Time came to July, and an earthquake broke out in the officialdom of Cape State as expected. A member of Parliament and several state legislators born in Cape State resigned collectively for unknown reasons. Several federal government officials were exposed to scandals and were imprisoned one after another. Subsequently,
Many civil organizations, including workers' federations, were directly disbanded under orders from the state government, and were replaced by official organizations led by federal governments at all levels.
On July 10, the Cape Town District High Court held a closed hearing on a series of cases arising from the Workers' Federation rally. Ruf Eric, as the chairman of the Workers' Federation, received a total of 4 charges including illegal assembly and inciting destruction.
accusation.
Ruf Eric confessed to all charges and was willing to bear all compensation while deeply reflecting in court.
The Cape Town District High Court finally decided to sentence Ruf Eric to 15 years in prison, but due to Ruf Eric's physical condition, decided to sentence Ruf Eric to supervised release.
Because this case was not heard in public, no one had seen Ruf Eric and his family even after the trial. There were rumors that Ruf Eric was secretly executed by the Cape State government, and some people insisted that Ruf Eric
Eric was imprisoned on Robben Island, and some people claimed to have seen Rufus Eric in New York, USA.
In any case, the once powerful Workers' Federation officially became history in Cape Town. Xiaosi fulfilled his promise and fired all workers who participated in the rally. Among them, the African-American workers who participated in the robbery were sent to Kimberley to mine.
Christian Human Resources Company sent 3,000 African-American workers on the third day after the rally. When the Cape Town District High Court opened the trial of Rufus Eric, the Cape Town port had returned to normal.
While Stoudemire was carrying out drastic reforms, Irving was also busy in Cape Town.
Although not as swift and resolute as Stoudemire, Irving acted after planning. After he decided to reform the Cape Liberal Party, he did not rush into action. Instead, he waited until Stoudemire was elected governor and everything settled before Irving took action brazenly and almost destroyed the whole party.
There is a collective shake-up at the top level of the Cape Liberal Party.
Except for several Chinese congressmen including Chen Yan.
"Yes, I have decided to appoint you as chairman of the Cape State Liberal Party. What do you think?" Owen is still looking forward to Chen Yan.
During his stay in Cape Town, as his understanding of the Cape Liberal Party deepened, Chen Yan began to come into Owen's sight.
In Cape State now, the ratio of Chinese to whites is about 4.5 to 5.5. As the state with the largest white population in southern Africa, the number of whites in Cape State is only about 10 percent more than the Chinese.
The white people in Cape State are not only British, but also Boers, French, Germans, and descendants of immigrants from other European countries. Generally speaking, they are not very united.
The Chinese in Cape State are relatively united, with Oak Town as the center. The Chinese in Cape State mainly live in the Eastern Cape. Chen Yan’s reputation among Chinese is second only to Roque. Irving hopes to take advantage of Chen Yan’s popularity among Chinese.
Influence helped the Liberal Party complete its counterattack against the Progressive Party.
"It's a great honor--" Chen Yan bowed to express his gratitude. He was not too excited, but still acted very calmly.
"We have lost this election and will face suppression by the Progressive Party in the next few years. How are you going to lead the Liberal Party to complete its counterattack against the Progressive Party?" Irving is still looking forward to Chen Yan.
In a few days, Owen will leave Cape Town and return to Pretoria. Since the competition has failed, Owen will not stay in Cape Town for too long. Next, the Transvaal will also have to change its governor. Owen also wants to
Keep trying.
"Mr. Cecil Rhodes is acting vigorously. Our Liberal Party may be forced to be on the defensive in the next few years. However, this does not mean that we are doing nothing. We must wait patiently for opportunities to come. Perhaps because of Cecil Rhodes
Mr. Si made mistakes, perhaps for other reasons, but we must first do our own work and truly transform the Liberal Party into a political party that represents the interests of all Cape people. We still have a lot of work to do in this regard." Chen Yan
It is not optimistic. The chance of the state government making a mistake is actually small, and Stoudemire also has his own think tank.
There is no problem with this. If Stoudemire performs well in the position of Cape Governor, then Chen Yan will also be happy to see it happen. As long as Cape State can get back on track, it doesn't matter who becomes the governor.
"We must try our best to win the support of farmers and new immigrants, and complete the transformation of the Liberal Party as soon as possible during Cecil's tenure as governor. Stoudemire's term expires in five years, and we must be fully prepared." Owen
It's a pity that he came to Cape State for too short a time, and he didn't have Stoudemire's prompt decision-making, so he lost unjustly.
"I will -" Chen Yan was patient but slightly lacking in confidence.
