Chapter 758: A Single Stone Raises a Thousand Ripples

Restoring relations with the British was certainly something Arthur was eager to see. Not to mention anything else, the British immigration of several hundred thousand immigrants each year was still very attractive to Arthur.

Without these hundreds of thousands of immigrants, the annual reduction in immigration for Australasia would nearly reach a million.

But even so, it was virtually impossible for Australasia to return to the previous intimate diplomatic front with the British.

Australasia sought to vie for Pacific hegemony, while the British wanted to support another competitor in the Pacific, signaling that the interests of the two countries had diverged.

Under such circumstances, the best outcome for the two countries was to become strangers, while the worst would be to become adversaries.

The conversations with the British ended in feigned indifference, but some cooperation was still achieved.