Chapter 788 It’s not an accident.
Frank Kellogg's trip to Russia was fruitful. He and Felix not only reached an agreement on the price war, but also decided to have deeper cooperation with Russia.
In the briefcase that Frank Kellogg carries with him, the ink is still wet on the agreement he and Felix have just reached.
The agreement has not been signed and requires approval by the U.S. Congress and the Russian State Duma before it can become legally binding.
Regardless of whether the United States cooperates with the United Kingdom, this agreement will be beneficial to the United States.
Frank Kellogg did not have the final say in cooperation with the United Kingdom. Frank Kellogg was the messenger.
At most, when sending messages, you can bring some of your own personal belongings.
George's current focus is not on trade with Europe, but on the Australian Civil War.
The rebel attack on the Western State Parliament killed a total of 215 people, including 21 members of parliament.
Although the rebels were all eliminated by the military and police who arrived later, the State Assembly was paralyzed due to heavy losses.
Upon his return to the governor's mansion, Andrew Gordon declared a state of war against Theo and decided to dissolve the state Legislature.
At the same time that Gordon dissolved the state parliament, troops sent by Theo's government, led by Andy Boswell, arrived in Kalgoorlie.
Andy Boswell participated in the World War with the Anzac Corps. As a native of Theo, Andy Boswell chose to support the Theo government and led the army to Kalgoorlie to quell the rebellion.
Andy's deputy is from Dimirov who also participated in the World War.
Although Dimirov is French by nationality, he is actually Slavic.
Compared with the well-prepared Theo, Kalgoorlie's independence was like a farce. The news that the Theo state government sent troops to counter the rebellion reached Kalgoorlie, and the army formed by the Golden Alliance dispersed in one fell swoop. Kalgoorlie's population dropped from The 20,000 people at its peak were directly reduced by half.
The gold diggers were all speculators, and it was too much to expect them to defend Kalgoorlie with arms.
The gold mine owners really wanted to defend Kalgoorlie, but their first reaction was not to form an army. Instead, they sent their families to Canberra or even back to the UK, just to protect their eggs.
As for the miners——
Miners are indeed physically strong and fit for military service.
But miners just want to make money, not work hard. They are not mining for anyone. If they mine for the Russians, their salary can be increased a lot.
In the gold mines taken over by Theo Mining Company, miners' wages generally increased by 20%.
During the Kalgoorlie referendum, James voted in favor on behalf of Theo Mining Company.
And after the vote, a mine protection team equipped with heavy machine guns was established in the name of armed defense of Kalgoorlie.
This——
Everyone knows the relationship between Theo Mining Company and Yuriev Mining Company.
Therefore, no one can say whether the purpose of establishing the mine protection team is to protect Kalgoorlie or for other purposes.
Anyway, when the Golden Alliance asked for the command of the mine protection team, James refused.
On December 10, Theo government troops occupied Kalgoorlie and on the 11th they occupied Coolgardie. Only one person died in the entire process.
This man was bitten to death by a poisonous snake.
After occupying Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie, the Sioux government announced that all the gold mines in these two places would be nationalized and entrusted to the Sioux Mining Company for operation.
On the 12th, the British fleet departing from the Lion City finally arrived in Pas.
That's right, the British army did not go to the closer Port George, but went to Pas 5,000 kilometers away. This is very British.
Port George was built by Yuriev Mining Company. If the British army goes to Port George, a conflict is likely to break out, and it will be irreversible by then. Before heading to the Pilbara, Gordon declared Pas an undefended city, and the British army at least would not be attacked in Pas.
After communicating with Frank Kellogg, Chamberlain left Geneva and came to Coconut City, hoping to solve the Theo crisis on a political level.
The reason for Theo's referendum was trade autonomy, which is not actually unacceptable to the UK.
Chamberlain revealed to Frank Kellogg that Britain would consider giving Canada independent diplomatic powers if an agreement could be reached between Britain and the United States.
After Canada has diplomatic power, it will definitely be the first to establish diplomatic relations with the United States, which will seriously weaken Britain's control over Canada.
Theo's trade autonomy is nothing compared to Canada's diplomatic powers.
The iron ore in the Pilbara is indeed tempting.
But even without Pilbara iron ore, Rio Tinto would not be able to survive.
Compared with Britain's interests, Rio Tinto's interests are nothing.
Chamberlain hopes to organize negotiations between the Western State Government and the Australian Government.
Gordon's response was firm: No need to talk!
Theo's original demand was indeed trade autonomy.
But after the referendum, Theo's demands have been upgraded from trade autonomy to independence.
Gordon did not make things final. If London and Canberra agree to the independence of West West, West West will continue to remain in the Commonwealth as a country.
"Okay, then let's sit down and talk about this."
Chamberlain's stance is low, and as long as he is willing to sit down and negotiate, it is a good start.
On the 15th, Gordon arrived in Coconut City on a transport plane. Under the witness of King Alexander of the Grand Duchy of Yuriev, Chamberlain and Gordon began negotiations on the independence of Theo.
As long as Theo is willing to remain in the Commonwealth, it doesn't really make much difference whether he is independent or not.
On the contrary, if Theo decides to secede from the Commonwealth, the situation will be very serious.
South Africa did not leave the Commonwealth after independence and continued to remain within the Commonwealth as a member of the Commonwealth.
After three years of fighting, Ireland only established the Irish Free State, not the republic that Ireland hoped for. The Irish still recognized the British King as their king and allowed the British King to send a governor to manage Ireland.
Interestingly, although the British king has the power to send governors, the Irish Free State also has the power to refuse.
In other words, Ireland does not have to accept the governor candidate sent by the British King, and has the right to ask the British King to replace someone as governor.
So so far, the Irish Free State has the position of Governor, but no Governor.
The Governor-General of Australia is John Bald, who took office just two months ago.
I don’t know what Balder thinks of this inauguration gift given to him by the Theo people.
Just as the negotiations between Chamberlain and Gordon began, bad news came from Pas. A drunken British sailor broke into a house in Pas. He killed the man and raped the woman. Afterwards, he burned the house and destroyed the body. .
This is both an accident and not an accident.
From a probability perspective, this incident was indeed an accident.
But from the perspective of British military discipline, this kind of thing is inevitable and will happen sooner or later.
The Royal Navy's military discipline is notoriously corrupt.
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