Chapter 397 Prussia is playing a big game
The speed of human migration is quite fast, and East Africa only accelerates this process, provided that there is sufficient population for East Africa to deploy, and this happens to be Henry Buckley It was unimaginable, so Henry Buckley proposed the hypothesis of a north-south river.
Without knowing the population of the East African Kingdom, he referred to the immigration rate of the Cape Town Colony, so he concluded that the population of the East African Kingdom would not be too large. After all, the East African Kingdom was established less than two years ago. Even if we push forward and include the colonial period which only lasted a few years, in such a short period of time, the population of East Africa would be a few hundred thousand at most, which is pretty good.
In this regard, Henry Buckley could not imagine or understand the huge help that the national system had for immigrants. East African immigrants had been operating at a loss for so many years, importing populations from Europe and the Far East to East Africa regardless of cost.
This kind of immigration strategy that is completely led by the government is also unique in the history of the Western world. Of course, the large-scale immigration from East Africa cannot be said to be unique. For example, the Far East has this tradition from ancient times to the present. It is a typical There was the Hongwu immigration in the early Ming Dynasty, and the Huguang immigration in Sichuan in the early Qing Dynasty... The difference is that East Africa was a sea immigrant, and the Far East was a land immigrant.
The immigration rate in the United States is also terrifying, but it is based on the unique advantages of the United States. Moreover, the United States is currently a typical small government, and things like immigration are completely driven by private capital.
As for whether East Africa can muster tens of thousands of troops with a population of hundreds of thousands, it is entirely possible. Most of the immigrants are single adult males, who are naturally excellent soldiers. Coupled with the consistent recruiting ability of countries in the German region, This is not difficult for the East African Kingdom.
Henry Buckley: "In any case, the presence of the Germans in South Africa is a bad thing for us. If they are in the north, they will hinder our future expansion to the north."
"Your Majesty the Governor, should we stop the East African Kingdom?" the subordinate suggested.
Henry Buckley: "Stop it? How to stop it? Fight a war with the East African Kingdom?"
"It's not impossible."
"Huh, how stupid!" Henry Buckley yelled angrily: "What do you think the Germans relied on to quickly establish a foothold in Africa and expand to South Africa? It's force. Let me ask you, if our Cape Colony wants to destroy the Transvaal Republic, can we do it as easily as the Germans?"
This question stopped the subordinate.
Henry Buckley continued: "The Germans in the East African Kingdom must have many professional soldiers who retired from Prussia, otherwise they would not be able to form a regular army similar to Prussia. If we talk about the navy, our British world Invincible, then Prussia is now number one in the world in terms of army, and the East African Kingdom must also have many troops from Germany. The armies of retired soldiers from various countries should be completely imitated by the German regional armies in Africa.”
Even Henry Buckley suspected that all of this was secretly led by Prussia, which had unified Germany and became Germany. It has become a member of the club of the world's top powers, and as a world power, how could Germany not be tempted to own large colonies.
Henry Buckley continued to think about when the Germans in the East African Kingdom began colonizing Africa. Wasn't it after William I and Bismarck became the new leaders of the country!
“The Kingdom of East Africa did not appear out of thin air, and the time when it emerged as a colony coincided with the time when William I and Bismarck came to power...”
“Your Majesty the Governor! You mean to say that the Kingdom of East Africa Is it a chess piece laid by William I and Bismarck in Africa a few years ago?" "No. There is no such possibility! Think about it, what a talented politician like Bismarck is best at is planning in advance. Looking back now, every step of Prussia's unification of Germany was inseparable from Bismarck's advice, and Germany did not have colonies. existence, this does not match the current status of Germany, and the East African Kingdom is The establishment of the Hohenzollern family, are these all coincidences? If the East African Kingdom is really the pawn that Bismarck laid in Africa a few years ago, it would be terrible."
Henry. ·Buckley’s guess was recognized by his subordinates: “Your Majesty the Governor, I think so too. The cost of colonization is Very high, especially in colonies like East Africa that have established large-scale armies. If they want to maintain this kind of military scale, in addition to the existence of gold mines, they can only rely on big countries to support them. Currently, there is no big news in Africa. The existence of gold mines and the establishment of the East African Kingdom should be inseparable from Prussia.”
Henry Buckley: "It seems that William I and Bismarck were playing a big game. From the beginning of their coming to power, they had set the development course of Prussia and realized it step by step. The East African Kingdom was an important step in this big game. , Just imagine, if the East African Kingdom is really Prussia's substitute in Africa, plus the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then the entire Germany can spread from Europe to the African continent, and it is even possible to cut off the East-West trade channel."
After thinking about it carefully, Henry Buckley became uneasy: "We must contact London and let them test Germany. If the facts are as we just guessed, it would be terrible."
Henry Buckley no longer cares about the East African Kingdom. He believes that the East African Kingdom is just a chess piece in Bismarck's hands. If he wants to punch, he should punch Prussia, the chess player.
While Henry Buckley and his men were discussing the relationship between the East African Kingdom and Prussia, Johnson also crossed the Orange River and came all the way to Cape Town.
He wanted to bring the news of Grigualand being annexed by East Africa to the Governor as soon as possible. The annexation of Grigualand to Cape Town was one of Henry Buckley's major achievements since he served as Governor-General of South Africa.
Henry Buckley has always regarded the integration of South Africa and the integration of several Boer republics into the Cape Colony as an important goal of his tenure. The Grigualand Republic was the first step towards this goal. As a result, the Transvaal Republic is now gone. Grigualand, a country that has been swallowed up by Cape Town, has been hacked by the East African Kingdom.
Henry Buckley's mood can be imagined. Coupled with the ulterior relationship between the East African Kingdom and Prussia, Henry Buckley had reason to believe that this was a precursor to Germany's push to squeeze out the British Empire's power on the African continent.
More than ten days later, Johnson finally arrived in Cape Town. He described the situation of Griguaran to Henry Buckley, and Henry Buckley's face became darker.
Henry Buckley: "This is definitely a provocation to our British Empire. I will report it to London immediately and ask Prussia to give up this provocation, withdraw from Grigualand and other places, and at the same time compensate us for our losses. "
Henry Buckley was really angry this time. Griguaran was one of his political achievements, but he was destroyed by the German barbarians. When did the British Empire officials suffer this kind of thing? Wronged.
No matter how you say it, the Republic of Grigualand is still part of the Cape Colony, which is the territory of the British. Territory loss has never happened before in British history.
So Henry Buckley would never allow this kind of thing to happen in his own hands. However, given that the East African Kingdom has German support and strong military strength, this is not something that the Cape Town Colony can solve, so Henry Buckley intended to leave the matter directly to London.
(End of this chapter)