Chapter 713: Sharing the Fruits
《The United States surrenders!》
This was the headline of news around the world from the end of November to the beginning of December, and it also represented that this war, which was almost comparable to the scale of the World War (the number of participating countries), was officially over.
It makes sense to think about it. No matter how strong Germany was at that time, it could not defeat the whole world, not to mention that the United States is really challenging the whole world now.
But what no one expected was that it was not the United Army that invaded Washington in the end, but the Americans themselves.
What no one expected was that the first thing MacArthur announced after entering Washington was to order all American troops to surrender to the United Army.
But in any case, the surrender of the United States is a good thing for the United Army, at least the soldiers don’t have to make unnecessary sacrifices.
Of course, after the surrender of the United States, it is natural to come to a more important link, that is, the time to divide the fruits of victory.
Because the British are the leaders of this war, this peace meeting must be held in London.
After consultations between Britain, France and Australia, the time for the peace talks was set on January 15, 1929, and the participants included the United States and all countries in the United States.
Although Britain, France and Australia have reached a preliminary compromise on the areas they occupied, the current situation is still slightly different from the previous discussions. After all, Australia occupies almost half of the western United States, while Britain and France only occupy two or three states each.
And the sudden change in the US government also needs to be dealt with in a new way.
No one can guarantee how the current US government will develop. The best way is to directly split the United States and create several United States.
Let these new United States check and balance each other, so as to ensure that all regions of the United States will not give birth to countries at the level of great powers.
Of course, although there are more than ten states in Australasia, Arthur is not panicking at all. After all, these states have no advantages except for their large area, and even the population of all the states occupied by Australasia may not be comparable to that of a small New York State.
And Arthur did not intend to annex all these states. Although these states have great development value, they are a burden for Australasia with a small population.
At most, it is to support new countries in these states, and then increase investment in these states to control them as their own vassal states.
Of course, everything depends on how the peace talks develop. After all, after Britain, France and Australia have eaten meat, they have to let several countries that have contributed equally have a sip of soup.
Anyway, the United States must be miserable this time. The countries participating in the war are destined to have a share of the soup, which also means that the United States will be more divided than imagined.
After the war, Arthur finally had time to look at the development of the country and make certain arrangements for national development before Christmas.
First of all, there is a way to alleviate the shortage of population in Australasia.
What is the solution?
Of course, it is to attract people from the United States, which has just been defeated, to Australasia. Although Australasia was at war with the United States not long ago, this did not have much impact on Arthur's plan.
After all, the Australasia army did not massacre American civilians during the war, and the order of the American states under the control of Australasia was even better than that of the states controlled by the US government.
More importantly, after MacArthur launched the coup, no matter how much influence he had on the US government, he successfully put the blame on the US government and President Hoover.
This will make the American people blame President Hoover and the government for all the faults of the war, and the United Army will naturally be just.
Since it is just, the American people will naturally not blame Australasia. They will even thank Australasia for liberating them and allowing them to escape from the rule of the government.
Although the population on the west coast controlled by Australasia is relatively small, the east coast of the United States still has a large population.
For example, the population of New York State has exceeded 10 million, and a considerable part of this population is British immigrants.
Although these people have undergone a long period of assimilation, there are some differences between them and traditional British immigrants.
But in any case, Americans who also speak English are definitely easier to rule than Europeans who speak other languages.
Of course, when absorbing population from the United States, we must pay attention to more detailed screening of the population.
After all, the United States is a republic, and the American people are more open-minded than those in Europe.
This openness refers to the openness of ideas. They are more likely to participate in marches against the government and have different opinions on government policies.
These still need to be guarded against. After all, no one can guarantee whether these Americans will participate in the march against the government after coming to Australasia in the future, and the extent to which they recognize Arthur's rule.
Another point is the control of black Americans.
Although the population of the United States is as high as hundreds of millions, a considerable part of them are black people, which is the race that Arthur does not allow to be introduced into Australasia.
The dyeing ability of black people is still too terrible. Even if they marry people of other races, the children born will still be black. This is a heavy blow to the ethnic composition system of Australasia.
