Chapter 1069 German Discussion
Among the countries in the early 20th century, although East Africa was one of the few countries with a population of over 100 million, the population size of East Africa was not enough to make other countries feel scared. After all, there were many countries in Europe. The country's population exceeds 10 million, and there is also a top power like Russia with a population of more than 150 million.
Russia’s population has long been the largest in Europe, but this does not mean that Russia’s huge population can scare other countries. After all, industry, defense industry, economic capacity, and social stability must also be considered. , mobilization capacity and other factors, if only population was used as the basis for national strength, other European countries would have surrendered long ago.
Although the news that the population of East Africa has exceeded 100 million is shocking, it is not unacceptable. In 1910, the population of the United States was close to 100 million. The gap with East Africa was not large, and the industrial strength and economic level of the United States were It is much stronger than East Africa, so instead of worrying about East Africa, it is better to worry about the United States. No matter how you look at it, the United States is stronger than East Africa.
At the same time, the exaggerated population data of East Africa is completely justified. As a country of immigrants, most of the population of East Africa comes from the Far Eastern Empire, which can also explain the abnormal situation of the East African population to a certain extent.
The Far Eastern Empire has long been the most populous country in the world. Any loss of population every year can be compared to the population of a small or medium-sized country. East Africa has long taken over the surplus population of the Far Eastern Empire, so it is not surprising that the population of East Africa can grow at such a rapid rate. It feels unexpected.
We also need to consider the factors of the German region in Europe. The economy of the German region has only been completely reversed in recent years. It has been the world's major population outflow area before. Therefore, with the support of the German region and the Far Eastern Empire, East Africa has Becoming the fourth most populous country in the world is completely a thing of the past.
In fact, this is also true. Ernst has always regarded population as wealth, especially for pre-colonial Africa. Without sufficient population, the development of African land would be unimaginably difficult, so East Africa introduced a large number of immigrants. It was an inevitable move for the Rhine royal family to explore Africa.
The success of East Africa has also provided experience to countries such as the Kingdom of South Germany and Belgium. Before this, almost no country would introduce a large number of immigrants from the Far Eastern Empire.
Although there are a large number of Chinese workers in the United States, especially railroad workers, they only number in the tens of thousands in total, and after the Chinese Exclusion Act and the economic crisis, there are hardly many left.
In fact, Americans look down on East Asians from the bottom of their hearts. This is not just for the Far Eastern Empire. Japan and other East Asian populations are no exception. For example, the U.S. government and the Japanese government signed an agreement a few years ago. Through the exchange of interests between the two countries, Japan The government restricts its own population from entering the United States.
In sharp contrast, Brazil does not have many obstacles to Japanese immigrants. This makes Japanese immigrants one of the important ethnic groups in Brazil in the future. This also reflects that Brazilian society is more tolerant than the United States. It is also worthy of the title of Brazil's "racial melting pot". Even the attitude of the Brazilian government towards black people is considered "friendly".
Of course, Ernst did not comment too much on Brazil's approach. Anyway, Ernst's attitude towards the Japanese was still based on "conspiracy theories" because Japan had done too many dirty things in its previous life. This is completely in line with the Japanese national character.
As for why Brazil did not encounter special circumstances in the previous life, in Ernst’s opinion, it was not that the Japanese government did not have such an idea, but because of the defeat that the Japanese government could not implement even if it had ideas. In the late 20th century, This is especially true as Japan's population begins to decline.
Furthermore, the Japanese immigrants in Brazil who have escaped the control of the Japanese government are probably not willing to become the minions of the Japanese government. After all, their lives in Brazil are still very nourishing. The degree of involution of East Asians has always been the highest, which makes Japanese immigrants can easily gain an advantage in competing in Brazil, a relatively fair society.
It is even very possible for a Japanese immigrant to become the president of Brazil, which is obviously unlikely to happen in countries such as the United States.
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While the East African government is collecting data for the Second Five-Year Plan, the German government is having a heated discussion on the population issue in East Africa.
“The population of East Africa is almost over 110 million, almost twice that of our country, and most of the population in East Africa are of German descent. If East Africa can be brought into our camp, it will be very important for Germany to seize world power. "It's extremely beneficial." Any country with a population of over 100 million is worth wooing, or has value, even if the situation in India was so bad in the previous life.
After the East African population data was released, it naturally aroused the interest of many people within the German government. If East Africa could be tied to the German tank, the German government would even dare to challenge the entire Europe.
“Are you sure the authenticity of this news?” William II did not express an opinion because he was skeptical about the data released by East Africa. Population growth on the scale of East Africa is too exaggerated.
Imperial Prime Minister Bateman said: "The East African government should not lie about this kind of thing, and through our economic cooperation with East Africa over the years, we can also see that the East African population data is authentic, such as agricultural products , industrial products, minerals and other bulk commodity trade are all corresponding.”
“Our previous prediction of East Africa’s population was probably more than 50 million, but this prediction is obviously an underestimate. This also explains the rapid increase in trade volume in East Africa in recent years, which is obviously impossible without a huge population base."
William II nodded and said: "Yes! No one would have thought that East Africa is so hidden. Shen, it seems that they have never released official population data before, but this is also good news for us, and we underestimated the market potential of East Africa, which caused us to suffer a lot.”
With a population of more than 100 million, it can definitely be called a supermarket in the world at this time, and because it has been dealing with East Africa all year round, in Germany’s perception of East Africa’s consumption power, East Africa is not one of those poor countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, at least Even ordinary people in East Africa are much richer than India.
When India is so poor, it can support the British hegemony through its huge size. If Germany can dominate East Africa, it will be no worse than India. Not to mention other things, the size of East Africa alone is not India can compare.
Bateman sighed: "We missed the best opportunity to intervene in East Africa. If we push the time forward twenty or thirty years, we can discover the potential of East Africa and we will not be so passive, especially Before the South African War, it turns out that we have always underestimated East Africa."
William II also said sourly: "If Germany could change its development strategy in advance and actively colonize Africa, then the whole of Central Africa and Africa today. South Africa is all ours!”
As a staunch colonialist, William II’s pursuit of maritime power was the highest among Prussian monarchs in history.
Of course, what he enjoys is not realistic. After all, if Prussia did not focus on Europe in the early days, Germany would not be able to unify. Germany would become a second-rate country at best, and would still be suppressed by Britain, France and even Austria-Hungary. And the second-rate The country wants to compete with other countries for overseas colonies, which can only be leftovers that the great powers look down upon.
The most typical ones are Belgium and the Netherlands. To put it bluntly, if Britain, France and other countries were interested in their colonies, they would have no choice but to give in. Now that their colonies can be retained, it is very difficult for them to do so. The main reason is that the colonies they control "do not" have much value, or the great powers do not want to take action out of balance.
Just like the Belgian colonies, if East Africa did not exist, France would probably not be able to let Belgium occupy this place. Not only the colonies, but also Germany and the United Kingdom would not exist. France would even swallow up Belgium itself.
So if Germany cannot be unified and integrated in the early stage, it will just be a chess piece in the hands of Britain, France, Austria and Russia, and it is impossible to develop to the point where it is today.
(End of this chapter)