If you have worked by Roque's side for a long time, you will be seriously affected by Roque.

It's not that Roque doesn't abide by the law, but Roque is better at using other factors other than the law to solve problems, and the process is not necessarily law-abiding, and the result must be just.

Compared with Roque, some people in the Cape state government are indeed naïve, after Galbraith detained the tax collector Dupin, the Cape state government sent people to negotiate with Galbraith, but not only did Dupin not be rescued, but the officials sent by the Cape state government to negotiate were also detained by Galbraith.

At this time, the Cape state government was still fantasizing about using peaceful means to solve the problem.

It's a pity that no one dares to go to McClair to contact Galbraith anymore.

Just kidding, the officials who went to McClair before have already been detained, and sending people to McClair will only make Galbraith have more and more chips in his hands, and make the Cape state government more and more passive.

In February, Galbraith organized a militia of more than 1,000 people, and Galbraith is said to have begun military training for the militia, at a time when the Cape state government still refused to be intervened by the federal government.

"The Cape government has the ability to solve McClair's problems and doesn't need federal help, and the federal government can't send a single soldier into the Cape without the permission of the Cape government." Cape Premier Edmund Law is adamant on this issue, and federal law does provide for this.

"Your Excellency, Galbraith rebels—" Deputy Attorney General Rhodes Frank was Henry's confidant back when he was Chief of Police in Pretoria.

"Frank, there's no rebel army in McClair!" Edmund Law decisively corrected that if McClair's militia was defined as a rebel, then the federal government had plenty of reason to intervene.

"Well, McClair doesn't have rebels—" Rhodes Frank doesn't dwell on whether it's a rebel or not, the key is whether the Cape government has the ability to solve the problem: "—Galbraith has begun training his troops, and his troops now have thousands of people with heavy firepower, including heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, I want to ask you a question, the federal government did not allow civilians to have military high-power weapons a long time ago, why does Galbraith have heavy machine guns and grenade launchers? ”

The Rhodes Frank issue is acute, and the Cape government has not implemented it thoroughly.

The consequences of getting by are very serious, and when there is no problem, no one will pay attention to it, and once the problem erupts, someone will definitely be held responsible.

"I don't know why, we can't send people to collect weapons from house to house, someone wants to hide them on purpose, and they will always come up with a way to do it—not to mention, I wasn't the governor at the time—" Edmund Law pushed it all out, this is the true meaning of democracy, and you have to be held accountable, right? Hold the former governor accountable, don't look for me—

The former governor seems to be Dr. Starr Jameson -

Hey, this guy isn't dead yet?

Even Cecil Rhodes and Louis Botha are dead, and the guy who claimed to be sick and dying in 1900 is not dead!

It's so unscientific.

"But now that you know the facts, why don't you start working on this issue when you're governor?" Rhodes Frank collapsed, his achievements were all his own, his mistakes were all his predecessors', his ability was not good, but he was a good player.

"First of all, I would like to correct you, I did not know that Galbraith was in possession of heavy weapons; The second thing I want to say is that I have been trying to solve the problem and have not shirked my responsibility. "Edmund Law has a straight face, the government of Nyasa is recognized as efficient, the government of Rhodesia is recognized as rich, the government of Transvaal is recognized as having no presence, the government of Cape State is very hard.

Well, it's been working hard -

Nima, a state government that manages more than a million square kilometers, can't find any merit except for hard work, just as low as 1.4 billion people picking 11 football teams.

"So is the problem solved? No, there is a wrong direction, the process does not make any sense. "You're welcome Rodes Frank, Cape Town is the judicial capital, and the Ministry of Justice is still very strong in Cape Town.

"How can you say that, you say such things, insulting the whole Cape!" Edmund Law felt that he had been greatly insulted, and of course he was very good at using his position as governor at this time.

"Don't change the subject, Your Excellency, what I want to say is that the federal government's patience is limited, and it will not allow the selfishness of some people to affect the stability of the entire Cape State, and do not wait until the matter reaches the point of no return, and at that time, you and the state government you lead will bear all the consequences caused by this." Rhodes Frank didn't want to talk nonsense, and if Edmund Law continued to do it, then when the federal government held him accountable, he should not complain.

"Are you threatening me?" Edmund Law's face was ugly, and the governor should not be self-respecting.

