After acquiring 200 tons of gold reserves from Nicholas II, Arthur was still in high spirits.
Although these gold reserves technically still belonged to the Russian government, and would only become Australasia's if Russia failed to repay the loan within ten years, this did little to dampen Arthur's spirits.
After all, the loan was already being transported by an Australasian ship and was to be stored in Australasia.
Could Russia really repay the 30 million Australian dollars within ten years? This question was worth pondering and bore many possibilities.
But when taken in context with Russia's reality, there was really just one answer: it was essentially impossible.
Unless the Russian Civil War could be immediately brought to an end, and the Russians stopped wreaking havoc, entering a ten-year period of recuperation, then perhaps repaying the loan of 30 million Australian dollars within a decade could be possible.
