The Rise Of Australasia - Chapter 316

Chapter 316: Chapter 278: Joint Statement of European Royal Families

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The funeral and farewell ceremony of Edward VII was even grander than Queen Victoria’s funeral.

In fact, in recent years, the British have also felt the crisis. The situation is different from the glorious Victorian era, as the British Empire now has many strong competitors.

Particularly the German Empire, which not only maintained a large scale and strong combat power in military affairs but also relentlessly pursued the British Empire in terms of naval power.

As the German Empire’s strategy gradually shifted towards international expansion, the German Empire and the British Empire gradually moved towards confrontation.

From the current point of view, the German Empire is the strongest enemy of the British Empire and is the most likely enemy to replace the British Empire as the new world hegemon.

At such a time, the British people are more nostalgic for the glory of the Victorian era.

At the peak of the Victorian era, the British Empire was the most powerful country in the world, and other competitors could not pose much threat to it.

After the grand farewell ceremony, many British people were unwilling to leave for a long time. They spontaneously organized memorial events for the two monarchs of the Victorian era outside the Royal Cemetery and on some streets.

European nobles who attended the funeral of Edward VII were invited by King George V to attend a grand royal gathering.

How grand was this royal gathering? It had as many as ten monarchs, the lowest of whom was a king.

At the same time, it also had several queens, crown princes, princes, and grand dukes, as well as distinguished dukes.

Even some less prominent dukes were not qualified to appear at such a gathering, which shows the high standard and high level of the gathering.

At the banquet, European royal family members were basically in a state of casual conversation. Usually, these people were from far and wide, occupying their own corners of the world.

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For example, a monarch like Arthur, who is far away from Europe, might not come for several years.

Even European monarchs like William II, due to the busyness of domestic affairs, might not necessarily have time to gather with other royal families.

Of course, an important factor is that European countries have now divided into two distinct factions.

As a member of European countries, the behavior of these royal family members greatly influences the views of their countries. Of course, the views of their countries also greatly affect their behavior.

For example, if a ruler belongs to a country where the domestic government and the people are closely acquainted with Britain, even if the ruler has a better relationship with the German royal family, he must consider the opinions of the domestic government and the people.

After all, even though monarchism is still the mainstream in European countries and even the world, the fact that the power of monarchs has gradually weakened, and fewer monarchs have real power, cannot be denied.

The protagonist of this banquet was naturally King George V. Although Emperor William II of Germany’s status and standing were no worse than George V, it was after all in London, George V’s home court, so it was understandable for him to be the protagonist.

In fact, Arthur had high expectations for the transformation of the UK’s attitude after George V’s accession. Don’t underestimate the authority of the European royal family at present. Although the rights of individual monarchs may not seem that great, the entire European royal family can represent five European powers, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, as well as many small and medium-sized European monarch countries.

Most of the European monarch countries participated in the future World War I, which indirectly led to the weakening of European monarchism after the war.

As a member of the European royal family, Arthur felt it necessary to make some preparations in advance to protect monarchism.

At the very least, for his own sake, he needed to protect as many European royal families as possible. After all, disregarding national interests, monarchical countries have a better cooperation environment.

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Preserving more monarchical countries can jointly resist the spread of liberal democratic ideas after World War II and defend the tradition of monarchism that has lasted for thousands of years together.

Arthur’s idea of protecting royal power has gained the recognition and approval of many European royal families. After all, from the starting point, this proposal is to safeguard the interests of all monarchical systems and royal families.

However, the difficulties in implementing the idea of ​​the plan are not small. Although the power of national monarchs has weakened, the heyday of monarchism is still now.

Among the eight great powers of the world, all countries are monarchies, except for the United States and France.

As for France, it constantly alternated between republicanism and monarchism, and there were many domestic pro-royal parties and royalists among the people.

Under such circumstances, the enthusiasm of royal family members for promoting the implementation of this treaty was naturally not high.

After all, everyone’s rights seem secure, and there seems to be no need to go the extra mile for this treaty.

After all, as members of the national royal family, they naturally cannot easily promise some things without necessity.

At least, they would not be able to help other countries’ royal families without their own country’s political forces being willing.

At its core, this involves using national power for the private interests of the royal family, and even the likelihood of deploying troops to wage war.

Very few royal families in Europe could do this, and even fewer could deploy their own troops for the sake of other countries’ royal families.

For the time being, the royal families of very few small countries have the idea of ​​reaching such an agreement.

After all, the status of the royal families in small countries is the most unstable, and they may be abolished due to a political struggle within the nation.