Xiao Si has performed very well during this period after he was elected. Ask yourself, even if Chen Yan is elected as governor, I am afraid he will not have the courage to take action against the non-governmental organizations in Cape State.
Through a large-scale replacement of legislators and government officials, Stoudemire has secured his position as governor and has gradually cleared obstacles. I am afraid there will be even greater moves next.
After communicating with Chen Yan, Owen left Cape Town for Pretoria that night.
Chen Yan did not hold a farewell ceremony for Owen. Compared with the complacency when he came to Pretoria, Owen was very low-key when he left Cape Town. This failure left a deep impression on Owen.
Enough lessons should be learned from this, which is also a good thing for Irving.
Just when Stoudemire was carrying out drastic reforms in Cape State, Yang Smuts easily won the Orange State election as many predicted and was elected governor of Orange State with an absolute advantage of 65 votes.
It's a new beginning for Young Smoots and Orange State.
After Yang Smuts was elected governor, he did not perform a major operation on Orange State similar to Cape State. Instead, he first came to Pretoria, hoping that Philip could fulfill the promise he had given to Yang Smuts.
Commitment to increase assistance to Orange State.
"The situation in Orange State is not good, with backward transportation and serious lack of public infrastructure. There is not even a decent hospital in the entire city of Bloemfontein, and there are only two libraries in the entire city. Although the state government took the lead in establishing the Bloemfontein
University, but there are less than 1,000 students, and the teaching level is not good enough. Even students from Orange State are not willing to apply for the University of Bloemfontein——" Yang Smozi can still keep his composure,
There is only one meaning behind the words: no money!
Orange State is indeed poor, not to mention compared with the surrounding Transvaal and Cape, even Bechuanaland has a certain gap.
But this cannot be blamed on others. The lack of help from the federal government is certainly one of the reasons why the Orange State has fallen to this point. The more important reason is the conservativeness of the Orange State government and its resistance to the federal government.
The help the federal government provides to states actually comes with some conditions attached, and is not free aid without any return.
The Orange State was accustomed to interest-free loans or free aid from London before the establishment of the federal government, and was more resistant to conditional help from the federal government.
For the federal government, it does not matter whether the Orange State cooperates. Some states are willing to cooperate. Even Nyasaland and Rhodesia are ostensibly subject to the management of the federal government. What does the Orange State count for?
As a result, in recent years, not only has the federal government provided very little help to Orange State, but even southern African companies have rarely invested in Orange State. This has formed a vicious cycle. Without investment, Orange State
The state government and the people of Orange will have no revenue. Without revenue, there will be no taxes. Without taxes, the state government will have no money to improve public infrastructure. Even Rand Bank is not willing to lend money to the Orange state government. It can be seen that Orange
How bad is the state's governance situation?
"Christian, the current situation in Orange State was not caused by one person, and it cannot be changed overnight. The federal government will definitely give Orange State due help, but Orange State should also actively
The federal government has moved closer, and its contributions have never been unilateral." Philip did not let go of the hawk when he saw the rabbit, and the federal government's money was not so easy to get.
For the federal states, the federal government's help is actually a double-edged sword. It would be a pity not to take it, but it would be very hot to take it.
To put it bluntly, it is all an exchange of interests. If you want the support of the federal government, you have to give up part of your power. Either be obedient like Bechuanaland and support the federal government wholeheartedly, or be like Nyasaland and Rhodesia.
Neither will we give up our power, nor will we covet the federal government’s assistance. Hello, I am good, everyone is good.
"Of course, I understand this. Orange has always been a part of southern Africa. The Orange people in the past have made some mistakes. Now it is time to get back on track." Yang Smuts surrendered very thoroughly, and many Boers
People resist the federal government on the grounds of sticking to tradition, which is actually nonsense.
Let alone tradition among the Boers now, even the scope of use of the Boer language is gradually shrinking. There are fewer and fewer people who can speak Boer. In the long run, it is hard to say whether the tradition can be preserved. The Boers are about to disappear, so what is the point of tradition?
The few years that Yang Smuts worked in London have turned Yang Smuts into a real Englishman. Now Yang Smuts will not consider issues from the narrow perspective of the Boers.
Most of them consider issues from the perspective of Southern Africa as a whole.
In this way, the conclusion is very clear. If Yang Smuts were the Prime Minister of Southern Africa, Yang Smuts would not allow the Boers to continue to be special.
At one time, the total population of the Boers accounted for 60% of the total population of southern Africa. The Boers at that time indeed had special capital.
Today, the proportion of the Boers in the total population of southern Africa has dropped to about 5%. They are a proper minority, so why are they so special?