After leaving the temporary camp, Luke Silva really went to Leonard Wood and asked Leonard Wood to improve the environment of the temporary camp, improve food standards, improve sanitation, and provide better conditions for the southern Africans in the temporary camp.
protection.
"We have tried our best to provide the best camp and did not abuse those yellow monkeys-" Leonard Wood denied it.
"Wait a minute, Your Majesty the Governor, you just used an inappropriate word -" Luke Silva immediately pointed out that it would be fine if you used a "yellow man", what is a "yellow monkey"?
It is really ironic that such discriminatory words come from the mouth of a dignified governor.
It's normal. The word "Yellow Peril" came from an emperor's mouth. We shouldn't have too high expectations for the quality of these people.
When Leonard Wood was in the Philippines, he was criticized for his repressive rule. This guy was a complete racist, not against Filipinos, but against all Asians.
"Don't you British often use the word 'nigger'?" Leonard Wood laughs at every step he takes. We are all in the same boat, so don't laugh at anyone else.
"In our southern Africa, Africans are more commonly used." Luke Silva disassociated himself from the UK at this time. In fact, not many people use the word nigga in the UK.
Compared with Americans, the British still have some shame. If Americans are really villains, then the British are hypocrites.
"Hahahaha, very good, this is very British." Leonard Wood laughed loudly. The United States is indeed the biological son of the United Kingdom, but it is better to be better than others.
"Your Majesty the Governor, we are talking about the temporary camp." Luke Silva no longer dwelled on these minutiae.
"There's nothing to say. Since those yellow people have arrived in the Philippines, they must abide by Philippine laws." Leonard Wood finally changed his mind. He was not crazy and knew enough was enough.
"They were forced to be brought to Quezon by you, not that they came to the Philippines voluntarily." Luke Silva emphasized.
"So what, once the investigation is clear, if the human resources company did not mistreat Filipino workers, they can leave naturally." Leonard Wood repeated his old tune.
After the immigration ship was seized, many Filipino workers on the ship were sent to the hospital. The Americans did not allow Southern African doctors to contact those "Filipino patients," so Southern Africa did not know the specific situation. What the Americans said was what they said.
Just as Luke Silva was running around for detained immigrants, on November 25, another accident happened.
Several East Indian fishermen clashed with several Filipino fishermen while fishing. This time, the East Indian fishermen had the upper hand in terms of numbers and the tonnage of their fishing boats. As a result, the Filipino fishermen were unlucky. Not only were their fishing boats sunk, but
Moreover, the ship's boss and two crew members died accidentally while trying to save the ship.
This incident is actually not an accident. East India and the Philippines are very close, and fishermen from the two countries have conflicts from time to time when fishing, but it has never resulted in such serious consequences before.
After the incident, Leonard Wood summoned the East India Ambassador to the Philippines and demanded that the East India thoroughly investigate the incident, severely punish those responsible, and compensate the Filipino fishermen for their losses.
"That's what happened. Filipino fishermen illegally entered the East Indian waters to fish. Our fishermen tried to drive the Filipino fishermen out of the relevant waters, but they were shot by Filipino fishermen. Our fishermen fought back bravely and sank the fishing boat driven by the Filipino fishermen.
, the cause of this incident lies entirely with the Philippines, and we are the victims." Huang Tingcan, the East India Ambassador to the Philippines, came to Luke Silva after leaving the Government House, hoping that Southern Africa could provide necessary help to East India.
Luke Silva is also the Ambassador of Southern Africa to the East Indies.
There is no way around it. Southern Africa lacks professional diplomats, so one diplomat can only serve as ambassador to several countries at the same time. While Luke Silva serves as the ambassador to the Philippine East Indies, he is also the ambassador of Southern Africa to the French East Indies.
"It would be easy to just sink the ship, but now that people are dead, it will be very troublesome to deal with it." Luke Silva has a big head, one after another, and this has not included the detained immigrants.
When I was about to come back, something like this happened again. It was such a troubled time.
"We can give some humane compensation to the dead Filipino fishermen, but it is definitely not compensation." Huang Tingcan also wanted to settle the matter, but the matter was not as simple as he imagined.
"What did Governor Wood say?" Luke Silva wanted to determine Leonard Wood's attitude.
"Governor Wood was very angry. He said clearly that if we don't apologize and pay compensation, the US military will punish East India accordingly in its own way." Huang Tingcan frowned. The United States still attaches great importance to the Philippines.
There is an army and a fleet.
Relatively speaking, the armed forces of East India are relatively backward. There are only four infantry divisions in the entire East India, not a single warship, and only a few coastal patrol boats.
