Rise of Australia

Chapter 279 European Royal Joint Declaration
The scale of Edward VII's funeral and farewell ceremony was even higher than that of Queen Victoria.

In fact, the British have also felt the crisis in recent years.At this time, it was different from the glorious Victorian era, and the British Empire already had many competitors in the limelight.

In particular, the German Empire not only maintained a strong scale and combat effectiveness in terms of army, but also desperately pursued the British Empire in terms of navy.

As the strategy of the German Empire gradually expanded internationally, the German Empire and the British Empire gradually moved towards opposites.

From the current point of view, the German Empire is currently the most powerful enemy of the British Empire, and it is also the enemy most likely to replace the British Empire as the new world hegemon.

At this moment, the British people miss the glory of the Victorian era even more.

At the peak of the Victorian era, the British Empire was the most powerful country in the world, and other competitors did not pose much threat to the British Empire.

After the grand farewell ceremony, many British people were reluctant to disperse for a long time. Outside the royal cemetery and some streets, spontaneous organizations commemorated the two monarchs of the Victorian era.

The European nobles who came to attend the funeral of Edward VII held a grand royal party at the invitation of George V.

How grand is this royal party?There are ten monarchs in full, and the lowest rank is also the king.

At the same time, it also has many queens, crown princes, princes and grand dukes, as well as distinguished dukes.

Some dukes with relatively ordinary status are not even qualified to show up at such a gathering, which is enough to show the high standard and level of this gathering.

At the banquet, members of the European royal family were basically in a state of chatting.Usually, these people can be described as living in different places, each living in one side.

For example, a monarch like Arthur is usually far away from Europe, and may not come once in a few years.

Even a European monarch like William II may not have time to gather with other royal families because of his busy domestic affairs.

Of course, there is another important point, that is, European countries are currently divided into two factions with distinct factions.

As members of European countries, the behavior of these royals also greatly influences their country's views.Of course, the views of their countries also greatly affect their behavior.

To give a simple example, if it is a country whose domestic government and people are particularly close to the United Kingdom, even if the ruler of the country has a better relationship with the German royal family, he must also consider the opinions of the domestic government and people.

After all, even if the monarchy is still the mainstream in Europe and even the countries of the world, it cannot be denied that the power of the monarchs of various countries has gradually weakened, and there are fewer and fewer monarchs with real power.

The protagonist of this banquet is naturally George V.Although the identity and status of a German emperor like William II is not worse than that of George V, after all, it is currently in London, the home court of George V, and it is understandable that George V becomes the protagonist.

In fact, Arthur is looking forward to the change of Britain's attitude after George V ascends the throne.Don't underestimate the authority of the current European royal family. Although the power of a single monarch does not seem to be that great, the entire European royal family can also represent the five European powers including Britain, Germany, Russia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Kingdom of Italy. And many small and medium European monarchies.

Most of the European monarchy countries participated in the future World War I, which indirectly led to the weakening of the European monarchy after the war.

As one of the monarchs from the European royal family, Arthur felt that it was necessary to make some preparations in advance to protect the monarchy.

Even if it is for yourself, try to keep as many European royal families as possible.After all, regardless of national interests, monarchy countries have a better environment for cooperation.

Retaining more monarchical countries can also withstand the idea of ​​freedom and democracy that has been spread wildly around the world after World War II, and together defend the monarchy, a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years.

Arthur's idea of ​​protecting the royal power has won the recognition and approval of many European royal families.After all, from the point of view of this proposal, it is to safeguard the interests of all the monarchy and the royal family.

But the plan to implement the idea encountered no small difficulties.Although the power of the monarchs of various countries has weakened, it is still the golden age of the monarchy.

Among the eight major powers in the world, except for the United States and France, all other countries are monarchies.

Moreover, France is constantly changing between the republic and the monarchy. There are not many royalist parties and forces and people close to the royal family in the country.

Under such circumstances, members of the royal families of various countries are naturally not active in promoting the implementation of this treaty.

After all, everyone's rights seem to be very stable, and it seems that there is no need to do anything extra for this treaty.

After all, as members of the royal family of the country, they naturally cannot easily promise something without necessity.

At least for nothing to help the royal families of other countries, their domestic political forces are likely not willing.

To put it bluntly, this kind of thing is to use the power of the country for the private interests of the royal family, and it is very likely that the army will be dispatched to fight the war.

In the whole of Europe, there are not many royal families who can do this, and there are even fewer royal families who can dispatch their own troops for the royal families of other countries.

From the current point of view, the royal families of very few small countries have the idea to reach such an agreement.

After all, the status of the royal family in small countries is the most unstable, and the country is very likely to lead to the abolition of the royal family in a political struggle.

