The series of wars launched by Kingdom of East Africa in South Africa overwhelmed Cape Colony from May to July. Due to the lag in transportation and information, it was too late for the news to reach Cape Town It took more than ten days, so the war along Southern Defense Line in East Africa ended in June. Only in July did Cape Town know that one of Basutoland and Zulu Kingdom was half disabled, and the other was destroyed.
Cape Colony Council.
"Gentlemen! This is the news that just came from the north of the front line Orange River. According to Natal Colony's report, a remnant of the Zulu Kingdom has fled to Natal Colony. About half a month ago, according to them, their king died in battle and the country was completely lost. Almost at the same time, Germans versus Basutoland carried out an attack, and the Basutoland capital Maseru was also occupied by Germans, and the Basutoland people were forced to move south. Next, we will hold a secret vote on whether to form a Cape Town responsible cabinet proposed in February this year. "Cape Colony Speaker of the Angolssen said.
Then the members of Cape Town parliament started voting time, fifteen minutes later.
"One vote against, two votes against... The result of this vote was unanimous rejection of the establishment of Cape Town responsible cabinet."
As Angolssen announced the voting results, there was fierce applause at the venue. Cape Town's important step towards autonomy was completely ruined because of Kingdom of East Africa's invasion of South Africa.
Angolssen: "Now, I would like to ask His Excellency the Governor to brief us on the current situation of Kingdom of East Africa's invasion of South Africa."
Henry Buckley was quite satisfied with the outcome of this meeting. Germans helped him a lot, but he still had to severely criticize Kingdom of East Africa in order to make the Cape Town MPs realize the seriousness of the problem.
Henry Buckley: "Gentlemen, I think you have all learned more or less about Kingdom of East Africa's invasion of South Africa through various channels. Some gentlemen have even become victims of this war. Various signs indicate that Kingdom of East Africa is an extremely aggressive country. It has the same warlike genes as Prussia.
Starting in March, Kingdom of East Africa suddenly launched an attack on Republic of the Transvaal. When Republic of the Transvaal was unprepared, it took less than a month to complete the occupation of Republic of the Transvaal. Later, Kingdom of East Africa invaded Griqualand Republic without any excuse for war. Almost at the same time, Kingdom of Eswatini fell, and the main force of Republic of the Transvaal was also defeated, followed by the Zulu Kingdom and Kingdom of Basutoland.
In less than four months, Kingdom of East Africa eliminated three sovereign countries and occupied half of the territory of Kingdom of Basutoland. "
Henry Buckley's words brought the MPs to their knees, too quickly!
"Mr. Governor, I want to know where this Kingdom of East Africa came from? Why haven't we heard of this country before?"
Henry Buckley: "This is a good question. It was the lag in our intelligence that caused this major mistake. We did not realize the dangers of Kingdom of East Africa, which led to Kingdom of East Africa running rampant in South Africa. I can briefly introduce to you the specific situation of Kingdom of East Africa.
Kingdom of East Africa was born from the former East African colony, and was established by Germans in Tanganyika region. Germans began to operate in Tanganyika region around 1865. The specific login time is unknown, and how it developed in East Africa is also unknown.
However, we learned from Portuguese that in 1867, Sultanate of Zanzibar became the protectorate of East Africa due to the failure of the war. East Africa therefore inherited part of Sultanate of Zanzibar's territory on the mainland. Today's Dar es Salaam city and Mombasa city were both incorporated into East Africa at that time.
At the same time, Portuguese is also facing fierce competition from Germans. According to Portugal, Kingdom of East Africa has deployed about several thousand troops on its border. At the same time, East Africa has eliminated many indigenous countries. The currently known ones include Kingdom of Malawi, Kingdom of Kazembe, Matabele Kingdom, etc. "
A congressman interrupted, "Your Majesty the Governor, we just want to know how many troops there are in East Africa now in South Africa, how many more troops they can mobilize, whether they have ambitions against Cape Colony, and what if they suddenly launch an attack on Cape Town."
This question stopped Henry Buckley: "Well, how should I answer these questions! According to our survey, it is estimated that the number of East African troops in South Africa should be between 30,000 and 50,000."
Before Henry Buckley finished speaking, he caused an uproar among the Cape Town parliament members.
"Oh my God! Thirty to fifty thousand people? That's enough to fight a low-intensity war in Europe."
"Cape Town (city) has not had such a large population this year. Our census data in 1865 shows that at that time, Cape Town had 15,118 white people, 13,065 people of color and Asians, and 274 indigenous black people. Even if the surrounding suburbs are included now, the number is probably about the same as East African Army."
"Why did Germans of Kingdom of East Africa suddenly appear in South Africa without a trace? The government should explain this!"
"We don't even know the information about Kingdom of East Africa, so we have to get it from Portuguese. This is so ironic."
"The full picture is unknown and no comment will be made."
"Kill that bastard in front of you!"
"Silence, silence! Please listen to the governor to finish speaking!" Angolssen said to maintain order in the venue.
Henry Buckley also said at this time, "Don't panic, everyone. Although Germans is very powerful, we Great British Empire are the number one in the world. Under the protection of the Great British Empire, even Germany and Austria has to weigh it, not to mention the little Kingdom of East Africa. But having said that, we still have to be wary of Kingdom of East Africa's ambitions.
For example, Griqualand Republic is already the territory of our Cape Town, but Kingdom of East Africa has not yet given us a reply, showing sincerity in returning Griqualand Republic. I don't care, I think maybe Kingdom of East Africa only regards Griqualand as a small country, so they don't care, but they are only separated by a river from our Kimberley masonry mine.
This is a huge threat to us, but fortunately East Africans didn't know the existence of the Kimberley masonry mine, so he didn't cross the river and take the masonry mine as his own,"
"Damn it, don't we have any means to counter Germans? Your Majesty the Governor! Where do the taxes we pay every year go? Why is there no response from our army?"
Henry Buckley: "Congressman, please pay attention to your words. We must note that among the local military in Cape Town, only the navy has more combat effectiveness, but the navy cannot go inland to fight.
Secondly, our army, I believe you also know that it cannot be called an army, and the number is pitifully small. If you are willing to contribute all the mercenaries you have, maybe you can still fight against Kingdom of East Africa, or if you don't have military expenses in the past few years, I believe London will send more armies. "
Henry Buckley's proposal is of course impossible to pass. If you want money, don't think about it. Originally, everyone came to Cape Town to make a fortune. Cape Town is not a good place. They only farm and mine. The income is not much and the expenses are huge. How can you have the energy to support the construction of the army.
Furthermore, even if the military expenditure is paid, it is still being exploited by London. How many troops are sent here depends on London's conscience, and London's conscience is that it has no conscience. Isn't it that everyone who wants autonomy just wants to pay less taxes? Now because of the threat of Germans, if we don't cause trouble, we will be progressing.
After all the quarreling, no one could come up with a better solution. In this case, we still need help from London. Anyway, Cape Town's ability cannot deal with Kingdom of East Africa.