Chapter 589

How to earn enough benefits from the current European situation?

Arthur first set his sights on Russia, which is now divided into several parts. Compared with other European regions where the situation is approaching stability, although Russia has also ushered in peace, the state of being in ruins is a good opportunity to start.

Russia needs to restore its industry and economy, and the necessary condition for restoring these is loans from other countries.

Obviously, both Russias are now paupers, and they need support from other countries to restore their domestic situation.

Not only Russia, which has just been divided, but also those newly established small and medium-sized countries, they are like freshly baked cakes, tempting many powers and European countries to covet.

The good news is that for Latvia, Estonia and Finland, the three powers of Britain, France and Australia have already decided, and Arthur can calmly sign any cooperation with Finland without worrying about interference from other countries for the time being.

As for the newly born European power Poland, this is obviously the cake of Britain and France. Arthur has no interest in interfering, and there is no need to finalize the cooperation with the Poles from afar.

The last two months of 1923 were a time of harvest for the great powers. Apart from the isolated United States, the three strongest powers, Britain, France and Australia, still reaped a lot.

Although Lithuania, one of the three Baltic countries, was nominally controlled by Poland, Poland was also supported by Britain and France.

In other words, the three countries of Lithuania were basically controlled by Britain and France, and the power of Britain and France was greatly expanded, and they were also the top two powers in Europe.

Whether it was Germany, Russia or Italy, or the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which nominally retained the title of the Austro-Hungarian Empire but was actually just the Austrian Empire, they were far less powerful than Britain and France at present.

The economic growth of Britain and France at this level was also proudly called "A New Era in Europe" by the media of the two countries!

Is it a new era in Europe? Compared with the previous Europe, it may be. But the hidden dangers in this era are also a fatal threat to Britain and France at present.

As time entered 1924, the situation in Europe ushered in changes again.

First of all, the British government, MacDonald led the Labour Party to successfully form a new generation of British cabinet, which was also the first British prime minister of the Labour Party in the history of the entire British Empire.

Let’s not talk about MacDonald’s reputation in later generations, but MacDonald opposed the war before World War I. His appointment also means that the British government’s goals in the near future will not be too radical, and it is likely to be mainly development and recuperation.

As a friendly ally of the British Empire, the Australasian government expressed its concern about the new cabinet of the British Empire, and after MacDonald successfully formed a group, it contacted the new British prime minister as soon as possible.

Fortunately, no matter how the British prime minister changes, the relationship between Australasia and Britain is not affected.

Unless competitors like France and the United States are divided like Russia, or Australasia quickly grows into the second power beyond the United States, but this is impossible to achieve in a short period of time, and it also determines the tone of the relationship between Australasia and Britain in this era.

In the same month, former US President Woodrow Wilson was declared dead, and the US government expressed condolences.

But the death of President Wilson, whose reputation had already been ruined in the eyes of Americans, did not make Americans feel much regret, nor did it have a huge impact.

In fact, as early as 1919, President Wilson suffered a relatively serious stroke, which caused paralysis of his left side.

Coupled with the pressure brought to the US government by influenza and the Philippine War of Independence in the same year, this paralyzed US president not only had to face the damage to his reputation, but also had to complete his work under extremely high pressure.

President Wilson is now nearly 67 years old, and in this era of underdeveloped technology, he can be regarded as dying of old age.

Even though his reign was controversial, the current US President Coolidge still gave him dignity, and the US government's commemoration of President Wilson was still spectacular.

However, at the international level, Europe and other countries are not very interested in the death of the former US president.

The former US president was not very popular, let alone the United States, which has suffered a great loss of reputation today.

The changes in the timeline are far more than these. In the original history, the city of Russia also underwent a name change.

But now, it is still Tsarist Russia that rules Russia, and its capital naturally does not need to be renamed, and is still called St. Petersburg.

Before the end of January, Dmitry, who settled in Finland, immediately ordered the government to sign a cooperation agreement with Australasia.

The content of this cooperation agreement includes a loan of up to 20 million Australian dollars from Australasia to Finland, closer agricultural and animal husbandry trade cooperation, import and export agreements, mineral and fuel imports, industrial and infrastructure assistance, etc.

As the price of signing this cooperation agreement, Australasia will obtain a piece of land in Finland for the establishment of a military base, with a lease term of 99 years.

