Ordinary people always want officials to be pure and immaculate, in fact, this is simply impossible, the requirements for immaculate are too high, work ability, work attitude, moral standards, and constraints on relatives are included, no one can do everything, Roque himself is not no problem, if you really want to pick bones in the egg, the problem is also a lot.

Kelsen's problem, in fact, is not a big problem strictly speaking, a few pens and a few bottles of wine are not worth mentioning compared to a federal justice, but to pick a bone in the egg, this is the last straw that crushes the camel, to put it bluntly, it is also a crime that wants to be added.

"Find out, the reason why we want to investigate Kelsen is not because of these things, but because there is a problem with his sentencing standards, according to the law of southern Africa, how should attempted murder plus subversion of the state be sentenced, do you, the Minister of Justice, know?" Roque didn't think anything was out of the ordinary, and Kelsen was to blame, similar to the grandiose speech leaders of the future.

"How should the sentence be sent?" Henry, the attorney general, really didn't know what to do for attempted murder.

"Motive, the criterion for sentencing is motive, not result, attempted murder is also murder, especially this act of throwing bombs in public, you and Kelsen both made the same mistake and were not aware of the possible consequences and repercussions of such an act-" Roque was heartbroken, and the attorney general did not understand the law, and it was really ridiculous.

However, this is understandable, and it should not be forgotten that it was only 1911, and Winston went to work for the Admiralty at the beginning of this year as the Admiralty Minister, and before that, Winston also had no experience working in the Admiralty.

Speaking of Winston's Minister of the Navy, Southern Africa has also benefited a lot.

On his first day in office, Winston placed an order for Edward's shipyard to order fifteen destroyers and cruisers at once, with a total contract value of £1.7 million.

In the past, this kind of order was undertaken by shipyards in the UK, and shipyards outside the country didn't have to think about it, if these fifteen warships were ordered in the local shipyard, the total amount would be close to 2.1 million pounds, and the Edward shipyard would only need 1.7 million, so the layman actually has the benefits of the layman, at least he will not follow the rules and have the courage to break the unspoken rules.

In southern Africa, it is also common for a layman to lead an insider, Henry is not bad, after all, Henry himself is from the judiciary, although he is not skilled in business, he is also an insider, Louis Botha is a wonder, a soldier who served as the minister of agriculture, and it is estimated that he does not even know the most suitable crops for farming in southern Africa.

"Okay, okay, you have a point, I agree-" Henry didn't argue with Roque, and Kelsen did it himself, because he didn't affect the relationship between Henry and Roque yet.

"You talk to him first, see what he says, and if he insists—" Roque still gave Kelsen a chance, and there were only ten justices in Southern Africa.

It used to be nine, but since Lorenzo Marques became the tenth state in southern Africa, the number of justices in southern Africa has risen to ten, and it is still one in one state.

In the past few years that Roque has been the Minister of Justice, I don't know how many officials have been investigated, and this situation like Kelsen is still rare, although it is a little problematic, but it is not a big problem, which is still relatively rare among officials, if there are no other problems, Kelsen can be called a model of integrity.

"Okay, I'll talk to Kelsen." Henry also wants to give Kelsen a chance, and if Kelsen is taken down, it will be a big scandal for the Ministry of Justice.

Just a few days after Roque's assassination, the situation in the Congo Free State was deteriorating dramatically.

The Xuanwu went to Bukavu again the next day, but unfortunately Bukavu had been breached, Liede Bobby died in battle, Charles David committed suicide, and more than 700 people were killed in the entire Bukavu, and the news came out, and the whole of Africa was shocked, and southern Africa was okay, and did not look at Africans in southern Africa differently because of the African riots in the Congo Free State, and the officials in South-West Africa and Tanganyika are said to have begun to systematically "reduce" Africans in their territory.

The Belgian reaction was even more violent, and on 21 January, mercenaries from the Haut-Katanga Mining Complex staged a series of massacres in Busuanga, killing more than 15,000 Teteralas.

Since 1911, newspapers in southern Africa have continuously published reports of rebellion in the Congo Free State, which have caused great repercussions in southern Africa, especially in Nyasaland and Rhodesia, which border the Congo Free State.

Ade also noticed the Times report, and went out of his way to call Roque over to inquire.

