After the meeting, Arthur summoned Minister Grant again to inquire about the current state of the Ministry of Propaganda.

One of the more important events for Australasia is the 1908 London Olympics in London, England, at the end of April.

Since its inception, the Olympic Games have been successfully held three times. According to historical data, 22 countries signed up for the 1908 London Olympics, and more than 2,000 athletes participated in the Olympic Games.

This means that countries around the world have gradually begun to attach importance to the Olympic Games as a stage where they can show their national strength by peaceful means, and countries around the world do not want to lose face on such occasions.

It is worth mentioning that New Zealand, which was originally historical, also participated in this Olympic Games in the name of being part of Australasia.

Australasia did not participate in the last Olympic Games, after all, the scale of the Olympic Games was not too large at that time, and the sports level of Australasia at that time was not too high, and it was only at the bottom of the list, so it was really unnecessary.

It is still necessary to participate in this London Olympics, after all, there are many countries and athletes who have registered, and it is good for Australasia to show up appropriately.

What's more, Arthur wants to host the next Olympics in Australia.

The next Olympics will be held in 1912, and Australasia's development will certainly reach a new level.

At that time, the army and navy had already formed a scale, and it was time to announce the existence of Australasia to the outside world.

The 1902 Games were originally scheduled to be held in Germany, but in May 1909, the president of the German Olympic Committee died suddenly, so Germany gave up the right to host the Games in favor of Sweden.

This is somewhat similar to the experience of this year's 1908 Olympics. This year's Olympics were originally scheduled to be held in Rome, Italy, but Italy eventually gave up hosting the Games due to the huge damage caused by multiple earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

In order to keep the Olympics on schedule, the IOC turned to the United Kingdom for help, and finally the Games were held in London.

It can also be seen from such incidents that the major countries do not attach so much importance to the Olympic Games, and to put it bluntly, countries only care about their own prestige, not the number of medals won in the Olympic Games.

Currently, the Olympic sports are athletics, swimming, water polo, fencing, gymnastics, rowing, cycling, football, classical wrestling, tennis and shooting.

Arthur's purpose in summoning Minister Grant was to get Secretary Grant to quickly assemble an Olympic team in China, and then travel to London before April 27 to participate in the Olympic Games.

The purpose of participating in the Olympics this time is just to show your face, and it doesn't matter how many medals you win.

As long as the IOC is aware of the existence of Australasia, and with the help of its relationship with Germany, it can take over after Germany gives up the right to host the event in the future, then the purpose of this trip to London will be successfully achieved.

The London Olympics had more participants than the previous three Games combined, and of course, because hosts Great Britain fielded the largest team of over 700 participants.

You know, the total number of athletes participating in this Olympics is just over 2,000, and more than a third of them are sent by the British themselves.

At the end of the day, Australasia's functions are too rudimentary to manage these things in the true sense of the word.

As a result, the task of participating in the Olympics was also assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to be precise, the propaganda department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After consultation with Minister Grant, the approximate number of Australasian participants in the Games was finalized, with a maximum of 50 participants.

Australasia's current awareness of competitive sports is still very weak, and it is better to form a large team to participate in the competition.

As for the specific events, it depends on what the athletes recruited later are good at.

After a brief instruction, Arthur encouraged Minister Grant's work in the Propaganda Department, telling him not to forget to continue to supervise the Propaganda Department's actions at home and abroad while preparing for the Olympics.

As we move into early April, the Australasian House of Representatives election has begun to warm up across the country.

Unlike cabinet elections, elections to the House of Representatives are truly national elections, and legal citizens who are at least 18 years old and have lived in Australasia for more than five years have the right to vote.

Of course, the right to be elected is more stringent, and in addition to these conditions, you must have lived in Australasia for an additional ten years, and you and your family have never violated any Australasian laws.

Walking through the streets of Australasia, you can hear people of all professions discussing the House of Representatives election.

The development of political parties is also becoming more and more formalized, which also means that the game of political parties in the House of Representatives is becoming more and more intense.

Because such games and competitions have no effect on the rule of the royal family and the government, such competition by peaceful and just means is permitted.

There are only so many seats in the House of Representatives anyway, and if you want to get more seats and more popular support, you have to beat other parties, or at least speak more publicly than other parties to make sense and impress people.

According to the rules of the election, although the election has not yet begun, people who have the right to be elected can already organize public speeches on their own.

There is only one requirement, that is, public speeches must be made with funds from party activities, and if individuals are individuals, they must use personal or family property.

Of course, these public speeches are largely supervised by the Ministry of Propaganda and are not allowed to disseminate information that could endanger the government and the royal rule.

However, the vast majority of people do not have the courage to do so, after all, the rule of the royal family is very stable, and the rule of the government whose power comes from the royal family is naturally very stable.

As an autocratic monarch, Arthur naturally could not enjoy the leisure time of European monarchs.

While the Cabinet government is able to handle most of the government, there are some of the more important matters that only Arthur has the right to decide, and the others only have the power to make recommendations.

Especially when it comes to military power and finance, it basically needs to be interrogated by Arthur.

However, there is also good news, although the government does not have the right to decide, but such news is generally recommended by the government in advance, and Arthur only needs to choose to adopt or amend.

If the government is undecided, holding a cabinet meeting every once in a while can basically resolve these matters quickly.

Therefore, this is also the reason why Arthur was able to obtain a certain amount of free time even when he held a lot of power and achieved autocratic rule.

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