Chapter 589

How to make enough profit from the current situation in Europe?

Arthur first set his sights on Russia, which was now divided into several parts. Compared to other European regions where the situation is becoming more stable, although Russia has now ushered in peace, its state of affairs is still a good opportunity to start.

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

It is obvious that both Russias are now paupers, and they need the support of other countries to restore their domestic situation.

Not only Russia, which had just scored two points, but also the newly established small and medium-sized countries, they were like freshly baked cakes, tempting many great powers and European countries to covet them.

The good news is that for the three countries of Latvia, Estonia and Finland, the three powers Britain, France and Australia have already decided. Arthur can leisurely 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 intervening, and there is no need to go all the way to finalize cooperation with the Poles.

January is a harvest time for the great powers. Leaving aside the United States, which has been isolated, the three strongest powers, Britain, France and Australia, have still gained a lot.

Although Lithuania, one of the three Baltic countries, is nominally controlled by Poland, Poland also has support from Britain and France.

In other words, the three countries of Lithuania are basically controlled by Britain and France. The power of Britain and France has been greatly expanded, and they are currently the top two powers in Europe.

Whether it is Germany, Russia, Italy, or the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which still retains the name of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in name but is actually just the Austrian Empire, they are far less powerful than the current Britain and France.

The economic growth of Britain and France at this level has also been proudly called by the media of the two countries: "A new era in Europe!"

Is it a new era for Europe? Compared to Europe before, perhaps it is. But the hidden dangers in this era are also a fatal threat to Britain and France.

As time entered 1, changes ushered in again.

The first is the British government. Macdonald led the Labor Party to successfully form a new generation of British cabinet. This was also the first Labor Party British Prime Minister 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 development. And rest and recuperation mainly.

As a friendly ally of the British Empire, the Australasian government expressed concern about the new cabinet of the British Empire, and immediately contacted the new British Prime Minister after MacDonald's successful combination.

Fortunately, no matter how the British Prime Minister changes, the relationship between Australasia and the United Kingdom will not be affected.

Unless competitors like France and the United States are torn apart like Russia, or Australasia quickly grows into the second great power surpassing the United States, this is simply impossible to accomplish in a short period of time, and it is doomed to Australasia in this era. The tone of relations between West Asia and Britain.

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

But the news of President Wilson's death, whose reputation was already tarnished in the eyes of Americans, did not make Americans feel much regret, nor did it have a huge impact.

In fact, a relatively serious stroke occurred as early as 1 system, resulting in left hemiplegia.

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

The current President Wilson is approaching the age of underdevelopment and has come to the end of his life.

Even though his ruling career was controversial, current US President Coolidge still gave him dignity, and the US government's memorial to President Wilson is still spectacular.

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

Originally, the former president of the United States did not receive much attention, not to mention the United States, which has suffered a great loss of reputation.

The changes to the timeline go far beyond that. In its original history, Russian cities also experienced name changes.

But now, Russia is still ruled by Tsarist Russia, and its capital naturally does not need to be renamed. It is still called St. Petersburg.

Before January was over, Dmitri, who had settled in Finland, immediately ordered the government to sign a cooperation agreement with Australasia.

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, ore and fuel imports, industrial and infrastructure assistance, etc.

As a price for 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, Finland currently has fewer people and more land. It is worthwhile for the Finnish government to exchange a piece of cold land of little value for the strong assistance of the great power of Australasia.

As for Dmitri, although he has become the Grand Duke of Finland, he also understands the importance of establishing good relations with Australasia.

Although cooperation with great powers is like seeking skin from a tiger, Australasia is too far away from Europe and does not have much regard for Finland.

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

1 received another telegram from Dmitri.

Dmitri stated in the telegram that he had begun to form the Grand Duke's Guard and asked Arthur to send military experts to help Dmitri with training.

Arthur naturally readily agreed to this. After all, Dmitri had a well-trained Grand Duke's 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 dutifully reported the political situation in Finland to Arthur.

I have to admit that Dmitri's studies in Germany and Australasia are still useful.

Especially since the person is over 30 years old, he is not acting radically, and he does not want to completely take back Finland's rights from the beginning.

After all, the Grand Duchy of Finland has a history of hundreds of years, and Finland has had autonomy for decades.

The history of this area can be traced back to Novgorod hundreds of years ago. If you want to rule this area, you cannot rely solely on recklessness and radicalism.

Arthur's precedent in Australasia cannot be imitated. After all, Arthur had the support of the British Empire at the time, and the Australian region was previously a colony of the British Empire. Arthur's rule can be said to be natural.

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 gain the support of Finns as much as possible. This is the first thing a foreign monarch should do.

After winning the hearts and minds of the people, it is natural to gain rights. With the support of Australasia, even an extremely mediocre monarch has great hope of gaining high power, let alone the seemingly stable Dmitry.

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 is naturally very happy, and he is also happy to see his brother flourishing in Finland. Although it is only a small country, the advantage of a small country is stability.

As long as the successive Finnish rulers after Dmitry did not have excessive ambitions, they would have no problem developing in Finland and maintaining their status as monarchs.

But if Dmitri or the later Finnish monarchs wanted to establish a high-power autocratic monarchy, Arthur could only say one thing, time and fate.

Arthur's high monarchy was inimitable, and even Arthur did not 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 one is not careful.

The monarch controls power, which means that the monarch's rule is clearly stated.

The success of the policy is related to the reputation of the monarch. A failure may bring the monarchy's rule to an end.

This has already been reflected in Germany and Russia. If not for the intervention of Australasia and Britain, these two countries would have already abolished the monarchy.

This is actually the biggest difference between a real 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 he can also pass the blame to the government and parliament without suffering great infamy.

When the government's reputation becomes bad, it can directly stand up to remove the government, and even gain the favor and recognition of the people. This system of controlling everything from behind the scenes is safe for the monarchy.

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

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

Based on more than 20 years of ruling experience, Arthur already 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 Australasian monarch to be a wise monarch.

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

The current royal consortium, the Royal Parliament, the Guards, etc. are the trump cards that Arthur left to future generations of Australasian monarchs.

You can usually stand behind the scenes of the government and leave all the work on the surface to the government. In the event of any danger, these trump cards are enough to guarantee the monarch's status and the monarchy will not be threatened.

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