Chapter 280 Questions in front of the Mausoleum On
June 15, 1910, under the joint witness of members of the European royal families, the "United Declaration of the European Royal Family" was officially signed in London, the capital of the British Empire, and began to be implemented from that day on.
The joint declaration stated that the European royal families should protect the safety of all European royal members, prohibit all regicides, and condemn all assassinations of royal members.
If regicide occurs in a country where any member of the European royal family who signed the declaration is located, other European royal families should unite to protect the royal members of the country and restore the monarchy and social stability of the country.
Although it is different from what Arthur thought of stabilizing the monarchy and monarchy around the world, it is still a kind of protection for the royal families and monarchs of various countries.
Regicide is almost a taboo subject in European royal families. The European royal family can watch the monarchs of other countries lose their status or even lose their thrones, but they cannot sit back and watch European monarchs being regicided by the common people and forces below.
This is tantamount to a direct provocation to the European monarchy and the European royal family, and also threatens the security of all royal families and European monarchs.
For example, after the Great Revolution broke out in France, the French guillotined the then King of France, which resulted in an anti-French alliance formed by major European monarchies.
The revolution that broke out in France and the ideas it spread seriously threatened the stability of other monarchies. In addition, the French directly pushed their king to the guillotine, making European royal families extremely afraid of the revolutions and ideas that broke out in France. , and even organized troops to extinguish the revolution in France.
What if the French had not committed regicide? Will the formation of the anti-French alliance be so smooth?
All this is unknown, but no one can deny that regicide is definitely a taboo of the European royal family. Now that the monarchy is still strong, regicides will definitely be attacked by the European royal family.
It is worth mentioning that although Carlos I was very dissatisfied with Arthur, he was very active when signing the European Royal Family Declaration.
After all, in this nest in Europe, other members of the royal family were also well aware of Carlos I's behavior.
Because of his affiliation with the Royal Security Intelligence Service, Arthur also has some understanding of the current situation in Portugal.
The current situation in Portugal can be described as a mess, and Portugal should be one of the countries most likely to be wiped out among all monarchies in Europe, where the monarchy and the monarchy are most likely to be eliminated.
How serious is it? Carlos I directly mobilized his trusted generals to escort him during this trip, and even requested the protection of the British Empire, out of fear that domestic reactionary forces would wipe him out on the ocean.
Unfortunately, Carlos I only had so many trump cards. Although there were still loyal troops in the country that were loyal to him, Carlos I did not dare to mobilize them at all.
If this army is mobilized, the situation in Portugal will be really uncontrollable, and no one can guarantee what will happen.
Fortunately, Carlos I was not killed in the last assassination attempt. After all, he has been the king for many years and his political skills are much better than that of his second son Manuel.
Historically, after Carlos I was assassinated, because the king and the crown prince died at the same time, the throne fell to the second heir, Prince Manuel.
It is a pity that Manuel was not trained as a crown prince in the first place. In addition, he was in power for a short time and did not have any prestige in Portugal. In the end, Portugal became a republic in just a few years.
Portugal is still in power today under Carlos I. Although the domestic situation is also very bad, it is better than when Manuel II was in power in history.
At least Portugal's monarchy can still barely maintain it, although just maintaining the monarchy made Carlos I think hard.
Coming to attend the funeral of Edward VII this time, Carlos I also had the intention of looking for protection and allies.
It is a pity that among the European monarchies that can help Portugal, Czar Nicholas II did not come due to personal reasons. George V has not yet ascended the throne. He is busy with domestic affairs and is not in the mood to care about other matters. National affairs.
King William II, the only capable and moody King, had a much better relationship with Arthur than with Carlos I, which made Carlos I very envious and jealous of Arthur.
It's a pity that Arthur didn't know about Carlos I's envy and jealousy, and he wouldn't care at all if he knew about it.
Faced with a crisis that could subvert national power, Carlos I's methods seemed a bit pale.
If it were Arthur, he would kill all the forces that might threaten his royal power at all costs.
Even if it causes a period of turmoil in the country, it is better than letting the royal family and the entire family go extinct.
You know, although European countries generally supported Australasia during the war between Portugal and Australasia, the assassination of Carlos I and his crown prince also caused many European royal families to express support for Carlos I.
At that time, Carlos I could have negotiated peace with Australasia, and then relied on the support of other countries to wipe out all the restless forces in the country and directly eliminate these people on charges of assassinating the king and the crown prince.
Although it will cause huge losses to personal reputation, it can completely change the current crisis situation in Portugal and even make the status of the royal power and the royal family more stable.
It is a pity that Carlos I was very angry about Australasia at that time, and even regarded Australasia as his biggest enemy instead of domestic reactionary forces.
