377 Uncrowned King
With Ade's mediation, Roque and Bilov were very face-saving, and the two took a step back, and the problem was quickly resolved.
As Ade said, Tanganyika finally agreed to hand over Louis Broad to Nyasaland for trial, and Roque also agreed with Tanganyika's explanation for the unnatural death of fishermen, of course, compensation is essential, the Usunbura Police Department gave 1,000 pounds in compensation, the Rhodesia Fisheries Company gave another 1,000, and the families of the fishermen who died in the accident were also satisfied.
Nyasaland's regulations are that if someone dies unexpectedly at work, then the employer has to pay compensation equivalent to about ten years' salary, and the salary paid by Rhodesia Aquatic Company to fishermen is about 100 pounds a year, 1,000 pounds of compensation, although it cannot completely alleviate the grief of the deceased's family, but it can also ensure that the deceased's family will not have difficulties in life for a long time.
No, Nyasaland also has a social security bureau, which will give a certain living allowance to poor families, but there are very few people in Nyasaland who claim it, and they really can't afford to lose this person.
On 15 February, the day of Bilov's departure from Nyasaland, the Tanganyika Marine Police handed over Louis Broad to the Nyasaland Marine Police in Usunbula, where he was soon sent to Little Rock and received a heroic welcome.
Roque personally went to the docks to greet Louis Broad, and the Little Rock military police almost rushed out of the nest, from the docks to the city hall three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, absolutely to ensure Louis Broad's safety.
The town hall with a capacity of 300 people is full of officials from Nyasaland, as well as senior leaders from various departments and enterprises, and Roque will definitely not miss this opportunity to educate these officials and senior leaders through Louis Broad, and after a period of time, Louis Broad will go to other cities in Nyasaland to make the same report, and all localities and departments should also fully raise safety awareness and educate everyone to be patriotic. The appearance of Obadiah.
Roque stopped listening, and when Louis Broad began his speech, Roque and Ade were resting in the break room at City Hall.
Ade finally decided to return to Southern Africa and run for the Prime Minister of the Federation of Southern Africa.
This position is not difficult for Ade, it is simply tailor-made for Ade, there are very few people who are qualified to compete with Ade, the current Transvaal and Orange Governor Earl Selborn is obsessed with returning to the British Admiralty, Cape Governor Walter Henry Hutchinson, whether in terms of ability and seniority, there is a clear gap compared with Ade, except for these two, others are basically not qualified to compete with Ade.
As for the current Cape Prime Minister, Dr. Starr Jameson, and the Transvaal Prime Minister Philip, their influence is limited to one place, and they are not qualified to compete with Ade at all.
So if you calculate carefully, the ones who are really likely to jump out and compete with Ade will be Louis Botha and Jan Smozi.
However, these two people have no chance now, another time and space, after Ade left Southern Africa, Louis Botha became the Prime Minister of the Transvaal and Orange, and with the gold of Johannesburg, Louis Botha successfully became the Prime Minister of the Federation of Southern Africa.
At this time, the gold of Johannesburg was firmly in the hands of Roque and Xiaosi, and the Chinese in the Transvaal completely replaced the position of the Boers, who had almost no room to live, and could only stay away from the Transvaal to Orange or Natal, or even the Cape.
In this way, the influence of Louis Botha and Jan Smuts is much smaller, and it is limited to Orange, and after the establishment of the Southern African Federation, I am afraid that few Boers will be able to enter the new government, and in Southern Africa for two pounds, the Boers will not have much say, and will be gradually assimilated by the British and Chinese in Southern Africa in the future.
This is what Roque wants to explain to Ade: "Many Boers are still stubborn, they refuse to accept everything from Britain except money, and the schools in Orange are still taught in Boer, which is very detrimental to the future integration of the Boers into southern Africa, and I personally propose that Boer be abolished as the official language of southern Africa in the future." ”
"What about Chinese?" Ade's question was sharp.
"Chinese is also not the official language of southern Africa, at this stage, there can only be one voice in southern Africa, an official language, the Chinese are not also working hard to learn English, even those 60 or 70-year-old Chinese now know what it means to be blocked and blocked, the key is whether they are willing to learn." Roque does not care about the present, but looks to the future, and when the second generation of Chinese in southern Africa grows up, there will naturally be more and more people using Chinese.
At that time, Chinese will not be able to replace English as the only official language in Southern Africa, but it will be the only official language.