Fortunately, there are few people and a lot of land in Finland at present. It is worthwhile for the Finnish government to use a piece of cold and worthless land in exchange for the strong assistance of Australasia, a great power.

As for Dmitry, although he has become the Grand Duke of Finland, he also knows the importance of building a good relationship with Australasia.

Although cooperating with the powers is like seeking the skin of a tiger, Australasia is too far away from Europe and has no great concern for Finland.

But Britain and France are different. Britain and France will really eat people, especially for European countries.

In February 1924, Arthur received another telegram from Dmitry.

In the telegram, Dmitry said that he had begun to form the Grand Duke Guard and asked Arthur to send military experts to help Dmitry with training.

Arthur naturally agreed to this. After all, Dmitry had a well-trained Grand Duke Guard to ensure his safety and his rule in Finland.

Although Arthur did not pay too much attention to the political situation in Finland, the Royal Security Intelligence Service still reported the political situation in Finland to Arthur very responsibly.

It must be admitted that Dmitry's studies in Germany and Australasia were still useful.

Especially since he was over 30 years old and did not act radically, he did not want to completely take back Finland's rights at the beginning.

After all, the history of the Grand Duchy of Finland is as high as hundreds of years, and the history of Finland's autonomy has been decades.

The history of this region can be traced back to Novgorod hundreds of years ago. If you want to rule this region, you can't just rely on recklessness and radicalism.

Arthur's precedent in Australasia cannot be imitated. After all, Arthur had the support of the British Empire at that time. In addition, Australia was a colony of the British Empire before, so Arthur's rule can be said to be a matter of course.

But Finland is different. Dmitry is just an outsider compared to Finland. Instead of seizing the power of the government early, it is better to get the support of the Finns as much as possible. This is what an outsider monarch should do first.

After gaining the hearts of the people, it is natural to gain power. With the support of Australasia, even an extremely mediocre monarch has great hope of gaining high power, not to mention Dmitry, who looks very stable.

After learning all this, Arthur was still very relieved about Dmitry's rule in Finland, and naturally told Queen Mary the good news.

Queen Mary was naturally very happy. He was also happy to see his brother flourish in Finland. Although it was just a small country, the advantage of a small country was stability.

As long as the successive Finnish rulers after Dmitry do not have excessive ambitions, they can stay in Finland and keep their monarchy status.

But if Dmitry or the subsequent Finnish monarchs want to establish a high-power monarchy, Arthur can only say that it is fate.

Arthur's high monarchy is not to be imitated, and Arthur did not even think of retaining it in the next Australasian monarch.

Although such high monarchy can greatly improve the administrative efficiency of the country, it may overturn if it is not careful.

The monarch controls power, which means that the monarch's rule is put on the table.

The success or failure of a policy is related to the reputation of the monarch, and a failure may bring the monarchy to an end.

This has already been reflected in Germany and Russia. If it were not for the interference of Australasian and British monarchs, the two countries would have abolished the monarchy long ago.

This is actually the biggest difference between a de facto monarch and a constitutional monarch. When the power of the government is concentrated in the cabinet and parliament, although it is extremely difficult for the monarch to rule the country, the advantage is that the monarch can also blame the government and parliament, and he will not bear a great reputation.

When the government's reputation is bad, he can directly stand up and express his intention to dismiss the government, and even gain the favor and recognition of the people. This system of controlling everything behind the scenes is safe for the monarchy.

However, there is also a problem with doing so. The hope for the continuation of the monarchy cannot be placed on the government.

If a prime minister feels that the monarch is useless and wants to dismiss the monarch, then it may be the biggest crisis for the constitutional monarch.

Based on his 20 years of ruling experience, Arthur has a certain understanding of the rights of the future king of Australasia.

The power cannot be too high, because it is impossible for every monarch of Australasia to be a wise monarch.

But the power cannot be too low either. At least he must have certain trump cards in his hand to ensure that the monarch's status will not be threatened by the high power of the prime minister.

At present, the royal consortium, the royal parliament, the guards, etc. are the trump cards that Arthur left for the future monarchs of Australasia.

Normally, you can stand behind the government and leave all the work in public to the government. In case of any danger, these trump cards are enough to guarantee the status of the monarch, and the monarchy will not be threatened.

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