Chapter 555: Public Opinion Diplomacy (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)

How to quickly reverse the public opinion disadvantage of the British during the Irish War? It is important to firmly grasp the assassinations and attacks of the Irish on the British, as well as the number of casualties in various incidents.

In addition, whitewash the various bad deeds of the British rule in Ireland, publicize the good side of the British in Ireland, and strive to brainwash some neutral Irish people to divide the entire Irish class.

The current Irish Republican Army is still relatively scattered. As long as it can be divided, it will be relatively simple to deal with.

Of course, the corresponding public opinion work is still left to professionals. Arthur just sets a goal and expresses his support for the British.

Although doing so may offend some Irish immigrants in Australasia, the number of Irish immigrants is not large compared to the total population of Australasia, and it will not affect the stability of Australasia.

What's more, doing so can win more goodwill from the British, which is much more important than the goodwill of the Irish.

Even if Ireland is independent from Britain at this time, it is far inferior to the second-strongest countries such as the Netherlands and Belgium.

It is not worthwhile to offend Britain for such a country, not to mention the era of the British Empire.

At the end of March 1921, under the premise that the two wars of independence attracted the attention of the whole world, Arthur made a speech on supporting the British Empire's actions in the Irish War of Independence, and stated that national unity is more important than anything else.

Arthur's support caused an uproar in European society and made the Irish Republican Army publicly express its dissatisfaction.

But the problem is that the Irish Republican Army cannot have an impact on Australasia, and it is impossible for them to cross the ocean to make trouble in Australasia.

Not to mention the strictness of the weapons inspection at the Australasia border and customs, the importance of Australasia to national stability alone determines that the current Irish Republican Army is destined to have no impact on Australasia.

Arthur's reputation and status in Australasia are not false. Once foreign forces make trouble in Australasia, he will face a comprehensive encirclement and suppression by the Australasia army.

Unless the Irish Republican Army can send hundreds of thousands of troops across thousands of miles to start a full-scale war with Australasia, if they really have such strength, they will not just sneak attack Britain in secret.

Arthur and Australasia's public support made the British government relieved and George V very grateful.

But it will not completely change the entire diplomatic situation, but at least the British Empire is no longer so weak, and a large number of small countries have decided to support Britain.

There is no way, the combined strength of Australasia and the British Empire has far exceeded the current France and Russia.

With the support of Australasia, this actually means that most of the World Alliance supports Britain.

Involving the two major powers of the World Alliance, do other small countries in the alliance dare not express their opinions?

The position and statement of small countries is also a science. At present, Australasia and the British Empire have already occupied the advantage. If they do not express their support for Britain, they will inevitably be settled by the British.

The accountability of a top power is something that ordinary countries cannot bear. Apart from other things, even if it is just simple economic sanctions and blockades, it is enough to cause the economy of these small and medium-sized countries to collapse.

Not all countries can be self-sufficient. If a country wants to achieve comprehensive development, it must connect with the international community and obtain all kinds of materials it lacks.

In addition to public support in diplomacy, Australasia's public opinion agencies have also mobilized and published a large number of news about Britain and Ireland around the world.

These news are true and false, seven points true and three points false, and they can also withstand scrutiny.

If you are not a person who really understands the situation and history of Britain and Ireland, even if you go to check the information, you can't actually verify the authenticity of these news.

This is also the most brilliant part of public opinion influence. News must not be false, it must be half true and half false, preferably seven points true and three points false, so that it can also withstand scrutiny.

Ordinary people will naturally believe the three points false when they see the seven points true. Because the public is easily influenced, they are more likely to believe their own subtle guesses about things they don't know.

Although the cruel policy of the British in Ireland is indeed true, it cannot be resisted by the joint whitewashing of the British and Australasia public opinion agencies, and the British responsibility has become less and less.

Of course, in addition to these public opinion actions, the assassination of the main leaders of the Irish Republican Army is also indispensable.

Especially the very famous Michael Collins, in name he is the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ireland and the Director of Intelligence of the Irish Republican Army, but in reality he is the leader of the Irish assassination organization and has planned many assassinations of British police and troops.

