Chapter 857 split into two
Ele Ele Port.
"Your Majesty the Governor, Rogge has sent someone to send a message. The Americans will take action today? They must have already started taking action. Should we take action?" Lieutenant Granston asked.
John Crane nodded and said: "It's already seven o'clock now. I'll let our people on the island prepare first. We will launch a coup at six o'clock in the evening."
Gladstone did not refute John Crane's words. This operation could not be carried out by all his own people, and other forces lurking on the island in East Africa would also need to work together.
Gladstone's two thousand men cannot be dispersed throughout the island, but must be used in key places. After all, Kauai Island is not small, and too dispersed troops will not be conducive to possible conflicts with the Americans in the future.
Gladstone said: "When the time comes, I will take the main force to Lihue. How many people can be left in Lihue?"
John Crane thought for a while and said: "Three hundred men in Elelei should be enough. If there are too few, there is a risk of being defeated. If there are too many, it will not be conducive to controlling Lihue. Once Lihue is controlled, I am afraid we will have to divide our troops to the islands." Other areas in the east and north, so you will leave at least a thousand troops in Lihue, and you will be in charge of Lihue yourself. "
Gladstone said: "Of course, Lihue has the largest population, so I will pay more attention. As for the east and north of the island, the north should pay more attention. After all, if you control the east of Lihue, you will be stable. The north is mainly Concentrated in Princeville, east of Hanalei Bay.”
“Princeville is the second most populous town on the island, and it covers most of the island. If we send people out now, the news there will not be able to spread for a while.” John Crane also said.
Oahu.
After discussing the relevant arrangements for the coup, Gladstone asked: "Your Majesty the Governor, why hasn't the navy arrived at Kauai yet?"
As for Elayele, because it is not far from Lihue, it was developed relatively late. It was only after the arrival of East Africans that Elayele became somewhat large-scale.
On the surface, American missionaries opened free schools and hospitals in Hawaii, and also held many charity activities. But in fact this is a means of invisible intrusion.
The Kapu religion was eradicated, which provided the conditions for the American invasion. Many American missionaries preached the Bible in Hawaii, and American Christianity spread wantonly in the country.
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Of course, in recent years, the Hawaiian royal family has also realized the dangers of the United States' dominance in Hawaii, but they can only pretend to be ostriches and hope that the United States will show some respect.
Iolani Palace was built in 1882 in downtown Honolulu and was the "only" royal palace in the United States in its previous life.
The United States adopted a "boiling frog in warm water" approach to the Kingdom of Hawaii to achieve annexation of the local area. Originally, there was a native Kapu religion in Hawaii.
At this time, the Hawaiian royal family did not expect that the Americans would not be "merciful" after all. After all, the United States was quite righteous before and helped the Kingdom of Hawaii resist the aggression of Tsarist Russia, Britain and France.
Iolani Palace.
John Crane said: "The news came back the day before. The navy should be on the way now, and it may only arrive in the next day or two."
This palace, built relatively late, is completely built in Western style. It looks smaller than the Palace of the Sultan of Zanzibar, but it is also more exquisite.
Of course, the Kingdom of Hawaii deserves it. Now King Kalakaua of Hawaii is an out-and-out admirer of beauty. After taking the throne, Kalakaua also took a series of measures to get closer to the United States. Therefore, after Kalakaua succeeded to the throne, Hawaii The fate of the royal family was sealed.
If Hawaii could balance the forces of all parties on the island, it would still be easy to achieve both ends, but the Hawaiian royal family has blocked its own path. Today, the sea breeze in Hawaii is still very fresh. Kalakaua stands in front of the palace window, enjoying the blessings of the "civilized" world.
Since Kalakaua succeeded to the throne, he moved the capital from Lahaina to the more economically prosperous city of Honolulu. The American-style palace Iolani Palace was his creation.
The exterior wall of the palace is painted in bright white like the White House in the United States. Tall tropical trees are planted in front of the palace, and the road is smooth, no less than the palaces of some small European countries.
Take the Ernst family's Hohenzollern Palace. The Hohenzollern Palace is more like a military fortress, and the living experience is actually not that good. On the contrary, the Iolani Palace is located in the city center and is not at all There are not many defensive functions, there are only simple walls on the outside, and now outside these walls, Americans are already carrying weapons and are killing them aggressively.
“Your Majesty, our palace is surrounded!” Kalakaua’s minister nervously reported to Kalakaua.
“What’s going on?” Kalakaua asked in shock.
“Americans, there are Americans outside, they surrounded the palace with weapons, and I also saw demonstration banners against the monarchy.”
“Damn it, how could this happen!” Kalakaua said in disbelief. How could his “American dad” overthrow him?
It has to be said that Kalakaua trusts the Americans too much. If it were Ernst, he would definitely not put the palace in Honolulu. Although Lahaina was a little remote in the past, it was not easy to be directly surrounded by Americans. If there were another A military palace like Hohenzollern Castle can be besieged for several months without the use of heavy weapons.
Of course, the most outstanding feature of Hohenzollern Castle is that it is built on a hill, so you can imagine how poor the habitability of Hohenzollern Castle is, while Iolani Palace and Hohenzollern Castle are completely opposite.
Kalakaua built this palace just to "enjoy happiness". Pearl Harbor in Honolulu is the best port in the entire archipelago, so the economy is also the most developed. With a large number of Americans living there, the living conditions are also the best. And now These became Kalakaua's talisman.
Of course, according to the morality of Americans, it is impossible to kill Kalakaua. After all, they must continue to use the name of the Kingdom of Hawaii to maintain local rule of the United States. The main purpose is to prevent gossip from the international community, and East Africa also has this plan.
Six p.m.
Lihue.
"You are Kumari, the governor of Kauai. I heard that you are a descendant of King Gomu Ali'i?"
Gladstone easily led his troops into the governor's palace in Lihue and captured alive the governor of Kauai Island, Kumari, who was entrusted by the Kingdom of Hawaii.
"Next, what do we say, what do you do..." Gladstone did not talk nonsense to the frightened Kumari, and directly asked him to start forming a puppet government, and announced his separation from the Kingdom of Hawaii and the restoration of the Kauai Island regime.
At the same time, the turmoil on the island naturally attracted the attention of the Americans, but looking at the murderous East African Defense Force soldiers, they did not dare to let go.
Even some sharp-eyed British businessmen were the first to recognize the uniforms of the East African Defense Forces and exclaimed: "Oh my God, why are these **** East African barbarians here!"
Fortunately, the East African soldier did not understand English, otherwise he would have been given a gun butt.
On this day, a world-famous painting appeared on the Hawaiian Islands on March 13, 1892. East Africans and Americans launched coups on the Hawaiian Islands on the same day.
The unified Kingdom of Hawaii was completely destroyed, and two puppet regimes were established, one was the Republic of Hawaii supported by the United States, and the other was the Kingdom of North Hawaii (Kuai Island) supported by East Africa.
The changes that occurred on the islands quickly attracted the attention of the forces on the islands such as Britain, France, and Japan. All countries could only watch the United States and East Africa "divide the spoils" without being able to stop it for the time being.
(End of this chapter)