Rise of Australia

Chapter 259

In the following days, Arthur summoned the bishops of the churches in Australia and New Zealand one after another, and sent a telegram to ask the opinions of the Protestant General Association of England, and then announced the establishment of the Protestant General Association of Australasia, and created the title of Archbishop of Australasia .

The Archbishop of Australasia is first of all a priesthood title, and is also the Archbishop of the Protestant Church in Australasia, coordinating and managing all Protestant believers in Australasia.

It is thus the apex of the Australasian priesthood, and the office which all Australasian Protestant bishops dream of becoming.

The first Archbishop of Australasia was Steed Malblanc, an Archbishop from the English Protestant Association.

If all goes well, Archbishop Stead will come to Australasia to take office in early July and become the first Australasian Archbishop.

Of course, in exchange for benefits, the Australasian Protestant Association will separate from the British Protestant Association and become an independent Kingdom Protestant Church.

The resident church of the Archbishop of Australasia is Victoria Cathedral in central Sydney.This church has a history of hundreds of years. It is currently the oldest and largest church in Australasia, and it is also the church with the most believers.

In order to express his support for the church, Arthur announced with a smile that he would donate 50 Australian dollars to the church for various constructions of the church, and donated [-] Australian dollars to the Victoria Cathedral in his own name to help the church repair and build.

After Australasia has its own independent Protestant church, it will be more convenient for Arthur to rule in Australasia.

At least in the future, the royal family only needs to invite the bishop of Australasia for various activities, and there is no need to go to England to invite the bishop in person.

Arthur's construction of the church also aroused the favor of some loyal believers.In addition, Arthur was open to the whole Christianity, so the establishment of the Protestant church did not affect the coming of other European immigrants.

At the beginning of July, Steed officially arrived at the port of Sydney. Arthur also personally received Steed and personally conferred the post of Archbishop Steed, Bishop of Victoria.

Archbishop Steed's attitude towards Arthur was also very submissive. After all, he knew who his position as archbishop came from, and he also knew that this was not an era like the Middle Ages when theocracy was more powerful than kingship.

A few days later, under the suggestion of Minister Grant, Arthur invited Archbishop Steed to co-found the Victorian Language School, with the purpose of helping immigrants coming to Australasia to quickly master the language of English.

Although the British Empire is currently the well-deserved number one power in the world, this does not prevent most ordinary Europeans from mastering the English language.

It’s okay if they are immigrants from Western Europe, but immigrants from Russia basically know nothing about English.

Most of them are the low-level people in Russia. If they can master English proficiently, it will be a ghost.

But Australasia is, after all, a country dominated by British descent, the official religion is Protestantism, and the official language is English.

This also means that these people who are not proficient in English must master English that can communicate in a short period of time in order to be able to live better in Australasian society.

With the increasing number of Russian immigrants, the problem that many people do not speak English has emerged.

This is also the original intention of Arthur and Archbishop Steed to create a language school, in order to allow these Russians to better adapt to life in Australasia.

As for involving the Church, that was the request of Archbishop Stead.As for the reason, Arthur didn't need to think about it. The newly appointed archbishop had already started planning missionary affairs.

However, this is also a good thing for the unification of Australasia, so it is only natural to involve church forces.

At the same time, elections for the House of Representatives are in full swing.

As the time enters July, the ballots of each state are also unified to the state government for statistical review. This will be a 20-day statistical period. After that, the states will report the final election results to the government and Arthur. After the review is correct announced to the outside world.

This period is the most uneasy time for some candidates.Because I was busy with the campaign before, although I felt nervous, I was not that nervous.

But now that he is idle all of a sudden, all kinds of psychological troubles make people feel even more panicked.

Fortunately, time passed quickly. On July 1908, 7, as the last state reported the statistical results to the government and Arthur, the voting counting session officially ended.

Next will be a four-day random inspection time. If it is determined that there are basically no problems with the votes of the states, then the list of candidates for the new House of Representatives will basically be determined.

First of all, all the cabinet ministers, without exception, all won the seats in the House of Representatives.

This is actually the default. After all, they have reached the highest point of the government. It is impossible not to get a small post of member of the House of Representatives.

It is worth mentioning that not only the current cabinet ministers, but also the former Prime Minister Evan and several previous ministers have all won seats in the House of Representatives, which also means that they are likely to attack the cabinet seats again.

After randomly checking the reported data of several states, on July 1908, 7, the Australasian government and the royal family jointly released the list of members of the new House of Representatives, and asked the House of Representatives to elect a speaker as soon as possible to join the cabinet government.

