In the face of Morgan McLowrie's cruel words, Sir Matthew Crowley did not respond immediately, but looked at each other cautiously and asked; "You haven't answered my question?"

"Is this your problem or is it a common concern at the top of Victoria? Or is it Governor Jeff Bridges' concerns? ”

"Sir Morgan, you can see me as a spokesperson, including everyone, Victoria is generally anxious about the southward invasion of the Orientals."

"It's our problem, and it's your problem." Morgan-McLaughey said something meaningfully, lying relaxed in the chair, with a complicated look in his eyes;

"God willing, Honourable Earl John Lawrence Bald, our most trusted and close friend, and a staunch ally of common convictions, who is well aware of the dangers of the expansion of the Orientals in Australia, which sweep over the earth like locusts without a single crop.

There are many like-minded members of the new Conservative Cabinet in London, who are potential allies and supporters, but unfortunately the Colonial Office and the Foreign Ministers are not among them, they are supposed to be centrists, more concerned about the situation in India or Europe.

Now the Earl of John Lawrence Bald has been invited to serve as Permanent Undersecretary in the Foreign Office, and his work is mainly focused on the internal affairs of the Foreign Office.

Recent correspondence

I mentioned to the Honourable Earl the growing situation in Australia, and asked for support from London, in reply;

Australia, as a collection of remote dominions, is on the periphery of London's diplomatic agenda, and no one cares what happens here, so there is no way to talk about a swift and strong response, let alone strong policy support.

The attitude of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ...... It's good to have fewer troubles.

Moreover, Australian affairs are under the direct jurisdiction of the Colonial Department, and it is difficult for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reach out to the Colonial Department to point fingers, which will attract unnecessary backlash and negative factors, which is not beautiful.

Therefore, the key to solving the problem lies in the fact that the southern Dominions of Australia must make a big enough noise that Downing Street cannot be ignored and Her Majesty Queen Victoria has heard of it, so as to trigger the opportunity to solve the Australian problem. ”

After Morgan McCrowley had said that, Sir Matthew Crowley was lost in a long thought.

These words are a clear indication of the pro-Southern attitude of London;

You have to make a big move first, so that the London side can exert its strength, instead of reversing the order and making the London lords spend more effort, the effect is not satisfactory.

Is the "Illawarra Riots" a big move?

Obviously, it doesn't count, and the fact that hundreds of white Irish descendants were suppressed in the riots was a trivial matter that was not interesting in the afternoon tea chatter of high society in London, and no one cared about it at all.

Think about it

How many years have passed since the unprecedented Great Famine in Ireland from 1845 to 1850, when the powerful London government did nothing about it, allowing nearly 14 of Ireland's population to die of starvation?

At that time, Britain had just completed the first industrial revolution, occupied 14 areas of the world's vast colonies, and was at the peak of prosperity in early Victoria.

In fact

London did nothing, the British aristocracy and large landowners in Ireland were exporting grain, allowing the disaster to spread and the Irish people to dump their bodies all over the field, and for five years, no one cared about the human tragedy on the island of Ireland.

Now, as many as 100,000 Irish people migrate to the United States every year, is the London government concerned?

No, no one cares about that.

At the end of the 19th century, European countries were really ruthless in their hearts, not only cruel exploitation of the colonies, but also very fierce to the internal people, just look at the French Third Republic, which was born in 1870, and know that the French who died in this turbulent period were more than ten times more than the Franco-Prussian War.

The famous French writer Victor Hugo once described in detail in "Les Misérables" that this period was full of turmoil and killing, stimulated by the disastrous defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, and the French vented their anger on the nobles and officers who died for France in the war, and then the brutal repression of the Paris Commune by the bourgeoisie, and the counteroffensive was countless......

This was the case with Britain and France, as well as with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of Spain, and the Tsarist Russian Empire, which brutally suppressed internal uprisings with the muzzle of a black hole, and the internal and external wars were continuous, and there was hardly a time to stop.

Citigroup is no better, only 24 years after the end of the unprecedented and tragic Civil War, and the deep scars of that period still remain in the hearts of the people.

In such an era of the jungle, how difficult is it to make a big move that attracts London's attention?