For such a person, the British government naturally hates him.

Arthur ordered the intelligence personnel in Australasia to assist the UK to find some of the main leaders of the Irish Republican Army as soon as possible, and to assassinate them to undermine the internal stability of the Irish Republican Army.

At the same time, the British government also began to win over the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.

For this part of the Irish Republican Army, which has never clashed with the UK during the War of Independence, it is naturally the most important link in dividing Ireland.

In fact, this part of the Irish people still recognized the rule of the British Empire, which is why Northern Ireland still belonged to British rule after Ireland's independence.

With the solidarity and support of Australasia, Britain quickly gained a moral advantage and also received diplomatic support from the World League.

Although the resistance of the Irish Republican Army was still fierce, as long as there was no international knowledge, it was difficult for a small Ireland to cause trouble to the British Empire. This was also the completely different situation between Britain and the United States when facing such a war of independence.

In April 1921, the Irish Republican Army launched a terrorist attack in Dublin, killing 27 British soldiers, 16 British policemen and 33 Irish and British civilians.

This incident was reported by the British media and was reported to the world.

This is also hailed as a turning point in the support of both sides in the Irish War of Independence. People from all over the world witnessed the cruelty of the Irish Republican Army, but also expressed doubts about what the Irish Republican Army had said before.

But this is not over yet. The flames of the Irish War of Independence were spread to British ports by the Republican Army.

From the end of April to the beginning of May, the IRA attacked the streets of Glasgow and the docks of Liverpool, causing hundreds of British civilian casualties.

Such terrorist attacks caused disgust throughout the UK, and the British people urged the government to resolve the crisis by force as soon as possible.

After receiving unanimous support from both home and abroad, the British government was no longer hesitant as before.

George V publicly ordered a full-scale offensive against the IRA to eliminate this "terrifying" evil force.

From mid-May, a large number of British troops entered Ireland, changing the previous decision of Britain not to use military force during the War of Independence.

With a large number of British troops stationed in Ireland, the IRA's actions in Ireland also suffered great obstacles.

Although the total number of registered members of the IRA has long exceeded 100,000, according to statistics and estimates within the IRA, only 15,000 soldiers have been active in the Irish War of Independence for a long time, of which less than 3,000 are elite and fanatical soldiers, and it is obviously difficult to compete with the elite British Empire Army.

On May 17, the British government announced military control over the entire Ireland and stated that it would provide all Irish civilians with the necessary food supplies to ensure the food supply of the Irish under military control.

The Irish were skeptical about the British assurances, but when they actually got the British supplies, their attitude changed in an instant.

In addition to the actions of the army, the Royal Navy blocked all ports in Ireland to ensure that the Republican Army would not launch raids on British ports again.

With the whole of Britain going all out, the British army quickly took control of the so-called government of the Republic of Ireland and eliminated several scattered Irish Republican Army.

This is also the biggest crisis of the Irish Republican Army at present. They are not a whole, but an organization of multiple small-scale armies.

Although it seems that the Republican Army is almost all over Ireland, the momentum is very huge.

But in such a critical moment, it is also a very difficult thing to gather all the Republican Army soldiers together, at least no one in the current Republican Army can do it.

In order to gain as much support as possible from the whole of Ireland and maintain the unity of the British Empire after the war, George V publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Black and Brown Legion, which had previously brutally ruled Ireland, and expressed his willingness to give Ireland greater power, but definitely not at the cost of dismantling the British Empire.

George V's speech had a very good impact in both Britain and Ireland. After obtaining supplies from the British Empire, some neutral Irish people did not reject British rule.

In addition, after the king condemned the previous rule of the Black and Brown Legion and promised to give Ireland greater autonomy, a large number of Irish people no longer hostile to the British government.

Although there are still many Republican leaders who still want to fight, the Irish people who support them do not think so.

At present, the British Empire needs to deal with the remaining Republican Army, and the crisis in Ireland can also be easily solved.

Of course, the handling of Ireland after the war is also a problem. It is no longer possible to squeeze the Irish like before. Britain must also pay attention to the Irish nation, which is the fundamental guarantee of British unity.

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