Rise of Australia

Chapter 50 Australian New Guinea
After hearing what Little William said, everyone present fell into carnival.Even the cabinet officials who have stepped into the top ranks of the government are all smiling.

It is definitely what everyone wants to see that the country can expand its territory peacefully, let alone lands that are very close to Australia, such as British New Guinea and New Zealand.

British New Guinea is located not far north of Australia, with a population of about 70.

The value of this piece of land is not very high, and the population is not very large, but it can become an important northern gateway to Australia and a springboard for spying on Southeast Asia.

To the west and northwest of British New Guinea was the Dutch East Indies colony of the Netherlands.

The development potential of the Dutch East Indies colony should not be underestimated, with a total area of ​​nearly 200 million square kilometers and a total population of more than 2000 million.

More importantly, these populations in the Dutch East Indies are so-called natives, that is, slaves who are not regarded as human lives by Westerners.

As long as you can seek an island in the Dutch East Indies, you can get a lot of free labor, and it can also be used as cannon fodder for Australia's industrial development.

In Arthur's view, the greatest role of those who cannot integrate into Australia's diverse culture and become a true Australian is to dedicate their lives to the development of Australia.

Needless to say, New Zealand is naturally not as prosperous as Australia in various mineral resources, but it is also an excellent country in terms of animal husbandry, which can just make up for Australia's lack of available arable land.

If Australia can fully integrate New Guinea and New Zealand, it will not be a problem for the integrated country to accommodate hundreds of millions of people.

It has to be said that even at the last moment of her life, Queen Victoria won a lot of benefits for Arthur and Arthur's Australia, which gave Australia the capital to rise and the potential to become a superpower.

But for Britain, Queen Victoria's departure is a pure loss.As a queen who has ruled the country for more than 60 years, Queen Victoria's prestige in Britain is unparalleled, and the monarchy power she has obtained is not comparable to that of Edward, who is about to succeed.

It can be said that when Queen Victoria was wayward, she could dismiss and appoint the prime minister according to her own intentions without worrying about being criticized by the government and the people.

But if Edward dared to do this, then the next day the streets would be full of news accusing Edward, and demonstrations against the tyrant would be held everywhere in the empire.

After all, the United Kingdom is still a constitutional monarchy, and the power of the British monarch will still be greatly restricted.

Even if someone like Queen Victoria is able to regain a certain right to speak from the government by virtue of her long-standing prestige and the advantages of winning the hearts of the people, after the throne is replaced, these temporary rights cannot be replaced by the new monarch. inherited.

Crown Prince Edward has two headaches in a short period of time. One is to handle Queen Victoria's funeral well, not only to satisfy the royal families of European countries and the British royal family, but also to satisfy the British people who love Queen Victoria.

At the same time, Crown Prince Edward has to communicate well with the government. After all, Queen Victoria can suppress the government, but Crown Prince Edward may not be able to suppress it.

However, Prince Edward's troubles and Arthur did not understand. After setting up the guards and entourage presented by Queen Victoria, Arthur held a cabinet meeting the next day to discuss how to take over British New Guinea and New Zealand.

According to the agreement with Crown Prince Edward, after the Australian soldiers arrive, all British soldiers and forces will be evacuated from British New Guinea, and British New Guinea will also be officially handed over to Australia for management.

As for turning it into a new state of Australia or continuing to be a colony, that is a headache for Australia.

It is precisely because of this that Arthur decided that it would be better to receive British New Guinea as soon as possible.

With the residual prestige of Queen Victoria, it is still very easy for Australia to completely control and take over British New Guinea.

But if Queen Victoria's funeral is over or even longer, and Queen Victoria's prestige gradually dissipates, it is hard to say whether British New Guinea will accept Australian management.

It was still the familiar conference room on the top floor of the government affairs building, and it was still the few people who were familiar with the cabinet.

Arthur sat at the head and smiled and posed a difficult problem to everyone: "Everyone, according to Her Majesty's last will, British New Guinea was handed over to us, and I have been the Governor of New Zealand for 20 years. Now is also the time to discuss British New Guinea. It is a matter of New Guinea and New Zealand, how should we manage these two regions? Everyone, please share your views.”

British New Guinea is okay, it is already a certain fish in Australia, basically there is no need to run away.

But New Zealand is different. Arthur only served as the Governor of New Zealand for 20 years.If Australia's policy is biased against New Zealand, it is very likely that after 20 years, Australia will lose New Zealand's management rights, which will cause New Zealand to return to the embrace of the United Kingdom.

"Your Highness, why not just rename British New Guinea to the state of New Guinea as Australia's seventh state?" Minister of Agriculture Henry Harris suggested: "British New Guinea is very close to Australia and has excellent ports. , if it is directly used as a state, there will be no problem, just as smoothly as our previous colony change state."

"Well, that's a good idea. Does anyone else have any ideas?" Arthur nodded expressionlessly and looked at the others.

"Your Highness, I don't think we can take New Guinea as our new state in a short period of time. We should manage it as a colony first." Prime Minister Evan stood up and put forward different opinions: "British New Guinea and our Australian Although British New Guinea has a population of more than 70, there are only more than 3 British and European immigrants, and the rest are local aborigines. If we directly take British New Guinea as our new If the state manages it, then where will these Aboriginal people go? If they are all counted as our legal citizens, is it too unfair to all of us Australians?"

Prime Minister Evan's meaning is very simple. If British New Guinea is directly regarded as a state, then how to deal with these indigenous people will become a thorny issue.

But if British New Guinea was still a colony, who cared if the natives of the colony lived or died?
"Your Highness, my proposal is to continue to manage New Guinea as a colony. What we need now is the Australian New Guinea colony, not the state of New Guinea." Prime Minister Evan looked at Arthur and said solemnly.

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