The power of capital is terrifying. The last person who ignored the interests of capital and was finally guillotined by the emerging bourgeoisie was Charles I. To this day, the British Army cannot be titled "Royal".
When Lloyd George was the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he had many conflicts with the aristocracy. The British aristocrats had to more or less abide by the rules and would not completely break up with each other without leaving any room.
Rock has no such concerns. Southern Africa is isolated overseas, and Britain's influence on southern Africa is getting weaker and weaker. More and more British people accept their Afrikaner identity, and their feelings for the British mainland are becoming
Gradually fade away.
Even if he lost his status as earl, Roque is still the leading businessman in southern Africa, the founder of the southern African army, the "king" of Nyasaland, and the leader of the three northern states. Any one of these identities
, after arriving in London, they are all qualified to be guests of George V.
The bargaining chip in Lloyd George's hand is far inferior to that of Roque. If there is a conflict between Roque and Lloyd George, no matter who is more responsible, Lloyd George will be the one who will be sacrificed. No one is willing to risk offending Roque.
The risk of maintenance by Lloyd George.
After the meeting, an anxious Lloyd George returned to his office, where Edward House, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's foreign affairs adviser, was waiting for him.
There was another person waiting with Edward House for Lloyd George, Thomas Dupont from the American Dupont family.
As Minister of Munitions, Lloyd George's office was crowded and he had to meet countless people every day. Dennis Zangwill from Waterford and Joe Ford, a senior manager of Rand Bank, were also waiting to be interviewed by Lloyd George.
Dennis Zangwill and Joe Ford both came from aristocratic families with declining fortunes. The British Empire has been in existence for hundreds of years, and there are countless such aristocratic families.
In the UK, aristocrats are often associated with words such as decadence, arrogance, extravagance and lewdness.
In fact, this is not the case. It is undeniable that the aristocracy does have many problems. Most scandals in society are related to the aristocracy, but this is determined by objective conditions. After all, even if civilian families want to be arrogant and luxurious, they do not have the conditions. Nobles have more than civilians.
With a good education level and stricter family traditions, most of the descendants of the nobility are quite good. There are only a very small number of dandy children, but it is the disqualifying behavior of these very few people that has caused the whole society to dislike the aristocracy.
Southern African companies represented by the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group are not disgusted.
On the contrary, in order to better develop business, just like in France, Southern African companies make full use of the network of British aristocrats and hire members of aristocratic families to work for Southern African companies as much as possible. This is an important factor for Southern African companies to succeed in the UK.
reason.
If the product is good, you also need to be able to shout about it.
"We killed another 300,000 Germans during the Spring Offensive. Has anyone counted how many Germans we have killed since the war broke out? Almost all the Germans suitable for military service are dead -" Joe Ford casually put down his hand.
newspapers, the topic in the lounge is inseparable from the battle on the front line.
"Just look at this kind of report. Divide the German losses by 2, then multiply our losses by 2, and that's probably the battle situation on the front line." Dennis Zangwill sneered. Victory news in newspapers is often accompanied by
Large-scale recruitment advertisements should not be taken too seriously. If the front line is always victorious, then why do we need so many new recruits?
No one can answer this question.
"Gentlemen, shouldn't we be confident of victory?" Edward House took the initiative to speak, but he earned glares from Dennis Zangwill and Joe Ford.
The United States has not yet joined the war. Americans are focused on doing business and making money, so Americans have no say in the war.
Like Americans who are obsessed with profits, Dennis Zangwill and Joe Ford came to Lloyd George to make money. However, while making money, Southern African companies have excluded hundreds of thousands of people from helping the British Empire fight, and have already
Huge sacrifices were made. The Times made it very clear that more than 50% of the casualties of the British Expeditionary Force came from the Southern African Expeditionary Force. Southern Africa is just one of the many overseas territories of the British, and Australia and New Zealand have poor combat effectiveness.
Compared to India, whose legions were slow to respond and Canada was unable to produce much work, Southern Africa could be called the model worker of the British Empire.
Today's United States has not yet gotten rid of the image of "upstarts" and "barbarians" in the minds of Europeans. Don't look at Edward House and Thomas Dupont in suits and ties. One represents the president of the United States and the other represents the DuPont family. But for the British veteran
As far as the aristocracy is concerned, Americans are still a bit awkward. No one with any status is willing to deal with Americans.
"My Lord annihilated 200,000 Ottomans on the Garibaldi Peninsula. This should not be an exaggeration." Joe Ford ignored Edward House and continued to discuss with Dennis Zangwill.
