Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 672 Riot farce

  In a white manor in Hawaii

A group of emotional white plantation owners are holding a secret rally. Wilson, the former president of the American Chamber of Commerce who was expelled earlier, is on the list. He does not know when he has sneaked back to the island of Hawaii. A diplomatic turmoil.

  For Wilson, it has been more than 60 years since his family came to Hawaii. The ranch, land and fixed assets are all on the island, leaving here will become nothing.

  At the secret party, everyone shouted with excitement, venting the extreme dissatisfaction in their hearts. Seeing this posture, they wanted to pull out their guns and go out for a fight.

"Gentlemen, gentlemen, please quietly listen to me." The current president Robertny had to stand up and shout loudly, waving his hands down to stop the messy speech, and then loudly said; We won’t get anything so noisy. We must express our opinions in an orderly manner. Now I suggest that most people withdraw from the discussion and let the seven council members of the Chamber of Commerce represent everyone’s opinions. You can listen in but not speak."

   "Yes, but President Wilson must participate in the discussion."

   "OK, that's okay."

  After all this tossing, the order in the secret assembly finally got better. Most of the white people retreated cursingly, still very excited.

  The current president, Robert Ni, looked at the 7 people who were still on the table, and he happened to be 8 people, so he spoke;

"Okay, let's talk about the immediate matter. The debate on whether to resist has been fully discussed. Now we are facing a very serious situation. The management committee has clarified that there is no way out. All the ranchers have rushed to exterminate them. This is our site and our home. Let's vote by show of hands. If you agree to initiate a riot, please raise your hands."

The seven people on the table looked at each other, and the former president Wilson raised his hands first; "I agree. These braided Chinese must be driven out. I will greet them with the gun in my hand, please Don’t worry, I got a personal promise from Mr. George L. Stephens, Secretary of the State Department in Washington, that after we take full control of the island, the Citigroup Marine Corps will land in Hawaii to support our just actions."

   "Those Chinese in the Ocean Kingdom don't have braids." George, the planter sitting next to him, grunted and raised his hand; "But they are all the same, so I agree."

"Seconded."

   "Kill all these yellow-skinned monkeys, count me."

  Four people at the round table soon raised their hands, and the remaining people looked solemn. They knew that once they stepped out, there would be no chance to regret it.

  Behind some violent white plantation owners saw the council of the chamber of commerce hesitating, they couldn't help but started yelling anxiously, nothing more than shouting and screaming, and the venue suddenly became noisy.

Wilson waved his hand to calm everyone, and said with a dangerous light in his eyes; "Guys, do you think I went to meet the big guys when I returned to Citigroup? Huh... That would be too small for me. I have been in the past two years. I contacted many people, found many volunteers, and found people who were willing to contribute money to help us, and even got a ship of arms. We can arm all the Fuso laborers and Mexicans, plus our white power, occupy The entire island is a breeze."

   "Why are these people willing to help us?"

"God, please don't tarnish my ears with these stupid questions. Many of these brave volunteers come from the Ku Klux Klan, fighting for lofty ideals. As for funding our businessmen, their request is exclusive to cane sugar. The right to operate, is willing to pay a lot of money for this."

   "Oh... these **** merchants who took advantage of the fire, I cursed them to go to hell."

  "Secondly, I think they should be eliminated together in the riot. I am willing to shoot these businessmen in the head."

   "Hahaha...I would rather hang them. It would be fun to watch their bodies sway in the wind."

  The atmosphere in the secret gathering suddenly eased, and many white cowboys laughed and made rude jokes, looking nonchalant.

  In the past two years, I have been ill-tempered by those Chinese management committees. I have long wanted to let go of my hands and feet and do a good job.

  President Robertny stared at Wilson, and asked earnestly; "How many weapons are there and how many people can we support?"

"Hi, man, this is a whole ship of rifles. There are 6,000 rifles. You can equip an army on a cargo ship anchored in the bay. The cargo ship has 430 volunteer gunners. Armed to the teeth, there are also eight artillery pieces. Do you think this kind of firepower is enough?"

   "Great Wilson, I hope you can be the commander-in-chief and lead the guys to occupy this island."

   "Then what's your opinion now?"

   "Of course, I agree to start a riot... why not?"

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

  When the last member of the Chamber of Commerce raised his hand, the scene erupted with cheers like mountains and tsunami. These white plantation owners and ranchers have been depressed very much in the past two years, and they really need to vent the evil in their hearts.

  American cowboys are not good at hiding their emotions, let alone being bullied by the Chinese. In this land, they are arrogant and arrogant and decided to use the simplest method to eliminate the Chinese on the island.