It turns out that Australasia is most interested in the little place of Portuguese Timor. However, the reactionary forces in Portugal are ready to overthrow Carlos I and the entire Portuguese royal family at any time.
The best opportunity to eliminate the Republican opposition forces was missed. Now, even if Carlos I receives support from European powers, at most it will continue to be like this.
Unless Carlos I can control all the military power in Portugal, or persuade the European powers to send troops for protection, a more radical move may lead to the outbreak of the Portuguese Civil War at any time. In fact, logically speaking, although the Portuguese Kingdom has declined, it still has quite a few colonies.
Judging from the current crisis in the Kingdom of Portugal, there should be many European countries coveting Portugal's colonies.
But in fact, during the Anglo-Boer War more than ten years ago, in order to gain the support of Portugal, the British had already reached an agreement to provide security guarantees for Portugal's colonies.
This is also the real reason why even though Portugal is currently experiencing domestic crises, those small and medium-sized European countries still dare not covet Portuguese colonies.
As for whether William II would agree to help Carlos I stabilize the situation in Portugal, Arthur actually didn't care.
After all, even if the situation in Portugal stabilizes, Portugal is destined to no longer be Australasia's opponent, unless both Britain and Germany can vigorously assist Portugal and help Portugal develop into the current state of Australasia.
But is this realistic? Without sufficient interests, Britain and Germany would not be able to do this.
The benefits Portugal can provide are not many, and at most they are colonies in Africa.
But if Carlos I dared to give away colonies in Africa, I am afraid that even with the help of Britain and Germany, the throne would basically be over.
Portugal, like the present Kingdom of the Netherlands, had a few colonies that were also fig leaves for national respectability.
If the few remaining colonies are also deprived, Portugal will truly become a third- or even fourth-rate country in Europe, and there is even a risk of being annexed by Spain.
The gathering of European royal families was only held for two days, and then most of the royal family members resigned.
After all, there are a lot of affairs in various European countries at present, and it is true that it cannot be delayed for too long.
There are not many monarchs in Europe with real power like William II and Arthur, so there are very few monarchs who can live as leisurely in other countries as Arthur and William II.
After the party, Arthur received an invitation from George V to visit Britain as King of Australasia and conduct further negotiations on various trade between Britain and Australasia.
This was George V showing goodwill to Arthur. After all, the British Empire and Australasia had the same origin, and the rulers of both sides came from the British royal family. There was no reason not to take the relationship further.
Arthur happily accepted this, after all, he had no reason to refuse.
Starting from June 18, Arthur officially visited the British Empire and also went to Queen Victoria's mausoleum to commemorate.
When Arthur commemorated Queen Victoria, a large number of British people and media outlets gathered outside the royal mausoleum.
After experiencing various incidents at the funeral of King Edward VII, Arthur has become a hot star in the British Empire and has attracted the attention of a large number of British people.
Escorted by many guards, Arthur walked out of the royal mausoleum. Among the newspapers and media who were blocked dozens of meters away, someone boldly asked loudly: "Your Majesty Arthur, what do you think of the British Empire?"
Arthur paused as he walked towards the convoy. Then he took a few steps closer to the crowd, looked in the direction where the sound came from, and replied loudly and sincerely: "The British Empire is my beloved hometown at all times. This is where I grew up and where I love everything." city, also with my dear father and grandmother. Of course, now also with my uncle. I am honored to be a member of the British Royal Family and I will never forget all the moments in the UK. Those will be my best. In remembrance."
When he mentioned his father and grandmother, Arthur's voice trembled obviously, which made the media and newspaper reporters' hearts tremble as well.
"What a sincere feeling!" Someone couldn't help but express heartfelt praise.
"Your Majesty Arthur, stay in England!" The crowd was silent for a long time, and then someone boldly spoke.
Arthur shook his head and said with a smile: "I love the British Empire and all the people living in the British Empire. But I'm sorry, I am now the king of Australasia, and I have to consider all my people. Australasia, which is currently backward and poor, clearly needs it more than the prosperous and wealthy British Empire. And I made a promise to my grandmother to develop Australasia into a prosperous and powerful country. I think you will too You don’t want me to break the contract with my grandmother, do you?”
Arthur emphasized the words prosperous and wealthy British Empire and Australasia, which lagged behind in poverty, making people’s impression of these words even more intense. profound.
After a slight pause, Arthur continued: "Of course, I still look forward to every trip to the British Empire. I hope that the British Empire and Australasia will always be friends, and every trip I take to the British Empire will be Will be hindered."
"Okay, gentlemen. I can only talk to you so much. Tomorrow I will have many trade and aid discussions with the British government. I believe you will hear news in the next few days." Seeing the atmosphere. Almost finished, and the information he wanted to convey to the outside world was basically finished, Arthur ended the topic, got in the car and left.
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