On December 18, 1900, the day after Arthur and the others arrived in the German Empire.
After yesterday's lavish banquet, William II arranged for Arthur and the others to stay at Berlin City Palace, preparing fine guest rooms and servants for them.
Because of this, after resting for an entire night and morning, Arthur had finally recovered his spirits and begun planning the negotiations with Germany.
Unlike the negotiations with the United Kingdom, the support plan between Australia and Germany had already been roughly settled by Arthur and William II.
All that remained was for the Diplomatic Delegation and German officials to settle the details of the support, as well as the manner of cooperation between Australia and Germany. Once that was done, the negotiations could come to a satisfactory close.
Lunch was delivered by the guards. It had been carefully prepared by chefs from the German Royal Family and included snacks and staple foods in various German and British styles.
After a simple lunch, Arthur went to look for William II, attempting to bring the date of the negotiations forward.
Fortunately, Berlin City Palace was not only the royal palace of the German Royal Family but also William II's central place of work.
In William II's office, Arthur successfully met with him, as well as Bernhard von Bülow, the trusted Chancellor of the German Empire.
Bernhard was a famous German politician and the incumbent Chancellor of the German Empire and Prime Minister of Prussia.
If one were to name Bernhard's most famous achievement, it would be the famous saying of his that revealed Germany's new policy of foreign expansion: "The era when we let other nations divide the continents and oceans while we Germans contented ourselves with the blue sky has passed. We, too, demand our place in the