Rise of Australia

Chapter 634 National Day, rewards, military parade
Arthur still agreed to the Finns' order request. After all, it would not hurt to strengthen Finland's naval strength.The stronger Finland becomes, the more benefits Australasia can gain from Finland.

In addition to the navy's order, Dmitri also brought another request from the Finnish government, which was to strengthen cooperation with Australasia and even directly sign an alliance.

The reason why the Finns were so proactive was that after Russia had been silent for a period of time, Nicholas II's ambition to reunify Russia could no longer be suppressed.

Of course, Nicholas II is not too stupid now. It is impossible to directly target those countries that have been separated, at least not in the short term.

Nicholas II now has only one goal, which is to turn two Russias into one and make Tsarist Russia the true master of Russia again.

Even after losing many areas, including Poland, the reintegrated Russia is still the feared European bulldozer.

This has also been the purpose of the tsarist government all along, to first restore domestic strength through unification, and then find ways to regain the previous territory.

There was nothing that could be done about it. After the long-term civil war, Nicholas II had understood that it was impossible for Russia to restore its pre-war prosperity in a short period of time.

A Russia whose strength has been weakened is obviously in the interests of more countries. Even France does not want Russia to be too strong.

Although Russia has not set its sights on the Baltic Sea and Finland, these countries that separated from Russia can't help but feel nervous, and they have strengthened their cooperation with the powers that have an impact on them.

Finland naturally found Australasia and wanted to ensure its independent status by signing an alliance with Australasia.

Arthur naturally would not refuse this.An effective alliance treaty can allow Arthur to control Finland more firmly.

For the sake of their independent status, the Finns will also move closer to Australasia and strengthen the relationship between the two countries.

In addition to Finland, Arthur also signed an alliance treaty with the Philippines, the United Sultanate of Kalimantan, and El Salvador.

This alliance treaty stipulates that any country that has signed the treaty is attacked by a non-treaty country, which is regarded as an attack on all countries that have signed the treaty.

The remaining countries should respond within a week and must be in the same diplomatic status as all allied countries after one month.

This also means that if any alliance country is attacked, other alliances must declare war on this country one month later.

Although it seems that Australasia is relying on its status as a great power to protect other allies, in fact, it is Australasia that benefits the most.

Because small and medium-sized countries will basically not declare war on the entire alliance because of conflicts. On the contrary, Australasia will receive help from the entire alliance when facing war.

Of course, Australasia also guarantees the peace of the alliance under normal circumstances. Whether it is Australasia or other countries that have signed the alliance, it can only be said to be mutually beneficial and everyone has something to gain.

As for the remaining economic and diplomatic cooperation in the treaty, these were basically realized before the alliance treaty was signed, and there is no need to mention it again.

This alliance can ensure that these countries become Australasia's staunch allies and also Australasia's cooperative market.

Even El Salvador, the smallest country, has a population of one million and its economic situation is not bad.

The Philippines and the Sultanate of Kalimantan, which have relatively large populations, are the two markets with the deepest control in Australasia for various reasons.

After becoming independent, the economies of the Philippines and the Sultanate of Kalimantan are bound to develop, and their markets will gradually expand, which will also help Australasia reduce losses in the subsequent economic crisis.

In order to ensure the stability of the relationship between the alliances, under Australasia's proposal, all countries agreed that when a crisis occurs between the allies, Australasia will mediate.

However, the fact that there are a total of five alliance countries spread across four continents means that there will basically be no problems between the allies.

The reason why Australasia proposed this was to clarify its leading or even dominant position in the alliance.

Regardless of whether there will be problems between alliances, Australasia's right to speak must be established.

On New Year's Day in 1926, the city of St. Arthur's Castle quickly became lively because many national representatives, famous nobles, big capitalists and newspapers and media gathered in Australasia.

Due to the participation of many countries, this grand military parade has attracted the attention of many countries and many people. It is called a show off of the muscles of the British and Australian systems.

There is nothing that can be done about it. Basically, all participants in the military parade are countries that have alliances with the United Kingdom and Australasia. Although France and the United States will also send diplomatic representatives to participate in the military parade in Australasia, they will not use them. The army joins.

With the close attention of various countries, time has quickly come to 1926, and the military parade ceremony on January 1 is getting closer and closer.

Broadcasters and publicity departments are already urgently debugging stations because the location of the National Day event has been moved to St. Arthur's Castle. They must ensure that the speeches at the National Day event can be received by most parts of the country.

For remote areas like New Zealand and New Guinea, although the broadcast signal cannot be received on the same day, the news about the speech will be released as quickly as possible the next day, and Arthur will never miss the publicity.

It is worth mentioning that by 1926, the population of Australasia had experienced rapid growth for a year, reaching more than 2976 million people.

The population is about to cross the 3000 million mark, which Arthur is very happy to see.

Although the population of 3000 million is not very large, it is already the greatest progress for Australasia, which once had a population of only a few million.

Another benefit of an increasing population is that the number of newborn babies will gradually increase with the growth of the population, and the rate of population growth will be faster and faster.

If the population growth rate of last year can be maintained, Arthur is confident that the population of Australasia will increase to more than 1930 million before 3500.

After the New Year's Day, the armies of various countries participating in the military parade are conducting intense training to avoid making mistakes at such a moment of great concern.

You know, if there is a problem with the military parade, it is not only Australasia that suffers a loss of face, but also the country that has the problem.

If there are no problems with other countries' military parades, but there are problems with one's own, doesn't this mean that the combat effectiveness of one's own army is not as good as other countries'?
Even those small countries will not miss this opportunity to show their strength and flex their muscles in front of the whole world.

On January 1926, 1, under the spotlight, Australasia’s National Day activities officially began.

