Rise of Australia

Chapter 287 Stock Exchange
As the time entered September of 1910, the floods in several provinces in East Asia became more and more serious. Hungry people everywhere robbed food, refugees rose violently, and the people were in dire straits.

It was also time for Australasia to gain favor. Arthur announced in a high-profile manner that on behalf of Australasia, he would donate 100 tons of food and [-] Australian dollars to the disaster-stricken area to show Australasia's peaceful and friendly side.

Sure enough, after receiving the good news of Australasia's aid, not only the local government made a big publicity, but also the victims and refugees from all over the world were very grateful to Australasia.

It's a pity that what they don't know is that the income from the sale of food in Australasia during this disaster is hundreds of times that of these aids.

In early September, Sydney took the lead in establishing the first stock exchange in Australasia. On the same day, Arthur personally participated in the opening ceremony of the stock exchange and delivered a speech, declaring the importance of the stock exchange.

In fact, stock trading took place as early as 1602 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.At that time, the Dutch government printed the world's first stock, the East India Company stock.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Netherlands, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States successively established their own stock exchanges, which has been at least 100 years ago.

Even in Arthur's seemingly undeveloped island country, two stock exchanges were established in 1878.

In this way, the establishment of stock exchanges in Australasia has lagged far behind other countries.

The newly established Sydney Stock Exchange is under the management of the Ministry of Finance and is not for profit.

But the establishment of stock exchanges and stock markets plays an important role in the development of the state and private enterprises.

Private companies can choose to list on a stock exchange, dividing their company into several shares and selling them to others.

This allows companies that lack funds to raise development funds in the stock market to meet the large amount of funds needed for construction and development.

In addition to raising capital, the stock market can also diversify investment risk and allow private companies to appreciate their assets.

This is good for the development of Australasian enterprises, and can also attract a large amount of external capital to Australasia, driving the development of Australasia.

Given the population and the size of the economy, the current stock exchange in Sydney is also sufficient.

Sydney is the only city in Australasia with a population of over one million. It is also the center of politics, economy and culture, so it can naturally attract more capital.

It is believed that after the establishment of the stock exchange, small and medium-sized enterprises in Australasia will also usher in certain development.

As September slowly passed, Arthur became more and more concerned about the situation in Europe.

According to historical developments, the second Moroccan crisis should come soon.

The Moroccan Crisis, a political conflict between Germany and France in Morocco, also heightened competition in Europe and worsened relations between Germany and other countries.

After the first Moroccan crisis, in March 1907, France sent troops to occupy the Oujda state in eastern Morocco on the pretext that a doctor was killed.

Immediately afterwards, in August 1907, under the pretext that several French workers were killed (in fact, these French workers destroyed the Muslim cemetery during construction), France sent troops to land in Casablanca forcibly, occupying five cities on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. port city.

After France occupied Busablanca, the relationship between Germany and France suddenly became more tense because of the pursuit of deserters and the conflict at the German consulate.

However, at that time, Germany chose a peaceful attitude that surprised all countries and agreed to submit the incident to arbitration so that the incident could be resolved peacefully.

In fact, there are two main reasons why Germany chose to calm down.One is because the previous Bosnian crisis has made the situation in Europe very tense, and the Germans are unwilling to add fuel to such a tense situation.

The second is because the first Morocco crisis has made Germany realize that the trend of France controlling Morocco is unstoppable.

Instead of continuing to fight against France in Morocco, it is better to compromise on this in exchange for Germany's economic interests in Morocco and compensation from France.

After all, Germany is the second largest power in the world. Since Morocco has made concessions to France, France must give some compensation!
Therefore, on February 1909, 2, France and Germany signed the "French-German Agreement", France announced that it recognized the independence and integrity of Morocco, and recognized that Germany had the same economic rights in Morocco.

The German side recognized that France has special political rights in Morocco and promised not to interfere with the actions taken by France to maintain peace and stability in Morocco.

The signing of the Franco-German agreement made the politicians and high-level leaders of Germany and France very satisfied, and even greatly eased the conflict between the two countries, almost transferring the conflict between France and Germany to the negotiating table instead of the battlefield.

It's a pity that the approach of France and Germany has made the British very cautious and concerned.

In the final analysis, it is impossible for Germany and France to reconcile with Britain.

Whether it is Germany or France, their status in Europe is at the hegemonic level.Once these two countries are united, they can really control the whole of Europe.

This is something the British don't want to see at all. After the reconciliation between Germany and France, wouldn't their enemy naturally become Britain?

What's more, if Germany can reconcile with France, can't it reconcile with Russia?

