Erich von Falkenhayn had not yet received a reply from Rock, who had received a telegram from London.
The lingering Earl of Selborne gave a rather subtle hint to Rock that he might consider accepting Erich von Falkenhayn's suggestion to end the chaos in Tanganyika as soon as possible.
This telegram confused Rock. Rock still remembered that the task given to Rock by Earl Selborne was to plunge Tanganyika into chaos as much as possible and continue to consume Germany's national power. Rock didn't know why. Now,
Earl Selborne's attitude took a 180-degree turn.
Sidney Milner understood the twists and turns better. After reading the telegram, Sidney Milner expressed contempt: "Damn nobles, they are simply the worms of the country."
This map was opened a bit too loudly. Rock and Ad were also nobles. Sidney Milner immediately reacted and then corrected his attitude: "What Earl Selborne means is that the chaos in Tanganyika.
It is best not to affect the arms race in Europe, so that the power of the War Department will continue to increase, and the entire country will be kidnapped by some careerists in the War Department——"
At the end of the day, Sidney Milner couldn't help but complain that some people in the War Department were indeed going too far. After the arms race began, Britain's defense expenditures continued to rise, and the whole society was serving the War Department. At this time
If Germany takes the initiative to reduce its investment in the arms race because of the consumption of Tanganyika, then Britain's investment in the arms race will also be reduced accordingly, which will definitely make many people dissatisfied.
The arms race is a symbol of comprehensive national strength. Just like the manufacturing of large aircraft in the future, many companies in the whole society will be highly involved.
Therefore, for the country, the arms race is a huge drain on national power, but for British companies and some individuals, the arms race is a carnival with generous rewards, so not everyone is on the same side.
From the perspective of people's livelihood, they hope to stop the arms race, and some people are willing to see the arms race continue.
As for whether the arms race will lead to people's livelihood being in dire straits, this is a matter for the government. If the economy fails, the government should bear the main responsibility, and it has nothing to do with individual companies.
"Understood -" Roark finally understood Earl Selborne's intention, and of course Roark would cooperate unconditionally at this time.
From the perspective of Southern Africa, Rock does not want any accidents in the arms race. It would be best if the arms race ends with a world war like another time and space. In this way, the British national power will be consumed by you to the maximum extent. Southern Africa
It will gain more autonomy, and by then Rock will be able to launch attacks on Southwest Africa and Tanganyika.
If it were the same as in another time and space, after the end of World War I, Southwest Africa and Tanganyika were both managed by the League of Nations and joined Southern Africa, then the territorial area of Southern Africa by then would be——
Just thinking about it makes me feel relaxed and happy.
So next, the peace negotiations in Tanganyika progressed rapidly.
On June 28, Erich von Falkenhayn and Mumu held a new round of negotiations in Fort Glory, witnessed by Rock and Sidney Milner.
The atmosphere of the meeting was pretty good. With Rock's timely communication, both Mumu and Erich von Falkenhayn clearly knew each other's bottom line, and then the negotiation conditions centered around Lake Rukwa in southwest Tanganyika.
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Mumu, on behalf of Zanzibar, demanded an autonomous status similar to that of southern Africa. Germany would not interfere in Zanzibar's internal affairs, would not send officials to Zanzibar, and would not station troops in Zanzibar. In addition to retaining some diplomatic rights, Germany
It is tantamount to losing actual control over Zanzibar.
In principle, Erich von Falkenhayn agreed to Zanzibar's request, but there was a serious dispute between Erich von Falkenhayn and Mumu over the demarcation of Zanzibar's territorial scope.
Disagreement.
Erich von Falkenhayn believed that Zanzibar was limited to the southwest Tanganyika area including Fort Glory and Lake Rukwa, covering an area of approximately 50,000 square kilometers.
Mumcon believed that the scope of Zanzibar should be the actual control area of Gloryburg troops. This area includes both the coasts of Lake Rukwa and Lake Tanganyika in the southwest, as well as the coast of Lake Nyasa in the south, and even
There is no distinction between the eastern coastal areas.
Mumu's request covers a territory of nearly 600,000 square kilometers, and Tanganyika's total area is only over one million, which Erich von Falkenhayn would definitely not accept.
Tanganyika during this period also included Burundi and Rwanda, so its area was larger than Tanzania in the future.
"Do you think my request is excessive? In fact, it is far from it. If it is truly divided according to the areas under actual control, Zanzibar should also include the northern region and Lake Victoria, the areas actually controlled by your Germans in Tanganyika.
