Chapter 343: Sanctions and Confessions
The Chinese Exclusion Act did not only affect the Far Eastern Empire, but in fact when the news reached Europe, it also affected East Africa, which itself was home to half of the Chinese immigrants and a large number of people of Chinese descent among European workers and students.
Because the Chinese Exclusion Act in the United States stipulates that it applies to all Chinese, including those who have obtained the nationality of a third country, so that the United States automatically classifies Chinese immigrants who have obtained East African nationality as "Chinese", so this matter has not been left out of East Africa from the beginning.
Ernst, who was visiting Germany, had an ugly face, because Ernst did not know the specific content of the Chinese Exclusion Act, he had only heard about it in his previous life, and it was not until the Chinese American staff in East Africa in the United States was restricted that Ernst knew that "this American knife still wants to cut off the head of East Africa." "Isn't this the 19th-century version of long-arm jurisdiction?
If East Africa does not respond, it will be a slander against the East African people, and East Africa is still a little patient with Britain as the world hegemon, but it has no "respect" for the United States.
"Let our media send out the detailed facts of this situation, so that rumors cannot prevail on the continent, and at the same time let Europeans see more clearly the true face of this group of nouveau riche, thieves, and the descendants of robbers." Ernst called Thomas (Tom), the head of the company in Germany, and said.
In fact, this kind of thing has nothing to do with Europe, but the center of world public opinion is in Europe, so we must not allow the bad nature of the US Chinese Exclusion Act to spread to Europe.
Although the United States is an explosive household in the eyes of Europeans, it is white no matter how it is said, so its attitude towards the Chinese will naturally be biased towards the United States.
"Not only that, but by publishing the human rights hierarchy of the United States in European public opinion, I can see how many other countries help Americans to speak."
The American human rights hierarchy is nothing more than the English, the Jews, the French...... Germans, Slavs, Italians, blacks, Indians, and Chinese, in this order, are all at the bottom after the ellipses, so that the people of the German and Italian regions, as well as the Slavic regions, do not think about just watching the excitement.
Fifty steps and a hundred steps, it also depends on who the object is, if it is Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Russia, then the remaining small European countries will endure it, how old is the United States?
Therefore, Ernst intends to coerce local public opinion and elevate the issue of Chinese exclusion in the United States to the issue of racial and ethnic discrimination in the United States.
And these places also have a characteristic, that is, they are important trading areas in East Africa, and at the same time, they are the areas controlled by public opinion by the Black Ringen Consortium.
Taking advantage of the economic crisis and depression of the previous decade, the Heixingen consortium also began to transition from industry to financial capital in the European part, controlling a large number of newspapers in Central and Eastern Europe.
Before the economic crisis, the Hexingen consortium returned the funds, and later transferred part of its production capacity to East Africa, after all, at that time, many European enterprises and companies went bankrupt, and the machines were sold cheaply in batches, and East Africa could assemble the factory in Africa by paying a shipping fee.
At the same time, the Heixingen consortium can also put a lot of energy into the financial industry, which has the advantage that the Heixinggen consortium is developing in the direction of international investment, and the local government is not easy to control.
If all the hands are industrial, it will be easy to be harvested by the governments, so the Jewish routine is worth learning from the Heixingen consortium, and as for the hard work of developing industry, it is better to come to East Africa itself.
Thomas: "Your Highness, I remember that around 1870 we left a lot of film evidence in the United States, did these photographs of Chinese workers also get published?" ”
What Thomas is talking about is the photographs of Chinese railroad workers living and working that Ernst specially sent to collect in the United States at that time, and Ernst has always retained the habit of retaining incriminating evidence.
"Then send it out in one piece! Dogs can't change their eating, don't Americans boast of freedom and equality? Look at what they quibble. ”
"There are also questions about the Imperial Government of the Far East, so that they must respond to the attitude towards the US Chinese Exclusion Act, they can't pretend to be dead on this matter, the United States can't afford to provoke it, don't think that we in East Africa are easy to provoke, and at the same time, in the name of the Pacific Fleet, stationed in Jiaozhou Bay to express our dissatisfaction."