It is no exaggeration to say that even if Arthur only introduces thousands of black people now, it will evolve into hundreds of thousands or even millions in the development of decades or even hundreds of years.
This is a big problem for the rule of future monarchs. Arthur will naturally try his best to prevent it, and even remind all future monarchs to beware of blacks.
The good news is that if nothing unexpected happens, France will become a reference for Australasia in the future.
With France as an example, I believe that future monarchs will also understand Arthur's intention to eliminate blacks.
The United States's population of hundreds of millions can provide at least hundreds of thousands of immigrants to Australasia every year, which is a good supplement to the population of Australasia.
With these immigrants from the United States, Arthur can also relax restrictions on other European immigrants and attract more people to Australasia.
Especially during this economic crisis, there is almost no shortage of ordinary immigrants, which is also the most suitable time for Australasia to develop.
After the economic crisis is over, countries will have stricter management of import and export populations, and it will become very difficult to attract more immigrants.
This war also made Arthur more curious. How will the world develop without the United States?
Will this economic crisis end early, or will it become more serious because of this war?
This is an unknown problem for Arthur, but there is no need to worry for the time being. After all, Australasia has not been affected by the economic crisis, and the impact of imports and exports can be filled by the Philippines, Kalimantan and the occupied West Coast of the United States.
As for whether the people on the West Coast of the United States will reject Australasia's industrial products, that is not something they can decide.
Is it unreasonable for the West Coast states to cut off their economic ties with the United States after independence from the United States?
As long as the economic ties with the original United States are cut off, the prices of industrial products in the West Coast states are bound to rise.
After all, to put it bluntly, except for California, the industrial scale of the West Coast states of the United States is not large or even non-existent, and the production scale of industrial products is destined to not meet the needs of the American population on the West Coast.
In this way, it becomes natural for a large number of Australasia's industrial products to quickly enter the market on the West Coast of the United States.
Since it has crossed the entire ocean to enter the West Coast of the United States, a slight increase in prices is certainly very reasonable.
However, there is a prerequisite for such planning, that is, the West Coast states of the United States should try to get rid of the impact of the economic crisis.
The economy of the west coast of the United States is weaker than that of the east coast, but the advantage is that they are not as severely affected by the economic crisis.
As long as the states on the west coast can temporarily get rid of the impact of the economic crisis, these millions of American people will become loyal consumers of Australasian industrial products. Their desire to consume industrial products is even higher than that of the Philippines and Kalimantan combined, and the benefits they can generate are destined to exceed those of the Philippines and Kalimantan.
This is actually easy to understand. Compared with the Philippines and Kalimantan, which were previously indigenous, Americans consider themselves civilized people in developed countries, and naturally they will be more willing to use advanced industrial products.
Moreover, the economy of the United States is definitely stronger than that of the Philippines and Kalimantan, which will lead to stronger consumption power of Americans and more things they can buy.
The first policy arranged by Arthur is to let the government vigorously attract immigrants from the United States.
At present, after the end of the war in the United States, there must be a large number of Americans who have lost confidence in the government and are confused about the future.
Coupled with the impact of the economic crisis, these people will be more willing to live in new countries.
The second policy is about the management plan for the occupied states of the United States.
The referendums in Alaska and Hawaii are already underway, and the government must also prepare corresponding officials in advance so that the two states can be managed in a timely manner after the referendum results are announced.
As a royal territory, Alaska does not need too many officials. Arthur will use it as one of the training grounds for the Guards, stationing at least one regiment of troops for a long time.
Moreover, the so-called elite special forces Royal Commandos established by Arthur will also be trained here. They will be tested in the ice and snow, and eventually grow into soldiers who are good enough to perform various tasks.
The handling of Hawaii is more troublesome. The population of Hawaii is just over 300,000, but the proportion of white people is less than a quarter.
In addition to the indigenous population of Hawaii, the rest of the population are immigrants from Asia.
Among these immigrants, islanders and Filipinos account for the majority, and many are from other Asian countries.
Moreover, Hawaii itself is not a state of the United States, but a merged territory established by the United States.
Making Hawaii a new state in Australasia, or a new colony, is what Arthur is currently considering.
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