Rise of Australia

Chapter 86 Nonaggression Treaty (please subscribe!)
Arthur and all officials in Australia fell silent.Unexpectedly, it should be the most controversial topic in the negotiations on the purchase of indigenous peoples, and the Dutch government would compromise so simply.

This also means that the most difficult part of buying the natives, that is, suppressing the resistance of the natives, will be borne by the Dutch government.

There was even a brief silence in the scene, and it was not until Arthur coughed lightly that he gradually recovered.

Prime Minister Evan asked in disbelief: "Minister Halbert, are you sure that the Dutch government will undertake all the work of capturing and transporting the indigenous people?"

One native is not worth much, even if there are thousands of natives, the value will not exceed one hundred thousand pounds.

For a small tens of thousands of pounds, the army was dispatched to capture and transport the natives. What are the benefits to the Netherlands?Even if each native can get ten pounds of funds, it is not a loss for the Dutch government. If you want to earn a lot of money from trade in the soil, I am afraid that the expenditure of dispatching troops and fleets is not a small number.

"Of course, Minister Evan. We are very sincere about the cooperation between Australia and us. If your government is not at ease, we can also sign a treaty with clear terms to confirm this cooperation." Minister Halbert nodded as a matter of course, said with a smile.

Seeing what Minister Halbert said, even though everyone still felt a little strange, they still felt relieved.

After signing the treaty, even if the Kingdom of the Netherlands wants to go back on its word in the future, it will depend on whether the Australian government agrees.

Even if the Kingdom of the Netherlands wants to repent in the future, it will directly give Australia an excuse, just to take this opportunity to seek more Southeast Asian islands, and even get a foot in the Dutch East Indies to occupy some areas of great interest.

"Of course, in addition to signing a treaty to sell the natives, the Dutch government and the Dutch East India government represented by Governor William want to sign a friendly non-aggression treaty with your government and the Australian New Guinea government. The market in the East India can also be Partially open to Australia. I don’t think Australia and the Netherlands currently have any conflicts in their homeland and colonies. It is also possible to sign a representative non-aggression treaty and mutual trade treaty with the current good relationship.” Halbert The minister changed the subject and continued talking.

Since Queen Victoria handed over the ownership of New Guinea and the control of New Zealand to Arthur, Australia has tended to unify Oceania and has caused considerable danger to Southeast Asia in the north.

An Australia that does not have any risk of foreign enemies and is very close to Southeast Asia is not good news for all East Indian indigenous and colonial countries.

Fortunately, the British Empire and Germany are not only the world's first and second powers, but also have a good relationship and origin with Australia.

France, which also has its own colonies in Southeast Asia, has colonies in Vietnam and Laos, which are relatively far away from Australia.

In this way, it has extremely important colonies, and the colonies are relatively close to Australia, and the only one that has nothing to do with Australia is the Netherlands.

Although Portugal also owns Portuguese Timor not far north of Australia, this land has a small population and a small area, so it is not that important to Portugal.

But the Netherlands is different.The Kingdom of the Netherlands, once known as the coachman of the sea, can only stay in its own homeland to survive.

The fleet that dominated for a while has long been defeated by the United Kingdom. The current size of the navy can only be regarded as second-rate in Europe, and it can barely defend its own colonies. Of course, this is on the premise that other powers have no idea about the Dutch East Indies.

Although in terms of apparent strength and national strength, the Kingdom of the Netherlands can be regarded as a skinny camel that is bigger than a horse, and it is still very powerful compared to Australia.

But because the Netherlands is far away in Europe, it takes at least a month to travel from the Netherlands to Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies.

On the Australian side, it only takes a week at most to travel from the capital Sydney to Batavia.

The huge gap in distance represents a huge gap in logistics.If Australia really wants to snatch the Dutch East Indies, it is really hard to say whether the Netherlands can hold on without interference from other powers.

The reason why the Netherlands was able to hold on to its colonies before was because the British Empire did not allow other powers to occupy such a large piece of land in Southeast Asia.

But Australia is different.For one thing, Australia is not a great power, and even its comprehensive national strength can barely be regarded as a third-rate country in Europe.

Moreover, Australia and the British Empire have very deep ties, and Australia's monarch Arthur was favored by the former Queen Victoria of the British Empire.

And Australia also has a good relationship with the German Empire, and there were rumors that the two countries had reached a support treaty.

Under various factors, the Dutch government generally felt that it was necessary to take the initiative to sign a non-aggression treaty with Australia in order to better ensure the security of the Dutch East Indies.

The status of the Dutch East Indies can be compared with the status of real India in the British Empire.

If the British Empire, which lost India, could not keep its position as the number one power in the world, then the Netherlands, which lost the Dutch East Indies, would also be completely reduced to a third-rate or even a low-rate country in Europe.

Hearing what Minister Halbert said, Prime Minister Evan looked at Arthur.

He is very clear that such an important matter as signing a treaty between countries is definitely not something that he can decide.

Only after Arthur nodded, he could express his opinion.In other words, it was to convey Arthur's opinion on his behalf.

Prime Minister Evan looked at him, and after seeing Arthur nodded slightly, he turned around and said to Minister Halbert and Governor William: "Australia is a new country, and the national defense we have We can't even completely defend the country, but we also have good expectations for peaceful development. Australia is willing to sign a non-aggression treaty with the Dutch government, and this treaty can also be extended to our respective colonies. We are willing Maintain a state of peaceful development in Southeast Asia, and will work hard to maintain the current state of peace."

Minister Halbert will not believe Prime Minister Evan's bullshit.

But Australia is willing to sign the treaty, and Minister Halbert is still happy to see it.

"That's really good news, Prime Minister Evan. If possible, we also invite your government to send a diplomatic mission to the Netherlands and send ambassadors to each other. At that time, under the joint witness of our two monarchs, we will sign a treaty for the two countries. Both have far-reaching non-aggression treaties." Minister Halbert said with a smile.

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