There were more than thirty people in the investigation team, and they stayed at Frank Rhodes' mansion on the outskirts of the city.
It's a bit funny. I don't know what the investigation team was thinking. They lived in Cecil Rhodes's brother's house to investigate Cecil Rhodes. It would be crazy to get the results of the investigation.
The Johannesburg Police Department is responsible for the security of the investigation team. Roque carefully arranged it and set up three cordons around Frank Rhodes' house. The outermost cordon was in charge of Xiao Hei from the detective team. The second cordon was in charge of the commando team.
Ke left more than thirty turbans for the investigation team to use. Anyway, Indians like to serve the British.
Early the next morning, the investigation team began its work. Dr. Starr Jameson, a senior employee of the South African Company and the head of Rhodesia's administration, was the first "subpoena" target of the investigation team.
Dr. Starr Jameson was a good friend of Cecil Rhodes. In 1895, due to the discovery of the Rand Gold Mine, the conflict between the South African Company and the Transvaal Republic became increasingly acute. Cecil Rhodes
Deciding to overthrow the Transvaal Republic and establish a federal government dominated by Britain, Cecil Rhodes formulated a subversive plan.
In this plan, Frank Rhodes, who was living in Johannesburg at the time, would lead the "Reform Committee" composed of Johannesburg's British mine owners to launch a riot, and Dr. Starr Jameson would lead a group of Rhodesian soldiers.
The police responded in Bechuanaland. Once the "Reform Committee" and Dr. Jameson occupied Johannesburg, the British government would intervene and establish a federation.
Cecil Rhodes underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Transvaal Republic's militia and overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Rhodesian police force. The results were disastrous. The "Reform Committee" riot was suppressed and Starr
The police led by Dr. Jameson were wiped out, and four "Reform Committee" leaders, including Frank Rhodes, were sentenced to death, but the Boers did not dare to execute them for fear of angering Cecil Rhodes.
, so the death penalty was changed to a fine of twenty-five thousand pounds per person, which Cecil Rhodes paid.
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. Instead, he
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 imprisoned Dr. Starr Jameson on the grounds that Dr. Starr Jameson was seriously ill.
Dr. Johnson is released.
When Rock met Dr. Starr Jameson, he really couldn't see that Dr. Starr Jameson looked "sick to death". In fact, this guy lived until 1917, which was 30 years ago.
It was twenty-one years later that the Cape Colonial Government claimed that Dr. Starr Jameson was "dying to death."
Dr. Starr Jameson is still the administrator of Rhodesia and manages an area larger than the four Cape Colonies combined. Therefore, Dr. Starr Jameson is not a criminal. He was respectfully invited by Rock.
Came here.
It can be seen that Dr. Starr Jameson was in a bad mood, and there was no communication with Rock along the way. Rock watched Dr. Starr Jameson enter the investigation team's residence, and then 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 the point of this is. 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 setting up an investigation team can prove that Congress's attitude is serious. It doesn't matter whether the investigation team can come up with a result. It's the attitude that matters." Rock didn't.
I don’t know if the investigation team can come up with the results, but in the original history, Cecil Rhodes was not tried.
One thing must be emphasized here. In Johannesburg, or indeed in the Cape as a whole, almost no one believed that Cecil Rhodes was guilty.
On the contrary, for Cecil Rhodes, a fanatical imperialist and ruthless warmonger, the vast majority of British people are full of respect. The "majority" here is not only the British in the Cape, but also
In the hearts of all British people, including the British themselves, Cecil Rhodes is an undisputed "hero".
Therefore, when Rock communicates with other people, if he mentions Cecil Rhodes, Rock will also add "Mr."
"If Mr. Rhodes is guilty, who will expand the territory for the British Empire!" Joe Russell expressed the sentiments of the vast majority of 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, there are many people who pick up bowls to eat.
Put down your chopsticks and curse.
"The thinking of politicians is different from that of 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 were more shameless and had no bottom line than "heroes".
"It was not Mr. Rhodes who started the war." Joe Russell was still angry.
It is true that the war was not started by Cecil Rhodes. The real person who started the war was Alfred Milner, then South Africa Commissioner and Cape Prime Minister. However, this issue is not easy to discuss because Alfred Milner
Na was now the Governor of the Transvaal, so Rock could 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 equally important to prevent some people who should not appear from "harassing" the investigation team.
