Starting from the "North Sea", Nyasaland's naval construction speed is gradually accelerating.
Ulysses Shipyard originally took four months to build the "North Sea", but it only took two and a half months to build the "East Lake".
After the construction of the "East Lake" was completed, the center of the shipbuilding industry moved to Port Edward. This time, three ships were built as soon as construction started, and they were all completed in just two months.
Now the Port Edward Shipyard has begun building the first fast cruiser in southern Africa. This class of cruisers is also named the "Edward class". A total of four ships will be built. After all are completed, they will be deployed in Port Edward, Germany.
Ban, Cape Town, and the enclave of Walvis Bay surrounded by South West African territories.
It seems that the deployment areas are a bit scattered, which is not conducive to the rapid concentration of troops.
In fact, it is enough in Africa. The biggest rivals in southern Africa are Southwest Africa and Tanganyika. These two regions do not have naval establishments at all. The southern part of the country does not even need to equip cruisers, with more than a thousand tons.
Destroyers can walk sideways in African waters. If the German government really sends a fleet to support Southwest Africa or Tanganyika, then the British government will definitely not sit idly by. Therefore, Rock is right to be unwilling to leave the Commonwealth. This is a betrayal.
You can rely on the big trees to enjoy the shade.
It is a common way for countries around the world to use external wars to divert domestic attention. The federal government of Southern Africa has just been established. In fact, there are still many internal instability factors, and the Boers are the biggest hidden danger.
In any case, the Boers are also part of southern Africa, so since the friction broke out in Nyasaland and Tanganyika, the Boers as far away as Orange have also stopped a lot. During this period, not causing trouble to the federal government is actually what they are doing.
Contribution, newspapers in southern Africa also promoted it, calling on all Afrikaners to unite and speak to the outside world.
Nowadays, Afrikaners no longer simply refer to indigenous Africans or Boers, but a collective name for all people in southern Africa. Federal government officials and all newspapers and magazines are deliberately downplaying the concept of race. Whether they are white or Chinese, as long as they are in
Southern Africa, then the Afrikaners, everyone will prosper and suffer.
It should be noted here that apart from whites and Chinese, other races are not included in the ranks of Afrikaners, such as Indians and Africans. These two are not mentioned in any official documents of the federal government.
Groups, let alone protection.
In fact, there have been many voices in southern Africa asking all Indians in southern Africa to leave southern Africa and return to India.
This plan was really not promoted by Rock, but was first proposed by Yang Smuts. Although Indians are nominally British nationals, Indians have never been truly accepted in southern Africa. Most Indians in southern Africa are
There are already large Indian communities concentrated in Natal and Durban, and many Indians have settled in Bloemfontein. It was precisely because of the Indians in Bloemfontein that Yang Smuts was extremely disgusted with Indians. It has to be said that Indians are really not good citizens. They are extremely selfish in life, self-centered in everything, and never consider the feelings of others. During the Orange Plague, Gandhi led the Indians to do something to control the plague in Orange.
He made great contributions, and nearly a hundred members of the stretcher team died of contracting the plague, which also led the Bloemfontein government at the time to allow Indians to settle in Bloemfontein.
Then problems gradually began to arise. Although some Boers who received help from the Indians during the plague were grateful to the Indians, most of the Boers were extremely disgusted with the Indians. If you think about it, you can understand that at the time the Boers could not even see the real British.
No one dares to blatantly discriminate, let alone Indians, so violence against Indians is increasing.
This reality also forced the Indians in Bloemfontein to form their own community and unite to fight against the hostility from some Boers.
Yang Smuts noticed this situation. Before the federal government of Southern Africa was established, the Bloemfontein government began to restrict Indian immigrants from settling in Orange, and tried to register all Indians in Orange to clean up India in the future.
People lay the foundation.
Gandhi once approached Roque about this matter, but he was ruthlessly rejected.
Although Rock doesn't like the Boers, he also doesn't like the Indians, so Rock won't care about the trivial matter between the Indians and the Boers. For Rock, it would be best for both the Boers and the Indians to leave southern Africa.
That is in the best interest of the Chinese people in southern Africa.
"Minister Smuts is indeed too radical. In order to raise education funds last month, Minister Smuts demanded the cancellation of the compulsory education system in Southern Africa and levy tuition fees on students to subsidize school construction. The Prime Minister finally agreed to increase funding for the Ministry of Education
"Sidney Milner also had strong objections to Young Smuts.
