Rise of Australia

Chapter 467 The World Alliance and Entrustment Ceremony

The news of the Anglo-Australian re-covenant quickly spread throughout Paris, and it also attracted the attention of many European countries.

After the four major powers of the Allied Powers became the largest power in the world, Britain only concluded a new alliance with Australasia, which makes people feel a little meaningful.

Before the European media reported too much on this, another piece of news immediately appeared in the newspapers of the European media.

In April 1918, after friendly consultations among many countries, all the Allied countries that signed the Treaty of Versailles joined the newly established World League.

Many European media even regard the establishment of the World Alliance as a signal to end the war, because there will be no more wars in the world from now on, and all conflicts will be mediated by the World Alliance.

Unsurprisingly, the four great powers of the Entente became permanent members of the World League, with a right known as the one-vote veto.

Many Allied countries, including Italy, are ordinary member states and only have the most basic voting right.

To accommodate the mood of a country like Italy, the World League also has a special post besides the permanent members, which is called an elected member.

As the name implies, the World League will conduct elections among the non-permanent members, and the country with the highest number of votes will become an elected member for a two-year term, responsible for assisting the four permanent members in handling the affairs of the World League.

Although there is no veto power with the greatest power, compared with ordinary member states, the power and status of elected members are still quite huge.

Of course, this has to be approved by the permanent members.The permanent members with one veto power can actually veto the elected members.

This also means that the so-called World Alliance is still under the control of the four major powers of the Allied Powers, and it is also the most satisfactory way of handling Britain, France, Russia and Australia.

This also led to the fact that although the seat of the World League is located in Geneva, Switzerland, which is where the famous Geneva Convention was signed, the rights of the World League are controlled by the four major powers of the Allied Powers, and the overall world situation has not changed.

The United States, which first proposed a system similar to the World League, did not enter the World League because the U.S. Congress did not approve of the Versailles Treaty.

This also made the only country that had the opportunity to compete with the four major powers of the Allied Powers lose its right to compete in the World League, and it also left no room for other small and medium-sized countries in the World League to resist.

After all, if they join the World Alliance, Britain and France may be fairer in terms of face.

But if it is a non-world alliance country, even if it is invaded by any major power, it can only consider itself unlucky.

With the establishment of the World League, representatives of various countries also returned from Paris.According to the agreement of the World Alliance, all member states will hold a meeting in Geneva every three months, and must attend unless it is an accident.

This also made Prime Minister Kent immediately decide to send a diplomatic team to Geneva to participate in the meetings held in Geneva at any time.

After all, Australasia is not close to Geneva, and it will take at least two months to go back and forth.

If you come to Geneva from Australasia, I am afraid that you are either holding a meeting or on the way.

Throughout the peace talks at the Paris Peace Conference, Australasia was also nervously preparing for the enfeoffment ceremony and the victory parade.

In order to celebrate the victory of this war, the government and the royal family will also have a large number of activities and distribute materials for free, striving to achieve the effect of national celebration.

Once Prime Minister Kent's diplomatic team returns to Australasia, it will be time for the Envelope ceremony and events to take place.

Perhaps this is also the last event held in Sydney as the capital. With the victory of the war, it is also decided to put the capital relocation plan on the agenda as soon as possible, and the early development of the Murray River Basin is also conducive to the development of Australasia.

The current environment of the Murray River Basin is much better than that in 100 years, and it is also the last chance for the development of this area.

If it is delayed for a while, it will only become more and more difficult to develop this area, and the consumption of the government, manpower and materials will become more and more serious.

In May 1918, as the diplomatic team led by Prime Minister Kent was about to arrive in Sydney, the enfeoffment ceremony was also in the final stage of intense preparations.

On May 5, Prime Minister Kent arrived in Sydney and met with Arthur for the first time to report the results of the battle.

Only three days later, on May 1918, 5, the Australasian Nobility Entrustment Ceremony, which was also the celebration of the victory in the war, officially began.

"All my people, I am very happy to stand here and celebrate the victory of this war with you.

All of you have contributed enormously to this war.After more than three years of hard work and dedication, we have finally ushered in this great victory.

And you, my beloved people, you are the biggest contributors to this victory, and Australasia is proud of you! "

After lamenting the victory of the war and the sacrifices made in the war, the celebration finally ushered in the climax, which was to entrust all the meritorious persons.

Different from the complicated and luxurious enfeoffment ceremonies of the traditional old nobles, the entrustment of the new Australasian nobles emphasizes frugality and openness.

Arthur's purpose is to let everyone see the enfeoffment scene of the new nobles, which can not only inspire the confidence of the new nobles, but also make those who watch become fanatic.

As for whether the too simple enfeoffment ceremony would make these enfeoffed nobles dissatisfied, Arthur smiled and expressed his overthinking.

