The storm disappeared, but the story did not end. The next day's newspaper showed news of Angel's righteous speech, and a photo of Angel saluting the veterans was distributed.
In the photo, Angel has a serious expression, her posture is as tall as a pine tree, and her saluting hand shape is standard.
The veteran still held the money given by An Qi in his hand. He looked at An Qi with excited eyes, and his right hand in return was missing three fingers.
People around were applauding and looking at the pair of soldiers in the center of the photo with admiration. One was a British man, one was a Frenchman, one was a young man, one was a middle-aged man, one was full of vigor, and the other was handsome.
Strong ambition.
The news title used by "Le Figaro" is "How should we treat our heroes?". The article details the veterans of the Southern African Expeditionary Force who retired from active service due to injuries and disabilities and returned to Southern Africa. After returning home,
The hero-like treatment they received, as well as the role played by various levels of government agencies, social organizations, enterprises, military service societies, and even the veterans’ communities in Southern Africa in this process.
The article also quoted an exclusive interview conducted by The Times with a disabled veteran last year. When the veteran returned to southern Africa, he received a Hero Medal and three Contribution Medals, which means that the veteran had to fight at least three times.
After recovering from his injuries, he returned to the battlefield and did not retire from active service until he could no longer fight.
The veteran himself said that after retiring, he could receive a reward of five rands from the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa every month. At the same time, because of the four military medals, the veteran could also receive an additional five rands as an additional subsidy.
France has a broken leg, so he can still receive a disability allowance of three rands every month. The above does not include the veterans' benefits provided by the Nyasaland State Government and the Los Angeles City Government every quarter.
Because the veterans are not old, only 26 years old, they can still work, so the Nyasaland Rifle Association specially hires veterans as shooting coaches to coach the members of the Rifle Association who practice shooting in the shooting club. This job is also paid, and
That's a whopping R15 a month.
So in total, even if we do not take into account the benefits provided by federal government departments and military service societies, the veteran who is disabled due to injury can receive an annual salary of approximately R336 per year.
336 rand, if based on the exchange rate before the outbreak of the world war, is approximately equivalent to 8,400 francs. Before the outbreak of the world war, the middle-class standard for French families was an annual income of more than 4,000 francs.
It should be higher now because the franc has depreciated significantly.
But in southern Africa, an annual salary of 336 rand is enough for a veteran's family to have enough food and clothing. With his salary, he can support ten people.
The status of "Le Figaro" in France is probably equivalent to that of "The Times" in Britain.
Therefore, after "Le Figaro" published this report, many French people had a deeper understanding of southern Africa.
A physically disabled veteran can live comfortably in southern Africa, but what about doctors and engineers with higher status? What about university professors? What about lawyers——
Forget about being a lawyer. "Le Figaro" specifically stated in its report that the lawyer profession is not popular in Southern Africa. The Ministry of Justice of the Federal Government of Southern Africa has strict regulations on the lawyer profession. In Europe, lawyers are very noble.
As a profession, lawyers are core members of the upper class because of their lucrative income.
But in southern Africa, lawyers are just like other ordinary people. There is no obvious difference in income, and their social status is even lower than that of engineers in factories.
After French newspapers concentrated on reporting this incident, in the next six months, about 150,000 French people chose to immigrate to southern Africa. These people were basically teachers, doctors, engineers, accountants, and other members of the so-called upper class.
Of course, there are more ordinary people who want to immigrate to Southern Africa, but today's Southern Africa is no longer the Southern Africa that welcomes all new immigrants with open arms. Europeans who want to immigrate to Southern Africa, in addition to documents proving their strength,
Legal proof of no criminal history is also required.
It is said that if the requirements are more stringent, there should be fewer and fewer new immigrants. In fact, it is exactly the opposite. The more stringent the federal government of Southern Africa is for new immigrants, the more people want to immigrate to Southern Africa.
After all, in the former colonies, only thieves and swindlers who couldn't make it in Europe would choose to immigrate.
Now that Southern Africa has escaped this shackles, only those with good performance are eligible to immigrate to Southern Africa. Therefore, the status of Southern Africa in the hearts of Europeans has immediately widened the gap with Americans.
In the general consciousness of Europeans, the United States is still a country of thieves and liars. Even during the World War, the United States suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties in Europe. This concept is still deeply rooted in the minds of Europeans.
In this intensive reporting by French newspapers, Roque also became a beneficiary. When almost all newspapers published the news, they used the illustrations used by "Le Figaro" to report the news.
