Wilde really did not deliberately oppose the League of Nations, although the League of Nations could not provide much help to southern Africa, but southern Africa would not make enemies for no reason, especially the League of Nations, an international organization, which was not conducive to the international image of southern Africa.

Roque also hopes that southern Africa's international influence will steadily increase, but the League of Nations is a good tool, if used well.

On the day Stuart vanney left Walvis Bay, Roque received the relevant news, this is the benefit of convenient communication, in the era when the telegraph was not born, it took at least half a month for Walvis Bay and Pretoria to exchange messages, and the daylilies were cold.

"Isn't the League of Nations very tight on funds?" Roque is also good at grasping the main contradictions, and he can't do anything without money, and Roque knows it well.

"I am really nervous, I heard that Sir Drummond is fighting for a grant from London, otherwise the League of Nations would not even have the money to pay for next month's salary." Southern Africa was responsible for the League of Nations and the League of Nations was Sidney Milner, who had intended to appoint Sidney Milner as the Southern African representative to the League of Nations, but Sidney Milner did not agree.

Ade's resignation as prime minister has been decided, and before leaving office, Ade still wants to arrange Sidney Milner first, so he wants to arrange Sidney Milner to work in the League of Nations.

Working in the League of Nations did not have much real power, but it was a leisurely and prominent position, which was well suited to Sidney Milner's gilding.

Sidney Milner was reluctant to go to Switzerland and made it clear to Ade that he would rather work with Roque.

The years in Europe during the World War made a deep impression on Sidney Milner, and Roque was willing to take Sidney Milner in, and when Ade stepped down, Sidney Milner would return to work with Roque.

"These people are really begging for food with a golden rice bowl, and they deserve not to be paid." Roque is also speechless, what a good platform, he was ruined by these people.

"What do you mean?" Sidney Milner was confused, and he couldn't think of any way for the League of Nations to make money.

"How simple is it, if the League of Nations wants to protect the interests of its member states, shouldn't the member states bear the cost of running the League of Nations?" If Roque was the secretary general of the League of Nations, the first thing he would do was to ask member states for a fee.

Sidney Milner was thoughtful.

"Also, if the League of Nations wants to play its due role, it should maintain a certain level of armed force, and it is easy to find a protective umbrella to do this, but the key is the issue of funding." Luo Ke really doesn't think it's too difficult to make money, and it's not too easy to make money by using the 2.0 version of the League of Nations to collect money.

Sidney Milner suddenly realized, it makes sense, the great man taught us that power comes out of the barrel of a gun.

"The League of Nations itself is a golden signboard, and you can still make a difference if you make good use of it, but it's a pity that the League of Nations people - hehe." Roque didn't want to target anyone, he really couldn't see it.

Sidney Milner's alliance, the total loss, I pondered, and asked.

"But then again, it was originally a product of mutual compromise in the balance of interests, and it is unrealistic to expect the League of Nations to play too much of a role." Roque is not optimistic about the model of the League of Nations, and the current world has indeed not reached the stage of replacing war with negotiation.

The current world, it seems that with the signing of the "Treaty of Versailles" finally ushered in peace, in fact, as Foch said, the "Versailles Treaty" is only a twenty-year armistice agreement, the Germans are not willing to lose, the Japanese are not satisfied with the existing gains, the United States has almost nothing to gain in the Paris Peace Conference, and now it seems that the strategy is shrinking, and when it comes to its senses, it will definitely become worse, and there is southern Africa, which is far from the center of civilization-

Alas, it seems that southern Africa is the biggest destabilizing factor in the world.

"Let's be concerned about some practical issues, the League of Nations sent a telegram asking why we changed South West Africa and Tanganyika to Diaz and Victoria, and how should we reply?" Sidney Milner doesn't want to be ambitious, and solving problems is the right thing to do.

"What's there to reply to, we just changed it, what can we do!" Only Roque knew how happy he was when he said this.

Finally, I don't have to abstain at every turn.

Finally, I endured the humiliation and was still criticized by the whole world, and I had to work hard.

Finally, we can raise our eyebrows and point coldly at thousands of people with an imperialist attitude, and we don't have to bow our heads and be willing to be a cow for our children.

"I have to give some face, after all, it is a telegram signed by Sir Drummond himself." Even Sidney Milner, a pure Englishman, was not accustomed to Roque's domineering.

"Then send a telegram back to Sir Drummond in the name of the Marquis de Nyasaland, telling him that Southern Africa is doing this for the benefit of the British Empire." Roque can also hit people with big hats, and he is still very proficient.

Sidney Milner is really helpless, and his impression of Roque is really not like this.

