The Rise of Australasia

Chapter 812 -608: The New Year_1

After the treaty was signed, the Philippines and the Central America region finally welcomed peace.

For Australasia, the current priority task was how to deal with the Philippines and El Salvador.

Neither country could be directly integrated into Australasia. The majority of the population in the Philippines were Filipinos, and in El Salvador, there was a large mixed population of Native Americans and Europeans, but there were also a significant number of Native Americans and Caucasians.

Compared to directly annexing these two countries, controlling them in administrative and economic terms was currently the better choice.

The development of the Philippines was still under the control of Australasia. Previously, the Philippines had already declared the establishment of a Parliamentary Republic, and the current Philippine Republican Government was already functioning smoothly.

The previously largest three independent forces in the Philippines, the Independence Revolutionary Army, the Free Army, and the Independent Corps, had also evolved into three political parties, namely the Independent Revolutionary Party controlled by Manuel, the Liberal Party controlled by Wade, and the Independent Party controlled by Sandro.

The so-called Parliamentary Republic essentially meant that the Parliament held the power of the nation, entrusting or organizing a national government to manage the entire country.

This also meant that the power of the Parliament was greater than that of the government; whoever obtained the majority in Parliament was actually the de facto controller of the country.

The current dominant political party in the Philippine Parliament was still the Independent Revolutionary Party controlled by Manuel.

Australasia’s influence on the current Philippine Government was unquestionable, which also led to the Philippine Parliament extensively imitating the system of the Australasia Parliament.

The Independent Revolutionary Party controlled by Manuel held close to 53% of the seats in the Philippine Parliament, while the remaining Liberal Party and Independent Party combined controlled just over 47%.

This was destined to make the current situation in the Philippines not one of tripartite competition, but a confrontation between Manuel and the other two political parties.

This was actually what Australasia was willing to see. If the Philippines were unified and stable, it would be very difficult to maintain complete control.

If there were contradictions within the Filipino Government and competition among the various political parties, the difficulty of controlling the Philippines would be greatly reduced.

Compared to the Philippines, El Salvador was obviously much easier to control. As the smallest in land area among the Central American countries, El Salvador’s population was not small, having even surpassed 2 million in total population scale.

However, the bad news was that, due to interference by the Americans, El Salvador’s economy, which had a slight upturn at the beginning of the 20th century, had been affected.

The current state of El Salvador was one of the more disordered in the Central American nations, with various gangs being popular, severely hindering El Salvador’s economic development and also affecting the quality of life for its people.

To better control these two countries, a very effective treaty and alliance were necessary.

Arthur had handed this task over to the government, and the government quickly provided an answer, which was a comprehensive alliance treaty covering administrative, economic, military, and diplomatic aspects.

On October 25, 1924, in Sydney, Australasia, under Arthur’s witness, Australasia, the Philippines, and El Salvador signed the Pacific Strategic Alliance Treaty, establishing the Pacific Strategic Alliance, advancing together in diplomatic aspects, and cooperating fully in military matters.

This actually also signified Australasia’s complete control over the economies and militaries of these two countries and deeply influencing the diplomacy of the Philippines and El Salvador.

The first thing to be done after this treaty was signed was for Australasia to organize personnel to help the Philippines and El Salvador train their National Defense Armies.

The militaries of the three major forces in the Philippines were integrated into the Philippines Defense Army, totaling 258,000 personnel.

As for El Salvador, an army of over 20,000 people would be organized, trained comprehensively by the Australasia Army, to help El Salvador better maintain domestic stability and control its internal situation, and so on.

Meanwhile, in economic terms, the three countries would engage in comprehensive cooperation, deepening economic ties with one another.

This was good news for Australasia because Australasia’s industrial products could be sold to the Philippines and El Salvador, essentially gaining a market of over 12 million people combined.

The present Philippines and El Salvador would not be at a loss either, as most of Australasia’s industrial products were relatively cheap and inherited the advantages of pre-World War I German industry, which were good quality and low price.

The treaty that best highlighted Australasia’s control over these two countries was actually in terms of military and diplomatic cooperation.

According to the provisions of the Pacific Alliance Treaty, Australasia provided support in supplies to the Philippines and El Salvador, ensuring their independence at any time.

At the same time, the Philippines and El Salvador would align with Australasia’s diplomatic choices on the international stage, and under the premise of not violating Australasia’s interests, possess a fairly autonomous administrative power.

And in military terms, an attack on any country within the Alliance by a non-Allied country would be viewed as a provocation and attack on the entire Alliance.

If the Alliance were to declare war on a country, or if it was attacked by any nation, Australasia, as the military superpower of the Alliance, had the right to control the command of the Philippine and Salvadoran militaries, and based on the actual military situation, arrange appropriate counteroffensive and offensive policies, and so on.

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