The vast majority of people who were enfeoffed were commoners or middle class, and they were already ecstatic to become new nobles, let alone being enfeoffed by Arthur in front of tens of thousands of commoners.

As for those old aristocrats who pay attention to tradition and ceremony, well, except for Arthur, it seems that there is no Australasia either.

"In view of your significant service to the country and the Crown, I declare that, with the titles of Sir Ludwig Cole, Hunter and Sir Andrew, you will become honorable Sirs of Australasia, guarding this country in new identities. Your courage and honor will become an example for all, and you will become heroes of the country." The title of knight is the lowest noble title that cannot be inherited, and the threshold for obtaining it is also the lowest among all noble titles.

According to statistics, the number of people who have been awarded the title of jazz is close to 200, which is enough to show how exaggerated the scale of this entrustment ceremony is.

Of course, this was why Arthur was eager to expand the size of the Australasian nobility.If it weren't for the fact that the Australasian nobles were too small, Arthur would not exaggerate to more than 200 jazz at one time.

"I will fight for your majesty and the royal family, I will fight for the country, I will fight for the people. Please God witness my oath, I am willing to dedicate my life to your majesty and the royal family, and use the sword and blood to cast the glory of the knight !"

All the entrusted people stepped forward tacitly, knelt down on one knee in front of Arthur, and said their oaths relatively neatly.

A unique title of nobility in Australasia, it is also representative of the new nobility in Australasia.

Therefore, the oath of the title of knight is also quite unique. It was adapted by Archbishop Stead based on the oath of knights in the Middle Ages, and it also conforms to the factors of the title of Australasian knight.

Arthur's gift to these new nobles was a special short sword, with the name of each jazz nobleman engraved on one side and when he was awarded the title of jazz.

On the other side are engraved the five words of loyalty, bravery, passion, fearlessness, and justice, which are also Arthur's expectations for these new nobles.

After the title of knight, there is the title of baronet, which is a higher level.

Although the baron is theoretically only the bottom of the true hereditary nobles in Australasia, the number of people who have won the title of baron this time is not many, and there are only a dozen or so.

Director Theodor, who was in charge of developing the aircraft, and Diesel, the general manager of the engine factory, were also awarded the title of baron, which is the highest title currently obtained by a scientific researcher.

Of course, many scientists and researchers who have made contributions to Australasia, such as Benz and Ludwig, have also won the title of jazz.

A total of nearly 200 people have been granted the title of jazz, among which more than 30 are scientific researchers, which is enough to show that Arthur attaches great importance to scientific research.

In fact, this has indeed won the gratitude and enthusiasm of many scientific researchers. After all, it is something that many people dare not even dream of obtaining the title of nobility in the country through scientific research.

In addition to these scientific researchers, including the teachers of several divisions, the three prime ministers since Arthur became a monarch, and the six colonial governors in the Australian colonial period, all also won the title of baron.

Several division commanders have also successively served as the commander-in-chief of the Australasian Expeditionary Force, and they performed well during their tenure, which can be regarded as hope for the military's promotion.

Needless to say, the three prime ministers have made indelible contributions to the development of Australasia over the past ten years, and it is only natural that they will be awarded a rewarding title.

As for the remaining prime ministers in the colonial period, giving them titles is also a way to win them over. After all, they can give up the opportunity to return to the British Empire and stay in Australasia, which can be regarded as trust in Arthur.

Moreover, these six prime ministers (including Prime Minister Evan) have not caused any trouble for Arthur so far, but they are still secretly carrying out Arthur's orders very seriously.

Allowing these people to obtain the title of baron is also to give hope to those qualifications.Even if the ability is not too strong, as long as they are loyal to the royal family and the country and work hard for the royal family and the country for a lifetime, Arthur and the royal family will never forget the sacrifices of these people.

Except for jazz and baron, no one has obtained a higher-level earl for the time being.After all, Australasia's performance in World War I was indeed not much, and no one's contribution was so great that he could be awarded the earl.

Of course, there is another important reason, that is, the earl has almost reached the top of the common nobility.

But in theory, civilians can also be promoted to the title of duke, but such a difficulty is too high, and it is basically impossible to do it without Arthur's appreciation.

Unless it can get Australasia a surprisingly large amount of land, or save Australasia from the crisis of extinction, neither of which is currently realistic.

The direction that Australasia can currently expand is the Arabian Desert in the Middle East and the remaining Dutch East Indies.

It is not difficult to occupy these two areas, but it is laborious and laborious, which does not conform to Arthur's current development plan.

And the rule of Australasia is also very stable, without any crisis of extinction.

At present, unless there is a very outstanding contribution to science and technology, or wait until the future World War II.

Before that, it was not an easy task to become a duke by merit.

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