The series of wars launched by the East African Kingdom in South Africa overwhelmed the Cape Town colony throughout May and July, because of the lag in transportation and information, the news reached Cape Town more than ten days late, so the war along the southern defense line in East Africa ended in June, and in July Cape Town learned that Basutolan and Zulu Kingdom were half crippled and one destroyed.

Cape Town Colonial Council.

"Gentlemen! This is the news that has just come from the north of the Orange River on the front line, according to the report of the Natal colony, a remnant of the Zulu Kingdom has fled to the Natal colony, about half a month ago, according to them, their own king was killed in battle, the land was all lost, almost at the same time, the Germans attacked Basutolan, and the capital of Basutolan, Maseru, was also occupied by the Germans, and the Basutolans were forced to move south. We now proceed to a secret ballot on whether or not to form an accountable cabinet in Cape Town, which was proposed in February this year. Cape Town Colonial Assembly Speaker Aung Olsen said.

Then the members of the Cape Town Parliament began their voting time, fifteen minutes later.

"One vote against, two votes against...... As a result of this vote, the establishment of a responsible cabinet in Cape Town was unanimously vetoed. ”

As Aung Olsen announced the results of the vote, there was loud applause from the room, and Cape Town's important step towards autonomy was completely ruined by the invasion of South Africa by the Kingdom of East Africa.

Aung Olson: "I would like to ask Your Excellency the Governor to brief us on the current state of the Kingdom of East Africa's invasion of South Africa. ”

Henry Barkley was quite pleased with the outcome of the meeting, and the Germans did him a great favor, but he still had to criticize the Kingdom of East Africa to make the Cape Town parliamentarians realize the seriousness of the problem.

Henry Buckley: "Gentlemen, I think you have all learned more or less about the invasion of South Africa by the Kingdom of East Africa through various channels, and even some gentlemen have been victims of this war, and all kinds of signs indicate that the Kingdom of East Africa is a very aggressive country, and it has the same belligerent genes in its bones as Prussia.

Beginning in March, the Kingdom of East Africa launched a sudden attack on the Transvaal Republic, and it took less than a month to complete the occupation of the Transvaal Republic without preparation, and a little later, the East African Kingdom invaded the Republic of Grigualand without any pretext for war, and almost at the same time, the Kingdom of Eswatini fell, and the main forces of the Transvaal Republic were defeated, followed by the Zulu Kingdom and the Basutoland Kingdom.

In less than four months, the Kingdom of East Africa wiped out three sovereign states and simultaneously occupied half of the territory of the Kingdom of Basutoland. ”

Henry Buckley's words sent the parliamentarians deep in thought, too fast!

"Mr. Governor, I wonder where this East African kingdom came from? Why haven't we heard of this country before? ”

Henry Buckley: "That's a good question, it's because of our intelligence lag that this major mistake was made, and we didn't realize the danger of the East African Kingdom, so that the East African Kingdom went on a rampage in South Africa, and I can give you a brief introduction to the specific situation of the East African Kingdom."

The Kingdom of East Africa was founded by the Germans in Tanganyika around 1865 from a former East African colony, and it is unknown when it was registered and how it developed in East Africa.

However, we know from the Portuguese that in 1867, the Sultanate of Zanzibar became a protectorate of East Africa due to its defeat in the war, and East Africa thus inherited the territory of the Sultanate of Zanzibar on the mainland, and the present-day cities of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa were incorporated into East Africa at that time.

At the same time, the Portuguese also faced fierce competition from the Germans, according to the Portuguese, the Kingdom of East Africa deployed about a few thousand troops on its borders, and at the same time East Africa eliminated a number of indigenous countries, including the Kingdom of Malawi, the Kingdom of Kazenbe, the Kingdom of Matabele, etc. ”

"Your Excellency, we just want to know how many troops in East Africa are now in South Africa, and how many more troops they can muster, whether they have ambitions for the Cape Town colony, and what if they suddenly attack Cape Town," interrupted one of the councillors. ”

This question stopped Henry Buckley from asking, "Well, how do you say these questions?" According to our research, East Africa's military presence in South Africa is estimated to be between 30,000 and 50,000. ”

Before Henry Barkley's words could be finished, there was an uproar among the members of the Cape Town Parliament.

"Oh my God! 30,000 to 50,000? That's enough to fight a low-intensity war in Europe. ”

"Cape Town (city) is not so populous this year, and our population statistics in 1865 show that there were 15,118 whites, 13,065 coloured and Asians, and 274 indigenous blacks, which is probably about the same number as the East African army even now with the surrounding suburbs."

"Why did the Germans of the Kingdom of East Africa suddenly appear in South Africa quietly? The government should explain this! ”

"It's ironic that we don't even know about the Kingdom of East Africa, and we have to get it from the Portuguese."

"I don't know the full picture, so I won't comment."

"Kill that bastard in front!"

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"Silence, silence! Listen to the Governor! Ang Olsen said to maintain order in the venue.

Henry Barkley also said at this time: "You don't need to panic, although the Germans are very strong, but our British Empire is the first in the world, under the protection of the British Empire, that is, Germany and Austria have to weigh and weigh, not to mention the small East African Kingdom, but having said that, we still have to be wary of the ambitions of the East African Kingdom."

For example, the Republic of Grigualand is already our territory in Cape Town, but the Kingdom of East Africa has not given us an answer so far, showing its sincerity to return the Republic of Grigualand, I think maybe the Kingdom of East Africa only regards Grigaland as a small country, so it doesn't care, but they are only a river away from our Kimberley masonry mines.

This is a great threat to us, but fortunately, the East Africans did not know about the existence of the Kimberley masonry mines, so they did not cross the river to take the masonry mines for themselves."

"Damn, don't we have the means to counter the Germans? Your Excellency the Governor! Where do all the taxes we pay each year go? , why did our army not react at all? ”

Henry Buckley: "This councillor, pay attention to your words, we must note that the only army in Cape Town is the navy, which is more combat-effective, but the navy cannot go inland to fight.

Secondly, our army, I believe you also know that it is not called an army, and the number is pitiful, if you are willing to contribute all the mercenaries in your hands, maybe there is a war with the East African kingdom, or in the past few years, everyone did not get stuck in military spending, I believe that London will also send more army. ”

Of course, Henry Buckley's proposal could not be passed, asking for money, don't think about it, everyone came to Cape Town to make a fortune, and Cape Town is not a good place, so they will engage in farms, dig and mine, the income is not much, the expenses are large, how can they have the energy to support the construction of the army.

Besides, even if you pay for the military, it will be fished out by London, and how many troops to send over depends on London's conscience, and London's conscience is that it has no conscience, and everyone has always wanted to be self-governing, isn't it just that they want to pay less taxes! Now, because of the threat of the Germans, it is progress if there is no trouble.

There was a lot of arguing, and no one could come up with a better way, in that case, it was still necessary to turn to London, which could not cope with the East African kingdom with Cape Town's ability anyway.

(End of chapter)