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In mid-April, Roque finally returned to Johannesburg.
With less than four months to go before Johannesburg's general election, Roque's return could not have come at a better time.
Phyllis is finally pregnant, and the first thing Rock and Phyllis do when they return to Johannesburg is to go to Philip's house for dinner.
Philip and Owen should have known about Arthur's existence, but they didn't even mention it, but Henry was a little angry at Roque.
Roque knew that he was wrong, so he didn't play tricks on Henry, and after eating, he invited Henry and Owen to drink together.
Henry and Owen still gave face, and the three of them did not bring their entourage, and wandered to Russell's Bar next to the police station.
After half a year, the business of Russell's Bar is booming, the Crocodile Bay Hydropower Station is now finally able to provide more electricity to Johannesburg, and Russell's Cafe is now using electric lights, but the voltage of the electric lights is not stable enough, and the lights are a bit dazzling, which is very suitable for use in taverns.
Russell's Bar is now learning from the Oak Bar, which also has a band, and on a small stage, a handsome girl is dancing around a pole, and the drunks are cheering around the small stage, whistling and applauding.
Roque: They didn't join in the fun on the first floor, they went directly to the second floor, lying on the railing, and one of them asked for a bottle of beer to drink slowly.
"Don't talk to me, I want to beat you up right now." How does Henry think that Roque is not pleasing to the eye, if the others are better, Ada, this is a hurdle that Henry can never get around.
Once Ida was at least the dream lover in the hearts of most Cape Town men, and Henry was of course no exception, originally Henry had no other emotions except for a little envy of Roque and Ada, but now with the crystallization of love, Henry really couldn't bear it.
This kind of thing is not easy for Roque to defend, so he simply pretends not to hear.
Owen has no special feelings for Ida, and he opened his mouth to the general election in four months: "Henry and Kevin have formed a national party in imitation of China, and some Johannesburg British and Boers are ready to participate in the general election in four months, and now there are people in Johannesburg who are questioning the right to vote of Chinese Americans, and the Election Commission has held two meetings for this, but there is no agreement." ”
This matter is a bit serious, and Roque came back for this matter, otherwise Roque wouldn't want to come back.
The Henry that Owen said is Henry Alsop, the "Fat Pig of the Alsop Family" in Phyllis's mouth, and Kevin is Kevin Trevecon, Lacey's ex-fiancé, and the political party formed by these two people is actually inappropriate to call it the "National Party", it should be called the Alliance of the Lovelorn Front - referred to as the lost contact.
The suffrage of ethnic Chinese is a topic of great concern to the whole society, if the Chinese have the right to vote, then there is basically no need to vote in the general election, which party the Chinese are inclined to, which party will definitely win, so the National Party will aim at the suffrage of the Chinese as soon as it comes up, if there is no Chinese participation, then the National Party may not have no chance.
It's just a possibility, and in fact, even if the Chinese don't have the right to vote, the National Party has a very small chance of winning.
"Who's in favor? Who is against? "Roque is domineering, during this time in Nyasaland, no matter what it is, Roque can make a decision, without the constraints of Philip and Ade, Roque is really happy.
This is Roque, although the problem has not been solved yet, but I am afraid that even Owen has not found out, knowing that after Roque returned to Johannesburg, Owen himself is no longer worried about this problem.
That's really not a problem for Roque.
"Almost all the members of the election committee are in favor of giving equal suffrage to Chinese Americans, only Henry and Kevin are not in favor, oh yes, and Harry Spencer, who is more ambiguous and doesn't object, but he doesn't directly approve of it." Owen seems to have been under a lot of pressure during this time, Roque and Henry's beer have not been drunk yet, and Owen has already drained a bottle.
Roque held up the bottle and gestured to Henry.
Reluctantly, Henry touched the bottle with Roque, and then drank it down.
"Don't worry about Harry Spencer, he's a law enforcer, and it's right not to say it directly, and I guarantee that all the votes in the police department are ours." Roque has a big deal, don't look at Roque leaving the police station for so long, but whoever thinks that Roque has lost influence on the police department is wrong.
Although it has been half a year since Harry Spencer took over the Johannesburg Police Department, Harry Spencer is very aware of the proportions, and has not made any adjustments to the Johannesburg Police Department until now, and everything is still exactly the same as when Roque left the police department.
"Don't worry Owen, since this guy is back, let's leave the matter to this guy, that's what I used to do, so I'm Lord Favart now." Henry was ashamed to say that this was a good use of Roque as a coolie.