"It probably has to be divided by 2. The Lord is also a Lord of the British Empire." Dennis Zangwill chuckled. This was not a mockery, but a British-style cold humor.
In the publicity of the British media, in the first stage of the Battle of the Dardanelles, the Mediterranean expeditionary force commanded by Roque annihilated 200,000 Ottoman troops and suffered less than 50,000 casualties.
Compared with the heavy losses on the Eastern and Western Fronts, this achievement is simply dazzling. The Russian Empire on the Eastern Front has lost four million people since the war began, including 500,000 in the past May. The British and French allied forces on the Western Front have lost two people combined.
One million men, Germany also lost two million. Even if these figures are real, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was outstanding.
The actual situation is also the same. In the first phase of the battle, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force did indeed annihilate only 100,000 Ottoman troops, but its own losses were indeed about 50,000. They did not deliberately conceal the report. 20:5 is enough.
If it's 20:2 or 20:3, that really doesn't make sense.
There is no way that Joffre and Frenzi, the two top European soldiers, combined, are not as good as Roque, a colonial soldier.
"The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has indeed achieved brilliant results, but just controlling the Dardanelles is not enough. We must also occupy the Bosporus to truly have the Black Sea outlet." Edward House didn't take it seriously and was shameless.
That can still be called a politician.
"Opening up the Black Sea outlet is not good news for the United States -" Dennis Zangwill still chuckled, this time it was a standard group ridicule.
The British and French allied forces hope to open up the Black Sea outlet for the farm products of the Russian Empire. Southern Africa can provide industrial products and meat products, but agricultural products are powerless. The grains needed by Britain and France are mainly imported from the Russian Empire. The Ottoman Empire has closed the Dardanelles.
After the Strait, the Allies turned to importing grain from the United States, so opening the Dardanelles Strait would be detrimental to the United States.
Once the Black Sea outlet is opened, most of the orders that the United States has finally obtained will still have to be returned to the Russian Empire. Perhaps in order to cope with possible difficulties in the future, Britain and France will keep the United States in the supplier list, but as long as the Russian Empire still has
For material exports, the United States will no longer have the massive orders it currently has.
"It doesn't matter, just people are happy to see justice achieve the final victory." Edward House was unclear. This "justice" can refer to the Allies or the Allies. Whichever side wins the war, that side is just.
Rather than whichever side is just, whichever side will win.
"My lord, the minister is waiting for you in his office." Lloyd George's secretary came over, and the first person he met was Dennis Zangwill.
"Thank you, Anne." With a mature and charming smile on his face, Dennis Zangwill followed his secretary into Lloyd George's office.
As Minister of Munitions, Lloyd George had a large and luxurious office that was no worse than the offices of the aristocratic officials he despised.
When Dennis Zangwill walked into the office, Lloyd George was resting his elbows on the large dark red desk and pressing his eyes with his hands, looking very tired.
Dennis Zangwill sat down at his desk, took out several documents from his briefcase and placed them in front of Lloyd George. This was the supply list for the previous quarter. Previously, this work was assigned to the War Department.
The responsibility is now under the responsibility of the Munitions Department.
Without checking, Lloyd George turned to the last page and initialed his name.
"Thank you David, I look forward to our closer cooperation in the future." Dennis Zangwill did not bother, picked up the documents and left.
"Wait a minute Dennis—" Lloyd George called to Dennis Zangwill.
"Is there anything else?" Dennis Zangwill was at a loss for words.
"I heard that you have a good relationship with Judge Bartholomew." Lloyd George did not know Sir Bartholomew, the newly appointed Chief Justice, but Dennis Zangwill must have known him.
"Yes, our two families are neighbors. Bartholomew and I both lived in Waterford when we were children. My father was his godfather, and his father was my godfather -" Dennis Zangwill smiled half-heartedly,
The aristocracy was deeply entangled and had complex relationships, making it difficult for officials with civilian backgrounds to enter the aristocratic circle.
Unless a few generations later.
Of course, Roque is an exception. Although earls are not uncommon in England, a feudal official like Roque, who holds great power and has strong economic strength, is still a top noble even in the UK.
"If I have time, I would like to treat Sir Bartholomew to a meal -" Lloyd George looked pleasant. Who said that white people would not use the back door to cultivate relationships?
The main thing is whether you need it or not. When necessary, you still have to worship the temple that you should worship.
