Greece’s Roman Road

Therefore, Bismarck then directly ordered the German Consul General in Cape Town to inform the British colonial authorities that the Angola-Bequina (Namibia) region was under the protection of the German Empire.

This was the first overseas colony of the Germans.

The British use their national advantages recklessly, and it looks like they are dominant in Africa.

In 1882, the British had already occupied Egypt and Sudan. Together with Cape Town, South Africa, which was originally acquired in the Anglo-Dutch War, South Africa was already in their hands.

The Indian Ocean coast of Africa, not to mention, in order to protect the security of the Indian colonies, the British will not allow any country to gain a foothold on the Indian Ocean coast of Africa.

India is extremely important to the British Empire. The British Empire with India is qualified to say that it is a world hegemon. Without India, what is the difference in strength between her and Germany and France?

The United Kingdom is a kingdom. The reason why it has the title of the British Empire is because Queen Victoria was crowned the title of Emperor of India.

India is the hegemonic foundation of the British Empire. It is densely populated, rich in products and has a vast area. As one of the origins of ancient civilizations, India has been developed for thousands of years and has become very mature. Its value is not Canada, New Zealand, Australia at all. Such uninhabited, harsh climate, unsuitable place for human existence is comparable.

In fact, the British colonies such as Canada, New Zealand, and Australia developed gradually after World War I and World War II.

There are also British businessmen in Ghana and Nigeria. Needless to say, other countries in these places can't get involved. Sooner or later, they will be British.

These areas are only the british sphere of influence in Africa.

Because of the existence of the Anglo-Portuguese alliance, the British colonies in Portugal have the same rights and status as the Portuguese.

In other words, the Portuguese colonies in Africa, Angola and Mozambique, can also be regarded as the sphere of influence of the British.

In this way, most of the economically valuable places in Africa belong to the United Kingdom, and the other countries can only share the leftover scraps.

For example, France, a large piece of French North Africa, looks vast in area, but it is a large desert, the Sahara Desert, and has no economic value.

Now the British and the Portuguese are taking control of the Congo River basin in central Africa.

Neither Germany nor France can tolerate this insatiable behavior of the British. Otherwise, Africa in the future will become a forbidden descendant of the British just like the Indian colonies today, and no one else can touch it.

India is the most dazzling jewel in the crown of the British Empire and the core territory of the British.

However, the Portuguese were the first to come to India, then the Netherlands, the coachman at sea, followed by the British and French.

Taking advantage of the unique advantages of their own island country, the British fought both sides in a series of European wars. The territory was occupied by the British.

Now it's Africa's turn. If the British dominate Africa, will Africa, like India today, be completely controlled by the British in a few decades?

Undoubtedly, in the face of this situation, neither France nor Germany will sit idly by.

In other words, at this time, no matter what the attitude of France and Germany towards the Congo, whether they agree to the Congolese Commission to manage the Congo River Basin, they must first join hands to isolate and suppress the British and break the British family in Africa. The dominance of the situation prevented the Anglo-Portuguese alliance from gaining the mouth of the Congo.

Constantine told the crowd about the situation, and everyone was silent for a while, as if they were trying to figure out what Constantine said.

"But France is very hostile to Germany? Will they be willing to join forces with their enemy, Germany?" Queen Olga quickly found the loophole in Constantine's inference.

After the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, Germany got Alsace and Lorraine, which originally belonged to France, and also claimed a huge indemnity of 5 billion francs. After suffering such a humiliating shame, how could the French have no grudges in their hearts?

"After the Berlin Conference in 1878, Germany tried to ease the contradiction between Germany and France. Bismarck made the Berlin Treaty that favored Austria-Hungary. The Russians and Germany and Austria gradually drifted away. Seeing that the act of isolating France had failed, Bismarck continued to in support of the French colonial expansion"

"There are two reasons: one is to divert France's attention and lead France's attention from the European continent to the colonies. The other is to intensify the contradiction between Britain and France. As the two colonial countries with the largest colonies, France's behavior of expanding its colonies, There will undoubtedly be friction with Britain," Constantine said eloquently.

These are the conclusions that Constantine came to by combining some information from later generations and synthesizing the information reported by the Greek ambassadors to various countries.

After the Franco-Prussian War, in order to isolate and weaken France, Bismarck established the Three Emperors' League, an alliance composed of three autocratic monarchies, namely Austria-Hungary, Germany and Tsarist Russia.

But the loophole in this covenant is that the contradiction between Russia and Austria-Hungary in the Balkans cannot be resolved, and at the Berlin Conference in 1878, Bismarck clearly favored Austria-Hungary's behavior. Go further away.

"Therefore, there is no doubt that Germany and France will not be able to unite and suppress Britain because of hatred. Unless France is really willing, Africa will be completely controlled by the British like India in the future," Constantine said.

"So what should we do now? We can't just wait in vain for the actions of Germany and France, right?" Although Banning thought Constantine's analysis was reasonable, he didn't know what to do next.

"How can we be so negative, we have to carry out positive and productive actions," Constantine said.

"Then what should we do?" The three were also curious about what action Constantine was going to take.

"The staff of the Congolese Commission in London were ordered to protest to the British government that they could not decide the ownership of the Congolese country without the consent of the Congolese Commission, the de jure administrator of the Congo River Basin." , Constantine said loudly, his voice full of indignation.

Banning "..."

Queen Olga "..."

King George "..."

The dignified British Empire would care about the protests of a private organization. You take yourself too seriously, right?

What kind of fruitful action is this called, the man's arm is the car, and it is beyond its capabilities!

After the United Kingdom announced its recognition of Portugal's ownership of the mouth of the Congo River, the German and French governments successively protested to the British government, arguing that the British had no right to independently decide the ownership of African territories.

On February 13, in response, the German government later announced that Togo and Cameroon had officially become the protectorates of the German Empire.

Obviously, the European countries' scramble for Africa has become more and more intense.

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