Chapter 397 Prussia is playing a big game
The speed of human migration is quite fast, and East Africa only accelerated this process, provided that there is sufficient population for East Africa to allocate, which is exactly what Henry Buckley could not imagine, so Henry Buckley proposed the north-south river hypothesis.
Without knowing the population of the East African Kingdom, he referred to the immigration rate of the Cape Town Colony and concluded that the population of the East African Kingdom would not be too large. After all, the East African Kingdom had only been established for less than two years. Even if we go back further, including the colonial period, it was only a few years. In such a short period of time, a population of at most a few hundred thousand in East Africa would be considered very good.
In this regard, Henry Buckley could not imagine and understand the great help that the national system provided to immigrants. East African immigration had been operating at a loss for so many years, importing people from Europe and the Far East to East Africa at all costs.
This immigration strategy, which is completely led by the government, is unique in the history of the Western world. Of course, the East African immigration cannot be said to be unique. For example, the Far East has had this tradition from ancient times to the present. Typical examples include the Hongwu immigration in the early Ming Dynasty and the migration of people from Huguang to Sichuan in the early Qing Dynasty... The difference is that East Africa is a maritime immigration, while the Far East is a land immigration.
The immigration speed in the United States is also terrifying, but that is based on the unique advantages that the United States has. Moreover, the United States is currently a typical small government, and things like immigration are completely driven by private capital.
As for whether East Africa can gather tens of thousands of troops with its population of hundreds of thousands, this is entirely possible. Most of the immigrants are single adult males, who are naturally excellent soldiers. Coupled with the consistent recruitment capabilities of the countries in the German region, this is not a difficult task for the East African Kingdom.
Henry Buckley: "In any case, the presence of Germans in South Africa is a bad thing for us. Their presence in the north will hinder our future expansion to the north."
"Your Excellency Governor, should we stop the East African Kingdom?" suggested the subordinate.
Henry Barclay: "Stop it? How? Fight a war with the East African Kingdom?"
“It’s not impossible.”
"Humph, how stupid!" Henry Buckley cursed. "What do you think enabled the Germans to quickly gain a foothold in Africa and expand to South Africa? It was force. Let me ask you, if our Cape Colony wanted to destroy the Transvaal Republic, could it be done as easily as the Germans?"
This question stumped my subordinate.
Henry Barclay went on to say, "Among the Germans in the Kingdom of East Africa, there must be many professional soldiers who retired from Prussia. Otherwise, they would not be able to form a regular army similar to Prussia. If we are invincible in the navy, then Prussia is now the world's number one in the army. The Kingdom of East Africa must also have many soldiers who retired from various German states. Their army should be completely rebuilt in Africa based on the German regional army."
Even Henry Barclay suspected that all this was secretly led by Prussia. Prussia had unified Germany and became a member of the world's top powers club. As a world power, how could Germany not be tempted by owning large colonies?
Henry Barclay continued to think about when the Germans in the East African Kingdom began their colonization activities in Africa. Wasn't it after William I and Bismarck became the new leaders of the country!
"The East African Kingdom did not emerge out of thin air. Its emergence as a colony coincided with the rise of William I and Bismarck..."
"Your Excellency, Governor! Are you saying that the Kingdom of East Africa was a chess piece that William I and Bismarck had planted in Africa several years ago?"
"It's possible! Think about it. A genius politician like Bismarck is best at planning ahead. Looking back now, every step of Prussia's unification of Germany was inseparable from Bismarck's advice. Germany has no colonies, which is inconsistent with its current status. The Kingdom of East Africa was established by the Hohenzollern family. Are these all coincidences? If the Kingdom of East Africa is really a chess piece that Bismarck planted in Africa several years ago, it would be terrible."
Henry Barclay's guess was recognized by his subordinates: "Your Excellency, I think so too. The cost of colonization is very high, especially for colonies like East Africa that have to form large-scale armies. If they want to maintain this military scale, they can only rely on the support of major powers, in addition to the existence of gold mines. At present, there are no large gold mines in Africa. The establishment of the Kingdom of East Africa should be closely related to Prussia."
Henry Barclay: "It seems that William I and Bismarck are playing a big game. From the beginning of their coming to power, they have already set the development path of Prussia and implemented it step by step. The Kingdom of East Africa is an important step in this big game. Imagine if the Kingdom of East Africa is really a substitute for Prussia in Africa, together with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then the whole of Germany can spread from Europe to the African continent, and it is even possible to cut off the trade route between the East and the West."
Henry Barclay was terrified when he thought about it: "We must contact London and ask them to test Germany. If the facts are really as we just guessed, it would be terrible."
Henry Barclay no longer cared about the issue of the East African Kingdom. He believed that the East African Kingdom was just a chess piece in Bismarck's hand, and that the only punch he should make was against Prussia, the chess player.
Just as Henry Barclay and his men were discussing the relationship between the East African Kingdom and Prussia, Johnson also crossed the Orange River and headed towards Cape Town.
He wanted to bring the news of Grigwaland's annexation by East Africa to the Governor as soon as possible. The incorporation of Grigwaland into Cape Town was one of Henry Barclay's major achievements since he became Governor-General of South Africa.
Henry Barclay has always regarded the integration of South Africa and the incorporation of several Boer republics into the Cape Colony as an important goal of his tenure. The Griegoland Republic is the first step towards this goal. As a result, the Transvaal Republic is now gone, and Griegoland, a country that has been swallowed up by Cape Town, has been blackened by the East African Kingdom.
One can imagine Henry Barclay's mood. Coupled with the hidden relationship between the East African Kingdom and Prussia, Henry Barclay had reason to believe that this was a precursor to Germany's exclusion of the British Empire's influence on the African continent.
More than ten days later, Johnson finally arrived in Cape Town. He described the situation in Grigualan to Henry Buckley, and Henry Buckley's face became even darker.
Henry Barclay: "This is absolutely a provocation to our British Empire. I will report it to London immediately and ask Prussia to abandon this provocative behavior, withdraw from Grigoran and other places, and compensate for our losses."
This time Henry Barclay was really angry. Gregory was one of his political achievements, but it was destroyed by the German barbarians. When had any British official ever suffered such an injustice?
No matter what, the Gregorian Republic was part of the Cape Colony, which was British territory. The loss of territory had never happened in British history.
Therefore, Henry Barclay would never allow such a thing to happen in his hands. However, given that the East African Kingdom had the support of the Germans and strong military strength, this was not something that the Cape Colony could solve, so Henry Barclay planned to let London handle the matter directly.
(End of this chapter)
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