"Ha, then I really want to congratulate you." Owen was not angry with Henry, and gave all the questions to Roque, what did he want him to do as the chairman of the party.
"I am only responsible for solving Henry and Kevin, I don't care about other things, the right to vote for Chinese Americans must be obtained, which is not only related to Johannesburg, but also related to the Transvaal and the South African Federation in the future." Roque thought ahead, originally Roque thought that it would be easier to solve the Boers, but now it seems that the-stirring character of the British is really annoying.
Roque's attitude towards Orange is very clear, even if Roque fights, he will not have much chance of winning in Orange, at most a few more seats in Orange's parliament, which will not have a substantial impact on Orange.
Therefore, the Transvaal is the basic plate, and only by guaranteeing the suffrage of the Chinese can the British ensure the dominance of the British in the Transvaal, which is well known to everyone.
As for the two bastards, Henry and Kevin, Roque suspects that they did not set up the "National Party" to fight for political participation at all, but purely to disgust Roque -
No, it has little to do with Roque, in any case, the current Roque is not in front of the stage, so the "National Party" is to disgust the Matilda family.
It seems right to say that, Roque is now also a member of the Matilda family.
"The Federation of South Africa - we are only a pilot now, even if the Transvaal implements a democratic representative system in the future, is it too early to say that the Federation of South Africa is now?" Owen shook his head and smiled bitterly, Roque was indeed too aggressive, at least that's how Owen understood.
"Owen, you don't know how good it feels to be free." Roque has enjoyed full freedom in Nyasaland during this time, and it is simply refreshing to feel free without London dictating his head!
This does not mean that London's officials are stupid, they have their own interests in making any decisions, and many of their decisions are correct from London's standpoint.
But for southern Africa, London's decision is a bit unrealistic, at least it cannot solve the real problems of southern Africa in a timely manner, and the contradictions between the two are often irreconcilable in a constitutional monarchy like the United Kingdom, where southern Africa is the local government and London is the central government.
"Of course you are cool, the Belgians were beaten to the ground by you, the king's envoy has not yet arrived in Cape Town, the Belgians have already sued for peace, but the king's envoy has just disembarked in Cape Town, turned around and got on the ship back to London, is your limelight too much? Be careful. Henry kindly reminded that the better Nyasaland performs, the more constrained Roque will be in the future.
"Ha, I don't even know about this." Roque is not worried about this issue now, a strong Nyasaland is more in line with British interests in Africa, as for whether the British government will worry about the Nyasaland tail -
This does not seem to be controversial.
Even if Nyasaland is strong, it is limited for Britain, the northern division of Rhodesia is still nominally more than 1,000 people, even if the new first cavalry division is not more than 2,000, Nyasaland does not even have a navy, so even if there is an outlet to the sea, the British government can block it at any time, so the British government should not worry that Nyasaland's strength is too strong, and the British government still expects Roque to complete the "Two Cs Plan", if Roque does not have any strength at hand, why should he rely on the "Two Cs Plan"?
Taking 10,000 steps back, even if there is a trend in Nyasaland, the British government is not worried.
Roque knew that it was more beneficial for Nyasaland to stay in the British Commonwealth, and the British government knew that the current situation was that autonomy in southern Africa was inevitable, so according to the consistent virtue of the British government, it should leave some hidden dangers in southern Africa, and who in southern Africa was more suitable to take on this role than Roque and Nyasaland?
No, Roque and Nyasaland are the most suitable.
While Roque was chatting with Henry and Owen, a certain drunkard around the small stage downstairs probably couldn't hold back and fished on the dancing girl.
The girl immediately screamed.
The drunkards around laughed, and someone threw pounds at the girl, and these pounds were all gold coins, and it hurt a lot to hit her body, so the girl was a little tearful.
There are security guards in the bar, and immediately four K2s with meaty faces are coming menacingly.
Drunkards are guests when they don't drink too much, and when they drink too much, they are gods, and they are not afraid of K2 at all.
So the conflict broke out immediately, and for a time more than a dozen strong men twisted together and refused to give in to each other.
"Stop, stop the music, stop blowing! Take them all with me. ”
Russell's Bar was right next to the police station, and soon police officers came to take control of the situation, led by a Chinese sheriff.
One drunkard, presumably a little too drunk, got up and punched a policeman, knocking him to the ground.
The policemen immediately swarmed up, more than a dozen batons flew up and down, and the drunkard soon fell silent.