Chapter 855: Birds of a Feather
Of course, Endress is also somewhat modest. As a sandalwood merchant who can do business in Europe, the power and background behind him must be considerable.
"Brother Roger, I asked you to come here this time because I have something important to trouble you with."
The highlight finally came. At this time, the coffee ground by Moore was ready. Roger picked up the coffee and asked, "What's the matter? As long as it is within my ability, I will definitely help you."
Enders smiled and waved her hands, saying, "Good news, very good news. Otherwise, I wouldn't have found you, brother. After all, we are as close as brothers."
Roger asked calmly, "Please tell me clearly, brother."
Enders did not directly answer Roger's question, but asked: "Brother, what do you think of the Kingdom of Hawaii?"
“Hawaii?”
"Yes, just to talk about this place."
After taking a sip of coffee, Roger said, "That's certainly a good place. After all, our business is growing here."
"Yes, we came to Hawaii to make a fortune. And the existence of a feudal kingdom like the Kingdom of Hawaii, do you think it is good for us, brother Roger?"
Hearing this, Roger sat up straight and said, "Brother Enders, what do you mean by this?"
Seeing Roger's slightly nervous expression, Enders smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Brother Roger, you are still too nervous. Isn't my statement very clear? The existence of the Kingdom of Hawaii has seriously restricted the interests of us businessmen. After all, the annual tax payment alone is not a small amount, which is not conducive to our development in Hawaii. When I think of this money being spent by the indigenous royal family of Hawaii instead of being used for local construction, I feel heartbroken!"
Roger took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and said, "Brother, do you want to overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom government?"
Enders shook his head and said, "Of course I don't have the ability to do so, but the existence of the Kingdom of Hawaii does severely limit the interests of the United States, so this is everyone's common idea. I just don't know if Brother Roger thinks so too."
Rogge, who knew the situation well, naturally supported the actions of these Americans. If they did not do this, East Africa would have no chance!
"Of course. Although the annual tax rate is not high, the bigger the business, the more you pay. This is something that I share with my colleagues."
After hearing Roger's words, Enders said with a smile: "Now there is an opportunity for us to jointly promote the progress of the Hawaiian Kingdom. I wonder if Brother Roger is interested."
"That's natural."
Enders said: "A while ago, Mr. Wilson, the president of our chamber of commerce, and several other powerful chambers of commerce discussed this issue together. They all believed that the Kingdom of Hawaii, a backward and feudal country, was not suitable to exist in the world, so we planned to establish a democratic republic in Hawaii to achieve the prosperity of Hawaii."
Roger naturally didn't believe a word of Enders's lies, but he supported her strongly in words.
Seeing that Roger also supported everyone's decision, Enders was still very happy. After all, Roger's strength in Kauai was not weak. If Roger could be persuaded to join this operation, everyone's chances of winning would naturally be greatly improved.
This is a coup after all. Although the Kingdom of Hawaii is backward, it is located at the intersection of civilizations and is constantly learning and improving. Therefore, the more people participate in the coup, the more likely it is to be accomplished in one step.
Otherwise, if an unexpected counterattack by the Hawaiian Kingdom occurred, the British and French on the island would probably benefit directly, and it would be much more difficult for the United States to control Hawaii again.
Later, at the invitation of Endress, Roger, the East African spy, swaggered into a dinner party for American businessmen in Honolulu.
The purpose of this dinner was naturally to discuss how to overthrow the rule of the Kingdom of Hawaii and establish a "puppet" Republic of Hawaii. In order to prevent anyone from eavesdropping, all participants were Americans.
"Everyone, the specific time for this operation is March of next year. By then, with the support of the National Guard, we will overthrow the brutal rule of the Kingdom of Hawaii in one fell swoop..."
In fact, in January 1875, the Kingdom of Hawaii signed the Treaty of Reciprocity between the United States and Hawaii under the coercion and inducement of the United States. The United States gave Hawaii the most-favored-nation tariff treatment to facilitate Hawaii's export of sugar cane to the United States. According to the same provisions, Hawaii is not allowed to give most-favored-nation treatment to other countries, nor is it allowed to lease land to other countries, nor is it allowed to provide other countries with the privilege of using ports and territories. This marks that Hawaii has become the exclusive sphere of influence of the United States, but Hawaii has also gained temporary economic benefits from exporting low-tariff sugar cane to the United States.
This is also an important reason why Roger operated in Hawaii as an American. Otherwise, East Africa would have no chance of annexing a large amount of land on Kauai.
After learning of the conspiracy of the US government, Roger immediately returned to Kauai after attending the dinner to discuss countermeasures with John Crane, the Governor of Hawaii in East Africa.
"There are still three months left. We must speed up our military training and notify the Jiaozhou Bay Consulate and the South Ryukyu Islands Navy in time to have them arrive in Hawaii before March 15. Of course, the time should not be too early or too late, so that we can better interfere with this coup."
After listening to this, John Crane said seriously: "The exact time is unknown, and there will be errors in the arrival time of the navy, so you must pay close attention to the actions of the Americans. I will pass the news back to the mainland in time."
"As for the army, don't worry. We have increased Kauai's armed forces to 2,000 people. Even if the Americans use all their military forces in Hawaii, they can't do anything to us."
Roger nodded and said, "After the coup begins, we must promptly control the Governor of the Kingdom of Hawaii on Kauai, force him to declare Kauai's separation from the Kingdom of Hawaii, regain independence, and then establish a puppet government."
Kauai is the only island in the Hawaiian Islands that was not conquered by King Kamehameha by force but later voluntarily submitted to the dynasty.
The Hawaiian Islands were not actually a unified country before. Later, King Kamehameha the Great, that is, the Kingdom of Hawaii, unified the entire island.
Since Kauai voluntarily surrendered, the current governor of Kauai is actually the descendant of Kauai's indigenous king Gaumuali'i.
This provided East Africa with an opportunity. Since Kauai could join the Kingdom of Hawaii, it could naturally break away from the control of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Of course, there was no so-called Kingdom of Hawaii at that time, but a puppet government formed by the Americans, the Republic of Hawaii.
As soon as the United States takes action, East Africa will push the current Governor of Kauai to secede from the Kingdom of Hawaii and restore the indigenous kingdom on Kauai.
Of course, this indigenous kingdom must also be a puppet government. However, as long as there is justice, East Africa can break away from the US government. At that time, as long as the Americans do not dispatch local troops, they will have no way to deal with East Africa.
After all, it was the United States that was unkind first, so don't blame East Africa for being unjust. We are all birds of a feather. If we ask other countries to evaluate us, they are all evil-minded and wicked people. The end result is that everyone will be condemned by the international community.
Of course, the international community mainly refers to Britain and France, and possibly Japan, after all, these countries have interests in Hawaii.
(End of this chapter)
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