For countries like Bulgaria, where the royal families have an illustrious background, kings generally won’t be abolished but may have their power stripped away.

Of course, if it were during the aftermath of World War II, when the monarchy was in complete decline, even those with a deep-rooted family background could not escape the fate of being removed from the throne.

Unfortunately, these small countries can’t play a crucial role in the implementation of the treaty. The real key players in pushing for this treaty would mainly be the royal families and monarchs of the five European Great Powers: the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia Nation, Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy.

Since Tsar Nicholas II is not present, and Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire have a close relationship, the implementation of the treaty depends mainly on the future King George V of the United Kingdom and Emperor William II of Germany’s opinions.

Although George V has not yet ascended the throne, even after his coronation, he is destined not to hold the same power as Queen Victoria and Edward VII.

But it cannot be denied that George V, as the future King of the United Kingdom, has a significant say in the European royal family. Many nations that are close to or directly dependent on Britain and their royal families are also waiting for George V’s opinion.

Arthur is quite hopeful for the implementation of the treaty, which may be the only chance to achieve a treaty protecting royal power.

Looking back, even though there were powerful British monarchs like Queen Victoria and Edward VII, there was no opportunity to gather most of the European royal family members together.

Though Queen Victoria’s funeral was a good opportunity, Edward VII would not allow Arthur to advocate the treaty and gain increased prestige and goodwill from many European royal families.

After all, setting aside all other issues, on the basis of consolidating royal power, the positions of the royal family members of all countries are fundamentally aligned.

As long as someone can overcome the opposition to achieve a treaty that protects royal power, this person will certainly receive a great deal of goodwill and prestige from other royal families and may even have some say among European royal families.

George V is interested in the treaty to protect royal power proposed by his cousin Arthur, but he also understands that he must acknowledge the opinion from within the United Kingdom, at least until he formally ascends to the throne.

George V does not want to cause too much chaos in Britain; maintaining the current stability of the nation is the most important, as it relates to the stability of the British Royal Family and George’s own position.

After much thought, George V ultimately chose to remain silent. In other words, he intended to see the opinions of others first.

If the promotion of the treaty is widely accepted, then George V would not mind going along with it and facilitating the implementation of the treaty.

However, if other royal family members are not particularly interested in advancing the treaty, he would not have to risk offending other political forces within the country to help Arthur push for the treaty, only to gain nothing himself.

After all, defending the royal family and royal power implies that George V is seeking more power and status, doesn’t it?

In other words, this would be equivalent to George V loudly declaring, even before he ascends the throne, that he wants more power, and solidifying the royal family and his own position.

George V’s silence has also led some royals who are close to Britain to choose silence as well.

Although some small and medium-sized countries have expectations for the implementation of the treaty, they certainly don’t want to offend Britain and George V over a treaty that others can easily break!

Their common sense is that if the treaty is successfully carried out in the future, those more likely to protect the royal families of other small countries are powerful great powers like the United Kingdom and Germany.

Even if other small and medium-sized countries have thoughts about this, they can’t risk their own throne by providing support to other nations with their national strength.

If they offend Britain and this leads to the formal implementation of the treaty, what would they do if Britain doesn’t help them when they really need assistance?

Under various considerations, the royal families of these nations see the situation clearly. Although the treaty protecting royal power is indeed beneficial for them, it is more important currently to maintain their own positions, so as to gain strong support from great powers like Britain and Germany.

With the support they deserve, their throne and power can be consolidated to some extent. This is much better than a verbal agreement.

After George V remained silent, Arthur turned to William II and asked for his opinion.

William II is not actually particularly interested in such a treaty; after all, in his view, the status of the German Royal Family in Germany is relatively stable.

William II would protect the royal families of countries that rely on Germany anyway, but how could Germany possibly protect the royal families who are close to British forces?

But since Arthur initiated this treaty, William II couldn’t reject it outright; he instead proposed a compromise, changing the protection of royal authority and royal families to the protection of the personal safety of European royal family members and European monarchs.

The terrible acts against European royal families, such as regicide and assassination of royal family members, should be condemned and opposed by all European royal families.

Regicide is emphasized in particular. If there is a regicide incident in any other European country now, European royal families should unite to protect the other royal family members in that country, sanction the regicides and their forces, and help that country restore its rightful monarch and order.

At the same time, European royal families should also provide shelter to the royal family members of other countries as necessary.

Arthur never expected that the original treaty aimed at defending royal power would somehow become a treaty protecting royal family members.

But this is the best outcome for now. Arthur could only nod in agreement with William II’s opinion.

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