, there are only Safe Harbor and Usumbula." Mumu does not think that his demands are excessive. In Mumu's view, the Germans' behavior of occupying the latrine and not doing anything is truly excessive.
Compared with neighboring Nyasaland, Tanganyika did not undergo any obvious changes during the years of German colonization.
Tanganyika has been a German colony since 1886, and it has been more than twenty years now.
Within twenty years, the Germans built only one railway in Tanganyika, Usombula was just a military port, and the Safe Harbor was built by Majid Sultan of Zanzibar, which had little to do with the Germans.
Neighboring Nyasaland became Rock's territory only a few years ago. Now Nyasaland has developed transportation, a large population, stable public security, and a prosperous economy. Countless cities have risen from the ground, and Nyasaland
The Salan comparison really highlights the incompetence of the Germans.
In fact, the Germans cannot be blamed for this problem. It was only in 1871 that Germany was unified and the German Empire was established. It has only been more than thirty years since then.
Over the past thirty years, Germany has become the third economic power in the world, second only to the United States and Britain. Germany defeated France militarily, won the Franco-Prussian War, and began to actively expand overseas colonies, occupying Southwest Africa and South Africa.
Tanganyika can actually be said to be fruitful.
But compared with Nyasaland, which is backed by big trees, Tanganyika pales in comparison.
The big tree behind Nyasaland is not only the British Commonwealth, but also the Qing Kingdom in the far east. Without the human resources from the Qing Kingdom, even if Rock had three heads and six arms, he would not be able to create the current situation.
In this regard, Tanganyika's resources are far inferior to Nyasaland. Although Germany is actively developing colonies, it does not have enough manpower to develop the colonies. In the competition for new immigrants, Tanganyika's attraction
Its power is also far inferior to that of the British and French colonies in Africa.
At least the British and French colonies in Africa can fully reimburse new immigrants for their immigration expenses, provide them with certain living allowances, and even allow new immigrants to occupy as many farms as they want.
Not only do local Africans have no say in this issue, but they have to help new immigrants build farms.
Basically, the new immigrants who came to Africa really lived like the Turkish emperors in Africa, and they were very attractive to the poor white people in Europe.
Tanganyika is much worse in this regard.
To put it bluntly, why Germany can get Tanganyika and Southwest Africa is because Tanganyika and Southwest Africa do not have the resources that Britain and France value, so Germany will take advantage of them. If Tanganyika and Southwest Africa
There are gold mines similar to those in Johannesburg in Africa. Britain and France will never allow Germany to occupy Tanganyika and Southwest Africa.
As a result, it is indeed very difficult for Germany to develop Tanganyika and Southwest Africa. Even the German government is unable to provide much help to Tanganyika and Southwest Africa. The war reparations Germany received through the Franco-Prussian War still need
It is used to develop the domestic economy and does not take into account Tanganyika and Southwest Africa.
Therefore, if white people immigrate to Tanganyika and Southwest Africa, not only will they not receive financial help, but if they even want to obtain a farm, they will need to purchase it from the Tanganyika and Southwest African governments.
The governments of Tanganyika and Southwest Africa still expect to sell land to subsidize their finances.
"All the land in Tanganyika belongs to the German government. Now that the German government allows you to live in Fort Honor and Lake Rukwa, you should be grateful and not be as greedy as you are now." Erich von
It was impossible for Falkenhayn to accept Mumu's request.
In fact, while negotiating with the Fort Glory troops, Erich von Falkenhayn was also actively in contact with Rock, hoping to reach a memorandum of understanding with Rock about the Fort Glory troops, so that in the future, if Germany's strength allowed,
Then the German government will tear up the agreement reached with the Fort Glory troops and launch another attack on the Fort Glory troops.
"Before you came to Tanganyika, we had been living in Tanganyika for thousands of years. Our ancestors had been in Tanganyika for generations. Everything in Tanganyika belonged to the Tanganyika people, not the Tanganyika people.
You Germans, so who is greedy? Who is shameless? You should be ashamed!" Mumu refused to give in, and the colonists actually had the nerve to accuse the colonial natives of being greedy. This thickness of skin is acceptable.
"Don't keep putting Tanganyika at the forefront. You are Tetera people from the Congo Free State, and you are not the original inhabitants of Tanganyika. So if you want to return to the land where your ancestors have lived for generations, then it's best
Let's go find the Belgians." Erich von Falkenhayn didn't realize how extreme his words were, and he still hadn't forgotten how much trouble he had caused.
Regarding colonization, this is really a bad deal. Tanganyika is one of the birthplaces of ancient humans, and even the Persians who later moved in were not aborigines.