Their conflicts have been reconciled, so what about Britain?
You must know that although Britain and France are the two countries with the largest colonies in the world today, most of their interests are actually controlled by Britain.

It really made the major European powers reconcile, and their enemy can be imagined, and that is Britain.

Can the British Empire, a well-known European shit stirrer, tolerate such a situation?

Among other things, the German-French reconciliation is the last thing Britain wants to see.After the reconciliation between Germany and France, the main conflicts on the European continent disappeared.

This will cause the reason for the confrontation between the two major military blocs to become a contradiction between Germany and Britain. To put it bluntly, it is the competition between the first and second powers for the position of world hegemony.

Under such circumstances, will France and Russia willingly sacrifice their lives for Britain?

It would be good not even to participate. After all, the colonies occupied by the British Empire and the interests divided up are the most among all the powers. On the basis of everyone's peace, the division of the British Empire seems to be beneficial to most countries.

If historical trends are followed, the second Moroccan crisis will break out in a few months.

The second Moroccan crisis intensified the conflict between Britain and Germany, because Germany became the only target of British politics.

At the same time, the second Moroccan crisis also strengthened the relationship between the Anglo-French Entente.

Because at the most critical time in France, Britain stepped forward, drew its sword to help, and dealt a fatal blow to Germany.

This made the French grateful to Britain, and then strengthened the close cooperation between the two countries in all aspects, with the purpose of fighting against Germany together.

The second Moroccan crisis created a more tense situation in Europe, and even made the atmosphere of war more and more intense.

If it weren't for the toughness of Britain in the crisis and the retreat of the Germans, I am afraid that the second Moroccan crisis will become the fuse of the First World War.

In any case, it is necessary to prepare for this crisis.The Moroccan crisis in history has been relatively properly resolved, but who can guarantee that the Moroccan crisis in this world will not become the fuse of war?

After all, with the butterfly Arthur in this world, many developments are already different from the previous history.

Under such circumstances, it is not impossible for Britain and Germany to have other ideas.

If Germany chooses to be tough, doesn't it mean that the First World War is coming?
Of course, even if the Second Moroccan Crisis did not become the fuse of the First World War, it is necessary to prepare for it in advance.

This crisis has focused the attention of the three major European powers, Britain, Germany, and France, and is busy in this competition. It has also caused many countries with ulterior motives to use this crisis to expand their own interests.

For example, the Italian-Turkish war that broke out during the crisis, the Balkan war, and so on.

It is worth mentioning that the protagonists of the two wars are the same, and they are both the decayed Ottoman Turkish Empire.

It is worth mentioning that the Sarajevo incident, which triggered World War I in history, was also related to the Balkan War.

The Balkan War is precisely a war between several Balkan countries and Turkey, among which is Serbia, the protagonist of Sarajevo.

After the two Balkan wars, the Balkan countries were formed into two camps, opposing each other.

On one side are Serbia, Greece, Romania and Mendiegoro, with the Entente bloc behind them.

On the other side are Bulgaria and Turkey, and behind them stand the Allied Power Group headed by Germany and Austria.

From this, we can also see the control and influence of big countries over small countries. The Balkans are also divided into two factions due to the influence of the two major military groups in Europe.

Since it is divided into two major factions, it is inevitable that conflicts will break out between them.

As one of the Balkan countries, Serbia naturally has some ambitions.Serbia's delusional attempt to unify the Balkans and establish a Yugoslav state of greater Serbs.

This ambition naturally conflicted with the strategic interests of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was annexed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire two years ago, is mostly Serbian and borders Serbia.

Because of the conflict between the borders of each other, Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire became enemies, but the small country could not resist the big country after all.

Therefore, some young nationalist military officers in Serbia formed a mafia called Unity or Death.

And this mafia composed of Serbian military officers is the organization that will provide weapons to the assassins who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand in the future.

It can only be said that the conflicts among the various countries in Europe are related.Because of the second Moroccan crisis, Jean-Jean Italy launched the Italian-Turkish war.

Because the Italian-Turkish war made Turkey exhausted, the Balkan countries formed an alliance and launched the first Balkan war.

Later, because of the uneven distribution of the war and the opposition of the national forces behind it, the Balkan countries split into two factions.

Coupled with Serbia's territorial expansion in the two wars, Serbia gave birth to the idea of ​​​​establishing a Greater Serbia Yugoslavia.

This idea conflicted with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and it also made some Serbian nationalist young officers hate the Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially those like Archduke Ferdinand, who opposed the Great Serbianism and were hostile to Serbia. important people.

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