This sort of tug-of-war would certainly not produce results in the short term. Yet East Africa's approach had instead allowed Tsarist Russia to reap a bargain at the sidelines. There was no helping it; after all, Britain stood between East Africa and Tsarist Russia.
Tsarist Russia was certainly unwilling to compromise with Britain. Without the crushing defeat of the Russo-Japanese War, Russia could never have willingly yielded to Britain.
But East Africa's emergence gave Russia a chance to catch its breath. Now, in the Middle East and Central Asia, as long as Russia could digest the northern regions within its own sphere of influence, then while East Africa and Britain competed, the Russian government believed that its national strength could recover to a certain extent during that period.
"We need not be too hasty in our activities in the Middle East and Central Asia. After all, these places were never originally within our sphere of influence. Our temporary insertion is mainly meant to lay the groundwork for the future," Ernst said to officials from the Intelligence Department and Foreign Ministry.
Britain had accumulated advantages in the Middle East and Central Asia for more than a century. Under normal circumstances, unless a direct war broke out, it would be almost impossible for East Africa to eliminate British influence.
"Our arrangements in the Middle East and Central Asia are long-term work. Our purpose is to gradually build up our own advantages. Once something happens to Britain, we will be able to take over Britain's regional influence in one smooth motion."
Far East Empire.
As the power struggle within the ancient empire grew increasingly severe, East Africa had no choice but to make corresponding adjustments to safeguard its interests in the Far East Empire.
Abetz, the East African consul general in Jiaozhou,