Chapter 239: Chapter 223: Establishment of the Patrol System_2


    Arthur was not worried about the Kingdom of the Nethends’ reaction. As long as the other powers did not intervene, the Nethends was no longer a match for Austrsia near Southeast Asia.


    Even in a few years, once Austrsian warships begin tounch like crazy, the Nethends wouldn’t even qualify to be Austrsia’s opponent.


    All the decisions Arthur made at the harbor were published in Austrsia’s two official newspapers the next day.


    Without saying much about the sensation caused by Austrsia, these decisions also caused quite a stir in Europe.


    Of course, the Kingdom of the Nethends must have found it the hardest to ept. The essence of Austrsia is located in the southeast of Australia and the North Ind of New Zend.


    To reach Europe or East Asia from these areas, one would have to pass through the Dutch East Indies, either by going west through the a Strait and across the Indian Ocean to Europe, or north to East Asia.


    This also meant that part of the ocean in the Dutch East Indies fell within Australia’s patrol range. If not stopped, the Dutch East Indies would essentially be wide open to Austrsia.


    But the question was how to stop it? Using the Nethends’ own power was almost impossible.


    Although the Nethends had over 100,000 troops, only 50,000 were stationed in the Dutch East Indies. Neither their training level nor their equipment could match that of the Austrsian army.


    When ites to poption and industrial scale, Austrsia had surpassed the Kingdom of the Nethends. And due to geographical proximity, the slightest advantage was greatly magnified.<div>


    The Kingdom of the Nethends was able to defend the Dutch East Indies mainly because of the support from European powers.


    But more than that, Austrsia not only had a good rtionship with the German Empire but also had a matrimonial and mutual benefit alliance with the Russian Empire.


    As for the United Kingdom, Austrsia was formed by the merging of two colonies of the British Empire, and its rulers also came from the British royal family.


    Unless it’s a matter of national survival, Austrsia and the United Kingdom are unlikely to have a falling out.


    After all, the memory of Queen Victoria’s will is still fresh, and the majority of Britons have a lot of affection for Arthur.


    Despite knowing the difficulties of stopping Austrsia, the Kingdom of the Nethends had to grit its teeth and ask the powers for mediation, trying to fix the naval patrol scope of Austrsia within its territorial waters.


    But the Nethends’ actions were doomed to fail. Germany and Austrsia were currently in a honeymoon period, and Austrsia’s expansion posed no threat to Germany, even being of help to it.


    Therefore, William II decisively chose neutrality, and Germany explicitly stated that it would not interfere in the affairs of the two kingdoms.


    On the British side, Edward VII had a deep hatred for Arthur due to the briefcase incident, and naturally did not want to get involved in this matter.


    Apart from Britain and Germany, France is currently struggling with the choices of Britain and Russia and does not have the extra energy to deal with other matters.


    Russia and Austrsia had just formed a matrimonial rtionship, and not supporting Austrsia was already a favor, let alone supporting the Kingdom of the Nethends.


    As for the remaining powers, the Austro-Hungarian Empire sided with Germany. If Germany is neutral, so is Austro-Hungary.


    Italy doesn’t need to be mentioned. Italian influence in Southeast Asia and Oceania is even less than that of the Nethends, so they are naturally unlikely to offend Austrsia for the Kingdom of the Nethends.


    As such, no external force could be relied upon to address this issue. Upon seeking out, the Kingdom of the Nethends had no other option but to feign ignorance and ept the patrol n of Austrsia.


    The Dutch were very good at consoling themselves. After being forced to permit the patrol n of Austrsia, they reassured themselves: “This is just a patrol n borne out of their anger due to pirate raids. Once the influence of the pirate incident diminishes, they will naturally not be able to maintain such a massive patrol n.”


    What the Dutch did not expect was that ‘Arthur’ not only turned this patrol into a norm, but also added dreadnoughts and arge number of medium-sized warships a few yearster, turning half of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, as well as the territorial waters of the Dutch East Indies, into Austrsia’s patrol area.


    This significantly increased Austrsia’s influence in these areas, and even some of the indigenous forces of the Dutch East Indies started showing their favor towards Austrsia.


    They had no choice, especially considering the dire fate of the Bng Menggongduo Kingdom for offending Austrsia. The upper echelons of the Bng Menggongduo Kingdom were almost wiped out, and itsnd was almost partitioned by the Manda people and the Sultanate of Ruhunu from the south.


    More importantly, the governor of the Dutch East Indies and the Kingdom of the Nethends had no reaction to Austrsia’s two major massacres in the Dutch East Indies.<div>


    What does this signify? The Dutch were also afraid of the sharp edge of the Austrsian army, and therefore kept silent.


    Since the Dutch were frightened, the indigenous forces that were forced to submit to the Dutch East Indies naturally knew which country they could least afford to offend.


    Arthur’s actions were swift. Starting from mid-April, the naval forces of Austrsia were frequently deployed to patrol along Austrsia’s coast and the northern sea.


    Even though this would increase the consumption of supplies, especially coal and oil, Austrsia has numerous coal reserves and severalrge oil fields, so they naturally didn’t have to worry about these issues.N?v(el)B\\jnn<div>


    With the fleet’s patrol and protection, no further issues befell the Austrsian merchant ships. Even the fishermen and vessels of the indigenous tribes typically avoided them for fear of inciting trouble.


    Arthur alsomended the soldiers who had previously participated in the rescue operation within the scope of the Guards.


    While there were no medals awarded, there were verbalmendments across the entire army, and each person was rewarded with 1000 Australian dors. This won the fanatic and loyal gazes of the soldiers.


    What Arthur did not expect was that thisrge-scale naval and army rescue operation not only made him and the government more beloved by the Australians, but also garnered the goodwill of many Europeans.


    After all, not many monarchs, like Arthur, truly care about the lives and deaths of the lower-ss citizens. In addition, Arthur’s various tax reduction policies and benefits in Austrsia have significantly increased its appeal to immigrants.


    Starting from May 1907, it was noticeably apparent that more and more people were migrating to Austrsia to be permanent residents.


    Ifpared to the data of 1906, the number of immigrants to Austrsia has increased by more than thirty percent, which was a considerable increase.


    Please note that Austrsia now has an annual immigration of four hundred thousand people. If it can maintain a growth rate of thirty percent, this means that this year’s poption will increase by more than one hundred and twenty thousandpared tost year.


    Furthermore, with Austrsia’s policy to encourage fertility, it is highly probable that Austrsia’s poption will exceed seven million before 1908 arrives.


    Of course, therge number of immigrants did pose some problems for Arthur. These immigrants generally prefer to live inrge Austrsian cities like Sydney and Melbourne, and are unwilling to move to Western Australia and South Australia.


    This was not a good phenomenon as Western Australia and South Australia have abundant mineral resources and need ample poption andbor for excavation.


    Furthermore, with the influx of arge number of immigrants, Sydney and Melbourne were inevitably facing nning insufficiencies which added a certain level of chaos to city construction.


    In the end, Arthur introduced a policy that anyone willing to go to the western region and small towns would receive fifty percent morend allocation than normal. This somewhat solved the problem.<div>