The British representative's remarks grasped the point of concern of the small and medium-sized countries in Europe, that is, if the German government really behaves as a scoundrel, these small and medium-sized countries will not have a very good solution.

Not even small and medium-sized countries, even the current Italy, does not necessarily have enough say in front of Germany.

The Germans are a proud nation, and the Germanic peoples are a proud nation.

Those who are familiar with the character of the Germans know very well that after the defeat of the Germans, they did not think of retreat and fear.

The arrogant Germans only think about where they have failed, and at some point they come back.

John, the representative of the United Kingdom, kept an eye on the facial expressions of the representatives of other small and medium-sized countries, and after confirming that they were moved by his statement, John continued to add fuel and vinegar, saying: "Ladies and gentlemen, the loss now is for the sake of our better benefit in the future.

The World League will do a good job of protecting the interests of all its member countries and ensuring that any one of you will receive the full reparations from Germany. ”

Guaranteeing that all small and medium-sized countries can receive full reparations should be the most popular thing for the representatives of small and medium-sized countries to hear.

After hearing John's disguised promise, it was obvious that many representatives of small and medium-sized countries were moved, but they still hesitated.

The £20 billion reparations were reduced to £15 billion, a full quarter of the difference.

On the four major powers of the Entente, Britain, France and Russia will reduce the reparations by 1.275 billion pounds, and Australasia will reduce the reparations by 425 million pounds.

And the large, medium and small countries will lose 750 million pounds together, which is enough to make all countries feel pain.

The first meeting ended without a hitch, and although many small and medium-sized countries were already moved, it was a matter of interest to the interests of the large, medium, and small countries, and these delegates had to consult with the country for instructions and obtain instructions from the domestic government before they had the final decision.

However, neither the British delegates nor the British government were in a hurry about this, after all, it was not easy to reduce the proportion of German reparations, and even if it was actually passed at the conference, it would take a long time to implement it.

The amount of the reduction in the shares, and the amount of reparations that Germany will need to make each year, will have to be negotiated over a longer period of time before the German government is notified.

Yes, even if this is good for the German government, the German government still does not have the right to know.

It was only at the end of the final meeting, when everything was decided, that the World League informed Germany.

The full process of the meeting was also reported to Arthur's desk, and Arthur was no exception.

In its original history, Germany's loans have gone through several rounds of contraction, before falling from an outrageous number to a rather outrageous number.

Yes, historically, Germany's reparations were outrageous in the end, even to the Cold War period after World War II.

The reparations from World War I were repaid after World War II, which is indeed outrageous.

Arthur also gave an approval for this, still maintaining the previous decision, not actively supporting the reduction of the share of compensation, but did not refuse.

This is just a small episode, and Arthur's main focus is still on the development of Australasia itself, such as the welfare of the ageing population that Australasia is currently facing.

Any country has an aging population, it is nothing more than the proportion of the total population.

Australasia does not have a large ageing population because of its large number of immigrants and newborn babies, which is a good thing for the current government.

But as time goes on, so does Australasia's ageing population.

At present, Australasia's policy to ensure the welfare of the elderly, in addition to building a large number of nursing homes to help the elderly who have no children or even no relatives, is to increase the subsidy for the elderly population.

However, no matter how high the subsidy is, there are certain restrictions, especially as the elderly population increases, and the burden on the government will become more and more serious.

Therefore, the introduction of a policy that can improve the problem of the elderly population after retirement and incapacity to work, but also to obtain a certain source of income, has become the main expectation of the current government, especially the livelihood sector.

When it comes to such a policy, Arthur's first thought is pension insurance.

In the prime of life, when you have a job, you will buy pension insurance in advance to ensure that you can have a source of income after retirement and aging, which is also the main way to protect the living materials of the elderly in later generations.

The advantage of this is that it is not just the government that unilaterally pays, it is equivalent to the young people and the government jointly supporting themselves in their old age.

A large number of young people buy pension insurance, creating a certain source of income for the government, so that the government can have enough funds to help the current elderly.

Generally speaking, as long as there is no crisis in the new population, people of all ages are replaced one after another, and the government has enough income to help the elderly, there will be no economic risk.

This system is also quite suitable for the current Australasia, after all, there are many young people in Australasia, and even with the funds from young people to buy pension insurance, they can fully bear the expenses required for those elderly subsidies.

Of course, this system is relatively advanced compared with the current pension system in various countries.

At present, the pension system of European countries is not perfect, and it can even be said that it is in vain.

Even in a country like the British Empire, the pension system generally only considers short-term problems, and simply does not stand up to careful scrutiny.

To put it bluntly, the pension system established by European countries is actually a perfunctory treatment of the people, telling the people that the country has this system.

But how much this pension system has helped the people is clear from the living conditions of the elderly population in European countries.

As for pensions, which have become very common in later generations, they are simply unheard of and unseen in this day and age.

Even the great heroes of some enterprises do not necessarily have retirement salaries after retirement, let alone those ordinary employees.

There is a concern about the establishment of the pension insurance system, that is, the reduction of the birth rate.

In fact, there is a history of this, according to European intelligence, taking industrial countries such as Britain and France as examples, the birth rate is slowly declining after gradually entering an industrialized society.

There are many reasons for the decline in the birth rate, but the most fundamental reason is the decrease in the happiness index of residents.

This is more strange, why after entering the industrialized society, the life happiness index of residents will decrease?

This phenomenon may seem strange, but if you look deeper into the social situation in Britain and France, you will suddenly realize it.

With the advent of industrialized society, the rise of capital is also inevitable. It is impossible for all factories and enterprises to be in the hands of the state and the royal family, which means that there will always be some people who will rise up and become big capitalists on the wave of industrialization.

But the profit-seeking nature of capital is well known, and rising capital will not treat the common people well, they will only do their best to squeeze the common people to achieve their own goals.

In such a situation, although the industrial society has been entered, the people's life happiness index is getting lower and lower.

Although incomes have increased, life has become more and more technological because of industrialization. But the question is, what happiness does a person who has to work more than ten hours a day have?

Even their income has to worry about being deducted, and they can only feed their families every day, and sometimes they can't even eat enough, and they also have to worry about the risk of unemployment.

Such a situation has occurred in both Britain and France, which also proves in disguise that both Britain and France have a large amount of capital.

Fortunately, both of them are great powers, and both have a large number of colonies. It was possible to draw a large amount of money from the colonies to alleviate the contradictions faced by the country.

Therefore, from the outward appearance, Britain and France are still relatively powerful powers at present, and their domestic contradictions and crises are not serious.

For Australasia, the Anglo-French problems must be avoided.

To avoid the birth rate, it is also necessary to avoid the country being controlled by huge capital.

The good news is that Arthur himself is currently the largest capital in Australasia, and no one is qualified to compete with Arthur in the short term.

Arthur himself is the leader of capital, which can also affect the capital environment in Australasia, so that the life of the people of Australasia will not be as bad as that of Britain and France.

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