Chapter 280 Questions in Front of the Mausoleum

On June 15, 1910, under the joint witness of a group of European royal family members, the "Joint Declaration of the Royal Families of Europe" was officially signed in London, the capital of the British Empire, and it came into effect immediately.

The joint declaration stated that the European royal families should protect the safety of all European royal family members, prohibit all acts of regicide, and condemn all acts of assassinating royal family members.

If regicide occurs in the country where any European royal family member who signed the declaration is located, other European royal families should unite to protect the royal family members of the country and restore the monarchy and social stability of the country.

Although it is different from what Arthur thought, to stabilize the monarchy and monarchy regime in the world, it is at least a kind of protection for the royal families and monarchs of various countries.

Regicide is almost a taboo topic in the European royal family. The European royal family can watch the monarchs of other countries lose their status or even lose their thrones, but they cannot sit idly by and watch the European monarchs being regicided by the civilians and forces below.

This is equivalent to a direct provocation to the European monarchy and the European royal family, and it is also a threat to the safety of all royal families and European monarchs.

For example, after the French Revolution, the French pushed the then French king to the guillotine, which resulted in an anti-French alliance formed by major European monarchies.

The revolution that broke out in France and the ideas it spread seriously threatened the stability of other monarchies. In addition, the French directly pushed their king to the guillotine, which made the European royal family extremely afraid of the revolution and ideas that broke out in the French, and even organized the army to extinguish the French revolution.

What if the French did not kill the king? Would the formation of the anti-French alliance be so smooth?

All this is unknown, but no one can deny that killing the king is definitely a taboo for the European royal family. Now that the monarchy is still strong, the regicide will definitely be hit hard by the European royal family.

It is worth mentioning that although Carlos I was very dissatisfied with Arthur, he was very active when signing this joint declaration of the European royal family.

After all, in this nest in Europe, other members of the royal family are also well aware of Carlos I's behavior.

Because of the Royal Security Intelligence Agency, Arthur also has some understanding of the current situation in Portugal.

The current situation in Portugal is a mess. Portugal should be one of the countries where the monarch and monarchy are most likely to be eliminated among all the monarchies in Europe.

How serious is it? Carlos I directly mobilized his trusted generals to escort him on this trip, and even requested the protection of the British Empire, for fear that the reactionary forces in the country would eliminate him on the ocean.

Unfortunately, Carlos I only has so many cards. Although there are still loyal troops in the country, Carlos I dare not mobilize them at all.

If this army is mobilized, the situation in Portugal will really be uncontrollable, and no one can guarantee what will happen.

Fortunately, Carlos I did not die in the last assassination. After all, he has been king for many years, and his political skills are much stronger than his second son Manuel.

In history, after Carlos I was assassinated, because the king and the crown prince died at the same time, the throne fell on the second heir, Prince Manuel.

Unfortunately, Manuel was not trained as a crown prince, and he had been in power for a short time, so he had no prestige in Portugal. In the end, Portugal became a republic in just a few years.

Portugal is still ruled by Carlos I now. Although the domestic situation is also very bad, it is better than when Manuel II was in power in history.

At least the monarchy in Portugal can still be barely maintained, although it takes a lot of effort for Carlos I to maintain the monarchy.

Carlos I also wanted to seek protection and allies when he came to attend Edward VII's funeral this time.

Unfortunately, among the several monarchical powers in Europe that could help Portugal, Tsar Nicholas II did not come for personal reasons, and George V had not yet ascended the throne. He was busy enough with domestic affairs and had no mood to care about other countries.

And the only capable and in-the-moment King William II had a much better relationship with Arthur than with Carlos I, which made Carlos I very envious of Arthur.

Unfortunately, Arthur did not know about Carlos I's envy and jealousy, and would not care at all if he knew.

Faced with a crisis that could overthrow the national regime, Carlos I's methods seemed a little pale.

If it were Arthur, he would kill all forces that might threaten his royal power at all costs.

Even if it would cause a period of bloody storms in the country, it would be better than letting the royal family and the entire family go extinct.

You know, although European countries generally supported Australasia in the war between Portugal and Australasia, the assassination of Carlos I and his crown prince also made many European royal families express their support for Carlos I.

At that time, Carlos I could have negotiated with Australasia, and then with the support of other countries, he could have wiped out all the restless forces in the country and directly eliminated these people on the charge of assassinating the king and the crown prince.

Although it would cause huge losses to personal reputation, it could completely change the current situation of the Portuguese crisis and even make the status of the royal power and the royal family more stable.

It's a pity that Carlos I was very angry about Australasia at that time, and even regarded Australasia as the biggest enemy, rather than the reactionary forces in the country.

