Chapter 499 New Election

The value that a Philippines brings to Australia and Australasia is absolutely high, but if it is a Philippines with only one voice and very united, the value it can bring to Australasia will be greatly reduced.

This is not only reflected in the Philippines, but also in all aspects of life.

A completely unified Philippines can easily erupt in various unrests against Australasia in the future, just like now.

When a country is completely stable and has no internal strife, then its attention will also be focused on the outside.

Therefore, if you want to deal with the Philippines more properly, it is a better way to let the Philippines fall into internal chaos.

Manuel's great reputation in the Philippine political arena and the people can certainly speed up the Philippines' anti-American progress, and even effectively undermine the US rule in the Philippines.

But this will also usher in a problem, that is, after independence from the United States, the Philippines has formed a whole centered on Manuel, and the successful independence will also make Manuel's prestige stronger.

Australasia may be able to use force to temporarily accommodate the Philippines under Australasia's rule, but such rule will sooner or later go wrong. After all, the Philippines will also develop. Sooner or later, it will have a complete army, navy and government, and will also have the ambition to be completely independent.

In order to prevent this situation from happening, we must find several domestic competitors for Manuel in the Philippines, cultivate several people with similar status to Manuel, and let the future Philippine government be divided into several large and small forces to compete with each other.

The competition between several forces also makes it easier for Australasia to operate externally.

There is always a weak party in the competition, and they can only rely on the support of Australasia to maintain power.

In this way, it is impossible for the Philippine government to unite against the outside world, and it is even more impossible to unite and fight an independence war.

When Australasia completely controls the economy and military of the Philippines, it will be impossible for the local forces in the Philippines to turn the tables.

More importantly, finding some temporary allies for Manuel can also strengthen the current anti-American forces in the Philippines.

After all, if only Manuel stood up and clearly resisted the United States, he would not only look lonely, but also be more likely to be targeted by the US government.

For the US government, as long as Manuel is dealt with, most of the anti-US forces in the Philippines can be dealt with.

This is what the Australasian side does not want to see. After all, without Manuel, the real leader, the remaining anti-US forces in the Philippines are not worth mentioning at all, and they will not pose a threat to the US rule in the Philippines.

Whether it is for the consideration of the stability of the future rule of the Philippines or for the consideration of strengthening the anti-US forces in the Philippines at present, more powerful people in the Philippines should be found, first to share the attention for Manuel, and second to lay out the establishment of the future Philippine government.

It is precisely because of this decision that the intelligence personnel found not only Manuel, but also a number of middle and high-level officials in the Philippines, who are almost the top of the local forces in the Philippines.

After all, under the control of the United States, it is not easy for local Filipinos to become middle and high-level officials in the Philippine government, and it is even rarer for people like Manuel to become the Speaker of the Senate.

Although these native Filipinos cannot have much influence on the United States, they still have a great influence on the Filipinos, and some of them are even local big families.

The process of the Philippines' resistance to the United States is also the process of Australasia testing these people.

Whoever can be more closely connected with Australasia will have more say in the future Philippine government.

And those who are determined to use the power of Australasia to achieve Philippine independence are now a knife in the hands of Australasia, and they are destined to be abandoned in the scrap yard in the future.

While the intelligence work is in progress, Australasia is also welcoming a more important task at this time.

After eight years, Australasia finally ushered in another cabinet election. The war that broke out in 1914 forced this cabinet government to continue until 1917, and then encountered the American flu in 1918. It was not until now that a new round of cabinet elections was restarted. Compared with the last cabinet election, it has been exactly eight years, that is, two terms.

It is worth mentioning that the wartime cabinet does not enter the cabinet members' term statistics, which also means that many cabinet members can be re-elected and continue to compete for the cabinet throne.

Like the current Prime Minister Kent, although he is the longest-serving prime minister in Australasia, he still only counts as one term and can continue to seek re-election.

Cabinet members like Agriculture Minister Mark, who have only been re-elected for two terms, can still seek a third term.

However, there are joys and worries. Since Willy took office as Minister of Health in 1903, he has been successfully re-elected for three terms, with a term of office of 16 years.

This is also considered one of Arthur's elders. He was Arthur's right-hand man during the Principality of Australia.