  The next morning

  The island of Hawaii, which has always been calm, was suddenly awakened by the sound of heavy artillery, followed by fierce gunfire all over the outskirts of the town. Large groups of armed white men, Fusang people, and Mexicans came from everywhere and launched fierce attacks on the Chinese settlements.

  Aboriginal people who were seen along the way were all shot to death. The dead corpses were all over the field, and blood flowed into rivers.

Chinese immigrants have neither land nor pastures on the island of Hawaii. Most of them live in towns and engage in commerce and construction. After being cut through by gunshots in this quiet morning, there was no Chinese panicking in the town and fleeing everywhere. It was a disturbing silence.

  After the white armed forces who participated in the riot stormed into the town, they suddenly found that the houses where the Chinese immigrants lived in the past were empty, and there were no personal shadows, which made them suddenly recalled;

  Not good...The news has leaked.

In fact, the same is true. The riot of tens of thousands of people organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hawaii hastily organized chaos. The large number of white cowboys has no sense of secrecy at all. Everyone knows it all over the city.

  The riot has not yet begun. Reporters from several newspapers, including the Kentucky Central News, the New York Evening Post, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Cincinnati Inquirer, have taken the lead in publishing riot news to North America through the Cable and Telegraph Bureau.

  They happened to attend a newspaper seminar in a leisure estate in Hawaii.

Here, the cheerful white manor used a carriage to drag a large number of weapons to Fusang laborers and Mexicans, publicly promising to kill a Chinese as a reward of 5 dollars, and killing a soldier to reward 10 dollars. There is no evasive intention at all. .

  Such a big news, how can reporters not catch it?

  The fierce gunfire gradually subsided after noon that day, and the rioting farce lasted for two days and ended.

  Inventory after the fact;

  274 whites died in the riots, in addition to nearly a thousand Fusang people, Mexicans were killed, the **** riots caused thousands of casualties of indigenous people, countless indigenous women were humiliated and even brutally killed.

  The loss of the Chinese is not great. The total number of deaths and injuries is less than 100 people, most of them are wounded, and less than 10 people died in the riots.

  The "Hawaii Riot" was like a boulder plunged into a calm lake. After public reports, this incident attracted widespread attention from the European and American world, and the opinions were divided for a time.

Due to the involvement of the Oceanic Kingdom and the United States and the Kingdom of Hawaii, in order to avoid international disputes, an international jury led by the United Kingdom conducted an investigation. France, Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Netherlands, the Oceanic Kingdom, Spain and the United States, and the Kingdom of Hawaii We sent personnel to participate and formed a luxurious investigation team to intervene in this incident.

  Finally confirmed by the international investigation team;

This is a civil riot caused by tax increases. Although the Hawaiian Management Committee’s tax increase measures were crude, the new tax statute was officially implemented on January 1, 1894. Before that, reasonable and legal means can be used. Appeal.

  The riot behavior was unacceptable, so the participants were found guilty.

  The whole incident lasted more than four months before it ended. Seven American businessmen and former president Wilson of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hawaii were convicted of organizing conspiracy to subvert the kingdom and sentenced to hang.

  Most of the remaining people can pay a fine and release. Taking into account the strong emotions of the victims of the Ocean Kingdom and the Kingdom of Hawaii, the international investigation team set a relatively high fine, starting at a minimum of US$50 and a maximum of US$1,200.

  The fine can be deducted in kind, including but not limited to pastures, shops, cattle and sheep, wharf rights, shares and buildings, and will be unified into Huitong bank accounts after auction.

One-third of the proceeds will be used to restore damaged buildings and dock facilities, one-third will be handed over to the Hawaii Management Committee for the aftermath of the victims of the riots, and the remaining one-third will be given to Lili Queen Ocarani, used to soothe her wounded heart and repair the palace destroyed by the war.

  As for the Chinese who were victims of the riots... ahem, those cheap pastures, plantations, shops, and docks were all bought by you. Can you make any more demands?

  After this incident, the dominant Citi state merchants on the island of Hawaii faded away like a tide, followed by a large number of Fuso laborers, Mexicans, local indigenous people...

  The number of whites on the island dropped drastically from more than 4,000 to less than a hundred. Fusang labor dropped from 12,000 to more than 4,000. The Mexicans almost all disappeared, and the indigenous population dropped to less than 40,000.

  Basically, there are some ways to go, and it’s right to think about it;

  No one is a fool. These Fusang people, Mexicans, who participated in the riots, aren’t they afraid of being settled after the Americans leave?

  (End of this chapter)