In Southern Africa, there is a large air force stationed in Coconut City (Jakarta), equipped with more than 40 fighter jets and torpedo planes, but compared to the nearly 2.7 million square kilometers of East India, it is a drop in the bucket.
During the World War, East India sent troops to occupy German colonies in the Pacific.
After the World War, these colonies were assigned to East India by the League of Nations, so the territory of East India was nearly 2.7 million square kilometers.
"Don't worry, once a conflict breaks out between East India and the Philippines, Southern Africa will not ignore it." Luke Silva solemnly promised that this is also part of the "South-East Inner Friendship Treaty".
After the end of the world war, Southern Africa and East India and the Sultanate of Najd jointly signed the "South-Eastern Friendship Treaty". The treaty stipulates that if a war breaks out among the three countries, the other two countries must provide due help, and should directly fight against it if necessary.
join in.
The necessity here means that the national territory has been invaded by the enemy and the enemy has invaded the homeland.
"If a war breaks out between us and the United States, will the British Empire join?" Huang Tingcan still has illusions about the British Empire.
"It depends on the American's choice." Luke Silva smiled slyly.
Even Huang Tingcan has illusions about the British Empire, and Americans must be worried that with southern Africa's participation in the war, the British Empire and even the Commonwealth will be dragged into the war.
In that case, it would be equivalent to the outbreak of World War II in advance.
This result is probably something Americans don’t want to see either.
Therefore, Luke Silva estimates that if East India does not meet Leonard Wood's requirements, then Leonard Wood will indeed retaliate, but he will control the retaliation to a certain extent and will not lead to an expansion of the scale of the war.
change.
To put it bluntly, they will not invade the East Indies mainland. Although Southern Africa does not have a fleet in the East Indies, Britain does have a fleet in the Far East.
Of course, it was not Luke Silva who had the final say in this matter. Luke Silva sent a telegram to Pretoria that night. It was the federal government that had the final say as to how far Southern Africa would go.
When Philip got the telegram, Roque also received the telegram at the same time, and then Roque received a call from Philip.
"Why is this happening?" Philip never expected that the relationship between southern Africa and the United States had deteriorated to this extent.
"Normally, the British Empire has given up its world hegemony. The United States may become the next British Empire, and it is also possible for us in southern Africa." Roque was already prepared. After losing the threat of Germany, conflicts between southern Africa and the United States will emerge sooner or later.
water surface.
Just like the relationship between Britain and France.
"So what should we do now?" Philip was confused, not only because of the hostility between Southern Africa and the United States, but also because of Rock's alarmism.
In fact, even if Britain gives up global hegemony, it will take a long process for Southern Africa or the United States to replace it.
Objectively speaking, in another time and space, if there were not two world wars, it is hard to say whether the Cold War would have formed.
In other words, a cold war will still form, but it is hard to say who the two sides will be.
The same is true in this time and space. If there had not been World War II, it would have taken at least forty to fifty years for either southern Africa or the United States to replace the United Kingdom. It is not that simple for a centipede to die without becoming dead.
"I'll send a telegram to Herbert later -" Rock sighed. If possible, Rock really didn't want to send this telegram.
It must be said that after Hoover was elected president, he and Rock had a relatively tacit understanding. Although conflicts continued between southern Africa and the United States, they did not rise to the level of war, and both sides were relatively restrained.
Now that Roark took the initiative to send a telegram to Hoover was of far-reaching significance, but Roark didn't feel too embarrassed. After all, Hoover was the president, and he still had to give him face.
"Send it now, send it now--" Philip was anxious and wanted to know Hoover's attitude.
"Are you sure?" Rock was surprised.
There are thousands of miles between southern Africa and the United States. Although the telegraph speed is fast, it takes at least two hours to go back and forth. Philip probably cannot wait for Hoover's reply.
"Of course I'm sure, I'm going to stay up late to work today!" Philip was upright and solemn, looking like he was working hard for his work.
Rock was speechless, he had never seen Phillip work so hard.
Fortunately for Rock, the telegram here had not yet been drafted, but the Secretariat over there had sent Hoover's telegram first.
Hoover invited Philip to visit the United States at an appropriate time.
"Are you going or not?" Philip now has no backbone, and he has to seek Roque's opinion on such matters.
"Go, of course I want to go. Some things are better to ask in person." Of course Roque suggested going. There is a lack of effective communication methods between Southern Africa and the United States, so a visit is a good choice.
: I didn’t expect that there is actually another chapter. Have you all bought your hands today? Look at the prodigal women at home——