Emily Hobhouse moved quickly, and shortly after returning to Cape Town, Emily Hobhouse submitted a 15-page report to the Cape colonial government exposing the "terrible" conditions in the Stellenbosch refugee camp.

In Emily Hobhouse's report, Roque was described as the tyrant of the refugee camp, the reason why the refugees lived so miserably was caused by Roque, Roque not only unscrupulously withheld the daily supplies of the refugees, but also forced the refugees to work for Roque, and even women were pregnant in the refugee camp, which is simply unacceptable, you must know that the refugee camp is full of women and children, then the father of the child -

There is no doubt that although Emily Hobhouse did not say who the father of the child was, anyone who has read Emily Hobhouse's report knows that Emily Hobhouse has taken aim at the police officers who run the camp.

After all, everyone knows that those refugees were not caused by Roque, and Emily Hobhouse should not have submitted the report to the Cape colonial government at the same time, but also to the German government, and as a result, the German government immediately began to hype Emily Hobhouse's report, and the Cape colonial government and Britain's reputation were seriously affected.

"The woman was crazy, she probably didn't think about the serious consequences of the Germans getting the report." As soon as Emily Hobhouse's report came out, Henry rushed to Oaktown to appease Roque, which was what Auguste Russell meant.

"Come on, Henry, I warned you to watch out for those two German priests." It is not surprising that Roque is well known that between Britain and the Boers, Germany must have leaned more towards the Boers.

"No one expected it – but Emily Hobhouse deserved it, and yesterday morning His Excellency the Governor declared Emily Hobhouse 'persona non grata' and immediately arrested Emily Hobhouse and sent back to England to await her and perhaps her trial." Henry gloated.

In fact, it is not enough, after a while, the British government will declare Emily Hobhouse an "enemy of the motherland", which translates to "British traitor", and the British government will arrest and deport Emily Hobhouse, which is the real deserved.

"But, Locke, I'm sorry—" Henry muttered.

"What?" Roark hasn't come to his senses yet.

"I mean Emily Hobhouse's report, which might have an impact on you." Henry was indeed sorry that the Cape colonial government could deport Emily Hobhouse, but the impact of Emily Hobhouse's report was unlikely to be erased.

"It's okay, you don't have to be sorry, I just did what I was supposed to do, no matter how Emily Hobhouse describes me, it's enough that I know what I'm doing." Roque thought that even if someone would be influenced by the Emily Hobhouse report and misunderstand Roque, then it would be limited to the UK itself, and in Cape, Emily Hobhouse's report would not affect Roque.

On the contrary, Roque would have benefited from Emily Hobhouse's report, at least in the Cape, and both the Cape colonial government and the Expeditionary Force Command should be grateful to Roque for his success in "attracting" firepower.

"I knew you were going to make the right choice, trust me Locke, it's not necessarily a bad thing." Henry put his mind at ease, such a Roque is what everyone wants to see.

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At the beginning of June, Ida delivered 150 military tents at once, as well as enough winter clothing, bedding, and some coal and firewood for heating.

All the refugees finally settled in military tents before the snow fell, and that night, Cape Town received its first snow of the 20th century, and the refugees were very grateful to Mrs. Capet, who would have died tragically on a winter night had it not been for Mrs. Cape's generous donation.

The sporadic light snow didn't affect the construction of Oaktown, and Christian hired more than 100 Zulus to rebuild Oaktown around Oak Square in four construction teams, according to Roque's plan.

Compared with when Roque first arrived in Oak Town, Oak Town is now a rebirth, around Oak Square, dozens of wooden buildings have been built, these wooden buildings belong to Chinese police, since Li De's family settled in Oak Town, Anton also brought his family to Oak Town, and they became the first permanent residents of Oak Town.

In order to let Li De and Anton's family live with peace of mind, Roque gave Li De and Anton 100 acres of vineyards each, and allowed Li De and Anton's family to go to Roque's winemaking workshop to learn the relevant techniques of winemaking.

By mid-June, more Chinese police officers had brought their families to Cape Town, and there were more than 500 Chinese in Oak Town, and the vineyards in Roque's hands were only the 150 acres that were originally purchased, and the nearly 1,600 acres of vineyards that were later purchased were transferred by Roque to Chinese police officers who wanted to settle down in Oak Town at the purchase price.

It's almost the same, around Oak Town, there are only less than 2,000 acres of vineyards, and now these vineyards are basically controlled by the Chinese police, more than 30 Chinese police officers choose to settle down in Oak Town, their homes are in the golden area around Oak Square, in addition to Oak Bar, in recent times, more than a dozen shops and restaurants have opened one after another, and Oak Town, which was about to be abandoned, is slowly recovering its vitality.

During this time, Emily Hobhouse's report continued to ferment.

The "tragic situation" of the refugees in the camps sparked sustained worldwide attention, and the image of the British Empire plummeted, and the opposition Liberal Party in Britain, led by the young Welsh nationalist Lloyd George, lashed out at the brutal policies of the Conservative Party and the Army.

In addition to military observers, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, France, and the United States sent observers to the Cape and donated large quantities of supplies to the camps.

In early July, under strong pressure from international and domestic public opinion, the British Parliament had to send a mission of inquiry to the Cape.

"Locke, be careful, don't worry about the domestic investigation team, you have to be careful of those German and Dutch observers, they will definitely find fault, don't let them grab the handle." Henry arrives in Oak Town early to alert Roque.

"Don't worry, they won't be able to get their hands on anything - do you remember what I told you when we first arrived in Oaktown?" Roque was confident.

"What?" Henry was confused, he had forgotten what Roque had said at the time.