Chapter 642 Sanctions and Admission
The Chinese Exclusion Act not only affects the Far Eastern Empire, but actually when the news is spread back to Europe, it will also affect East Africa. East Africa itself has half of the Chinese immigrants, and a large number of Chinese immigrants in Europe Some of the migrant workers and students studying abroad are of Chinese descent.
Because the U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act stipulates that it applies to all Chinese, including Chinese who have obtained third-country nationality, so the United States automatically classifies Chinese immigrants who have obtained East African nationality as "Chinese", so this matter From the beginning, East Africa was not immune to the situation.
Ernst, who was visiting Germany, looked ugly because Ernst did not understand the specific content of the Chinese Exclusion Act. He had only heard of it in his previous life until restrictions were placed on Chinese workers in the United States from East Africa. Only then did Ernst realize that "this American knife wants to chop off the head of East Africa." Isn't this the 19th century version of long-arm jurisdiction?
If East Africa does not respond, it will clearly be a slander to the East African people. East Africa has some patience with Britain, the world hegemon, but it has no "respect" for the United States.
"Let our media publish the detailed facts of this situation, prevent rumors from spreading in Europe, and at the same time let Europeans see more clearly the true face of these descendants of nouveau riche, thieves, and robbers." Ernst said in Germany Thomas (Tom), the person in charge, said after being called.
This kind of thing actually has nothing to do with Europe, but the center of world public opinion is in Europe, so we must not let the bad nature of the US Chinese Exclusion Act be transmitted to Europe.
Although the United States is the nouveau riche in the eyes of Europeans, it is still white after all, so its attitude towards the Chinese will naturally be biased towards the United States.
“Not only that, publish the human rights level of the United States to public opinion in Europe. Then I will see how many countries will help Americans speak up.”
The human rights level of the United States is nothing more than the English. Jews, French... Germans, Slavs, Italians, blacks, Indians, Chinese, in this order, the ellipses are the bottom, so people in the German, Italian, and Slavic areas don't just think about it. lively.
It depends on who the target is. If it is Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and Russia, then the remaining small European countries will have to endure it. Who is the United States?
So Ernst plans to coerce local public opinion and elevate the issue of Chinese exclusion in the United States to an issue of racial and ethnic discrimination in the United States. After building momentum in Central and Eastern Europe, it will definitely be enough for Americans to drink.
And these places also have a characteristic, that is, they are important trading areas in East Africa, and they are also areas controlled by public opinion of the Hechingen Consortium.
Taking advantage of the economic crisis and depression of the previous decade, the Hechingen Consortium in Europe also began to transition from industry to financial capital, holding a large number of newspapers in Central and Eastern Europe.
Before the economic crisis, the Hechingen Consortium withdrew its funds, and later transferred part of its production capacity to East Africa. After all, many European companies went bankrupt at that time, and machines were sold in batches at low prices. East Africa paid a shipping fee, and it was Factories can be assembled in Africa.
At the same time, the Hechingen Consortium can also put a lot of energy into the financial industry. The advantage of this is that the Hechingen Consortium is developing in the direction of international investment, and it is more difficult for the local government to control it.
If all the hands are industrial, it will be easily harvested by governments of various countries. Therefore, the Jewish routine is worth learning from the Hechingen Consortium. As for the hard work of developing industry, it is better to come from East Africa.
Thomas: "Your Highness, I remember that we left a lot of film evidence in the United States around 1870. Are these photos of Chinese workers also published?"
What Thomas is talking about is Enns. Ernst sent special personnel to collect photos of the lives and work of Chinese railway workers in the United States at that time, and Ernst has always retained this habit of retaining incriminating evidence.
“Then let’s send it out together! Dogs can’t change their habits. Don’t Americans claim to be free and equal? Let’s see how they argue.”