The compulsory education system in Southern Africa is modeled after the education system in the Transvaal. In order to promote English education in Southern Africa, Adelaide would rather give huge subsidies to the Ministry of Education every year and implement the compulsory education system throughout Southern Africa. This is
In fact, this is a good thing, but in Yang Smuts' view, this is obviously not conducive to maintaining the cultural traditions of the Boers.
"No matter how much money you give them, they will not really use the money to promote compulsory education." Roque said with contempt. After the establishment of the federal government, Transvaal more or less received some funds from the Ministry of Education.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland don't have a penny. Although Roque doesn't care about the money, Roque can't swallow this breath.
Therefore, there is no garrison in Orange, and the police system is not complete enough. Roque even transferred Joe Russell back to Pretoria to serve as the chief of the Pretoria police station, and replaced the chief of the Bloemfontein police station with Bu
Ladd Robert, try to create as loose conditions as possible for the Boers.
Brad Robert is a Boer. When Joe Russell was the police chief of Bloemfontein, Brad Robert was the deputy chief of the police, and he and Joe Russell were at odds with each other.
Roque's intention of letting a Boer serve as the chief of police in Bloemfontein and not stationing troops in Orange is also clear.
"Come on, Lord, Nyasaland already has a complete education system, from primary school to university. I'm afraid you don't care about the funding of the Ministry of Education." As the first secretary, Sidney Milner said to Niasaland
The situation in Asalan is also well understood. With the support of Rand Bank, Asalan is not short of money at all.
"Speaking of this, who would think it's too much money?" Rock didn't hide anything from Sidney Milner. Adelaide has no children. As Adelaide's nephew, Sidney Milner is the closest to Adelaide.
Man, Rock must have a good relationship with Sidney Milner.
If you want to build a good relationship, the best way is to transfer benefits, so Rock is not stingy with Sidney Milner. This time Rock, Henry, and Stoudemire formed a group to acquire farms in Orange, and Sidney
Milner was also involved.
The acquisition of the farm went smoothly. Rock, Henry, and Stoudemire had a bad relationship with the Boers, so Sidney Milner became the most suitable candidate to come forward.
As the first secretary of the federal government and the nephew of Ade, Sidney Milner is very popular in southern Africa. Louis Botha and Jan Smuts also have to deliberately please Sidney Milner in order to be with him.
The federal government has established good relations, so during this period, the Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company has acquired more than half a million acres of land in Orange, accounting for more than one-tenth of all developed farm areas in Orange.<
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Half a million acres, about 2,000 square kilometers, the entire territory of Orange is just over 130,000 square kilometers, so the price of land in Orange is getting higher and higher, and the Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company has slowed down
Increase the intensity of purchasing land.
This situation has of course attracted the attention of the Orange government. However, with the model of the Southern African federal government, even if the Orange government noticed the Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company, it would not be able to punish the Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company.
Instead of imposing restrictions, we should protect the interests of Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company and provide a certain degree of convenience for Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company to purchase land.
Otherwise, once the Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company reduces its investment, the Orange government will be the last to suffer.
Don't think that the Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company dare not do this. Rock, Stoudemire, and Henry have joined forces to achieve success in southern Africa, and now Sidney Milner is added to the mix——
To a certain extent, these four people can determine the fate of southern Africa. Their combined influence on southern Africa can almost compete with Ade.
"Then you can apply for special appropriations. Orange receives a large amount of financial support from the Ministry of Education in the name of special appropriations." Sidney Milner asked Roark to find a way. Anyway, all the money spent is from the federal government, so who should it be given to?
Not for.
"Do you think Minister Smuts will give the money to Nyasaland?" Roque would not believe that Yang Smuts was so kind.
"You try it -" Sidney Milner smiled a little weirdly.
Roark laughed loudly. It was indeed easy to do things with someone in the court. With Sidney Milner's help, I'm afraid Yang Smuts would hold his nose and give him money even if he hated Roark.
On June 10th, Erich von Falkenhayn arrived in Ulysses on the North Sea police flagship "North Sea". Rock and Sidney Milner went to the dock to greet him, and then at Ulysses Glory Castle
A welcome banquet was held for Erich von Falkenhayn.
When Erich von Falkenhayn heard the name "Gloryburg", the expression on Erich von Falkenhayn's face was wonderful.
"Don't misunderstand General Falkenhayn. This name has no meaning. Long before Tanganyika built Fort Glory, the name of this castle was Fort Glory. The reason why this name was used was to commemorate the defeat of our militia forces at that time.
"Belgian mercenaries." Roque explained that this name is really not a mockery of the Germans.
