Due to the hype some time ago, Europeans paid considerable attention to the trial of this diaspora rebellion case, and the MacDonald consortium took this opportunity to launch a live broadcast on the radio. In the U.S., and even in Europe, it's not the first time that a concert has been broadcast live on the air. As early as five years ago, MacDonald's companies completed a maintenance campaign in Europe. Also. Na New Year's concert live broadcast. Two years ago, they even broadcast live to the North American continent. Also. New Year's concert. However, this was the first time that a live broadcast had been made to Europe from the undeveloped southern hemisphere. The MacDonald consortium built a makeshift radio transponder station on the highest hill in southern Africa, Tabana, and then in Madagascar, then in Italy...... Of course, it cost a lot of money, but it was the Boers who paid anyway, so there was no need to feel distressed. In addition, the time zone of Johannesburg is the same as that of Paris, so there is no need to worry about jet lag.

Moreover, in order to cooperate with the publicity, the Transvaal Republic also deliberately set the time of the trial at six o'clock in the afternoon, which is the time when those Europeans have finished their day's work and answered that they turn on the radio at home to listen to the news or novels. Originally, the Boers considered whether to simply put the trial on Sunday, but Grastone immediately vetoed the proposal.

"How can you, who are in the image of the Europeans as pious and somewhat conservative Christians, work on the Sabbath?"

The way of the trial is a little rougher than that of Europe, but in general it is still decent, very much of the legacy of the ancient Roman court. But these are not the most important things, the most important thing is that the Boer prosecutor presented irrefutable evidence at the trial. The letters exchanged between Cecil Rhodes, the Governor of Cape, and Jensen and those of the Aliens Reform Commission, as well as the large number of weapons seized at the Aliens Reform Commission, suggest that these British nationals were indeed involved in the rebellion.

Prior to this, the British had repeatedly claimed that the participation of the "Aliens Committee" in the rebellion was planted by the Boers, but now the British expatriates who participated in the rebellion themselves confessed to this. And the "savage and simple" Boers did not have much time to lose, and now that the facts are clear, their sentences were particularly crisp: Mr. Dahl and others, who took the lead, were sentenced to death by hanging, and the others were sentenced to five to fifteen years of hard labor.

The verdict immediately sent a stir through the UK and Europe.

Generally speaking, the world's number one power will always bully and bully other countries, otherwise, what is it doing with spending the world's first military spending every year and raising the world's first army? Is it just for the military parade every year when she waits for Her Majesty's birthday? If you can't go out happily and be a bully, isn't it for nothing to be the boss of the world?

In addition, for so many years, the British have been-stirring sticks on the European continent as long as they have the opportunity, so although many countries in Europe are now following the British as their younger brothers, their people's impression of the British is very bad (this is also the norm, there has never been a world boss who is not disgusted. For example, in various surveys of foreign tourists, Europeans always thought that tourists in the lighthouse country were the most annoying) For the fact that you can see the appearance of Britain abroad, it must be a good thing to be happy. Therefore, those people on the European continent are naturally more willing to believe that the British are not things, and they are naturally more willing to believe that "everything is the conspiracy of the British Yankees". It's just that although the British are hateful, they are too powerful, so no one dares to jump out against him. And now, the Boers have stepped forward, and with such a trial, a hard slap in the face of John Bull, has breathed a sigh of relief for the whole of Europe. So the whole continent, except for those who took the money of the British and spoke for the British with no conscience, most of the people cheered for this verdict.

Of course, the British also have a strong influence on the media on the European continent, and some of the media will also help the British speak. But now, they are being attacked in unison. The writer Zola openly wrote an article accusing these media of covering up the truth and betraying conscience for money, comparing them to Judas who betrayed Jesus for a few silver coins. An unknown newspaper even spread the rumor that these people were taking money directly from Cecil Rhodes.

