Chapter 975 Diplomatic Storm

May 1, 1900.

This day is International Labor Day. As early as 1889, the Second International was established to commemorate the May Day strike of workers in Chicago, USA.

It is worth mentioning that May 1 in East Africa is also Labor Day because of Ernst, but there is no qualifier of international. In the future, East Africans will have to add a national holiday to May Day. At the same time, Ernst decided to extend the May Day holiday in East Africa from three days to seven days, that is, one week.

East Africa itself is a country with relatively few holidays. As a new country, Ernst cancelled some European religious festivals. East Africa does not have a distinct winter, and the country is divided into two parts by the equator, which means that East Africa does not have a nationwide unified agricultural off-season. Therefore, in order to minimize interference with agricultural production activities, many traditional Eurasian 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 except for student holidays.

East African students have two holidays, namely the long holiday in the summer of the southern hemisphere (overlapping with the East African New Year) and the short holiday in the winter of the southern hemisphere.

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, that is to say, the winter vacation of 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, so this vacation is also the longest, nearly two months, while the short vacation is only more than one month.

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"Ambassador Blairon, long time no see, are you also here to attend the coronation ceremony in East Africa?" German Ambassador to East Africa Boers asked Blairon, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to East Africa, when he saw him in the Rhine Palace.

"It turned out to be Baron Boers. The East African government invited many people this time, but except for diplomats, it seems that no important heads of state from other countries attended." Blairon said.

"That's good. The Hechingen royal family's approach is unlikely to be welcomed. After all, there are too many empires in the world now, and the Tsarist Russia should be unworthy of its name." Boers said.

Blairon drank a sip of wine and smiled without saying anything. There are now three emperors in Europe. In Blairon's opinion, except for Emperor Franz of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, all other countries are clowns like Napoleon.

The empress of the British Empire is the emperor of India, and the so-called emperor of the Prussians is just the emperor of the German Empire, not the German emperor. Needless to say, the title of the tsar is very far-fetched. After all, as an Austrian, Blairon has some ideas about the Austro-Hungarian Empire regaining the dominance of the German region, but they are just some ideas.

Of course, from a factual point of view, there is no emperor in Europe that can be widely recognized at present. After all, the definition of the emperor in Europe is very different from that of the emperor in the Far East Empire.

The European emperor is the sum of a lot of titles, the most important of which are Caesar and Augustus, etc., and even if he becomes an emperor, the power of the European emperor will be restricted, and he cannot have his say, unlike the emperor of the Far East Empire who has unlimited power.

"Although the Hechingen royal family was born out of the European aristocratic system, since they have expanded their territory in Africa and actually formed a powerful empire, from the perspective of East Africans, it is not to be blamed that they have become an empire, but this system should be viewed separately from Europe." Bleiron did not blame East Africa for being right or wrong, and said so.

But he secretly criticized Boers, a Prussian barbarian, in his heart. He was a diplomat who came from the military and was as outspoken as William II.

Boers took a sip of wine and said, "That's right. Africa is not Europe after all. The Hechingen royal family probably knows this truth, so their empire should be a country with Africa as the core. If the United States has an American emperor, it is the same reason. But in theory, Europe can only have one Roman emperor."

The Roman emperor is the emperor of the whole of Europe in a sense. This is also the common pursuit of the current tsar, German emperor and Austrian emperor. Of course, except for the Roman era, there has never been such a person in Europe. The closest one is Napoleon. Although Napoleon is not recognized by European aristocrats, he is a man who is only one step away from unifying Europe.

While Burles and Blayron were talking, French Ambassador Lawrence and Spanish Ambassador William were also having relevant discussions. However, the Spaniards were relatively friendly to East Africa, while the French had mixed feelings towards East Africa. Diplomats from many small countries also had different views on East Africa's upgrade to an empire.

The most exciting thing was the diplomats from Tsarist Russia and Britain. Even in East Africa, a third country, the two countries were tit-for-tat.

"Mr. Wilson, the weather is really good today. For East Africans, their empire was sent by a certain country. After all, without the war in 1889, East Africa would not have been able to become another two-ocean empire in the world with millions of square kilometers of land." Tsarist Russian Ambassador Maxim came up and exposed the British scars in a sarcastic way.

At this time, the relationship between Britain and Tsarist Russia was the worst. Although East Africa was also hated by Britain, as time went on, the relationship between Britain and East Africa has now moved towards normalization. After all, it has been ten years since the South African War, and the British cannot always stare at East Africa.

For example, the threat posed by Tsarist Russia is far greater than that posed by East Africa. Germany also has this trend, but its relationship with Britain 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 is experienced in related fields, such as the United States becoming independent from the British.

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 wisdom, 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 sense of lower IQ. In fact, this stereotype has been inherited by East Africa.

And Wilson said that the IQ of the Tsarist Russians was not as good as that of East Africa. This is like saying that the IQ of the Tsarist Russians is not even as good as that of black people in Africa.

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 could not 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.