlikely to be welcomed. After all, there are too many empires in the world today. An empire like Tsarist Russia is probably not worthy of its name." Burs said.

Brailon took a sip of wine and smiled without saying anything. There were now three emperors in Europe. In Brailon's opinion, except Emperor Franz of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the emperors of other countries were clowns like Napoleon.

The Empress of the British Empire was the Emperor of India, and the so-called Emperor of the Prussians was nothing more than the Emperor of the German Empire, not the Emperor of Germany. Needless to say, the title of Tsar was very far-fetched. After all, as an Austrian, Bleron had some ideas about the Austro-Hungarian Empire regaining its dominance in the German region, but they were just some ideas.

Of course, from a factual point of view, none of the current emperors in Europe is widely recognized. After all, the definition of the European emperor and the emperor of the Far Eastern empire is very different.

The European emperor is the sum of a large number of titles, the most important of which are Caesar and Augustus, etc. Even if he becomes an emperor, his power will be restricted and he cannot have the final say, unlike the emperor of the Far Eastern empire who has unlimited power.

"Although the Hechingen royal family was born out of the European aristocratic system, since they expanded their territory in Africa and actually formed a powerful empire, from the perspective of East Africans, it is impeccable for them to become an empire. It's just that this system should be viewed separately from Europe." Brailon did not blame East Africa for being right or wrong, and said so.

But in his heart he secretly criticized Boers, the Prussian barbarian, who was a diplomat from the military and was as outspoken as William II.

After taking a sip of wine, Burs said, "That's indeed true. Africa is not Europe after all. The Hechingen royal family probably knows this, so their empire should be a country centered on Africa. The same is true if the United States has an American emperor. But logically speaking, Europe can only have one Roman emperor." In a sense, the Roman Emperor is the emperor of all of Europe. This is also the common pursuit of the current Tsar, German Emperor, and Austrian Emperor. Of course, except for the Roman era, there has never been such a person in Europe. The closest one is Napoleon. Although Napoleon is not recognized by European aristocrats, he is a man who is only one step away from unifying Europe.

While Burse and Blayron were talking, French Ambassador Lawrence and Spanish Ambassador William were also having related discussions. However, the Spanish were relatively friendly towards East Africa, while the French had mixed feelings towards East Africa. Diplomats from many small countries also had different opinions on East Africa's upgrade to an empire.

The most exciting part was the diplomats from Tsarist Russia and Britain. Even in a third country in East Africa, the two countries were at loggerheads.

"Mr. Wilson, the weather is really nice today. For the East Africans, their empire was given to them by a certain country. After all, without the war of 1889, East Africa would not have been able to gain millions of square kilometers of territory and become another two-ocean empire in the world." The Russian ambassador Maxim came up and started to expose the British's scars in a sarcastic tone.

At this time, the relationship between Britain and Tsarist Russia was the worst. Although East Africa was also hated by Britain, with the passage of time, the relationship between Britain and East Africa has returned to normal. After all, ten years have passed since the South African War, and the British cannot keep their eyes on East Africa forever.

For example, the threat posed by Tsarist Russia is far greater than that posed by East Africa. Germany also has this trend, but its relationship with Britain has not yet completely become rigid.

Although Britain regrets that its mistakes led to the rise of this huge country in East Africa, it is not unacceptable. After all, Britain has experience in related fields, just like the independence of the United States from British rule.

Moreover, East Africa has been relatively honest in the past decade. Although it is still expanding overseas, it has not threatened British interests. At the same time, the size of the East African navy also makes Britain feel at ease. It has not followed other countries in engaging in naval competition. If other powers in the world need East Africa, then the British Royal Navy will not need to be as nervous as it is now.

Wilson's face showed no emotion. He said to Maxim in a formulaic tone, "We did have some unpleasant exchanges with East Africa, but East Africa was already one of the world's great powers at that time. We have to admit that East Africa is far from being comparable to a certain area near the Arctic Circle in the north. After all, people in Siberia can only survive on potatoes. This is probably the difference in IQ. We in Britain have undoubtedly achieved today's results with our own wisdom. Although East Africa, like a certain cold-zone country, only knows how to fight, they are undoubtedly smarter than Sir Maxim. I heard that the construction of your Siberian Railway was very difficult. If you need it, we in Britain are willing to help you."

Wilson directly belittled Maxim's IQ, which was extremely insulting. After all, East Africa is an African country, and the natural nature of African blacks gives people a feeling that Africans have relatively low IQs. In fact, this stereotype has been inherited by East Africa.

Wilson said that the IQ of the Tsarist Russians was not as good as that of East Africans, which is like saying that the IQ of the Tsarist Russians was not even as good as that of the black people in Africa.

Ambassador Maxim was indeed very angry. He shouted that he wanted to duel with Wilson, which attracted the attention of all the participants.

Wilson pretended to be helpless and said, "Look what I said. It turns out that some countries only have the simple minds of warriors. As civilized people, we in Britain do not advocate that..."

As the host, the East African government naturally could not watch the conflict escalate and find excuses to separate the two. The conflict between British and Russian diplomats became one of the small episodes before the coronation ceremony.

(End of this chapter)