"We have conclusive evidence that every time they published an article in good conscience that whitewashed their master, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes threw them five pennies. Yes, it's only five pennies. For Mr. Cecil Rhodes also thinks that the conscience of these fellows is worthless, and is worth five pennies at most. ”

What is said in this must be made up as any reader knows, and in any case, the price of fivepence is too low, even if you have a dog, there is more than that. The article, however, had the unintended effect of that, from then on, whenever someone defended the Englishman, everyone else laughed at him for taking five pennies from Cecil Rhodes. Later, anyone who spoke for the British was simply called a fivepence.

In the UK, however, the verdict has had a completely different effect. As the leader of the world, the citizens of Great Britain are always superior wherever they go, especially those of the lower barbarians and semi-savages. Protector of the British Empire. Although it does not say that "no matter where you are, the British government and the Royal Army are your strong backing", the British do so many times, especially on the territory of the weak barbarians. One of the common tactics used by the British Empire to find the "barbarians" to annex their territory or plunder their gold was to arrange for a few British to die there, and then to loot them under the banner of protecting the legitimate rights of British citizens. And one of the consequences of this approach is naturally that British merchants can run rampant and domineering in many places. Now, a small Boer state dares to judge the high-ranking British, and even sentence them to death. Moreover, they also gave such a simple verdict that it only took a few hours to give such a verdict. This is obviously not taking the British Empire into account. If such behavior is not punished, how can the merchants of the British Empire do business well in the future? As a result, the voice of the Transvaal Republic of the Boers and the extermination of the Boers became louder and louder in Britain. Quite a few British parliamentarians shouted in public: if the Boers dared to hang the British, then start a war. The British government also declared that the Cape Colony would be put on alert. And sent a commissioner, to Johannesburg, to put pressure on the Boers.

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"Dad, you see the British are really coming. If we start a war now, a lot of our business is not over, and the money has not yet arrived. Greystone said to Scrooge, "Shall we cool down the propaganda?" ”

"No," replied Scrooge, "barking dogs don't bite." The Boers, of course, were not ready, but were the British? What can the British army do with that little bit of the Cape colony? If the British really want to make a move, they will first release the 'sincerity of peace' and let the other side be less vigilant before doing so. Now they're just intimidating. Now not only can it not be cooled, but it also needs to be added to the fire. For example, now you can start to spread rumors publicly, because public opinion has been one-sided, and the right to speak on this matter has already reached our hands. Propaganda is like that, at first the audience will think that they care about the facts, but as time goes on, the different attitudes towards a message will become more and more obvious, and then they will naturally replace the 'facts' that they used to claim to value the most. From the widespread use of 'fivepence', we can see that this trend is already evident. So my child, at this time, the facts don't matter anymore, the conscience, or the ass is the most important. Now, even if what you say turns out to be wrong, those who are already on your side won't change their stance because of that. So the time is ripe for rumor-mongering. ”

"Okay, Dad. I understand. Gladstone said.

The next day, a number of newspapers in France and Germany reprinted this news item from the Associated Press:

"According to well-informed sources, according to Cecil Rhodes's previous plan for the British government, British troops are secretly being assembled and will soon be transferred to South Africa, and as soon as the Transvaal rejects the appeal of the British expatriate, it will immediately use this as a pretext to declare war on the Transvaal in order to seize the gold mines of Johannesburg, conquer the Transvaal, and turn it into a British Crown Territory."

Although the British government immediately launched a refutation of the rumors, claiming that the British government did not have such a plan. But this refutation of this rumor was useless, and various media on the European continent were spreading that the Jensen expedition was actually launched remotely from Downing Street and Windsor Castle, in order to get a pretext for war. The entire European continent was denouncing the ambition and greed of the British. The great French writer Zola even said to a friend: "If I were young, I would have to go to South Africa, like Byron, with my own dry food, and fight for freedom and justice." ”

Somehow, this conversation was revealed by the newspapers, and as a result, a group of literary and artistic youths really launched a movement to "bring their own weapons, their own dry food, and their own military salaries to defend freedom and justice." Compared to those of later generations who only dared to go online Ma Bian foreign ambassadors with Mo. Li. The keyboard warrior who spent time on the street, but did not go by himself, was really much more sincere and brave than the European literary youth of that era. They actually formed a team of about 1,000 people and went to the Transvaal.