Besides, Arthur had also instructed to vigorously attract German technical talents, skilled workers and research and military industrial enterprises, including some important industrial enterprises.
After the war, Germany was bound to go through a long period of chaos. In history, there had been the famous 500,000 Mark Bread Incident, which proved that the situation of the Germans after the war was not good.
Under such circumstances, if a part of outstanding German talents could be attracted to immigrate to Australasia, it would be much more useful than fighting for some reparations.
If Arthur remembered correctly, it seemed that Germany's debt from World War I was not fully repaid until the 21st century.