Plan

Arthur was certain to take control of the Dutch East Indies, but he had no intention of accepting all the tens of millions of natives throughout the Dutch East Indies wholesale.

That also meant one of the three large islands—Sumatra, Borneo, and Java—would certainly have to be abandoned to accommodate more than thirty million natives.

Arthur had considered driving all these natives to Africa or some other region, but the problem was, what region could accept tens of millions of natives?

Aside from Australasia's own territory, he feared no country would be willing to let Australasia move so many people into it. That would also pose a threat to their rule.

Rather than move these natives to the Persian Gulf, where they might seek independence in the future and threaten Australasia's oil fields, it would be better to transfer them all to one island and control that native country indirectly by supporting native forces.

Even if that native country broke free of control in the future, it would not cause too much trouble for Australasia's other territories. That was the outcome Arthur wanted to achieve.

Besides, as long as they understood the Balance of Power policy and made use of the British tradition, it would not be so easy for the native country to break free of Australasia's control.

Australasia was not the Netherlands. These three islands were all fairly close to Australasia's homeland and were regions that could easily be controlled.

As long as Arthur was willing, these natives of the Dutch East Indies would be fundamentally unable to escape Australasia's control, just like the people of the Philippines.

"Establish a new native country?" Muhammad was somewhat surprised and hurriedly asked, "Does Australasia want to destroy all the sultanates?"

"Not exactly, Muhammad. Compared with more than a dozen scattered