Chapter 478 The Ownership of the Kingship

While European countries were still in chaos, the plan to move the capital of Australasia officially began.

The site of the new capital is located at the junction of the Murray River and the Darling River, west of Sydney and north of Melbourne, and is the center of the Murray River Basin.

The first phase of the construction plan of the new capital includes the construction of a new palace, government, court, church, parliament, school, hospital, and new houses for the first batch of residents of the new capital.

This is not a small project. According to the construction plan given by the government, Arthur will not be able to move into the new capital until five years later at the earliest, and even ten years is not impossible.

Because the royal consortium has developed rapidly in the past ten years, Arthur has not been stingy in the construction of the new palace. It is expected to invest 150 million Australian dollars and will build a larger, more luxurious and extravagant palace according to Arthur's ideas.

Because the population of Australasia has gradually increased, this new palace will be rich in cultural characteristics from all over the world, creating a truly international palace.

The construction of the palace will be tendered to construction companies from all over the world, gathering the strength of the world to build a truly palace.

The budget of 150 million Australian dollars is also completely sufficient. After all, it is a cost of 375 million US dollars, 1.875 billion francs, and 1 billion taels of silver.

This should also be the last time that Australasia moved its capital. As the place where he and his family will live in the future, Arthur is still very generous in his budget investment.

In fact, Australasia's financial situation is also very good. The government has also invested 500 million US dollars to build a new capital and develop the Murray River Basin.

It is not that the Australasia government is so arrogant for a capital. After all, there is also the purpose of developing the entire Murray River Basin behind the relocation of the capital, which is a more important strategic plan than the new capital.

In order to introduce population to the new capital, the Australasia government has specially issued a regulation to attract population from the surrounding areas of Sydney and Melbourne. Those who are willing to settle in the new capital will be given a house, five acres of land, and 200 Australian dollars in compensation funds.

Other places in Australasia are still short of population, except for the two major cities of Sydney and Melbourne, where the population has exceeded 2 million.

If some people can be attracted from these two cities to the new capital, it will not only reduce the difficulty of developing the Murray River Basin, but also will not affect the development of other regions in Australasia.

After all, if people are introduced from other regions, it will easily affect the development of other regions, especially for regions with scarce population such as Western Australia.

Arthur's appeal is still sufficient. From the official announcement of the new capital construction plan to the end of 1918, more than 100,000 Australasians have signed up and are willing to settle permanently in the new capital.

The transfer of these people will be carried out in the new year. A population of 100,000 is also good for a brand new capital. After all, the emergence of the new capital will also attract some immigrants, and it is no problem for the population to grow rapidly to 200,000 or 300,000.

When the construction of the new capital is officially completed, the southeastern region of Australia will form a triangular urban agglomeration with Melbourne, Sydney and the new capital. This will be the core of Australasia and can accommodate at least hundreds of millions of people.

It was also by taking advantage of the temporary retreat of the flu that the World Alliance began to discuss the disposal of the German royal family.

Logically speaking, as the German emperor, William II had an unshirkable responsibility for the war and naturally had to bear the guilt of starting the war.

However, the situation in Germany has clearly shown that the command of the German government in the later period of the war has been controlled by the military government headed by Hindenburg, and William II has also lost his real power.

Coupled with the complicated relationship between the European royal families, countries have not yet determined the results of the treatment of the German royal family.

This has led to the current situation in Germany being very embarrassing. William II fled to the Netherlands, and the major states in southern Germany did not obey the government's management, and they became a mess again.

The British naturally did not want to see the Germans become a mess and be manipulated by the French at will, so they proposed to retain William II's Prussian throne and let the major German states elect a new emperor.

The British's purpose is actually very simple. After all, Prussia is still the largest state in northern Germany or even the entire Germany. It is still very simple to get the support of other states.

It seems that it is not difficult for William II, who has retained the throne of Prussia, to become the emperor of Germany again through election.

The prestigious William II controls Germany, which can make Germany unite to resist the threat of the French.

In stark contrast to the British attitude, France naturally does not want to see Germany have a relatively prestigious ruler.

France is willing to see the current military government continue to rule Germany. After all, the failure of the war has caused a lot of criticism to the German military government, and many German generals and officials are dissatisfied with the military government. This is a rift within the Germans and a guarantee for France to keep Germany under its feet forever.