Only "Echos" took a different approach. The editor of "Echos" bought a photo from a private person for 150 francs. The photo still shows the scene of Angel and the veteran saluting each other, but because of the different position of the camera, in the corner of the photo
, Rock's figure suddenly appeared.
Only then did people notice that Angel was Rock's personal adjutant, so it was obvious why Rock was at the scene.
"Look at what the newspapers say: 'The most humane, the greatest, the most gentlemanly, the most heroic, the most tenacious, the most capable of turning the tide, and the best at creating miracles, the coalition general in history. Such fancy praise makes me
I feel blushing. I cannot give Earl Nyasaland the title of marshal of seven countries, but I can put seven words that I think are the best on Earl Nyasaland to express my love for Earl Nyasaland.
Respect, thank you, Marshal Locke, for leading the British Expeditionary Force to save Paris many times when our country was unable to resist the invaders, and for giving us the support when our government failed to take care of our heroes.
The most timely help from a hero, 120 pounds is not much for the Earl of Nyasaland, but the feelings contained in this 120 pounds are worth remembering forever -'" Winston finished reading the Rainbow Fart in one breath, and then put down the newspaper
Chest beat and feet raised: "——Is this what happened after you left my office that day? Why didn't you call me? Damn it, I also want to feel what it feels like to be praised. It's a pity that London newspapers are so special.
You only scold me——"
This is not Winston's misfortune. The public opinion environment of the British Prime Minister is indeed a bit bad. The government's poor performance is because the Prime Minister has not led well. There are scandals in the royal family because the Prime Minister has not fulfilled his supervision responsibilities. The British economy is not doing well because the Prime Minister is incompetent. Even the world war
The outbreak occurred because the Prime Minister failed to handle the relationship with Germany well.
Winston said he had something to say. Does Wilhelm II's rebellion have anything to do with Winston?
Even if it has something to do with the British Prime Minister, it was also the responsibility of Asquith, the British Prime Minister at the time. Can he get in touch with Winston?
Of course, when Asquith was in office, Winston's public opinion environment was much better. For Winston, the Times loved him deeply and hated iron. For Asquith, the British newspaper was like
So cruel!
It's almost like the hatred of killing one's father and taking away one's wife.
"This is not an actor I hired. I just happened to be at the scene at the time. It's easy for you to do this. Go for a walk on the streets of Paris. There are many people waiting for you to save." Roque didn't lie. The newspaper said
After this incident was reported intensively, Paris is now full of veterans setting up stalls. Some people even put big signs on the stalls saying: Marshal Locke, there is also a veteran in desperate need here who needs your rescue——
After that, Roque also rode through the streets of Paris many times, but Roque never got off the bus.
Rescue them one by one——
Can you be saved?
"Hmph, the first person to do this was an angel, and the second person to do this was Shakespeare -" Winston uttered sweet words. Winston was always graceful in front of others, but usually thunderous in private.
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Roque curled his lips and told Winston directly: "Since at least three years ago, the Sultanate of Najd has controlled the two river basins, so there should be no dispute over the ownership of the two river basins. France has no right to claim the two river basins.
The lands in the river basin, France played no role at all in the defeat of the Ottoman Empire."
"The French played a role more or less. There are two French divisions in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force--" Winston and Xini, he hoped that Roque could make some concessions, otherwise the British government would have to
Make greater concessions in other directions.
The Rock here is separate from the British government.
While French newspapers were praising Roque, negotiations were underway.
In the negotiations over the past few days, France also made territorial claims to the Mesopotamia.
"Those two divisions are colonial servants from the French East Indies. The two divisions only have 30,000 people, and our British Expeditionary Force has a total of 240,000 people, so the contribution of 30,000 people can be compared with that of 240,000 people.
"?" Roque firmly disagreed. The Mesopotamia is the essence of the Middle East. Even if an inch is taken away by the French, Roque will feel distressed.
Moreover, even if the French took it away, they would not be able to hold it, and in the end they would still benefit the local indigenous people. Therefore, it is most appropriate to give the entire Mesopotamia to southern Africa to manage.
"Southern Africa has already taken away Southwest Africa and Tanganyika. It is normal to make some concessions in the Middle East. I know what you care about is oil. Give the Mediterranean coast to the French. It is impossible not to give it at all -"
Winston is also working on a balance now. Southern Africa has already taken away Southwest Africa and Tanganyika. If it takes away the two river basins, will Canada, Australia and New Zealand have any objections?
Don’t forget that there are still Indians clamoring for independence.
It is indeed not easy to be the Prime Minister.
: My third application to lift the ban was rejected, but there are still some content violations. I have tried my best to pick out each word——