That's enough.
Ade nodded silently, very satisfied with Roque's attitude, and at this point, Roque showed that he was indeed trying his best to protect the interests of the British government.
It can't be maintained or not, Roque himself is a baron of the United Kingdom, Nyasaland is a British territory, Roque has been firmly tied to the British government and has extensive common interests, as long as the British government does not interfere in Nyasaland, then Roque will definitely not betray Britain.
It's still important to stand on the right team, look at Austria-Hungary, which is now also one of the great powers, but it's a pity that in a few years it will be wiped out.
There are also the Russian Empire and the German Empire, which will be unlucky in a few years, France lost the Franco-Prussian War, and with its colonies all over the world, it can recover quickly, and neither Austria-Hungary nor the Russian Empire has overseas colonies, as long as they are defeated, they will collapse.
Germany is the same, don't look at Germany's overseas colonies now, they will all be under trusteeship after the end of World War I, once German Southwest Africa and Tanganyika were part of the Southern African Federation, but it is a pity that the Southern African Federation of another time and space died by itself, these regions became independent one after another, and then Africa became the ghost that it later looked like.
Roque will definitely not let this happen again in this time and space, the problem of Africans is actually very easy to solve, as long as he is not afraid of being scolded, Roque has countless ways to solve this problem.
Of course, this is a matter of the future, there is no need to talk to Ade in too much detail now, if Roque wants to become a towering tree like Ade, it will be at least twenty years later, and Ade should have taken a back seat by then, and Roque is still in the prime of life, just in time to come up in time.
"After the establishment of the Southern African Federation, we will be able to decide our own destiny, and now this fragmented situation will come to an end, and there will be no need to maintain a large number of servant armies in various places, and the experience of the Transvaal and Rhodesia is very good, and it is more effective to concentrate funds to build a strong force than to disperse the army to maintain a large number of servants." What Roque really cares about is military power, as long as he has military power in his hands, Roque is not afraid of anything.
"You position yourself as a soldier?" Ade looked at Roque with a little disappointment in his eyes, as a politician, Ade still did not fully understand the army.
This situation is also the norm in Europe, in fact, there are very few military people seeking to usurp the throne in Europe, it is still politicians who determine the political direction, most of the time soldiers are actually cannon fodder, and their social status is very low, that is, in Nyasaland, the status of soldiers is relatively high, and this is still a situation created by Roque.
In fact, income is the key factor in determining the nobility of the profession, and there is no need to raise the income of the military to the high-income class, even if it is only a middle class, the social status of the military will be greatly improved, and the military will become a group that everyone yearns for.
"There is nothing wrong with the military, if you want to maintain regional stability, you must have a strong army, if Nyasaland does not have a strong marine police force, Usunbura will not give in - the future, of course, the same is true, Europe has begun an arms race, for every dreadnought produced by the Germans, the Admiralty will produce two dreadnoughts, to maintain superiority over the German Navy, in a short time, three or five, or even a dozen dreadnoughts can be built, but what about in the long run? The development of the arms race in the end must be a war, all governments will not spend their military spending on the arms race endlessly, how much advantage the dreadnought has on the battlefield, always have to pull out the real sword and gun to fight to know, so although southern Africa has no opponents in Africa, but we must not abandon our martial arts, on the contrary, we should strengthen the reorganization of the army, this point has been discussed many times by Lord Favart. Roque didn't forget to say good things for Henry, although Henry is now messing around all day long, but Henry is still Roque's favorite partner.
The key is that Henry is not greedy for power and dares to hand over power to Roque, which is what Roque values most.
Roque's ideal model is that in the future of southern Africa, the military and police are still Roque and Henry's partner, and when the time comes, Roque will try his best to push Henry to the position of Minister of Defense, and then Roque can play his full role behind Henry's back.
This point is still variable, Ade does not recognize the role of the army, Louis Botha and Jan Smotz must know that another time and space, after the establishment of the Southern African Federation, Jan Smoltz served as the Minister of Justice at the same time, but also served as the Minister of Defense, this time and space is estimated that Jan Smotz will be unlucky, Roque not only wants the Minister of Defense, but also the Minister of Justice.
The core of the separation of powers is that the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of the state are held by different organs, which are exercised independently and have checks and balances on each other.
In the future of the Southern African Federation, the executive must be headed by Ade, legislation is the task of the parliament, and the judiciary is equally important.