Expedition to Europe

Stanley Bruce was dining with the Australian Governor-General Henry Foster at Yarralunar Estate when he learned that Johnny Childs was in hospital.

The Governor-General is a very magical existence in Australia. In name, the Governor-General of Australia is the representative of the Australian monarch, that is, the representative of the British King. According to the current laws of Australia and the United Kingdom, Australia and the United Kingdom share a monarch, and this monarch should be resident in the United Kingdom. However, the British king will certainly not stay in Australia all year round, so the Australian Governor-General performs the duties of the head of state under normal circumstances.

The Governor-General has great powers. As the plenipotentiary representative of the Australian monarch, the Governor-General of Australia has great legal rights. The Constitution gives the Governor-General the highest administrative power in the country. He is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and can make and cancel decrees, and has the power to appoint and remove Parliament, ministers and the Prime Minister.

However, according to the traditional practice of the British Westminster system, the Governor does not interfere in administration and exercises power in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.

The Australian political system in the 1920s was different from that in the 21st century. In the past, in 1930, the United Kingdom established the independent status of an autonomous territory. Since then, the candidate for the Governor of Australia has been nominated by the Australian Prime Minister. The British As the Australian monarch, the so-called "review" is just a formality. The British King He will never object to candidates nominated by the Australian Prime Minister. On the issue of the appointment of the Governor-General, the King only follows the opinions of the Australian Prime Minister and does not consider the suggestions of the British Prime Minister and Parliament. Therefore, in fact, the appointment power of the Australian Governor-General in the 21st century and The power of removal is in the hands of the Australian Prime Minister, and the "Governor-General" is just a national symbol.

It is not the same now. Although Australia is fighting for independent status, the United Kingdom has not agreed. Therefore, the Governor-General of Australia is still the head of state of Australia appointed by the British King. Although the Governor-General does not interfere in administration, he must fight for the position of Prime Minister of Australia if he wants to take office. Supported by the Governor.

Henry Foster is also a nobleman. As the first Baron Foster, the difference in importance between the Governor-General and the Prime Minister to Australia can be seen from his title.

Stanley Bruce's title is Viscount.

Because of the gap in titles, Henry Foster did not show much superiority to Stanley Bruce. Stanley Bruce also wanted to make friends with Henry Foster. The two of them had a pleasant meal together. The two had a great conversation, had in-depth exchanges about the prime ministerial election to be held in August, and reached a certain consensus——

Well, the above is all nonsense. In fact, it can be described in one sentence. Henry Foster and Stanley Bruce were drunk——

There is no "Prohibition" in the UK, and even in terms of the proportion of alcohol abuse, the situation in the UK is much more serious than in the United States. This is even more exaggerated by "my son" than "my son".

Of course, this can also be understood to mean that "son" is more civilized than "laozi". Although the degree of "civilization" is also limited, it is also in line with the ultimate meaning of "the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the waves in front die on the beach."

After receiving the news that Johnny Childs was hospitalized due to illness, Stanley Bruce had no intention of continuing to drink. He said goodbye to Henry Foster and prepared to visit Johnny Childs in the hospital.

"Oh, okay, please take me to greet Mr. Johnny. I will visit him another day." Henry understood the importance of Johnny to Stanley.

This is the tragedy of the staff. Although Henry knows Johnny, he will not visit Johnny with Stanley. This is when Stanley is showing off, and Henry will not steal Stanley's limelight.

Of course, this "visit another day" is just a courtesy, not someone worthy of being visited by the Governor of Australia. Johnny is only important to Stanley, and to Henry, Johnny is not indispensable in Henry's life. figure.

Just in the span of these two sentences, someone sent the latest news: Johnny Childs died in the hospital.

Died——

The word itself has a strong flavor of conspiracy.

"Johnny was assassinated. This matter must be pursued to the end." Stanley gritted his teeth.

Since the person is dead, Stanley is not busy saying goodbye.

Johnny was indeed important to Stanley when he was alive, but Johnny after death was of no use to Stanley. Of course Stanley would show his employer's camaraderie, but that would only be at Johnny's funeral. .

"Don't talk nonsense when there is no evidence. It will affect your judgment." As Governor, Henry has a detached status in Australia, so Henry can stay out of the matter and look at the problem with the calmest eyes.

But Stanley didn't want to be calm. Henry knew that Johnny was very important to Stanley, but he didn't know how important it was.

As Stanley's adviser, Johnny not only participated in Stanley's campaign throughout the campaign and provided advice for Stanley, but also controlled Stanley's source of funds. Johnny had a foundation in his hands that was Stanley's campaign funds. The only source of funds was John. Nicai knew that without the help of this foundation, Stanley would lose at least 30% of his advantage in running for prime minister.

