While the European countries were still in turmoil, the relocation of the capital of Australasia began in earnest.

The site of the new capital is located at the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers, west of Sydney and north of Melbourne, at the very centre of the Murray River Basin.

The first phase of the construction of the new capital includes the construction of a new royal palace, government, courts, churches, houses, schools, hospitals, and new houses for the first residents of the new capital.

This is not a small project, according to the construction plan given by the government, Arthur will not be able to settle in the new capital until five years at the earliest, or even ten years is not impossible.

Because the royal consortium has developed very rapidly in the past ten years, Arthur has not been stingy in the construction of the new palace, and is expected to invest 150 million Australian dollars to build a larger, luxurious and extravagant palace according to Arthur's ideas.

As Australasia's population has become richer, the new palace will be rich in cultures from around the world, creating a true palace of nations.

The construction of the royal palace will be tendered by architectural companies from all over the world, and the efforts of the whole world will be gathered to create a palace in the true sense of the word.

The budget of 150 million Australian dollars is also completely sufficient, after all, it is a whopping 375 million US dollars, 1.875 billion francs, and 1 billion taels of silver.

This should also be the last time Australasia moved the capital, as a place where he and his family will live in the future, Arthur is still very generous with the budget.

In fact, Australasia's finances are also in a very good position. The government has also invested $500 million in the construction of the new capital and the development of the Murray River basin.

It's not that the Australasian government is so arrogant for the sake of a single capital, after all, behind the relocation of the capital is the purpose of developing the entire Murray River Basin, which is a more important strategic plan than the new capital.

In order to bring in the population to the new capital, the Australasian government has specially issued a rule to attract people from the surrounding areas of Sydney and Melbourne, and those who are willing to settle in the new capital will be given a house, five acres of land, 200 Australian dollars in compensation funds, etc.

The rest of Australasia is still short of population, with the exception of Sydney and Melbourne, both of which have more than 2 million people.

If some of the population can be drawn from these two cities to the new capital, it will not only make it less difficult to develop the Murray River basin, but it will also have no impact on the development of the rest of Australasia.

After all, if you bring in people from other regions, it is easy to affect the development of other regions, especially for a region like Western Australia where the population is scarce.

Arthur's appeal was still very strong, from the official announcement of the new capital construction plan, by the end of 1918, more than 100,000 Australasian people had signed up to settle permanently in the new capital.

The relocation of these people will take place in the new year, and a population of 100,000 is considered for a new capital, after all, the emergence of a new capital will also attract some immigrants, and the rapid growth of the population to the scale of two or three hundred thousand is no problem.

When the construction of the new capital is officially completed, the southeast region of Australia will form a triangular urban agglomeration with Melbourne, Sydney and the new capital, which will be the core of Australasia and can accommodate at least hundreds of millions of people.

It was also on the occasion of the temporary receding of the flu that the World League began to discuss the disposition of the German royal family.

Logically speaking, Wilhelm II, as the German Emperor, had an unshirkable responsibility for the war, and naturally had to bear the responsibility for starting the war.

But the situation in Germany has made it clear that the command of the German government in the latter part of the war has been controlled by the military government headed by Hindenburg, and Wilhelm II has lost his real power.

Coupled with the intricate relationship between European royal families, countries have not decided on the outcome of the treatment of the German royal family.

This has led to an awkward situation in Germany at the moment. Wilhelm II fled to the Netherlands, and the major states of South Germany did not obey the government's management, and they became scattered again.

The British, of course, did not want to see the Germans in disarray, to be manipulated by the French at will, so they offered to retain the throne of Wilhelm II of Prussia and let the German states elect new emperors.

The purpose of the British was actually very simple, Prussia was still the largest state in North Germany and even in the whole of Germany, and it was very simple to gain the support of other states.

Wilhelm II, who retained the throne of Prussia, did not seem to be a difficult thing to become the emperor of Germany again through elections.

And the prestige Wilhelm II took control of Germany, which allowed the current Germany to be twisted into a rope to resist the threat of the French.

Contrary to the attitude of the British, France naturally did not want to see a relatively prestigious ruler in Germany.

The continued domination of Germany by the current military government is what France is willing to see, after all, the defeat in the war has caused the German military government to suffer a lot of criticism, and many German generals and officials are dissatisfied with the military government. It was a rift within the Germans and a guarantee for France to keep Germany under its feet permanently.