In the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a speech by Arthur is destined to be indispensable.This speech does not need to be too sensational. It only needs to affirm the efforts of the Australasian government and people over the past 20 years, which is the best encouragement to the country and people.

Obviously, the people are also very satisfied with the country's efforts over the past 20 years. In 20 years, Australasia completed a leap from an ordinary country to a great power, and even became one of the four permanent members that controls the voice of the World Alliance.Although there are still many voices who believe that Australasia is only the fourth or fifth player in the world, no matter which country it is, the influence of Australasia cannot be ignored.

Even France, one of the established powers, dare not say that it can crush Australasia in all aspects.

Even if it weren't for the heritage brought to France by the colonies, I'm afraid France would no longer be qualified to compete with Australasia.

There are many links in this National Day event. After Arthur’s speech, it will be the official National Day time.

Guards escorted an Australasian flag slowly forward, singing the national anthem "Australasia, Onward!" 》Surrounded by people, the national flag slowly rose and finally fluttered in the sky of the square.

After watching all this with some solemnity and solemnity, Arthur signaled Prime Minister Roger to proceed to the next step.

What's the next step?Naturally, it is a reward for those who have made contributions in the past 20 years.

Of course, enfeoffment ceremonies and reward ceremonies have been held many times. This time we only reward those who have established new meritorious deeds, and at the same time promote those who have accumulated enough meritorious deeds.

Tsiolkovsky and Hermann, who previously developed rockets, as well as the Royal Dockyard researchers who developed the aircraft carrier, many scientists from the Royal Academy of Sciences, and so on, many of them have been awarded new titles.

This has also further increased the number of nobles in Australasia. The total number of nobles exceeds 300, although more than 200 of them are non-hereditary knights.

To be precise, there are a total of 315 Australasian nobles, of which 268 are knights, 42 are barons, 4 are viscounts, and 1 is an earl.

Except for the Prime Minister of Kent, who is an Earl, the other highest titles are Viscounts, who can receive about 5000 Australian dollars in dividends every year. This is an income that every noble can receive, and it is also one of the main sources of income for the new Australasian nobles. one.

Prime Minister Kent's earldom title is relatively large, and the annual dividend is as high as 1.2 Australian dollars, which is equivalent to the total annual income of nearly 200 Australasians.

Although the power of these new nobles is much lower than that of traditional European nobles, their status is relatively stable.

As long as the royal family exists, and as long as the throne of the King of Australasia exists, the aristocracy will not be abolished, and those who have received the title will always enjoy this benefit.

Although the dividend seems to be large, the number of aristocrats is destined not to be too large.After all, it is impossible to obtain a noble title without sufficient merit.

The requirement for merit has also destined that most people's titles will remain in the knighthood. Baronet is already the pinnacle of life for ordinary people.

It is no exaggeration to say that the viscount and earl on the Internet are beyond the reach of ordinary people in their lifetime.

But every step forward in the title brings huge improvements to himself and his family.Just looking at the annual dividends, the gap in dividend income between different nobles is several times or even ten times higher.

Fortunately, Arthur has established a joint consortium of nobles, and the annual income is enough to distribute dividends to the nobles.

These new nobles must also ensure the status of the royal family and the king for their annual dividend income.

The reason is very simple. If the status of the royal family is not stable, the income of these many financial groups is destined to be unable to maintain.

At that time, even if the royal family wanted to give them dividends, they would not be able to come up with the money. These new nobles still understand this simple truth.

Under the envious eyes of the people, dozens of new nobles were born in Australasia, strengthening the power of the aristocratic class.

Subsequently, the National Day activities came to the next stage, which was for the government to report on the country's achievements in the past 20 years and commemorate the soldiers and heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country.

This link lasts for a long time. After all, this is the first ten-year anniversary National Day held in Australasia. The country has changed a lot in 20 years.

After all these rituals were completed, it was already around 11 noon.

Although more than three hours had passed, hundreds of thousands of people in the square had no intention of leaving. Instead, they were waiting expectantly for the next session.

The National Day ceremony is relatively solemn, and there is no rest time in each link. This is a test for everyone who participates in the ceremony.

Fortunately, Australasians still have a deep patriotism for their country, so this little wait will naturally not cause any dissatisfaction.

At nearly 12 o'clock, the military parade officially began.

Although it was already meal time, the soldiers were still full of energy and did not suffer from poor mental state at all due to the long wait.

The first one to be inspected was naturally the Australasian army. The carefully selected Guards soldiers passed the parade solemnly and majestically. After Arthur stretched out his hand to salute, he shouted in his loudest voice: "Long live His Majesty the King!" Long live Australasia!”

Arthur nodded, quite satisfied with the Guardsmen who took the lead.The military parade is not only to show off its muscles to the outside world, but also to increase Australasia's international influence in disguise.

Therefore, the leading army becomes very important.After careful consideration, Arthur decided to use the carefully selected review team from the Guards to prepare for the National Day military parade.

After the Guards came the cavalry companies formed by the regular army.The horses of these cavalry companies are all made up of Australasian wild horses, which are carefully selected and bred horses. They look very strong and look majestic when paired with the cavalry in uniform.

In order to increase the awe and solemnity of the cavalry company, all the horses in the cavalry company are uniformly white and have been carefully selected and maintained to look flawless.

Such horses paired with a majestic and powerful-looking army will naturally bring even greater shock to other small and medium-sized countries.

In order to avoid the embarrassment of the horses defecating in front of the public square, these horses were fed less and defecated in advance before being inspected.

A whole detachment of cavalry passed solemnly in front of the parade, and then shouted to Arthur with great enthusiasm and respect: "Long live His Majesty the King! Long live Australasia!"

The sound of horses marching neatly is the most effective way to prove the combat strength of this army.

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