Chapter 182

On December 19, 1863, it was an extraordinary day.

Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi, a Dutch colony around Lake Victoria, experienced major turmoil between the indigenous Hutu and Tutsi that day. The hand of slaughter among the Westerners.

The proportion of the population between Tutsi and Hutu in the three regions is between 15% and 20%.

Therefore, when the Hutu people attacked the Tutsi, although the Tutsi had a lot of firearms, the Tutsi completely stopped because of the huge gap in the number of people.

In less than a week, the Tutsi population ratio dropped sharply in the three regions, from 15% to 3%.

With the exposure of this data in Europe and the world, the world suddenly attracted a huge wow.

12% of the Tutsi are gone.

"It was a massive murder, and like criminals all over Europe, the Hutu's approach was eerily similar, everyone knew the killing was about to happen, but no Tutsi thought it would be this big,"

During interviews in Sydney, many of the Tutsi complained bitterly to the European Times, the largest newspaper in Europe:

"Murderers with a finger on the weapon are making a big splash to kill their neighbors with a reputation for honor and justice.

But until the last moment, they were actually not sure whether the other party was the murderer.

No one, from bystanders to murderers, can be sure that the person killed is guilty or not, but none of that matters.

Because with the darkness of the last day of the week, all Hutu and Tutsi people, men and women, high and low, have a whole new identity—murderers, or victims."

At the end of the "Europe Times", the data revealed that in this one-week massacre, more than 400,000 people were killed by the Tutsi ethnic group by the Hutu ethnic group.

However, many people in later generations believe that it is not only this figure, but even more than doubled.

The Netherlands seemed to be half a beat this time, waiting a week before they got the situation under control.

This time, the Netherlands mobilized more than 30,000 indigenous soldiers from the East India to be stationed at Lake Victoria, which prevented the riots from continuing.

But by this time there were not many Tutsi left.

London, England.

Queen Victoria and Viscount Palmerston, Foreign Secretary Russell, Chancellor of the Exchequer Creston, Prince Edward, Prince Edward, etc., held a small circle meeting at the palace.

"Your Majesty, why did we take advantage of the riots in the Dutch African colonies to go south from Sudan and enter Uganda?"

Prince Edward had just finished discussing the internal problems of the United Kingdom, so he couldn't wait to raise the problems facing the Netherlands in Africa.

In his view, this is a good opportunity.

Queen Victoria frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "You only saw the riots, but didn't look at them carefully. The cause of this incident and the role played by the Netherlands in the process?"

Crown Prince Edward was taken aback, "Could the Netherlands still be able to lead the incident by itself?"

There is no king in the world who messes up his own rule. Edward never thought about this, because it is too incredible. If one is not well controlled, it may affect the Dutch dominance.

Seeing the look on her son's face, Queen Victoria knew that he must not have thought about it.

Originally, her husband, Prince Albert, was dissatisfied with the death of the cold because he went out to find Edward in London. After this period of time, the idea that he originally wanted him to be in power was that with the recent speeches of unknown reasons, she was even more towards him. 's were rated badly.

"Everyone, what is the purpose of William IV for what the Netherlands is doing now, and what do you think?"

"The Netherlands is creating conflict between indigenous peoples"

Russell knew what he was asking, so he said: "The Tutsi and Hutu have been living together for a long time, and have always been in peace, but since the Netherlands seized these colonies last year, they have faced a group around Lake Victoria. The two ethnic groups with a unified stand have more than 3 million people combined.

This is for the Netherlands, although the advanced guns and heavy artillery can be used to force the rule by private letter, but the cooperation of these two ethnic groups is very important for the Netherlands.

The convergence of the positions of the Tutsi and Hutu people is putting pressure on the Netherlands. After all, the Dutch army of 10,000 or 20,000 people faces millions of indigenous people and can suppress them temporarily but not in the long run.

To break the crisis in the Netherlands, it is natural to break the tacit understanding between the two races. This is the cause of this massacre."

When Prince Edward heard the words, his heart suddenly moved.

At the same time, I also regret what I said just now. The Netherlands is actually the promoter behind the scenes?

The words of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Creston at this time made him understand that this matter was absolutely true.

In between, Creston also said: "Secretary Russell is right, the cause of the incident is that after the Netherlands acquired Tanzania, Kenya and other places in October last year, they even chose lighter-skinned people with only about 15% of the population. The Tutsi people are hosting the three places of Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, which makes the Hutu people, who occupy the majority of the population, greatly dissatisfied.

Moreover, the Netherlands also put enormous pressure on the Tutsi rulers to levy huge taxes on the Hutu, which made the Hutu breathless.

This sparked serious dissatisfaction among the Hutu people in the three places.

The funny thing is that this was originally what the Dutch were doing. After the Tutsi were delegated, the dissatisfaction of the two groups with the Dutch white people was instantly transferred to the Tutsi.

The Tutsi thought that because of this, they were more noble than the Hutu, so they ignored the Hutu.

It made all the Hutu people angry.

But afraid of the Dutch, they dared not speak.

But since last month, the Netherlands has actually begun to consolidate the power it gave to the Tutsi, and brought the Tutsi back to its original shape~www.mtlnovel.com~ Then I saw the Tutsi who were no longer favored, Hutu The clan was naturally no longer suppressed, and carried out many provocative actions.

More than a week ago, the leaders of the Hutu ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi were attacked and killed by the Tutsi ethnic group, which instantly ignited the anger of more than a year.

And so the Lake Victoria Massacre was born, and that's how it happened. "

Following Clayston's detailed remarks, Prince Edward fell silent for a moment.

How could William IV still have such a way to rule the colonies?

Viscount Palmerston said: "Your Majesty, Africa has now become an extension of the struggles of European countries. Look at Austria and Prussia now, and look at France and Spain, as well as parts of South Africa such as Britain, Prussia, the Netherlands, Portugal, etc. Even the The Gulf of Guinea has also become a place of contention for Tsarist Russia, Sweden, Austria and Denmark.

The liveliness of Africa is more intense than that of Europe. Even in Europe, because it involves the mainland, it is not easy to do it, but in Africa, it seems that there is no more restraint and no scruples. Therefore, I suggest that the United Kingdom should also carry out its own strategy and start its own colonial expansion trip to Africa. "

Queen Victoria agreed: "Well, but rich India and the Qing Dynasty are our focus."

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Several people were silent.

Africa is just a playground for Britain, the Indian and Atlantic Oceans are British baths.

On December 25, 1863, a king of Europe passed away. His departure was called the beginning of Prussia's official rise as an empire