Probably since the World War, Sidney Milner's eyes on Roque have changed.

In the past, although Roque was a little ugly in appearance, he still had some bottom lines in doing things more or less.

The current Roque, perhaps because of his contributions during the World War, is becoming more and more unscrupulous, and sometimes Winston doesn't give face, and he turns his face when he says it.

However, I have to say that Roque is indeed confident now.

It is not known what Sidney Milner said in his reply to Sir Drummond, but the League of Nations never sent another telegram to the Federal Government of Southern Africa for South West Africa and Tanganyika.

And what Roque didn't expect was that on February 14, Sir Drummond suddenly arrived in southern Africa and offered to meet Roque.

Don't think that the secretary general of the League of Nations is a lot of high power, in front of a feudal official like Luo Ke, the secretary general of the League of Nations really doesn't have much confidence.

"Want to see me? Yes, I don't have time to go to Pretoria. "Luo Ke really doesn't give face, the official level crushes people to death, and the same is true for the higher level.

"You can do it!" Sidney Milner had no choice but to truthfully reply to Sir Drummond's invitation.

Of course, the words must not be so strong, it is nothing more than that the Marquis of Nyasaland is busy with official duties and cannot get out, coupled with his physical illness and accumulated fatigue.

Sir Drummond really wanted to see Roque, and not only did he not care, but he actually took a direct flight from Pretoria to Los Angeles on Nyasaland Airlines.

So after meeting Roque, the conversation between Sir Drummond and Roque began with the flight.

"Airplanes are really a revolutionary progress for transportation, the distance between Pretoria and Los Angeles is 1,500 kilometers, and it used to take at least two days and two nights by train, but now it only takes six hours, which is not only a technological progress, it is equivalent to extending our lives in disguise, and countries around the world should vigorously promote the aviation industry, and strive to make airplanes replace trains and become the main mode of transportation between cities." Sir Drummond also did not eat minced meat, and air tickets were very expensive compared to train tickets.

"It can't be said that the plane is really convenient, but the train is also good, at least you can enjoy the scenery along the way, which is the most important part of travel." Roque is not overly flattering, nor is it too disparaging, and the plane is certainly good, but not everyone can afford to sit on it.

"Lord Nyasaland, I now finally understand why Nyasaland has developed so well, you have a pragmatism that no one else can match." Sir Drummond was full of praise, and Roque himself was embarrassed.

"I've read your advice to the League of Nations, and I've been very inspired, but I still have some questions that I haven't figured out, so I'm going to Nyasaland to ask you in person—" Sir Drummond finally got down to business, Roque was really busy with his work, and by the time Sir Drummond met Roque, Roque's secretary had already come and asked Roque to sign it three times.

Unbeknownst to Lord Drummond, the three signatories were an additional investment in the East India Company, approval of a deal with Prince Said, and an agreement to the acquisition of the Porto Company.

Additional investment in the East India Company was made to develop phosphate on the island of Pleasure Island.

Before the World War, Pleasure Island was a German colony, and at the end of the last century, rich phosphate resources were found on the island.

The phosphate on Happy Island is actually guano, because there are many birds on the island, the phosphate reserves are very rich, the mineral belt is up to ten meters thick, 3/5 of the whole island is covered by phosphate, and there is only a narrow flat strip along the coast.

After the outbreak of World War, the East Indies invaded Pleasure Island and worked with British companies on the island to develop phosphate.

The British company probably felt that the East India Company was developing too fast and increased the exploitation of phosphate.

The East India Company will certainly not sit idly by and wait for its interests to suffer, and at the same time it has applied for additional investment to increase the exploitation of phosphate.

The deal with Prince Said can't be written, and if it is written, it will be 404.

As for the Porto company, it is the largest plantation enterprise in Portuguese West Africa, with more than 700,000 hectares of plantations.

The arable land area in Portuguese West Africa is about 35 million hectares, but it is now seriously underdeveloped, with about 3.2 million hectares already being developed.

A long time ago, Roque coveted Portuguese West Africa, and the colonial government of Portuguese West Africa also knew Roque's wolf ambitions, and blindly backed down in the face of Roque's step-by-step pressing, so that Roque could not find a reason to attack, so that Portuguese West Africa was able to survive until now.

Now that Roque finally has a chance, the Porto company is on the verge of bankruptcy due to poor management, and sells plantations and farms in Portuguese West Africa at a low price, and Roque will certainly not let go of this opportunity.

Of course, it will not be easy for Roque to buy Porto, and Roque is not the only one who is optimistic about Portuguese West Africa.

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