"Your Excellency, I still call you 'Your Excellency,' and I hope that what you have done is worthy of the glory and responsibility that this position brings you." Rhodes Frank stood up and took his leave, and the Cape Governor, though powerful, had no control over the Department of Justice.

The work of the Ministry of Justice in the Cape State does not need to look at anyone's face.

To put it mildly, the Ministry of Justice also wants Cape Town to be removed from the judicial capital so that they can live in a real big city like Pretoria.

Not to mention anything else, Pretoria is more than one notch higher than Cape Town in terms of environment and urban appearance, as well as medical and educational resources.

After Rhodes Frank left Edmund Law's office, Edmund Law was silent in his office for a long time before calling Christopher, his chief of staff.

"If we use force against McClair, what are our chances of winning?" Although Edmund Law was not reconciled, he also had to face reality.

If McClair's "militia" really grows to the level of a "rebel", Edmund Law will definitely be held responsible, even if it sounds better than it sings.

Regardless of whether the federal government will hold Edmund Law accountable, the Cape opposition parties will not let Edmund Law go.

This is also a consequence of democratic politics, where the ruling party faces not only enemies, but also oversight and constraints from the opposition.

Supervision is good, of course, but constraints are very uncomfortable.

"The Progressive Party will not agree to the use of force against McClair—" Christopher vetoed the outcome of an afternoon of reflection by Edmund Law.

Although the Liberal Party represented by Edmund Law is now ruling in Cape State, the Progressive Party is still very powerful, and according to the state constitution of Cape State, the Liberal Party with the most votes wins the power of Cape State, and the Progressive Party with the second largest number of votes automatically gains the right to dominate the state legislature.

Under this political framework, the governor's power is strongly limited by the parliament, and if the parliament does not agree with the governor's decision, then the governor can only try to persuade the parliament, not force the parliament to pass a resolution.

"What the hell should I do? If the Progressive Party is against it, then let the Progressive Party negotiate with Galbraith. "Edmund Law was furious, and in the face of his chief of staff, Edmund Law did not need to hide it.

"Your Excellency Governor, it is the responsibility of the state government to negotiate with Galbraith-" Christopher's words simply made Edmund Law despair, Galbraith made it clear that he didn't want to talk, and sent one to detain the other, and the state council also asked the state government to negotiate and resolutely not let the fight, who did Nima talk to?

Edmund Rau is now suddenly envious of a governor like Anton, who in Nyasaland has the dual responsibilities of governor and minister of the marquisdom of Nyasaland, and the state assembly cannot limit the power of the governor, even if the state assembly and the state government disagree, the state assembly only has the power to supervise.

"The best thing we can do now is to declare tension in the Cape so we can bypass parliament and deal with McClair by force." Christopher was on the wrong side, and the state government still had a way to bypass parliament, but once Edmund Law declared a state of tension in the state, then the federal government would have an excuse to intervene in the state.

Let's not forget that the federal government is also the legitimate government of Southern Africa.

"What I want to know now is how to solve McClair's crisis without rejecting the federal government!" Edmund Law was disappointed, and Christopher, the chief of staff, was not very qualified.

Christopher is also helpless, and wants to keep the federal government out, and wants to bypass Parliament, and all the good things are taken up by you-

Edmund Law doesn't seem to realize that the people who designed the system were designed to prevent this from happening.

Within the political framework of democracy, the power of the individual is weakened without limit, unless someone is powerful enough to break the framework.

Edmund Law clearly does not have this ability.

"You can send someone to kill Galbraith directly—" Christopher can't think of a way, so deal with the person who created the problem.

Edmund Law didn't speak, and sending someone to kill Galbraith was a bit shameless, but it was also a backup option.

It's a backup because it's too risky.

Regardless of whether Galbraith can be killed or not, even if it can be done, Edmund Law suspects that the rebels will continue to push out another Galbraith, which will not solve the problem at the root of the problem.

"Anderson, pick me up General Mackenzie—" Edmund Law couldn't sit still, and actively tried to solve the problem in order to get out of the predicament.

When Mackenzie received the call, he went straight to Edmund Law's residence.

"Sending someone to kill Galbraith doesn't really solve the problem." Mackenzie's worries are the same as Edmund Law's.

"Maybe you can? We have to do something, or we'll just wait to live in the shadow of Nyasaland—" Edmund Law, Nyasaland is far from the Cape, but Nyasaland's influence in the Cape is not small.

There are also many Chinese living in the Cape, and Oaktown is still a Chinese community.