"We also question the Far Eastern Empire government and ask them to respond to the US Chinese Exclusion Act. They cannot pretend to be dead on this matter. The United States cannot afford it. Don't think that we in East Africa are easy to mess with. At the same time, in the name of the Pacific Fleet, stationed in Jiaozhou Bay , to express our dissatisfaction. "The Pacific Fleet only has five gunboats in total, but its symbolic significance is greater. The economic exchanges between East Africa and the Far Eastern Empire have become larger and larger in recent years, especially the largest Huaihai Economic Zone.
Although the Huaihai Economic Zone is controlled by the Far East Empire, East Africa has maintained a large number of interest spokesmen in the local area through economic means, mainly local bureaucrats and businessmen, relying on East Africa as the leader The trade between East Germany and the United States depends on trade, not the trade between the United States and East Germany.
In addition, local public opinion was also controlled by East Africa. The Qing government did not pay attention to private opinion, so East Africa and Western countries filled this gap.
In this way, East Africa can mobilize the official power and public opinion of the Far East in the Huaihai Economic Zone and force the Far East Imperial Government to respond to this anti-Chinese movement in the United States.
In fact, after the Westernization Movement, the Far Eastern Empire's national strength has rebounded, especially the military industry, and several naval forces have been greatly developed. The Pacific Ocean is not so easy to cross in this era, so as long as the Far Eastern Empire government has a slightly tougher attitude, the United States The government will never step on the nose and face it.
Because U.S. trade relies heavily on the Far Eastern market, if the trade between the United States and the Far Eastern Empire is setback due to the exclusion of China from the Far East, then people all over the world will be happy to see the result.
East Africa is moving quickly. First of all, East Africa has imposed similar sanctions on Americans in East Africa. There are already nine open ports along the East African coast. These open ports are indispensable for the presence of American businessmen who value commercial trade.
At the same time, the mouthpieces of the Hechingen Consortium in Central and Eastern Europe began to announce the tragic experiences of Chinese railroad workers in the United States to the European society. The "heroic deeds" of Americans being "ungrateful" and "burning bridges across rivers" were widely circulated. It received a positive response in Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Tsarist Russia.
The image was not good to begin with. Now that East Africa is sowing discord, the international influence of the United States has plummeted. Especially the national media in Italy have used the banner of "false equality" in the United States and demanded that the U.S. government treat Italian personnel in the United States equally. .
In July, Richard, the East African ambassador to the Far Eastern Empire, met with the central government of the Far Eastern Empire. At the same time, some officials from the four provinces in the Huaihai Economic Zone also wrote to the court, demanding that national traitors be punished.
As for who is the national traitor, it is naturally the official who asked to quell the "American anti-Chinese incident". With this big label removed, and with the pressure from the Germans, the Far Eastern Empire government had to issue a slightly tougher response. The United States made a counter-statement, and with the support of East Africa, the Far Eastern Empire directly imposed economic sanctions on the American "California".
The vanguard of the Chinese Exclusion Act was directly beaten to death. Other states in the United States, especially the West Coast region, for the sake of their own interests, revoked the "relevant laws" overnight and passed the responsibility to California.
At the same time, under the exaggeration of the East African background media, a wave of "boycott American goods" was launched within the Far East Imperial Government, especially in the Huaihai Economic Zone and the Zhuhai Trade Zone.
Under the double blow of international public opinion and economic interests, the U.S. government had to amend the "Chinese Exclusion Act" in August. It was to amend, not to abolish.
In particular, the item "Chinese with third-party nationality" was abolished in an attempt to calm the impact, but they did not want to admit their mistakes.
However, the demands of East Africa have been resolved at this point, and they are no longer fighting to death against the United States. As for the attitude of the Far Eastern Empire government, it has nothing to do with East Africa.
But Britain is very comfortable in this farce, especially when East Africa and the United States are at loggerheads. As for the Far Eastern Empire’s tough attitude toward the United States, Britain supports it because Britain is the country with the greatest interests in the Far Eastern Empire. , the market lost by the Americans naturally returned to the hands of the British.
(End of this chapter)