As Cecil Rhodes Jr. said, Cecil Rhodes served as Cape Prime Minister and initiated the war to annex Rhodesia. The Rhodes family still has a monopoly on diamonds in Kimberley, and they also
Gobbling up Johannesburg's gold
Therefore, Cecil Rhodes must have offended many people. It is not a secret that the investigation team came to Johannesburg. Rock wants to ensure that the investigation team does not hear any different voices.
"Hey, who can break through the commando blockade in Johannesburg?" Joe Russell was blindly optimistic.
As a result, I was immediately slapped in the face.
"Report, there is a chief from Rhodesia asking to enter the cordon." Martin reported outside the tent.
chief
Still the chief of Rhodesia!
Rock immediately became vigilant. Rhodesia was the kingdom of Cecil Rhodes. Although Rock did not know how Cecil Rhodes captured Rhodesia, he thought that Cecil Rhodes
Si's methods were probably not very fair, so Rock had enough reason to suspect that the chief's purpose was not pure.
Accompanying the chief to see Roque was Yaya.
"Mr. Director, I have important information to report to the investigation team." Miraculously, this chief is actually white and can speak English.
In Rock's impression, the chiefs seemed to be Zulu people wearing grass skirts, nose rings, and strange patterns painted on their faces with oil paint. Unexpectedly, one of the chiefs was white.
What an amazing Africa!
Perhaps it was for this reason that Yaya did not dare to take action against the chief and sent it to Roque to handle it personally.
If the chief was a Zulu, then he would have no chance to meet Roque, and he would not be able to pass Yaya's test.
"Sorry Chief, no one can harass the investigation team unless they ask for it by name." Roque hoped that the chief would retreat in spite of the difficulties.
"Mr. Director, I have important matters to report directly to the investigation team. I have this right." The chief had a tough attitude.
Rock and Joe Russell looked at each other, and Joe Russell understood the situation and raised his hand to call over some Boer policemen.
"What are you going to do?" The chief's face changed drastically.
"Sorry Chief, we suspect that you have illegal purposes for approaching the investigation team." Joe Russell didn't waste any time and glanced at the Boer police chief beside him. Several Boer policemen swarmed up to him.
"Damn it!" The unlucky chief was gagged as soon as he said a word. He tried to struggle but was hit on the back of the head with a rifle butt. The chief immediately fainted and fell to the ground.
"Old rules?" Joe Russo asked Rock for his opinion.
"Old rules!" Roque was a little helpless. This morning, the police station had arrested more than a dozen people, all with the same purpose.
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, they would be detained for a period of time and would not be released until the investigation team left Johannesburg.
If it were for other things, Rock could be tolerant, but if these people came for Cecil Rhodes, then Rock would transfer the people to Cecil Rhodes Jr., believing that Cecil Jr.
L.R. Rhodes would have handled it more simply.
While Martin was doing the work, Rock was still very relieved. After careful screening, six people, including the white chief, were handed over to Cecil Rhodes Jr. The rest were irrelevant, except for a man named Frank von A.
The German priest of Dredd.
Seeing this name, Rock immediately felt a little headache.
The word "von" in the middle of the name is the symbol of the German Junker aristocracy. The Second Boer War is actually inextricably linked to Germany. If it were not for the various incitements of William II, the Transvaal
The Republic and the Orange Free State probably would not dare declare war on the Cape.
Looking at Germany's performance in the Second Boer War, Germany was like a poor relative with pink eye. Before the war, Germany instigated the Boers to declare war on Britain. After the war broke out, Germany gave the Boer Republic all kinds of support, both overtly and covertly.
, the Boer guerrillas still have close ties with German Southwest Africa. The Expeditionary Force Headquarters has intelligence that shows that some desperate guerrillas will choose to enter German Southwest Africa to rest.
General Kitchina therefore negotiated with Leutwein, the German Governor-General of South-West Africa, but Leutwein rejected General Kitchina's request and protected the guerrillas. Therefore, not to mention the relationship between Germany and Britain, at least in
Relations between the Cape, the Cape Colony and German South West Africa were very tense.