As for the opinions of other powers, the Russians don't care much about it, because there are still contradictions within the Russian government, which Nicholas II, the Russian government and even the Workers' Union attach great importance to.

What kind of system Russia will become depends on the competition between the three major forces in Russia.

The remaining Italy and Australasia are both true monarchies and have signed the European Royal Joint Declaration.

Arthur naturally could not support Germany becoming a republic, and Italy did not violate the meaning of the European Royal Joint Declaration.

It was impossible for the French alone to prevent Germany from restoring its monarchy. The French immediately put forward other requirements, such as the new German emperor must be approved by the vote of the World League, and the power of the German government must be guaranteed to avoid the emergence of an autocratic country.

In layman's terms, the French saw that they could not prevent William II from retaining the throne of King of Prussia, and made a new decision to restrict Germany, that is, to increase the rights of German states and let the German prime minister and monarch check each other.

In this way, the three powers of the German local states and the prime minister and monarch of the central government coexist, and it is almost impossible for Germany to condense into a rope like before the war.

The current military government betrayed William II in the late war, and the southern German states also sought independence in the late war. This makes it almost impossible for the three major powers in Germany to reconcile in the future. In the game, the national cohesion is definitely -80%.

At this time, Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was helped by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, was not in such a good mood.

To put it bluntly, the fate of William II was completely in the hands of the four great powers of the Allied Powers.

Continuing to be the emperor of Germany, or being directly abolished, was only a matter of thought for the four great powers of the Allied Powers.

On the one hand, William II expected the four great powers of the Allied Powers to abide by the joint declaration of the European royal families and retain his throne and throne.

On the other hand, he felt that his early escape to the Netherlands was not glorious, and wanted to return to his throne in a more glorious way, rather than from the charity of the Allies.

This can also be regarded as a manifestation of the traditional aristocracy's good face. For traditional aristocrats like William II, the dignity and face of the aristocracy are sometimes more important than actual rights, not to mention that William II is more extreme and good at face because of his innate reasons.

In fact, with the previously signed European Royal Declaration, it is basically impossible for William II's throne to be abolished. At most, Prussia will be divided and William II will become the king of a smaller Prussia.

The European Royal Declaration not only concerns the rights and status of all European royal families, but also reflects the interests of the European royal families.

If someone openly betrays this declaration, it is equivalent to betraying the entire European royal family, and the impact is naturally self-evident.

It is worth mentioning that all European countries that launched the war, including Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, etc., have all retained their monarchy.

Although other countries also contributed, Arthur, who advocated the conclusion of the European Royal Declaration at the time, undoubtedly gained the greatest prestige.

The European Royal Declaration successfully united the European royal families in some interests, and Arthur, who promoted this declaration, naturally became one of the representatives of the European royal family.

It is worth mentioning that the monarchs of all the powerful countries are of the same generation as Arthur.

King George V of the United Kingdom is Arthur's cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany is Arthur's cousin, and Nicholas II is Arthur's cousin.

Including King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy, these monarchs have lost most of their power, and Arthur is the only monarch with real power in the powerful countries.

This also makes Arthur's status in the European royal family not low. Born into the British royal family, belonging to a German family, and having a marriage with the Russian royal family, Arthur has a relationship with the royal families of the powerful countries.

Although Australasia is not the most powerful country, Arthur's status in the European royal family is not inferior to that of monarchs like George V.

Even because George V's power was mostly hollowed out by the cabinet, he also lost some of his reputation in the European royal family.

After all, how can a monarch who relies on the legacy of his ancestors and whose own rights are hollowed out by the government gain the sincere respect of other royal families?

Moreover, George V, as in history, could not bear the pressure from the people in the late stage of the war and publicly announced that he would change his family's surname to Windsor.

You know, George V required all members of the British royal family since Queen Victoria to change their surnames to Windsor, unless they were married or princesses to be married.

Although Arthur was also in this range, he would never recognize George V's surname.

Apart from anything else, Arthur felt that it was cheap to use the name of the castle as his new surname.

After George V announced the change of his surname at that time, Arthur publicly announced that he did not agree with George V's surname change, and the Australasian royal family was still the glorious Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family.

Arthur's behavior also made him gain the favor of many German families. His reputation and status in the European royal family also increased significantly.

After all, the family's name and dignity are what the European royal family values ​​most. Changing their long-standing surnames is cheap in the eyes of the European royal family.

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