During the First World War, the British government ordered the Federation of South Africa to send troops to German Southwest Africa, and after the war, German Southwest Africa became the mandate of the Union of South Africa.

In 1922, the Federation of South Africa passed a decree establishing Walvis Bay, also known as Walvis Bay, as part of German South-West Africa.

In the seventies of the 20th century, German South-West Africa no longer recognized the rule of the Union of South Africa, and the struggle for national independence was increasingly fierce, and the Republic of South Africa at that time was unable to maintain the old colonial order, so it was stipulated that from September 1, 1977, Walvis Bay no longer belonged to South-West Africa and was reassigned to the Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa.

In 1978, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 432, which affirmed that Walvis Bay belonged to Namibia.

On 21 March 1990, Namibia formally declared its independence, while asserting sovereignty over Walvis Bay.

Namibia insisted that it had never signed any treaty agreement with any foreign colonizer on the sovereignty of Walvis Bay, and that even British colonization was entirely by force and had no legal effect.

From the point of view of international law, the occupation of Walvis Bay by the Republic of South Africa has no basis in any international treaty, not even the unequal treaties that were common in the colonial era.

So, the occupation of South Africa is illegal!

After Namibia's independence, the recovery of Walvis Bay was made the first diplomatic task of the new Namibian government.

On 28 February 1994, the Republic of South Africa handed over Walvis Bay to Namibia.

With the experience of the Republic of South Africa, Roque would certainly not make a similar mistake, so the Yao people reached an agreement with the Tyrara people early on, if the Yao people can help the Terraras drive out the Belgians and establish an independent Congo Free State, then the Congo Free State does not mind sharing power with the Yao people.

In other words, the Terara people don't mind giving away part of the Congo Free State, or most of the Congo Free State, to the Yao.

If you think about it, you can understand that the Terara people have never controlled the entire Congo Free State, so the Terara people have no ambitions for the entire Congo Free State, the Terara people only want to get their own traditional sphere of influence, which is the Lomami River Basin, and for the rest of the Congo Free State, to be honest, the Terara people may not even understand how big the Congo Free State is now.

Therefore, if Lala attacks the Congolese other than the Taylira, the Taylora people will not mind, and even the Tayla will help, and the Africans have such a clear love and hate on this issue.

In the next few days, the "East Lake" circled around Lake Mweru, sinking all the Belgian fishing boats, and at Kilowa, south of Lake Mweru, the "East Lake" sank the fishing boats and caused a fire, which affected Kilowa.

In 1981, Kilwa, along with the island of Kilwa, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and in the 13th and 16th centuries, Kilwa merchants began to trade in gold, silver, pearls, perfumes, Arabic porcelain, Persian pottery, and many other items in the Indian Ocean.

Sadly, the Kilowa are now gone, and only a few fragments of Kilowa and Kilowa Island show how glorious the Kilowa once were.

After inspecting the island of Quilowa, Anton and Martin decided to locate the shipyard on the island of Quilowa, which covers an area of about 35 square kilometers.

The ownership of Kilowa Island is now disputed, Kilowa Island is less than six kilometers away from Kilowa, although after the "Berlin Conference", Kilowa was determined to be the territory of the Congo Free State, but at this time there were no remote sensing satellites, and the division of the territory was not clear, so Anton and Martin simply occupied Kilowa Island in advance, creating a fait accompli, so that even if there is a dispute in the future, Nyasaland has already taken the lead.

Roque learned about the situation at Mweru the day after the East Lake began cleaning up the lake, and then Roque waited for Leopold II's protest.

As a result, it waited until mid-June, and Roque didn't wait.

Leopold II now has a headache and does not care about Lake Mweru at all, international condemnation of Leopold II's atrocities has intensified, domestic opposition to Leopold II's monopoly of the Congo Free State has been repeatedly banned, and the Belgian government's attitude on this issue is ambiguous, not only does not defend Leopold II, but instead supports the formation of a joint investigation team to investigate the actual situation in the Congo Free State.

Faced with internal and external troubles, Leopold II had to organize a multinational investigation team to go to the Congo Free State, which is still conducting investigations, and it will take some time to reach a conclusion.

If Leopold II had managed it properly during this time, he might have escaped with the joint investigation team.

