All waters from Southeast Asia to Antarctica would be controlled by Australasia, leaving the Island people with only the more distant Pacific Ocean to communicate with the outside world.
As a result, both the travel time required for shipping routes would substantially increase, and the cost of imported goods would also rise considerably.
Australasia could easily achieve Arthur's plan to curb the enemy's development.
Although the Dutch understood that their power in the Dutch East Indies had faded, it did not prevent them from bargaining fiercely during the negotiations, attempting to retain the islands of Sulawesi and Java Sea.
However, the ambitions of Australasia could not be stopped by a small country like the Netherlands; the Dutch Army couldn't stop Australasia on the battlefield and had even less hope during the talks.
