Chapter 889: Far East War
So Bells could only write down the Crown Prince's requests and then go back to discuss them with everyone. After all, if one person is short-sighted, everyone will have to share the headache and he cannot suffer alone.
After finalizing the specific location of Rhine City, Bells and his team shifted their main task to urban planning and design, and ultimately built a new city of moderate size, alternating old and new cultures, full of the atmosphere of fireworks, with an overall neatness and reasonable zoning, to meet the positioning of the capital's political, cultural, and diplomatic center, while also having some economic and transportation functions.
Of course, Ernst, the client, is not too worried about the construction of Rhine City. After all, even if East Africa wants to build a new capital, it will take time, during which time various problems can be corrected. After all, Rhine City is a high-rise building built on flat ground, and it can be completely demolished and rebuilt. The location of Rhine City means that he will not encounter too many problems, at most some minor troubles.
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"Your Highness, just yesterday, the Far East Government requested our country to mediate the dispute between it and Japan regarding the interests of the Korean Peninsula."
The East African Foreign Minister urgently went to the Sweet Palace to report to Ernst with a telegram from the East African Imperial Embassy in the Far East.
What is coming has finally come, Ernst thought to himself, while reading the telegram carefully.
On July 6, after the Far Eastern Empire failed to seek help from the British government, it had to place its hopes on other major powers such as Germany, the United States and East Africa.
Prior to this, a large-scale peasant uprising broke out in Korea, and the Japanese government took advantage of this to send troops to Korea, thus triggering a new round of political crisis in the Far East.
The last Far East crisis was when Japan invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom, which ended with East Africa intervening and taking away the Southern Ryukyu Islands.
Moreover, with the end of the South African War, the status of East African countries has been significantly improved, so this time the Far Eastern Empire obviously also regards East Africa as a great power.
After a while, after making sure that Ernst had finished reading the telegram, Hermann asked, "Your Highness, Crown Prince, should we accept the request of the Far Eastern Empire?"
Ernst frowned and said, "Of course, after all, we have had some unpleasant experiences with Japan. Japan is still attached to the South Ryukyu Islands. Last time, it was quite resentful of our occupation of the Kingdom of North Hawaii. Moreover, according to the intelligence department, Japan has been conducting espionage activities in Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhou is known to be the interest of East Africa in the Far East. It can be seen that Japan has always been a great threat to East Africa, so when necessary, of course we have to make trouble for the Japanese."
For various reasons, East Africa wanted to cause trouble for Japan, but that was all. After all, the Far East was too far away from East Africa. Although East Africa had two fulcrums, the South Ryukyu Islands and the North Hawaiian Kingdom, they were limited to safeguarding East Africa's interests in the Far East.
In fact, Japan had the support of Britain and the United States. One was to curb the expansion of Tsarist Russia in the Far East, and the other was to further open up the Far East market. Therefore, East Africa was unable to prevent the outbreak of this war.
Ernst had a clear understanding of this, so he said to Hermann: "We should make our attitude clear to the two countries. East Africa opposes the turmoil in the Far East. At the same time, we should strive for the public support of Germany and Austria-Hungary. After all, if the war occurs in the northern waters, it will inevitably affect the interests of our three countries. Britain and the United States will not be so kind to help Japan."
So, under Ernst's instructions, Hermann expressed the attitude of the East African government to Richard, the imperial ambassador to the Far East.
Of course, the final result was naturally a failure. Although East Africa firmly opposed it and also influenced the attitudes of Germany and Austria to a certain extent, the three countries could not directly threaten Japan. After all, East Africa was the most powerful of the three countries in the Far East, and the so-called Pacific Fleet of East Africa was simply insignificant in the Far East. It was also divided into two parts because of the new incorporation into the Kingdom of North Hawaii, and could not influence the situation in the Far East.
East Africa naturally would not give up on this. Three days later, on July 10, the East African government signed a number of military agreements with the Far Eastern Empire. Of course, the main one was an arms sales agreement, including more than 70,000 pieces of British and Portuguese equipment seized by the East African Army after the last South African War, as well as naval warships that had already signed agreements and were being repaired in East African shipyards, and their delivery to the Far Eastern Empire government would be accelerated. This was hardware support for the Far Eastern Empire.
In addition, East African and Hexingen Group-affiliated media organizations also responded, with a large number of reporters flocking to the Far East to report on the war in real time.
This was a very necessary move because in the past, during the war between the Far Eastern Empire and Japan, public opinion in the Far East was unfavorable, just as the evil deeds of the Jews were covered up in the Western world in the past.
Japan's massacre in Port Arthur was also automatically ignored by Britain and the United States. In particular, American public opinion completely sided with Japan and called the war a victory of "civilization" over ignorance.
It can be seen from this that America’s favoritism towards Jews in the 21st century is a purely traditional skill and is essentially a synonym for “evil”.
The public opinion organizations in East Africa can only influence the domestic situation, but the news newspaper consortium under the Hexingen Group is quite different. It covers European countries such as Germany, Austria, France, and Russia. Although it is not mainstream in some countries, it is also quite influential.
Under the deterrence of public opinion, Japan naturally cannot ignore the international impact. It would be great if it could prevent some tragedies from happening.
After all, it is a colonial country in East Africa, and it has never openly carried out purposeful massacres of black people.
It is worth mentioning that with the development of technology in East Africa, news agencies in East Africa and under the Hesingen Group have upgraded their equipment. Some reporters are equipped with portable film cameras. The three major international giants producing portable cameras are Kodak in the United States, the state-owned Mbeya Optical Factory in East Africa, and Pfizer under the Hesingen Group.
Pfizer is a company invested by the Hechingen Consortium, mainly responsible for business in the European market. Its headquarters is located in Berlin, while the Mbeya Optical Factory in East Africa is a semi-military enterprise in East Africa.
With the support of new technologies, the public opinion organizations controlled by East Africa can also better "monitor" the development of the war in the Far East.
In addition to these supports, East Africa has achieved some diplomatic results. Under the insistence of East Africa, Tsarist Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, the scope of this war can only take place on the Korean Peninsula, with the "Two Rivers" on the border as the boundary, and the two sides of the land war are not allowed to use force on this line.
Although Tsarist Russia did not act out of "good intentions", it did cause some changes in the international attitude towards the war.
As for the sea, that is another story. If the Far Eastern Imperial Navy still loses the war despite Ernst's deliberate strengthening, it would be the government's incompetence and no one can save it.
Subsequently, the war between the Far Eastern Empire and Japan finally broke out in late July. Although Japan was weak, due to its gambler's mentality, the connivance and support of Britain and the United States, and the development of militarism, its national strength could not support its exaggerated army, especially naval expenditures, so it had to take action against "Korea" to recover its losses.
As for the troublemaker in East Africa... we really can't afford to offend him for the time being. In short, we should get North Korea first. This is what the Japanese government is most determined about.
(End of this chapter)
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