Chapter 778 The Endless Civil War
The person who shot the Australian representative was an Irishman.
In 1921, the United Kingdom and Ireland signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty, confirming the autonomy of 29 counties in southern Ireland in the form of the Irish Free State.
Like Australia, the Irish Free State continues to remain within the British Commonwealth as an autonomous dominion. Senior officials of the Free State must swear allegiance to the British King. At the same time, the British have a governor in Ireland and have the power to serve in Ireland during war. Ireland establishes military base.
Although the "British-Irish Treaty" eased tensions between Britain and Ireland to a certain extent, it did not bring peace to Ireland.
The Anglo-Irish Treaty triggered internal divisions in Ireland. Conservatives were satisfied with the result, while radicals believed that the establishment of the Irish Free State was a betrayal of Ireland.
After the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Ireland fell into civil war. By September of the following year, conservatives and some radicals reached an agreement. Although the large-scale civil war ended, some extreme radicals adopted more violent methods. Against the British Government, and against the Government of the Irish Free State.
This Irish gunman comes from the extreme radicals.
When the news returned to Australia, public opinion was in an uproar. Some people believed that the gunman was sent by the British government to punish Australia.
Stanley Baldwin felt aggrieved. It was too late to appease the Australian representatives, so how could he send gunmen to shoot the Australian representatives.
But even if the gunman was not sent by the British government, the British government is still responsible.
After all, the Irish problem itself was caused by the British government.
There is no excuse for the British government's failure to provide adequate protection for Australian representatives.
If Australia did not send people to London to attend the Imperial Conference, would this matter not happen?
They are all representatives, so why didn’t the gunman assassinate the Canadian and Indian representatives, but instead went after the Australian representative?
So it's all the British government's fault.
The happiest person about this must be the Russian media reporter stationed in London.
So on July 6, two reporters from the Constantinople Journal stationed in London were expelled by the British government.
This is too much.
The British Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Mikhail Mikhailovich, took the initiative to find Stanley Baldwin and express his strong protest to Stanley Baldwin.
Mikhailovich is the second son of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich. He lost the right to inherit the title due to an intermarriage between nobles and common people. He has been living abroad since his marriage. Unexpectedly, he escaped the disaster as a blessing in disguise and survived to the war. back.
Stanley Baldwin explains to Mikhail the reasons why the British government expelled the two journalists.
The two reporters used bribes to try to get close to the Australian representative who was hospitalized due to injuries to obtain first-hand information.
In normal times, this kind of behavior would be understandable. British journalists are very resourceful and have even sneaked into Buckingham Palace to obtain first-hand information.
If you are causing trouble at this time, you deserve to be found out and used as a model by the British government.
Mikhail accepted Stanley Baldwin's explanation.
But the next day, the Russian government expelled two staff members of the British Embassy in Russia.
Baldwin was angry.
Even if Russia wants to retaliate, it should expel journalists from British newspapers stationed in Russia. Expelling embassy staff will escalate the conflict.
What Stanley Baldwin didn’t expect was that just after Russia expelled the British embassy staff, the Grand Duchy of Yuriev, which had nothing to do with the matter, actually expelled two British ambassadors to Yuriev. Staff of the Grand Duchy of Riev.
Forget about Russia targeting Britain.
The Grand Duchy of Yuriev actually dares to get involved. What is it trying to do?
Want to provoke a confrontation between Britain and Russia?
The most incredible thing about this is that even if Baldwin wants to take revenge on the Grand Duchy of Yuriev, no one can stop him.
The Grand Duchy of Yuriev does not have an embassy in the UK.
That’s right, the Grand Duchy of Yuriev and the United Kingdom have no diplomatic relations at all. As for why the British government has staff in the Grand Duchy of Yuriev, you have to ask the British government.
Although the United Kingdom has not established diplomatic relations with the Grand Duchy of Yuriev, Australia has an office of the Grand Duchy of Yuriev.
So the British government expelled two staff members of the Grand Duchy of Yuriev stationed in Australia.
This is the significance of Britain’s tight grip on diplomatic power.
Alain took the initiative to attack Chamberlain in the League of Nations, saying that the British government's restrictions on overseas dominions and colonies would seriously affect the development of overseas dominions and colonies.
"This is an internal matter of the Commonwealth and has nothing to do with you."
Chamberlain did not want to talk to Alan.
Little Nicholas just relies on his old man and criticizes him all day long. Chamberlain is not as knowledgeable as him.
Alan wanted to confront Chamberlain, but it was almost impossible.
“Yes, it does have nothing to do with us, and we have no intention of interfering in the internal affairs of the Commonwealth, but can’t we even talk about it?”
Alan incarnates the British Overseas Colonies and Dominions as a stand-in.
The British overseas dominions and colonies are also very contradictory. They only want to get benefits, but do not want to assume their obligations to Britain.
There are indeed advantages to staying in the Commonwealth. At least you don't have to worry about national defense and can devote all your energy to developing the economy.
But from an economic point of view, staying in the Commonwealth will affect the economic development of the dominions and colonies.
So Australia’s real demand is that it can enjoy the protection of the Royal Navy and at the same time sell its wool and wheat at a good price.
"Mind your own business."
Chamberlain is not angry, so please mind your own mouth.
Little Nicholas looked at it happily. The League of Nations is just a place for talking nonsense. If you don’t criticize people for a day, you will feel uncomfortable.
Bobov is also trolling Australian politicians for failing to better protect the interests of Australian companies.
No matter how awesome Rio Tinto is, it is a British company and has nothing to do with Australia. Yuriev Mining Company is a serious Australian company.
Therefore, the Australian government does not protect the interests of Yuriev Mining Company, but instead wants to sell the iron ore in Theo to Rio Tinto, which is purely cheating.
The Theo government also has opinions on the Australian government.
In addition to part of the taxes paid by Yuriev Mining Company being handed over to the Australian government, part of it was also taken away by the United Kingdom. In the end, very little was left to the Theo government.
If it does not have to take a cut from the Australian government and the UK, the West Coast government's finances will be very healthy, and every West Coast person will benefit from this.
So long before the Imperial Conference was held, there were people in Theo demanding independence.
It is not Australian independence, but Theo independence, complete independence, neither bound by Britain nor accepted by the Australian government.
This situation has aroused the vigilance of the Australian government.
Will the Anglo-Irish War be staged in Australia?
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