Chapter 975 Diplomatic Storm
May 1, 1900.
This day is International Labor Day. As early as 1889, the Second International established it to commemorate the May Day strike of workers in Chicago, USA.
It is worth mentioning that May 1st in East Africa is also Labor Day because of Ernst, but there is no qualifier of international. In the future, East Africans will add a National Day to celebrate May Day. At the same time, Sturt decided to extend the May Day holiday in East Africa from three days to seven days, or one week.
East Africa itself is a country with relatively few holidays, because as a new country, Ernst canceled some European religious festivals, there is no obvious winter in East Africa, and the country is divided into two parts by the equator, which means that East Africa does not have a national holiday. It is a unified agricultural slack season, so in order to minimize interference with agricultural production activities, many Eurasian traditional festivals have no market in East Africa.
This means that in the future, May Day will be the most important holiday in East Africa after the New Year, and the second longest holiday after the student holiday.
East African students have two holidays, one is the long holiday in the southern hemisphere summer (which overlaps with the East African New Year), and the other is the short holiday in the southern hemisphere winter.
Because most of East Africa is located in the southern hemisphere, and the summer in the southern hemisphere is the winter in the northern hemisphere, which means that the winter vacation for students in other countries is the hottest time in East Africa, so it is equivalent to the summer vacation in East Africa. In addition, it overlaps with the East African New Year. The vacation is also the longest, lasting nearly two months, while the short vacation lasts only more than a month.
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“Ambassador Blelowen, long time no see, are you also here to attend the coronation ceremony in East Africa?” Boers, the German Ambassador to East Africa, asked when he saw Blelowen, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to East Africa, at the Rhine Palace.
“It turned out to be Baron Burse. The East African government invited a lot of people this time, but apart from diplomats, there didn’t seem to be any important heads of state from other countries participating.” Braylon said.
"That's fine. The Hechingen royal family's approach is unlikely to be welcomed. After all, there are too many empires in the world today, and the one like Tsarist Russia should not be worthy of its name." Burse said.
Brillo took a sip of wine and smiled without saying anything. There are now three emperors in Europe. In Brelon's opinion, except for Emperor Franz of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, all other countries are clowns like Napoleon.
The Queen of the British Empire was the Emperor of India, and the so-called Emperor of the Prussians was just the Emperor of the German Empire, not the Emperor of Germany. Needless to say, the title of Czar was very far-fetched. After all, as an Austrian, Blelohn was very important to the Austro-Hungarian Empire in regaining Germany. Regional leaders also have some ideas in mind, but they are just some ideas.
Of course, from a factual point of view, no current emperor in Europe can be widely recognized. After all, the definitions of emperors in Europe and the emperors of the Far Eastern Empire are very different.
European emperors are the sum of a lot of titles, the most important of which are Caesar, Augustus, etc., and even if they become emperors, the rights of European emperors will be restricted, and they cannot keep their word, unlike the emperors of the Far Eastern Empire who have the same rights Unlimited.
However, he secretly slandered Burse, a Prussian barbarian, who was worthy of being a diplomat with a military background, and who spoke as openly as William II.
After taking a sip of wine, Burse said: "That's true. Africa is not Europe after all. The Hechingen royal family probably knows this too, so their empire should be a country with Africa as its core. If the United States has an American emperor, This is also true, but technically there can only be one Roman emperor in Europe. In a sense, the Roman emperor is the emperor of all Europe. This is also the common pursuit of the current tsar, kaiser and Austrian emperor, except of course in the Roman era. , There has never been such a person in Europe. The closest one recently is Napoleon. Although Napoleon is not recognized by the European aristocracy, he is a man who is only one step away from unifying Europe.
While Burse and Braylon were talking, French Ambassador Laurence and Spanish Ambassador William were also having relevant discussions. However, the Spanish were relatively friendly towards East Africa, while the French had complicated feelings towards East Africa. Many diplomats from small countries had mixed feelings about East Africa. There are also different opinions on the attitude towards upgrading to an empire.
The most exciting thing is the diplomats of Tsarist Russia and the United Kingdom. Even in East Africa, a third country, the two countries are **** for tat.
"Mr. Wilson, the weather is really nice today. For East Africans, their empire was sent by a certain country. After all, without the war of 1889, East Africa would not have lost millions of square kilometers of land and become a country. Another two-ocean empire in the world." Maxim, the ambassador of Tsarist Russia, came up and revealed the scars of the British in a strange way.
At this time, the relationship between Britain and Tsarist Russia was at its worst. Although East Africa was also hated by Britain, with the passage of time, the relationship between Britain and East Africa has become normalized. After all, ten years have passed since the South African War, and the British cannot stare at it forever. With East Africa.
Like Tsarist Russia, the threat is far greater than that in East Africa. Germany also has this trend, but Germany's relationship with the United Kingdom has not yet completely become rigid.
Although the UK regrets that its mistakes led to the rise of this huge country in East Africa, it is not unacceptable. After all, the UK has experience in related fields, such as the United States becoming independent from British rule.
Moreover, East Africa has been relatively honest in the past ten years. Although East Africa is still expanding overseas, it does not threaten British interests. At the same time, the scale of the East African navy also makes the British most at ease. It has not imitated other countries in engaging in naval competition. If other powers in the world need In East Africa, the British Royal Navy does not need to be as nervous as it is now.
There was no emotional change on Wilson's face. He said to Maxim in a formulaic tone: "We did have unpleasant exchanges with East Africa, but East Africa was already one of the world's powers at that time. We have to admit that East Africa is now far away. It is not comparable to a region in the north near the Arctic Circle. After all, in Siberia, you can only live on a few potatoes. This is probably due to the IQ gap. There is no doubt that we in the UK can achieve today's results with our own intelligence, and although East Africa and A certain country in the cold zone only thinks about fighting, but they are undoubtedly smarter than Lord Maxim. I heard that your construction of the Siberian Railway is very difficult. If you need it, we in the UK are willing to help you. "
Wilson directly belittled Maxim's IQ, which was extremely insulting. After all, East Africa is an African country, and the natural nature of black Africans gives Africans a relatively low IQ. In fact, this stereotype has been inherited by East Africa.
Wilson said that the IQ of the Tsarist Russians was not as good as that of East Africa, which is like saying that the IQ of the Tsarist Russians was not even as good as that of black Africans.
Ambassador Maxim was really angry. He shouted that he wanted to duel Wilson, which attracted the unanimous attention of everyone present.
Wilson pretended to be helpless and said: "Look at what I said, it turns out that some countries only have simple minds like warriors. As civilized people, we in the UK do not advocate..."
As the host, the East African government naturally cannot watch the conflict escalate and find excuses to separate the two people. The conflict between British and Russian diplomats also became one of the episodes before the coronation ceremony.
(End of this chapter)