Chapter 407: Chapter 340: British-Australian Agreement_3

This kind of assistance was different from the patronage that came before. The scale of assistance laid out in the treaty was sufficient for Australasia to advance even further.

It also meant that Australasia had to provide satisfactory returns in military cooperation for the British.

As the saying goes, "true hearts reciprocate true hearts." In order for both parties to jointly fulfill their obligations under the treaty, besides the mutual conditions, it is also crucial for both parties to have the motivation to uphold the agreement.

Since March 12th, the talks between the British Empire and Australasia had turned into Minister Grey proposing terms while Prime Minister Kent and the Cabinet haggled over them.

The first condition proposed by Minister Grey was that in the event of a European War, Australasia would dispatch at least three main battleships to assist Britain in maintaining the situation in the Indian Ocean Region.