However, if the royal family has a prominent family background like Bulgaria, the king will generally not be abolished, at most he will be emptied of power.

Of course, if it is the background of the overall decline of the monarchy after the end of World War II, no matter how deep the family background is, it cannot escape the fate of the abolition of the throne.

It is a pity that these small countries cannot play a key role in the implementation of the treaty.Those who can really play a key role in the implementation of this treaty are the royal families and monarchs of the five European powers, Britain, Germany, Russia, Austria and Italy.

Because Tsar Nicholas II was not at the scene, and the relationship between Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was relatively close, whether the treaty could be implemented mainly depended on the opinions of the future British king George V and Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Although George V has not yet become king, even if he does, he is destined not to have the same rights as Queen Victoria and Edward VII.

However, it cannot be denied that George V, the future British king, has considerable say in the European royal family. Many countries close to or directly dependent on the United Kingdom, their royal families, are also waiting for George V’s opinion.

Arthur is still looking forward to the implementation of the treaty, and this may also be the only chance to reach a treaty to protect the royal power.

Moving forward, although there are powerful British monarchs such as Queen Victoria and Edward VII, there is no chance of bringing together the royal families of most European countries.

Although Queen Victoria's funeral is a good opportunity, Edward VII will naturally not let Arthur advocate the treaty, gain the opportunity to increase his prestige and the favor of many European royal families.

After all, regardless of all issues, members of the royal family in all countries are basically the same in terms of consolidating the royal power.

As long as someone can overcome all opinions and reach a treaty to protect the royal power, this person will also gain a lot of favor and reputation from other royal families, and it is not surprising that he even has a certain right to speak in the European royal families.

George V was very interested in the treaty proposed by his cousin Arthur to protect the royal power, but George V also understood that he must agree with the opinions from the UK, at least before he officially took the throne.

George V also does not want to cause too much chaos in the UK. At present, maintaining the stability of the UK is the most important thing, which is also related to the stability of the British royal family and his own status.

After thinking for a long time, George V finally chose to remain silent.In other words, George V intended to see what others had to say.

If advancing the treaty is what everyone expects, then George V doesn't mind pushing the boat along the way to facilitate the implementation of the treaty.

But if other members of the royal family have little interest in advancing this treaty, then there is no need for him to risk offending other political forces in the country to help Arthur advance this treaty, but he will get nothing.

After all, defending the royal family and royal power, doesn't this mean that George V desires more royal power and status?
In other words, this is equivalent to George V announcing with great fanfare that he would gain more royal power and consolidate the royal family and his own status before he took the throne.

The silence of George V also made some royal families close to the United Kingdom choose to remain silent.

Although some small and medium-sized countries also have expectations for the implementation of the treaty, there is no need to offend Britain and George V for such a treaty that others can violate at will!

They are not stupid. Even if the treaty is successfully advanced in the future, there is a high probability that the powerful powers like Britain and Germany will protect the royal families of other small countries.

Even if other small and medium-sized countries have ideas, they can't use the power of the whole country to help other countries at the risk of their own throne being overthrown.

If you offend Britain, in exchange for the formal advancement of this treaty.So what if the UK doesn't help them when they really need help?
After all kinds of thinking, the royal families of these countries see it very clearly.Although the treaty to protect the royal power is indeed beneficial to them, it is more important to maintain their own side at present, so as to get strong support from great powers such as Britain and Germany.

With the support they deserve, their throne and power can also be consolidated to a certain extent, which is much better than a verbal treaty.

After George V was silent, Arthur looked at William II again and asked William II for his opinion.

In fact, William II did not have much interest in such a treaty. After all, in William II's view, the position of the German royal family in Germany is relatively stable.

Some countries that took refuge in Germany, needless to say, Wilhelm II will also protect their royal family.And for those forces close to Britain, how can Germany protect their royal family?
But after all, the initiator of this treaty was Arthur, and William II couldn't refuse it directly, so he gave a more compromise proposal, which was to change the protection of the royal power and the royal family to the protection of the personal safety of European royal family members and European monarchs .

The European royal family should jointly condemn and oppose the egregious acts against the European royal family, such as regicide and assassination of royal family members.

Among them, the act of regicide is mentioned emphatically.If regicide breaks out in other European countries, then the European royal family should unite to protect other members of the royal family in this country, and impose sanctions on the regicide and his forces, and help this country restore its due monarchy and order.

At the same time, the European royal family should also provide due protection to members of the royal families of other countries.

What Arthur didn't expect was that the original treaty to protect the royal power somehow became a treaty to protect members of the royal family.

But this is the best result so far, Arthur can only nod his head, agreeing with William II's point of view.

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