The Pacific Fleet had only five gunboats in total, but the symbolism was greater, and the economic exchanges between the empires of East Africa and the Far East had grown in scale over the years, especially in the Huaihai Economic Zone, which was the largest.
Although the Huaihai Economic Zone was in the hands of the Far Eastern Empire, East Africa raised a large number of local interest spokesmen through economic means, mainly local bureaucrats and merchant groups, who relied on East German trade led by East Africa, rather than the East trade of the United States.
In addition, local public opinion was also controlled by East Africa, and the Qing government did not attach importance to public opinion, so East Africa and Western countries filled this vacancy.
In this way, East Africa will be able to mobilize the official forces and public opinion in the Far East in the Huaihai Economic Zone to force the Far Eastern Imperial Government to react to the US anti-Chinese movement.
In fact, now that the Far Eastern Empire has gone through the Westernization Movement, its national strength has rebounded, especially the military industry, and several naval forces have been greatly developed, while the Pacific Ocean is not so easy to cross in this era, so as long as the Far Eastern Empire government has a slightly tough attitude, the US government will definitely not kick its nose in the face.
Because the United States relies heavily on the Far East market for trade, if the trade between the United States and the Far Eastern Empire is frustrated because of the exclusion of the Far East, then the people of the world will be happy to see it.
East Africa has moved quickly, first of all, in East Africa, with the same sanctions and countermeasures against Americans in East Africa, and there are already nine open ports along the coast of East Africa, which are indispensable for American businessmen who attach importance to commercial trade.
At the same time, the mouthpiece of the Hexingen consortium in Central and Eastern Europe began to publicize the tragic plight of the Chinese railway workers in the United States to the European society, and the "heroic deeds" of the Americans who were "ungrateful" and "crossed the river and demolished the bridge" were widely circulated, and at the same time received a positive response in Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Tsarist Russia.
The image was originally not good, but now under the sowing of discord in East Africa, the international influence of the United States has plummeted, and in particular, the media of Italian regional countries have flaunted the banner of "false equality" of the United States, demanding that the US government treat Italian personnel in the United States equally.
In July, Richard, the East African ambassador to the Far Eastern Empire, met with the central government of the Far Eastern Empire, and at the same time, some officials from the four provinces in the Huaihai Economic Zone also wrote to the imperial court, demanding that the thieves be punished.
As for who is the national thief, it is natural that the officials who demanded to quell the "US anti-Chinese incident", this big hat was buttoned down, coupled with the pressure of the Germans, the government of the Far Eastern Empire had to issue a slightly tougher statement of countermeasures against the United States, and with the support of East Africa, the Far Eastern Empire directly imposed economic sanctions on the US state of California.
Other states in the United States, especially the West Coast, have revoked the "relevant laws" overnight and shifted the responsibility to California for their own interests.
At the same time, under the rendering of the East African background media, a wave of "boycott of American goods" was set off in the territory of the Far Eastern Imperial Government, especially in the Huaihai Economic Zone and the Zhuhai Trade Zone.
Under the double blow of international public opinion and economic interests, the US Government had no choice but to revise the "Chinese Exclusion Act" in August, which is to amend, not repeal.
In particular, the abolition of the "third-party nationality of Chinese" is an attempt to calm the impact, but does not want to admit the mistake.
However, this point will be resolved in East Africa, and it will no longer be directed against the United States, and as for the attitude of the Far Eastern Imperial Government, it has nothing to do with East Africa.
As for the Far Eastern Empire's tough attitude towards the United States, Britain supports it, because Britain is the largest interest in the Far Eastern Empire, and the market lost by the Americans will naturally return to the hands of the British.
(End of chapter)