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Australasian medical level can catch up with Europe, and Willy has made an indelible contribution. But in fact, there is nothing he can do. After all, the constitution stipulates that each cabinet member can be re-elected for a maximum of three terms, and Willy has to leave the center of Australasia politics.

But no matter what, Arthur will never forget these heroes of Australasia. It is almost inevitable that Minister of Health Willie will leave the cabinet. Willie was knighted last time. When the new round of elections is over, it is time to promote him.

It is reasonable to reward this minister who has dedicated 16 years to the country with a baron title.

Long before Willie, Australia's first and second Prime Ministers Evan; the first and second Ministers of Civil Affairs and the third Prime Minister Walter; the first and second Ministers of Defense, the first Secretary of State and the current Prime Minister Kent were all awarded baron titles to reward their hard work and contributions to the country.

Those colonial governors and the first two cabinet officials of Australasia were basically awarded baron and knight titles.

Although these people are not considered to be loyal ministers who followed Arthur to Australasia from Britain, they respect Arthur's rule very much and have no distractions. Their rewards are also deserved.

This has also created a rather peculiar phenomenon. Cabinet members who have been re-elected for more than two terms will at least receive the title of knight to reward their contributions.

Because of this, the determination of cabinet members to be re-elected has been further stimulated. Re-election not only means continuing to stay in the cabinet, the center of power in the country, but also means being able to take their position a step further.

This is very attractive to a series of cabinet members who have only served one term, such as Philip, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Robert, the Minister of Security.

Even if it is just the title of knight, it represents the aristocracy of Australasia. No matter when, the nobles and the common people are different after all.

Even if it is just an honorary title, it determines that the gap in status and position has been opened with ordinary people.

As time goes on, the election atmosphere in Australasia has gradually become stronger.

Although the election is only held in the House of Representatives, the whole of Australasia is closely watching the election.

In fact, this is normal. After all, the new cabinet government also determines the most powerful people in the Australasia government in addition to Arthur in the next four years.

Because eight years have passed since the last election, and in these eight years, all major political parties and non-partisans have experienced too many changes, and no one dares to be sure of the final election results.

In this way, the uncertainty of the election has also added some topics and heat to this election. After all, if the candidates have been predetermined, who would pay attention to it for no reason?

Before this election, Arthur had communicated with some cabinet officials.

First of all, one of Arthur's confidants, the current Prime Minister Kent. Prime Minister Kent is the eldest son of Kent's housekeeper and an absolute confidant who followed Arthur to Australasia.

From the beginning, Prime Minister Kent was Australia's Minister of Defense. Since the establishment of the Secretary of State, that is, the Deputy Prime Minister, Kent was promoted to the position of Secretary of State. Arthur's purpose of cultivating confidants has become obvious.

Finally, in the cabinet election of 1911, Prime Minister Kent defeated a number of powerful opponents and became the new Prime Minister of the Australasian Cabinet, starting an eight-year term.

Overall, Arthur was very satisfied with Prime Minister Kent. Prime Minister Kent executed Arthur's orders very thoroughly, without any hesitation, and would never ask too much.

This allowed Arthur to safely hand over most of the central affairs to Prime Minister Kent, and he only needed to make macro-controls and make decisions on some relatively important interests.

Obviously, Prime Minister Kent was still very capable. Australasia has developed very well in the past eight years. It has now become the fifth largest power after Britain, France, the United States and Russia. Except for population, it has surpassed Italy in other aspects.

Even after Russia experienced this civil war, it is unknown to what extent its strength can be restored, and whether it can maintain its position as the fourth largest power is also a question.

Judging from the current situation, Soviet Russia has an advantage. But the problem is that Britain and Australasia are absolutely unwilling to see Soviet Russia win the war, which also means that the Russian civil war is actually the consumption of manpower by Tsarist Russia and Soviet Russia with the support of Britain.

It is almost impossible to determine the winner of such a civil war in a short period of time. With the assistance of Britain and Australasia, Tsarist Russia will be able to hold out for a few more years.

Even if Soviet Russia is completely suppressed, Britain is likely to launch an intervention war as it did in history to eliminate this country that has caused great damage to the British colonial system.

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