"Fifteen thousand people may seem unbelievable to us, but it's normal in the Congo Free State, where Leopold II ruled for twenty years, and the population of the Congo Free State is estimated to be between 10 million and 15 million people." Roque was not surprised at all, and his mustache paled in comparison to Leopold II.

"Oh God—" Ade couldn't accept that there were no more than 10 million people in southern Africa until now.

In 1910, the total population of Southern Africa had just reached 9 million, more than half of whom were Africans.

Of the remaining half, the Chinese population is close to 2.5 million, and the rest are white.

This time, there is no longer a distinction between British and Boer ethnic groups, and there is no such thing as "Chinese" in the official data, and for the first time, "Afrikaners" are used to describe them.

Only a handful of people know that the Chinese population in southern Africa has outnumbered the white population combined.

Although more and more people are aware of this, when this is actually reflected in the data, it still overwhelms many people.

Fortunately, the Chinese have always behaved moderately, and they are concentrated in a few states such as Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Transvaal, and Bechuana, and the overall advantage of the Chinese is not obvious in several regions such as Cape and Natal.

If Africans are removed, the total population of southern Africa is still less than five million, which is the biggest problem in southern Africa, and it is precisely for this reason that Ade once again postponed the timetable for canceling immigration preferences, in 1911, new immigrants in southern Africa can still enjoy the relevant immigration policy, this should also be the last year, and next year, even if Ade still wants to implement, there is no excess land available for distribution in southern Africa.

Therefore, it is still necessary to expand externally.

"Countries like Belgium and Portugal are like nouveau riche who buy lottery tickets and get rich, they don't know how to manage their wealth at all, and the colonies are their tools to make money, and they don't think about long-term business, they just want to make a fortune and leave, so it's not surprising." Roque was aloof, disliking neither Portugal and Belgium, nor sympathetic to the Africans in Portuguese West Africa and the Congo Free State.

There is something hateful about the wretched, and this is particularly evident in Africa.

When the Congo Free State was established, there were 25 million Africans in the territory, and by the time Leopold II transferred the administration of the Congo Free State to the Belgian government, the population of the Congo Free State was less than 10 million, and the population of the Congo Free State must have been more than 15 million in the past 20 years, taking into account the natural increase in population.

Fifteen million of them reflect the cowardice of Africans in the Congo Free State, but even the slightest sense of resistance would have prevented Leopold II's colonial rule for twenty years.

To put it mildly, if Leopold II's colonial rule had lasted for another twenty years, it would have been difficult to say whether there would be Africans in the Congo Free State, and then the Congo Free State would have really become the Belgian Congo Free State, just like the United States is now.

"Locke, find a way to do something, whether it's white people killing Africans, or Africans taking revenge on white people, it shouldn't show up." Ade is still compassionate, the period when he was in charge of southern Africa, relatively speaking, is also the period when white and Africans in southern Africa get along most harmoniously, and in the past, southern Africa was also full of wars and chaos at every turn.

"Sir, we can't do anything unless we take the initiative to send troops." Roque also wanted to do something, but unfortunately he couldn't, and the Belgians were more resistant to southern Africa than to Africans.

"I'm going to have a good talk with Joseph, and at least we need to open our borders and accept white people from the Congo Free State to take refuge in southern Africa." Ade is not discouraged, there is a way not to send troops, and Roque's behavior many times seems to be too utilitarian to Ade.

"What do you mean?" Ade took the initiative to ask Roque.

"Of course, I have no opinion, Nyasaland has opened its borders and has volunteered to send marine police units to help Belgians in the Congo Free State evacuate to Nyasaland." Roque's previous arrangement finally came in handy, and sure enough, a good person has a good reward.

"Nyasaland sent a marine police unit to assist the Belgians?" Ade was skeptical, and Roque dispatched the Marine Police Force, and Ade was not surprised at all, but the Marine Police Force was dispatched to help the Belgians evacuate, and Ade really didn't believe it.

"Yes, there are now about 1,000 Belgians in Nyasaland, and they are all well taken care of by the Nyasaland government, but unfortunately the Nyasaland Marine Police is not strong enough to assist more Belgians in evacuating—" Roque is breezy and light, and such a "trivial" thing is indeed nothing to be proud of.

"Keep moving, whatever the future of the Congo Free State is, we will help as much as we can,——," said Ade, looking at Roque with anticipation: "Southern Africa needs to contribute more if it takes more responsibility. ”

This is indeed a fact, and with great power comes great responsibility.

(End of chapter)