The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 285: Chapter 253: London Sports Meet

After the meeting, Arthur called upon Minister Grant again to inquire about the currt work of the Propaganda Departmt.

For Australasia, another important evt to be added was the 908 London Olympics held in London, United Kingdom at the d of April.

Since its inception, the Olympic Games has successfully held three evts. According to historical records, countries registered for the 908 London Olympics, with more than ,000 athletes participating.

This means that countries all over the world have gradually begun to value the Olympic Games as a stage to show their national power peacefully, and of them want to lose face in such an occasion.

It is worth mtioning that in history, New Zealand also participated in this Olympic Games under the name of part of Australasia.

Australasia did not participate in the last Olympic Games, after all, the scale of the Olympic Games was not too large at that time, and the level of sports in Australasia was not very high. Going there would only result in being at the bottom, so there was no need.

It is necessary to participate in this London Olympics, after all, the number of countries that signed up and the number of participating athletes are quite large, it's good for Australasia to show their presce.

More importantly, Arthur wanted Australia to host the next Olympic Games.

The next Olympic Games will be held in 9, and Australasia's developmt must have advanced further by th.

By that time, the army and navy would have formed a scale, and it would be time to announce the existce of Australasia to the world.

The 90 Games were originally scheduled to be held in Germany, but due to the sudd death of the German Olympic Committee Chairman in May 909, Germany gave up the right to host and instead put the vue in Swed.

This is somewhat similar to the experice of this year's 908 Olympic Games. This year's Olympic Games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome, Italy, but due to multiple earthquakes and volcanic eruptions causing huge economic losses to Italy, Italy evtually gave up the right to host.

In order to hold the Olympic Games as scheduled, the International Olympic Committee sought help from Britain, and finally held the Olympic Games in London.

From such evts, it can also be se that the importance of the Olympic Games by various countries is not that great. In plain terms, countries only care about their own reputation rather than the number of Olympic medals won.

Currtly, the Olympic Games include athletics, swimming, water polo, fcing, gymnastics, rowing, cycling, football, Greco-Roman wrestling, tnis, and shooting.

Arthur called on Minister Grant with the purpose of letting him quickly organize an Olympic delegation domestically, and th rush to London before the Olympics are held on April 7, to participate on time.

The purpose of participating in this Olympic Games is just to make an appearance, and the number of medals won is not important.

As long as the International Olympic Committee can recognize the existce of Australasia and take over smoothly after Germany gives up the hosting rights in the future with the help of their relationship with Germany, th the purpose of going to London can be considered successfully achieved.

The number of participants in the London Olympics is greater than the total of the previous three Olympic Games. Of course, this is also because the host country, Britain, has st the largest delegation of more than 700 participants.

It is important to note that there are only just over ,000 athletes participating in the Olympic Games, and more than one-third of them are from Britain alone.

In the d, it is because the functional departmts of Australasia are too rudimtary, and there is no real sports departmt to manage these matters.

Therefore, the task of participating in the Olympic Games was delegated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or more specifically, the Propaganda Departmt under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After consulting with Minister Grant, it was finally decided that the approximate number of Australasian participants in the Games would not exceed 50.

The awaress of competitive sports in Australasia is still very weak, and it is better to select an elite team to participate than to build a huge delegation.

As for the specific evts to participate in, it depds on what the recruited athletes are good at.

After giving simple instructions, Arthur couraged Minister Grant's work in the Propaganda Departmt, asking him to continue supervising the actions of the Propaganda Departmt at home and abroad while preparing for the Olympics.

As time tered early April, the Australasian House of Represtatives election had also begun to warm up nationwide.

Unlike the Cabinet election, the House of Represtatives election can be regarded as a real national election, and legal citizs who are 8 years old and have lived in Australasia for more than five years have the right to vote.

Of course, the eligibility to be elected is more stringt. In addition to these conditions, they must also live in Australasia for a full years, and neither they nor their family members have violated any law in Australasia.

Walking on the streets of Australasia, one can hear people of all professions discussing the House of Represtatives election.

The developmt of political parties is becoming more and more standardized, which also means that the competition betwe political parties in the House of Represtatives is becoming more and more intse.

Since this kind of competition and struggle does not affect the rule of the royal family and the governmt, such competition using peaceful and fair means is allowed.

After all, there are limited seats in the House of Represtatives, and to gain more seats and support from the people, one must defeat other political parties, or at least give more reasonable and persuasive public speeches than other political parties.

According to the election rules, although the election has not yet started, those with the right to be elected can organize public speeches on their own.

There is only one requiremt, namely that public speeches must use party activity funds, while individuals must use personal or family assets.

Of course, these public speeches are basically supervised by the Propaganda Departmt, and the spreading of information that may harm the governmt and the royal family's rule is not allowed.

However, most people do not have the courage, after all, the rule of the royal family is very stable, and the governmt's rule, which derives its power from the royal family, is naturally very stable as well.

As an autocratic monarch, Arthur naturally cannot joy the leisure time of European monarchs.

Although the Cabinet Governmt can handle most governmt affairs, some major issues can only be decided by Arthur, while others only have the right to make suggestions.

It is especially the case in matters related to military power and finance, which basically require Arthur's intervtion.

However, there is also good news, though the governmt does not have the power to decide, they usually give advice in advance and Arthur only needs to choose whether to adopt or modify it.

For those undetermined ideas within the governmt, holding a cabinet meeting every once in a while can basically solve these issues quickly.

Therefore, this is also the reason why Arthur can still have some free time while holding a lot of power and achieving autocratic rule.