As for the opinion of the other powers, the Russians did not care much about this, because there were contradictions within the Russian government, which were very important to Nicholas II, the Russian government and even the workers' union.

What kind of system Russia will become depends on the competition between these three major forces in Russia.

The rest of Italy and Australasia are true monarchies, and they signed the Joint Declaration of the European Crowns.

Arthur could not have supported Germany as a republic, and Italy did not contradict the intention of the European Princely Joint Declaration.

It was impossible for a single Frenchman to prevent Germany from restoring its monarchy, and the French immediately made other demands, such as the fact that the new German emperor must be approved by the World Alliance, and that the power of the German government should be guaranteed to prevent an autocratic state.

In layman's terms, the French, seeing that they could not prevent Wilhelm II from retaining the throne of the King of Prussia, made a new decision to limit Germany, that is, to increase the rights of the German states, and to make the power of the German monarch and the monarch check and balance each other.

As a result, the power of the local states and the central government in Germany was coexisted, and it was almost impossible for Germany to coalesce into the same state as it had before the war.

The current military government betrayed Wilhelm II in the later stages of the war, and the South German states sought independence in the later period. As a result, it is almost impossible for Germany's three major powers to reconcile in the future, and in the game it is a proper national cohesion of -80%.

At this time, Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was received by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, was not in such a good mood.

To put it bluntly, the fate of Wilhelm II was entirely in the hands of the four Entente powers.

To remain emperor of Germany, or to be deposed of the throne outright, was only at the whim of the four great powers of the Entente.

On the one hand, Wilhelm II expected that the four major powers of the Entente would abide by the joint declaration of the European royal families and retain their thrones and thrones.

On the one hand, he felt that his early escape to Holland was not honorable, and wanted to return to his throne in a more glorious way, rather than a handout from the Entente.

This can also be regarded as a reflection of the good face of traditional aristocrats. For traditional aristocrats like Wilhelm II, the dignity and face of the nobility are sometimes really more important than actual rights, not to mention that Wilhelm II is even more extreme and good-looking because of congenital reasons.

In fact, with the joint declaration of the European royal families signed before, it is basically impossible for Wilhelm II's throne to be abolished, at most it is only cutting Prussia and making Wilhelm II the king of the smaller Prussia.

The Joint Declaration of European Royals is not only concerned with the rights and status of all European royal families, but also reflects the unity of the interests of European royal families.

If someone openly reneges on this declaration, it is equivalent to turning his back on the entire European royal family, and the impact is self-evident.

It is worth mentioning that all the European countries that started the war this time, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, etc., all retained their monarchies.

Although other countries also contributed, Arthur, who was the one who advocated the conclusion of the joint declaration of the European royal families, undoubtedly gained the greatest prestige.

The European royal family joint declaration allowed the European royal family to successfully unite some interests, and Arthur, who promoted this declaration, naturally became one of the representatives of the European royal family.

It is worth mentioning that the monarchs of all the great powers are of the same generation as Arthur.

King George V of England was Arthur's cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm II was Arthur's cousin, and Nicholas II was Arthur's cousin.

Most of these monarchs, including King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy, have lost most of their rights, and Arthur is the only real monarch among the powers.

It also made Arthur's status in the European royal family not low. Born in the British royal family, belonging to a German family, and having in-laws with the Russian royal family, Arthur and the royal families of the great powers have a relationship.

Although Australasia is not the most powerful country, Arthur's status in the European royal family is no less than that of a monarch like George V.

Even because George V's power was hollowed out by the cabinet, he also lost part of his prestige in the European royal family.

After all, how can a monarch who relies on the shadow of his ancestors and whose rights are hollowed out by the government be truly respected by other royal families?

Moreover, George V is still as in history, and in the later stage of the war, because he could not bear the pressure from the people, he publicly announced that he would change the family name to Windsor.

You know, George V asked all members of the British royal family since Queen Victoria to change their surnames to Windsor, unless they are married or princesses to be married.

Although Arthur was in this range, Arthur would never recognize George V's surname.

Not to mention anything else, as far as the castle name was used as his new surname, Arthur only felt that the price was cheap.

After George V announced the change of surname, Arthur publicly declared that he did not agree with George V's change of surname and that the Australasian royal family was still the glorious Saxony Coburg Gotha family.

Arthur's behavior also earned him the favor of many German families. Prestige and status among European royal families also increased substantially.

After all, the name and dignity of the family are the most important to European royal families, and changing their long-inherited surname is a price drop in the eyes of European royal families.

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