Unfortunately, in mid-May, a new batch of articles appeared in British and French newspapers, this time not only with text, but also with photographs of Congolese people with their severed hands forced to work, and in one photograph of a child who was clearly not yet an adult even smiling and raising his severed hand to greet the camera.

God knows how many people touched the softest part of their hearts in this photo, and in just a few days, the condemnation of Leopold II became overwhelming, this time not only newspapers, but also churches, governments, civil society, public organizations, countless people came forward to demand an end to Leopold II's brutal rule in the Congo Free State, and even a march against Leopold II broke out in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.

In the face of surging public opinion, Leopold II finally felt terrified, if he did not give an explanation to the people, then let alone the Congo Free State, it is uncertain whether Leopold II can keep the throne.

So now Leopold II really doesn't care about the Congo Free State, how to keep his throne is serious.

Leopold II was not in a hurry, and Roque was naturally not in a hurry, but he sank a few fishing boats, this kind of thing happens every day in the world, Anton and Martin are still quite restrained, and they did not hurt the Belgians, that is, it is convenient for Opold II to pursue it, that is, to lose some money, but the objective consequences are very serious.

Without boats, the colonists and Congolese would not be able to fish, and then the obsession with Lake Mweru would slowly begin to fade, and when the colonists realized that Lake Mweru would not provide them with benefits, the colonists would leave, and then Nyasaland would be able to occupy the entire Lake Mveru as a matter of course.

As for the Berlin Conference, who cares, the "Two Cs Plan" was introduced after the Berlin Conference, Germany's "Teutonic Africa Plan" was also introduced after the Berlin Conference, and France's "Two S Plan" was also introduced after the Berlin Conference.

All the great powers were ambitious and simply ignored the "General Resolution" signed at the end of the Berlin Conference, and even Portugal and Belgium clung to the "General Resolution", because they knew very well that once the great powers tore up the "General Resolution", then their overseas colonies would be wiped out.

Therefore, Roque tossed the Congo Free State so much, and Britain, France, and Germany did not express clear objections.

Nyasaland is now British territory, and the expansion of Nyasaland is equivalent to the expansion of the United Kingdom, so the British have no reason to oppose it.

The Germans did not object either, and the chieftain of the Terranas was still in Tanganyika, and Germany almost had no clear attitude in support of the Terara against the Belgians, and had no position to express an opinion on this matter at all.

France would not object to this, as the core of the General Resolution of the Berlin Conference was Article 36, which stated that when a Great Power occupied land or established a protectorate on the African coast after 1884, it must notify the other States that had signed the Agreement so that they could make their own claims, if necessary.

This clause makes it clear that once Belgium loses control of the Congo Free State, France will be able to get a piece of the pie without firing a single shot.

The relationship between European countries is such that the weak eat the strong of the red fruit.

At the end of May, the Belgian parliament passed a bill to take over the Congolese Free State by the State.

Before the bill was passed, Leopold II leased all the land in the Congo Free State to five private companies in which he had shares, and the Belgian government was surprised to find that although the Congo Free State ended Leopold II's rule, the Belgian government was given only an empty shell, and the Belgian government could do nothing but raise the Belgian flag in the Congo Free State.

Nor can it be said that at least the right to tax now belongs to the Belgian government, and in the past, Leopold II had the final say on how much tax private enterprises in the Congo Free State paid, and now the Belgian government is finally qualified to make its voice heard in this matter.

Even if the Belgian government has the power to determine the tax rate, the Belgian government does not have the power to determine the profits of private enterprises, so how much tax to pay mainly depends on the consciousness of private enterprises.

If the private sector can take the initiative to pay taxes, the sows can climb the tree.

Regardless of the intrigue between Leopold II and the Belgian government, after Leopold II leased the entire territory of the Congo Free State to five private companies, Roque was surprised to find that all the land in the Congo Free State bordering the territory of Nyasaland belonged to the Antwerp Company.

Well, Roque still remembers that it was the employees of the Antwerp company who shot Nyasaland fishermen at will that led to the conflict between Nyasaland and the Congo Free State.

After the conflict, the shareholders of the Antwerp company were furious and changed the management of the Antwerp company from top to bottom, which was certainly not enough to calm the anger of Roque, who had previously hid behind Leopold II, and Roque had some scruples about retaliation.

Now I don't need to, the new account and the old account are counted together.

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