The Two-Faced British

Arthur, as the host and the ruler of one of the Great Powers, naturally received flattery from numerous countries.

However, Arthur would not get carried away by a little bit of flattery at this moment. For Arthur, verbal praise was the least important thing, even easier to come by than a one-dollar Australasian banknote.

In truth, very few representatives were qualified to be received by Arthur for an intimate exchange; they were merely those few countries with relatively good relations, or the powerful Great Powers.

It is worth noting that Japan among the Great Powers was perhaps the only country that Arthur did not personally receive.

Within the Australasian Government, Arthur's disgust for this country was no secret. Government officials very tactfully intercepted the Japanese representatives, and it was a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australasia who was responsible for conversing with them.

In fact, coming to think of it, such an arrangement was actually quite proper. Japan was Australasia's only power competitor in the Pacific, and coupled with the racial difference, a slight discrimination against European countries was understandable.

To put it another way, which European country did not discriminate against these natives? Even though Japan's strength had already reached the level of a Great Power, in the eyes of many European countries, they were nothing more than newly civilized monkeys.

Especially the height of the Japanese; to tall Europeans, they were no different from those short monkeys.

In particular, the peculiar spoken language of the Japanese caused their gesticulating and grimacing expressions when speaking English to seem even more comical and contemptible.

At around eleven o'clock at noon, William returned to Saint Arthur's Fort with the motorcade and Princess Alexandrine, and the most important ceremony of this wedding was about to begin.

The wedding was naturally held