This is the way to directly give birth to a cabinet member, and it is also the most promising opportunity for all members of parliament to enter the cabinet government.

It's just that the development of the matter will definitely not be as these congressmen think in their hearts. The one who finally won the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives is Prime Minister Evan, who has accumulated a huge reputation in the previous two administrations.

Of course, a more suitable title at this time should be Sir Evan.

As the first two prime ministers of the government, and was also bestowed the knighthood by Arthur himself, Sir Evan has the highest reputation among many members of parliament. into the hands of Sir Avon.

However, it is obvious that Sir Evan also has a plan, otherwise it is quite possible for the major political parties to obtain the position of speaker.

In fact, this is also normal. Although he was the first two prime ministers, Sir Evan has been out of politics for more than a year, and the next cabinet government election will even be three years away.

Seeing that the development of Australasia is getting smoother, the current Prime Minister Walter and many ministers are also accumulating their own reputation.

If he directly participates in the next election, Sir Evan may not be able to succeed.After all, even if Sir Evan successfully won the position of prime minister, it is basically impossible for him to be re-elected again.

This is because under the constitution of Australasia, the prime minister can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms and a maximum of three terms.

If Sir Evan is elected, it will also be his third term as Prime Minister, and unless Arthur himself orders it, re-election is impossible.

Under such circumstances, should we make friends with the Prime Minister who can be re-elected, or Sir Evan who cannot be re-elected?This is a good question.

Now being able to re-enter the cabinet through other means, like everyone else, continues to accumulate his own reputation, which will undoubtedly improve Sir Evan's chances of winning the prime minister again.

It is worth mentioning that on the day when he was successfully elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sir Evan or Speaker Evan asked Arthur first, and after a long and intimate chat with Arthur, he went to the cabinet to meet himself of old friends.

No matter what everyone's inner thoughts are, the meeting of the cabinet government is still very pleasant.Speaker Evan's old subordinates also expressed their congratulations and welcome to Speaker Evan, congratulating him on joining the cabinet government again.

Now that the elections for the House of Representatives are complete, it is time to fill up the remaining cabinet seats.

On August 8, Arthur nominated candidates for the justice and the minister of state to the House of Representatives. After three days of elections and discussions, the final judge was determined to be Gerry Harris, and the final candidate for the minister of state was Kent.

Yes, that's Kent, the Defense Secretary.Because the minister of state is higher than the minister of defense, Kent is also eligible to run.

However, after being elected as the Minister of State, the position of the Minister of Defense was vacant, and Arthur immediately nominated three members of the military to allow the House of Representatives to conduct another election.

The final new Minister of Defense was also elected, Raul Pranger, the former commander of the Guards Division.

Now the reformed cabinet members are basically all determined, except for the Minister of Royal Affairs directly appointed by Arthur.

It's just that this is a private matter of the royal family after all, so no one mentions it.

The current specific positions in the Australasian cabinet government are: Chief Minister (Prime Minister) Walter, Secretary of State (Deputy Prime Minister) Kent, Archbishop Steed, Justice Gerry, Speaker of the House of Representatives Evan, Foreign Secretary Andrew, Education Secretary Li Chad, Minister of Industry Pierre, Secretary of State Thomas, Minister of Public Welfare Henris, Secretary of Agriculture Mark, Minister of Transport Lauren, Minister of Health Willie, Secretary of the Exchequer Roger, Secretary of Defense Raul.

Although the number of seats in the cabinet government has been expanded, the actual changes have been small.Except for Kent, the Minister of Defense who became the Minister of State, and Raul, the commander of the Guards Division, who became the Minister of Defense, most of the other newly added positions are relatively independent, such as the Archbishop, the Chief Justice and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

These positions have little impact on the cabinet government's usual handling of government affairs. What they do in the cabinet government is more than voting rights in cabinet meetings.

The only possible influence on the cabinet government is Kent's position as secretary of state.This is a veritable deputy prime minister, but because he is an acquaintance of the cabinet ministers, and Kent is usually relatively low-key, so it did not cause much uneasiness and turmoil to the cabinet government.

Starting from the basic determination of the candidates for the new position on August 8, Arthur gave the new cabinet members two weeks to deal with their respective affairs. Two weeks later, that is, on August 5, a cabinet meeting was held to confirm the new position. The goal of the cabinet and the division of specific duties are also to allow all members to come to a formal meeting.

That's a relief for those taking on new roles.After all this is a new position for Australasia and it will take them a while to figure out their responsibilities and collective message.

If the cabinet meeting is held immediately, I am afraid that they will only be able to ask questions about some things, and the meeting will be useless.

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