Let alone 30%, even a half-percent advantage is enough to determine the position of prime minister, so there is no reason for Stanley not to pay attention to it, unless Stanley does not want to succeed in the election.

"It's really regrettable that this happened. Obviously, whoever benefits the most from this matter is the murderer." Stanley is not talking nonsense, Stanley wants to muddy the water.

Johnny's death will definitely affect Stanley's campaign for prime minister. According to the principle of "whoever benefits the most is the most suspicious", Stanley's rival James Scullin is undoubtedly the most suspected.

In the absence of evidence, Johnny's death may indeed be just an accident, but since it will affect Stanley's campaign, Stanley will muddy the waters. I can't run away even if I die. If you want to be affected, then let's do it together.

"Calm down--" Henry reminded Stanley with concern.

As the nominal head of state of Australia, it is the responsibility of Henry, the governor-general, to ensure the stability of Australia. It is really unexpected that this happened at the juncture when the election is about to begin. Henry seems to smell the breath of a storm.

"I'm sorry, Henry, I can't calm down now. This must be James's doing. This bitch, I will make him pay the price!" Stanley was already furious, and now he just wanted to rush to James' house with the double-barreled shotgun at home.

"The more dangerous the situation, the more you need to stay calm. Anger will not help you solve the problem, but will make you make wrong judgments." Henry tried his best to dissuade Stanley.

"Okay, I will try my best to restrain myself, but if I find evidence, I will definitely make James, the son of a bitch, pay." Stanley took a deep breath and gave Henry a not very reliable guarantee.

Henry could only do his best and watch Stanley leave with a worried look on his face.

Almost at the same time when Stanley learned about Johnny Child's accidental death, Billy Hughes also learned about the latest developments.

As the Prime Minister of Australia, Billy Hughes has been very annoyed recently.

Billy Hughes was born in London, England, and grew up in Wales since childhood. He is 62 years old this year.

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Hughes began to serve as the Prime Minister of Australia in 1 when the World War just started.

During the World War, Australia under the leadership of Billy Hughes went all out to help the mother country and participated with full commitment. Billy Hughes even sent one twentieth of the entire Australian population to Europe to fight, which was almost all adult males in Australia. While giving great help to Britain, it also won great honor for the "Anzacs".

But honor cannot be eaten. After the end of the World War, the British have not even paid pensions to Australian disabled soldiers, which makes all Australians feel wronged and sad.

Australians paid a huge price to help Britain win. Among the 5 million Australians, 416,809 enlisted in the World War, of which 330,000 were sent to Europe to fight. During the entire World War, the Australian army had 59,342 deaths and 152,171 injuries, with a total of 64.98% of the number of departures.

Australia's contribution to Britain is so great, so when the British are unwilling to pay even pensions, it is understandable how sad the Australians must be.

Perhaps it is precisely because of Australia's heavy casualties that the British will not pay attention to Australia, because Australia has almost lost all its manpower. If there is another world war, Australia will no longer be able to provide such strong support to Britain.

It is really unfair.

Even under this premise, Billy Hughes did not ask for independence, but only asked Australians to be autonomous, which was Billy Hughes's greatest effort within his rights.

It is precisely because of Billy Hughes' loyalty to Britain that in this year's election, although Billy Hughes proposed to continue to participate in the election, Billy Hughes' support rate was the lowest among all candidates.

To be fair, Billy Hughes did a good job. No matter who came, even if Qin Zhiyuan came in person, he might not be able to guarantee peace and stability in Australia.

During the World War, in order to ensure safety and stability, the Australian government promulgated the "Martial Law".

The "Martial Law" mainly has two contents: one is the inspection of news and publications; the other is the preventive measures against enemy expatriates in Australia, mainly German expatriates. At the beginning of the war, London asked Australia to gather up the enemy expatriates, and in October 1914, it put forward the request to detain the enemy expatriates.

There are many German expatriates in Australia. When the war broke out, there were 36,000 German expatriates in Australia. Although faced with many difficulties, in order to prevent the enemy expatriates from causing trouble, the Australian government resolutely adopted this tough preventive policy.

Let’s not talk about whether this policy is good or bad. The ban on German expatriates from participating in the war also protected the German expatriates in disguise. During the entire World War, Australians fought to the death with the Germans to defend Britain, but the German expatriates in the concentration camps were raised fat.

By the end of the World War, Australians suffered heavy casualties on the front battlefield, but the German expatriates in the concentration camps increased to 50,000 due to the continuous birth peak for many years.

How ironic!