This is both a road of no return, but also a path of rebirth after death, along the way with thorny beings, paved with corpses to pave the way to the future, maybe heaven, maybe hell......

Victoria's wishful thinking is good, but Sir Morgan McLaurie can't get the answer he wants, and London can't turn its attention to it when nothing has happened, and the lord of London has no time to bother with such innocuous.

And once Victoria and New South Wales unite to break the current deadlock, it will inevitably incur the thunderous wrath of the Earl of Queensland, followed by the strong suppression of the Red Fort, whether it can withstand the first wave, no one knows the bottom of their hearts.

If you don't do anything, you can only watch the fall of the Southern Autonomous Prefecture.

This creates a paradox; Whoever moves first is unlucky, and if you don't move, it's a dead end.

The conflict of interests is life and death, and there is no warmth in the veins.

"Sir Morgan, can you be sure that New South Wales is acting with Victoria?" After a long silence, Sir Matthew Crowley asked in a dry tone.

Sir Morgan McClaurie replied; "Rest assured, Mr. Speaker, Ben-Stevens and I have long agreed on this, and have secretly assembled some forces and supplies, and as long as we are united, we will still be the masters of Australia, and God willing, those Easterners will never be able to defeat us in this land, I am convinced of this."

"I will try my best to convince Mr. Governor and unify the understanding at the top of Victoria, but we still need time to prepare, we need guns, artillery and horses, and we need to stock up on enough food, so many things may not be accomplished in a short time."

"I understand very well, but we still have time...... Isn't it? Morgan McLowry smiled confidently, and the arrogance of the Englishman was evident in him, and his eyes flashed dangerously; As long as we have a tacit understanding that we can turn around in NSW and make Sydney an impregnable fortress in a short period of time, we have the people to do it, oh...... By the way, and Mr. Barbos, who has just left, I think he will be more than willing to donate a large sum of money to equip us with an extra cavalry division. ”

"It's good news, Victoria has the financial resources to stock up on arms and food, and now we are short of time."

"Rest assured, Mr. Speaker, you will have plenty of time to prepare, can I understand that the two sides have reached an agreement on this?"

"Yes, Sir Morgan, Victoria must fight to defend its traditional way of life."

"Very well, then, I will send this news to London as soon as possible, and ask God to bless us, and may we teach these abominable Orientals a hard lesson, that they may understand who is the real authority in this part of the world of Australia?"

"I couldn't agree more with you, Sir Morgan." Sir Matthew Crowley greeted with a very gentlemanly bow, and the two of them looked at each other and laughed heartily.

As the leader of the white conservative far-right party in New South Wales and Victoria, the tacit understanding formed between the two sides undoubtedly opened the door to dangerous war.

As for Tasmania, it's just a little brother playing soy sauce, and his impact on the overall situation is insignificant, and he appears more as a flag-waving character.

Seriously, they do have the ability and the strength to say this, as of October 1889, there were 2.17 million white people in Australia, a figure 37% more than in the original history, perhaps a direct effect of the butterfly effect.

Of this white population, about 1.72 million people of white descent live in New South Wales (Sydney and south) and Victoria, and if mobilized, a huge army of 300,000 people, or more than 18% of the total population, could be raised.

In ordinary society, a mobilization ratio of 10:1 is already the limit.

The reason for such a strong mobilization capacity is mainly due to the fact that the white Australian population is younger, the adult male population is much higher than the female population, and the corresponding military potential is stronger.

Both Sir Morgan McLowry and Sir Matthew Crowley have full confidence in such a large white armed force, which is the real confidence that they dare to make dangerous moves.

They were convinced that one white militia could defeat ten Orientals.

Don't ask why, just be so confident.

Shortly thereafter

Victoria has successively issued large orders for food and weapons, imported materials through various channels, and is in full swing to prepare.

Due to the need for secrecy, the material needs related to New South Wales were also transferred to the Victorian side to organize imports, and conservative leaders Morgan McLaury and Ben Stevens were active frequently, secretly contacting conservatives from all sides to form offensive and defensive alliances.

The mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, which is an unquiet turbulent time.