Chapter 1161 Poisoned Bait
This troublesome and thorny issue naturally has to be solved by the Parliament. This is Prime Minister Kuyper's ultimate scapegoat. Of course, when it comes to territorial transactions, the Dutch Parliament cannot be bypassed.
Moreover, the Dutch Parliament has considerable power. As a pro-German Prime Minister Kuyper, he even had the idea of joining the Allies before the war. However, this dangerous idea was stopped by the Dutch Parliament. In the end, the Dutch Prime Minister was pro-German, but The Netherlands remained neutral, which was a blessing in disguise.
And after the final discussion results of the Dutch Parliament, it was natural... to agree to the East Africa deal. After the Parliament nodded, it was basically confirmed. Even if the Queen and the Prime Minister objected, it would be useless.
As a small country, the mentality of the Dutch is completely different from that of other countries, especially the great powers such as Britain, France, and Germany. Even when the Netherlands was the most powerful, its mentality was not too inflated compared to the current great powers.
Of course, the Dutch Parliament was able to agree to territorial transactions with East Africa this time mainly for two reasons. One is that the Netherlands is afraid of East Africa turning its back, and the other is that the Dutch interests have not suffered much loss.
After all, East Africa is a world power. If it turns against the Netherlands, this makes the Dutch parliamentarians feel very dangerous, so it is better to buy an East Africa.
The Netherlands is a country with a strong business atmosphere, and most Dutch people only care about actual benefits. However, this territorial transaction, after being evaluated by the Dutch Parliament, not only caused no losses, but also made a lot of money.
Of course, this mainly refers to economic interests. If you consider it in terms of territory, sovereignty, etc., then the Netherlands will suffer a big loss. But for the Dutch, they value economic interests more. This is the characteristic of a mercantilist country.
This characteristic of the Netherlands kept the Netherlands from being closed even during the Japanese shogunate period. In Japan, the Dutch did not preach or interfere in Japan's internal affairs, and focused solely on doing business.
The Dutch will do whatever the Japanese government asks them to do, and they will not go against the Japanese government.
It is precisely because of this that Japan did not drive away the Dutch during its isolation period. On the other hand, countries such as Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, in addition to wanting to make money from Japan, also wanted to take the opportunity to interfere in Japanese politics. This is unacceptable to the Japanese ruling class.
Therefore, the Netherlands is very aware of current affairs. Of course, this may also be because the Netherlands is a small country and does not have the capital to learn from the practices of other powers.
This time, the attitude of the Dutch Parliament towards East Africa is clearly reflected in "acting within its capabilities". Since it cannot be stopped, it is better to collude with East Africa.
September 30, 1914.
The East African government officially reached confirmation of all transaction terms with the Dutch government, and East Kalimantan officially became part of the East African colony.
As a price, the East African government paid a land purchase fee of 60 million Rhine guilders to the Netherlands in exchange for nearly 300,000 square kilometers of land in East Kalimantan, and the East African government promised to ensure that Dutch citizens would have access to large areas of land in East Kalimantan. Part of the interests remain unchanged, and the two governments jointly fund the development of East Kalimantan. The local tax revenue is divided according to the proportion of investment and lasts for twenty years.
The Dutch government is quite satisfied with this result. The purchase expenses paid by East Africa alone are far from being comparable to the actual income of East Kalimantan today, not to mention the current serious decline in colonial income.
Moreover, with the commitment of the East African government, the Dutch have basically guaranteed most of the original benefits. This will allow East Kalimantan to continue to generate benefits for the Netherlands in the next twenty years without having to pay additional costs to maintain East Kalimantan. Dan colonial army expenditures.
However, East Kalimantan has not been completely settled because of the deal between East Africa and the Netherlands. Dealing with the Netherlands is only one aspect. There are also many indigenous countries and tribes in East Kalimantan.
These countries do not act entirely in accordance with the will of the Dutch government. Instead, they have great autonomy. They only pay a protection fee to the Netherlands every year, thereby obtaining the asylum of the Dutch, rather than being puppets of the Dutch. Therefore, if East Africa wants to settle East Kalimantan, it also needs to attack the indigenous forces in the east of the island. The local indigenous people are mainly divided into two waves, one part is Malay, and the other part is the real indigenous people of Kalimantan.
As can be seen from the Kutai Sultanate mentioned earlier, there are still a group of foreign rulers who were originally green believers. In fact, there are complex forces such as Hinduism in East Kalimantan, but Hinduism cannot compete with green believers. It declined centuries ago.
These non-native religious forces were actually non-Western colonizers at the time. They were not good birds, and they were also among the key targets in East Africa.
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When the good news of the acquisition of East Kalimantan came, the East African government naturally cheered. The outbreak of World War I can be said to be an accelerator of East Africa's national destiny.
So far alone, East Africa's overseas expansion has achieved astonishing results. Hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land have been acquired at every turn. No one can remain indifferent.
Of course, Ernst was relatively calm. Of course, Ernst was very excited about the acquisition of East Kalimantan, but Ernst's design for East Kalimantan was a poisonous bait from the beginning.
Of course, Ernst would not say it clearly now, but pretended to be nonchalant and said to everyone: "Acquiring East Kalimantan is a good thing for our country, but it is also not easy to stabilize the rule in East Kalimantan. It’s an easy thing. Now that European countries have no time to worry about it, we should deal with all the unstable factors in East Kalimantan.”
"The first step is to wipe out the state power in East Kalimantan. Now that Britain is trapped in Europe, we have to attack the local indigenous people. They cannot get external support. This can save a lot of trouble."
"The second point is to start orderly immigration activities in East Kalimantan, while at the same time cracking down on the original pagans and giving them a German education. Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. Those who are not willing to accept the transformation of East Africa There is no need for indigenous people to exist.”
The Green Religion has always been regarded as a scourge by Ernst, mainly because once it is contaminated, it is difficult to get rid of this trouble. In the past, the Green Religion countries were very powerful in the Southeast Asian region, the most typical of which is Indonesia, and others such as Bangladesh, Malaysia, etc. No need to say more.
The "terror policy" that Ernst wants to implement in East Kalimantan is actually to copy what the Indonesian government did in the previous life. Only in this way can it eradicate the root causes and turn the East Kalimantan region into a stable base for East Africa's radiating influence in the future. one.
Anyway, if you have too many debts, you don’t have to worry about it. If you have too many lice, you don’t need to itch. Ernst has done this kind of terrible bad things and accepted them calmly. Ernst did not want to leave these troubles to future generations to solve. Facts have proved that future generations want to When it comes to solving it, it’s already difficult.
Just like Europe in its previous life, the United States caused a lot of social problems by absorbing a large number of refugees or immigrants from different cultures.
Following Ernst's instructions, it was clear that a **** storm would follow in East Kalimantan.
In fact, this is far from the end of the disaster in East Kalimantan. East Kalimantan is Ernst's bait. After the situation in East Kalimantan is calmed down, Ernst will direct his own companies to develop East Kalimantan with great fanfare. region’s oil resources.
If the history does not deviate too much, this will definitely distort the mouth of an island country in East Asia in the future. In this way, East Africa can use the power of the island country to disrupt the local deployment of Britain, France, the Netherlands, the United States, Australia, etc. East Africa is the last to enter and then thoroughly plow the Nanyang region, so that Nanyang can truly become East Africa's Nanyang.
This will further turn the Indian Ocean into East Africa's inland sea, and the South Ocean is an important fulcrum of East Africa's Indian Ocean policy. Especially if key nodes such as the Strait of Malacca are not controlled, East Africa will not truly control the Indian Ocean.
(End of chapter)