Rise of Australia

Chapter 291 The Focus of the World - Morocco
Of course, although it seems that the per capita arable land area has only increased by 0.02 acres, the total arable land area has increased by a full 218 million acres.

After all, the population has increased by more than 90. If we want to keep the per capita arable land at the same level, we must reclaim a large amount of arable land.

Thanks to the increase in arable land, Australasia's grain output also ushered in a considerable increase in 1910, exceeding 960 million tons.

This puts Australasia's grain output just one step away from 1000 million tons. When the population exceeds [-] million next year, the grain output should also break through [-] million.

But throughout 1910, the national grain consumption of Australasia was less than 290 million tons, which also meant that Australasia could export 600 million tons of grain every year, which was not a small income.

Of course, because of the further trade agreement signed with the UK before, the UK has become the main target of Australasian grain exports.

Australasia exports at least 200 million tons of grain to the UK every year, which also proves the current close relationship between the UK and Australasia.

This is the current development situation of the government. As for the current development situation of the royal family consortium, Arthur can only be called a behemoth.

After the cabinet meeting was over, Arthur realized how huge the current royal consortium was for Australasia after the Kent steward reported.

Of course, last year's royal family consortium was already huge enough, and this year it has expanded a lot on the basis of last year.

At present, there are hundreds of factories and enterprises established by the royal consortium, and thousands of factories and enterprises controlled by them.

All the enterprises and factories managed by the royal consortium have more than 50 employees, covering all states, fields and industries in Australasia.

In 1910, the net profit of the royal consortium was as high as 5431 million Australian dollars, which was the result after deducting nearly [-] million Australian dollars in taxes to the government.

The difference between the royal consortium's net income and the country's total fiscal revenue is only 1000 million Australian dollars, which is enough to show how large the current royal consortium is in Australasia.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that as long as Arthur thinks, the net income of the royal consortium can exceed the country's total financial income at any time.

However, the royal consortium only controls some of the more important industries in Australasia, such as heavy industry, petroleum, chemical industry, military industry, etc. The royal consortium does not have much involvement in some civilian industries and fields. After all, it has to be given to Australasia. People take a chance.

If there is a ranking list of the world's top 500 companies, Arthur believes that his royal consortium can definitely rank among the top ten in the world.

A company with a net profit of 5400 million Australian dollars, or 2700 million pounds, can be described as a drop in the bucket in the current era, and this income can even exceed some small and medium-sized European countries.

In mid-January 1911, the diplomatic team sent by Chile finally arrived in Australasia again to inspect the Hope-class battleship designed by Australasia.

This time, the Chilean diplomatic team has a few more naval generals and high-level government officials. They are obviously very interested in the new, particularly powerful battleship that Australasia said.

To be honest, apart from the gap between the expectations of the Chileans, the Hope-class battleships are basically the same as or even exceeded the requirements of the Greeks in terms of firepower, power and armor protection.

The Chileans' last bit of stubbornness about the tonnage was also defeated by Defense Minister Raul's statement that the tonnage was not as good as combat effectiveness.

But this is indeed a truth. Instead of blindly pursuing the tonnage and volume of warships, it is better to focus on the speed, firepower and protection capabilities of warships.

No matter how big a warship is, if its combat effectiveness is not enough, it will become a living target in naval battles, and it may sink the fastest.

After a week of discussions and discussions between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chilean Mission, the final naval order was finally confirmed.

Chile invested a total of 500 million pounds, or 1000 million Australian dollars, to purchase two Hope-class battleships, six Duke-class frigates, and two German submarines.

The order is expected to start in the middle of this year. The two submarines will be delivered no later than the middle of 1913, the six frigates will be delivered no later than the middle of 1914, and the two Hope-class battleships will be delivered no later than the end of 1915.

Generally speaking, the time for this warship order is still very ample, enough for the Royal Shipyard to take care of the production of the Chilean warship order while completing the Russian warship order.

Of course, this also has a disadvantage, that is, at least before 1914, the Royal Dockyard was not free to build Australasia's own warships.

But these are all minor issues. When European countries were busy with wars in World War I, Australasia had plenty of time and funds to build its own strategy, and it was not in a hurry at all.

The two Hope-class battleships were excitedly named Admiral Latorre and Admiral Cochrane by the Chileans. Perhaps this is the dream of the rise of a small country's navy!
I have to feel that although the size of several South American countries is not too large, they are very willing to invest in the military, especially the navy.

After the warship order was signed, Arthur got a short free time.But at this time, Arthur was waiting for news from Europe.

According to sources from the Royal Security Intelligence Service, the Moroccan crisis should be imminent.

