"Not at present." Defense Minister Thomas replied to Arthur with a bitter smile, looking rather helpless.
No matter how good Australasia's intelligence operations were, it was ultimately impossible to obtain all the news from Europe in its entirety.
Moreover, the agreement between Germany and Italy was destined to be something both countries would keep highly confidential. To learn its contents, they would at least have to wait until the intelligence agents had fully infiltrated Germany and Italy to gather information.
All in all, it would take at least another month. This also meant that the intelligence blackout during that month would coincide with the most chaotic and bewildering period in Europe's situation.
"The Chaco War should be brought to an end by now, shouldn't it?" Arthur suddenly said.
The Chaco War was, in truth, a battle of attrition between the United Kingdom and France. To win the war, both sides kept constantly looking for trouble for the other.
Although the mutual attrition between the United Kingdom and France was also beneficial to Australasia, that was only on the condition that nothing unexpected happened.
The agreement between Germany and Italy was clearly that unexpected event. This also made Arthur resolve to have the United Kingdom and France preserve their strength so they could deal with the potentially emerging German-Italian Alliance.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Foreign Secretary Wellington hurriedly stood up and respectfully asked for instructions.
"Invite the United Kingdom and France to hold peace talks regarding the Chaco War. Europe's situation no longer allows a war to continue between them," Arthur said calmly.
For the Great Powers, a war like this could truly be started and ended with a casual word.
The hundreds of thousands of people Bolivia and Paraguay had committed to the war, along with the more