Facts have proved that Australasia is at most interested in the small place of Portuguese Timor. But the reactionary forces in Portugal are ready to overthrow Carlos I and the entire Portuguese royal family at any time.

Having missed the best opportunity to eliminate the Republican opposition forces at that time, even if Carlos I now obtains the support of the European powers, it can only continue to maintain like this at most.

Unless Carlos I can control all the military power in Portugal, or mobilize the European powers to send troops for protection, otherwise, if there are more radical actions, it may lead to the outbreak of the Portuguese civil war at any time.

In fact, according to reason, although the Kingdom of Portugal has declined, it still has a large colony.

According to the current crisis in the Kingdom of Portugal, there should be many European countries coveting Portugal's colonies.

But in fact, in the Anglo-Boer War more than ten years ago, in order to obtain Portugal's support, the British had already reached an agreement to provide security guarantees for Portugal's colonies.

This is also the real reason why even though Portugal is facing many crises, those small and medium-sized European countries still dare not covet Portugal's colonies.

As for whether William II would agree to help Carlos I stabilize the situation in Portugal, Arthur actually doesn't care.

After all, even if the situation in Portugal is stabilized, Portugal is destined to no longer be an opponent of Australasia, unless Britain and Germany can vigorously assist Portugal and help Portugal develop to the current Australasia.

But is this realistic? Without sufficient interests, Britain and Germany are unlikely to do so.

And the benefits that Portugal can give are not much, at most only colonies in Africa.

But if Carlos I dares to give African colonies, I am afraid that even with the help of Britain and Germany, the throne will basically end.

Like the current Kingdom of the Netherlands, Portugal's few colonies are also a fig leaf for the country's dignity.

If the few remaining colonies are also deprived, Portugal will truly become a third-rate or even fourth-rate country in Europe, and there is even a risk of being annexed by Spain.

The gathering of European royal families only lasted two days, and then most of the royal family members left.

After all, there are many affairs in European countries at present, and they really can't be delayed for too long.

There are not many monarchs in Europe who hold real power like William II and Arthur, so there are very few monarchs who can live so leisurely in other countries like Arthur and William II.

After the party, Arthur received an invitation from George V to visit Britain as the King of Australasia and further negotiate various trades between Britain and Australasia.

This is George V's goodwill to Arthur. After all, the British Empire and Australasia are of the same origin, and the rulers of both sides are from the British royal family. There is no reason not to take the relationship further.

Arthur accepted it with pleasure, after all, there was no reason to refuse.

Starting from June 18, Arthur officially visited the British Empire and went to Queen Victoria's tomb to commemorate.

When Arthur was commemorating Queen Victoria, a large number of British people and media gathered outside the Royal Mausoleum.

After experiencing the various events at the funeral of Edward VII, Arthur was also a hot star in the British Empire and received a lot of attention from the British.

Under the escort of many guards, Arthur walked out of the Royal Mausoleum. Among the newspapers and media that were stopped a few dozen meters away, someone boldly asked loudly: "Your Majesty Arthur, what do you think of the British Empire?"

Arthur paused as he walked towards the motorcade, then took a few steps closer to the crowd, looked at the direction where the voice came from, and answered loudly and sincerely: "At any time, the British Empire is my beloved hometown. Here is my childhood, the city I love, and my dear father and grandmother. Of course, now there is also my uncle. I am honored to be a member of the British royal family. I will never forget all the moments in the UK. That will be my best memory."

When mentioning his father and grandmother, Arthur's voice trembled obviously, which made the hearts of those media and newspaper reporters tremble.

"What a sincere feeling!" Someone couldn't help but give a heartfelt praise.

"Your Majesty, stay in Britain!" The crowd was silent for a long time, and then someone spoke up boldly.

Arthur shook his head and said with a smile: "I love the British Empire and all the people living in the British Empire. But I'm sorry, I am the king of Australasia now, and I have to consider all my people. Compared with the prosperous and wealthy British Empire, the backward and poor Australasia is obviously more in need. Moreover, I promised my grandmother that I would develop Australasia into a prosperous and powerful country. I don't think you want me to break my promise to my grandmother, right?"

Arthur emphasized the words prosperous and wealthy British Empire and backward and poor Australasia, which made people have a deeper impression of these words.

After a slight pause, Arthur continued: "Of course, I still look forward to every trip to the British Empire. I hope that the British Empire and Australasia will always be friends, and every trip to the British Empire will not be hindered."

"Okay, gentlemen. I can only talk to you here. We will have many trade and aid negotiations with the British government tomorrow. I believe you will hear news in a few days." Seeing that the atmosphere was almost set and the information to be conveyed was basically finished, Arthur ended the topic and got in the car to leave.

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