Of course, this is not Arthur's prediction.

In fact, the situation in Morocco has not been very good these years.Due to the weather, Morocco suffered a rare severe drought, which caused the agriculture in many areas to face a crisis, crops failed to harvest, and farmers suffered unspeakably.

Coupled with the short-sightedness of the Sudanese government and the corruption of some officials, the disaster is obvious, but there is no means of disaster relief. On the contrary, some taxes have been increased, which has caused the people at the bottom to be very dissatisfied, and riots against taxation have continued.

On the other hand, France has taken control of Moroccan politics since the first Moroccan crisis.

A large number of French products have impacted Morocco's local economy, causing a large number of handicraftsmen in Morocco to go bankrupt one after another, causing most of the middle class to be dissatisfied with the government.

Offended the middle and low-level civilians, and the high-level and government are so corrupt, the chaos in the country can be imagined.

In January 1911, a large-scale uprising broke out in Morocco. People who were dissatisfied with the government and the Sudan under the banner of overthrowing the government besieged some cities.

This wave of uprisings swept across most of Morocco, making the French government behind Morocco a little bit impatient.

Because the name of these insurgents is not only against the Sudan, but also part of the rebel army is against the French invaders.

If these rebels were allowed to overthrow the Sudanese government, wouldn't their next target be the French colonists?
In February 1911, the grim situation in Morocco made the French unable to sit still. The French government sent troops to occupy Fez and some nearby cities under the pretext of protecting the expatriates and restoring order in Morocco.

Facing the front of the French, the small Moroccan army had no resistance at all, and most of the rebels composed of ordinary people were not opponents of the French army. When facing the French army, it can be said that they were defeated.

While the French were acting, Spain also sent troops to the north of Morocco, which also made Morocco lose its actual independent status.

The actions of the French in Morocco have caused dissatisfaction in some European countries.One of the most dissatisfied is the German Empire.

Because of the actions of the French, they openly violated the Treaty of Algeciras signed five years ago because of the first Moroccan crisis.

Although long before the French acted, the French ambassador to Germany, Conbon, notified German Foreign Minister Kidrun, expressing France's decision to send troops to Morocco.

But the problem is that Kidrun clearly expressed his opposition at the time, believing that sending troops by the French would not only destroy the Algeciras agreement, but also cause more intense resistance from the Moroccans and cause dissatisfaction among the German people.

When talking about the dissatisfaction of the German people, German Foreign Minister Kidlun also strengthened his tone, expressing Germany's attitude.

The Germans' point of view is that they hope that the French can postpone the military occupation and discuss this matter with the German government.

In fact, the intention is to let the French make some concessions in other places. After all, everything is easy to discuss, as long as the benefits are enough.

But what the Germans didn't expect was that they thought the French would make concessions in other places. They didn't expect the French to maintain a consistent tough attitude, and even directly sent troops to interfere with the order in Morocco without notifying Germany.

This not only directly invalidated the previously signed Algeciras Agreement, but also slapped the Germans severely.

After all, it can be said that Germany is also the second largest power in the world, and the French were directly assassinated by Germany in Morocco. Where does this make the Germans face?
Coincidentally, William II's temper was not so good.Germany also has a lot of interests in Morocco, and the French don't care about Germany's interests in Morocco at all. Not to mention Wilhelm II, even the angry German people are enough to change the attitude of the German government.

But the question is, does France dare to make concessions now?The tough attitude of the French government makes the French very satisfied. After all, Germany is a country that was united by the French decades ago.

If the French government quickly compromises with the Germans, I am afraid that the disappointed French people will not mind changing the cabinet directly.

You know, France is a country with an old tradition of revolution.The French cabinet is not willing to test the bottom line of the people, they really dare to rebel!

Due to the continuous pressure on the government by the German public opinion circles and monopoly organizations, the German side requires the German government to take corresponding actions to safeguard the interests of the German people.

Under such high pressure, in order to force the French to make major concessions to Germany at least on the issue of compensation, Foreign Minister Kidrun offered Kaiser Wilhelm II a trick up his sleeve, the so-called protection of the German diaspora and these diaspora. Its commercial interests are to send warships to the important ports of Agadir and Mogador in Morocco.

If such an important collateral can be grasped, the Germans can watch the further development of the Morocco incident with peace of mind, and even wait for the French to offer part of the colony in exchange for the Germans' compensation for leaving these two ports.

Kidrun's calculations are very loud, and now the chaotic Morocco has two bargaining chips. If the French want to unify their interests in Morocco, they must exchange the colonies in other regions for these two ports.

But the question is, will the direct dispatch of troops by the Germans really not directly escalate the severity of the incident?
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