Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne - Vol 3 Chapter 454

Just as the Eight Powers formed the Deep Blue Pacific Partnership, to everyone’s surprise, Sir John Laird Meyer Lawrence, the British Governor of India, made a public visit to South Vietnam, a colony of the French Empire, on December 15, 1868.

There he was warmly welcomed by the French governor.

In his public speech in South Vietnam, Sir John Laird Meyer Lawrence stated that he did not oppose the French position on behalf of his personal position, but the British Empire had to oppose the French invasion of the Siamese kingdom from a moral standpoint.

In response to this, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Far East of the Netherlands in Sydney, Flos Jaran von Hall, responded that the diplomatic contacts of the Dutch government have received positive responses from the countries around the Pacific Ocean.

On December 16, 1868, after attending the wedding of the Crown Prince of Denmark and the Princess of Sweden, William IV met the Tsarist Emperor Alexander II, who also visited Denmark for the wedding, in Genhagen, along with the Swedish King Carl X. V and King Christian IX of Denmark.

William IV said: “The Netherlands undoubtedly competes with anyone, let alone participates in geopolitical competition, and the Netherlands does not want to build a so-called sphere of influence.”

In this regard, Alexander II expressed his understanding of the difficulties of the Netherlands. He agreed that the Netherlands must have a certain degree of initiative in the political situation, so as to ensure that the Netherlands can obtain sufficient security leadership.

“We are not against what the Netherlands is doing. The Russian Empire has been in contact with the Netherlands for many years, so what the Netherlands is doing is understood by the Russians.” Alexander II voted for Li Dao.

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“Thank you very much for Your Majesty’s understanding.” William IV looked at Alexander II and said word by word; “The Norwegian Sea is too narrow, and the Baltic Sea seems to be heavily guarded by various countries. Action, I think the Far East will be a breakthrough for the Dutch and Tsarist empires to do,” William IV said in return.

The two looked at each other after speaking, and then laughed.

Next to the Swedish king Carl XV showed joy, and the Danish king Christian IX was also extremely satisfied.

If the Russian Empire focuses its energy on the Far East, then the threat to Sweden, whether in the Norwegian Sea or the Baltic Sea, will plummet, and Sweden will benefit the most.

Denmark is also in danger of fighting against Russia to a certain extent because of its military joint defense policy with Sweden and the Netherlands.

At this time, the agreement reached by the Netherlands has reduced the crisis of war to a certain extent, and Sweden can develop the economy with more labor force and develop the economy of the sea colonies. The same is true for Denmark.

The Netherlands has thus obtained more strategic crises into opportunities. The agreement reached by the four countries will cause a semi-encirclement of the Kingdom of Prussia, which is a neighbor of the four countries.

This has secured more political leverage for Denmark and the Netherlands.

What the world doesn’t know is that because of the meeting of the four, the Netherlands has gained more living space. The world’s future political watershed, thus emerged.

In addition to having a good meal and attending the wedding, William IV also signed several agreements with Denmark and Sweden, covering the military training of the three countries, marine fishery cooperation, economic cooperation management and so on.

The Netherlands and the Russian Empire signed an agreement that the Netherlands would help the Russian Empire build two steam battleships at the Dutch East India Company warship factory base on the island of Bliss on the island of New Guinea in the Far East. The delivery time was 1872 and 1875.

In addition, the Russian Empire also purchased several sailing battleships from the Netherlands as a package. It can be said that it almost ordered a small-scale fleet from the Netherlands, and the total amount exceeded 300,000 pounds after discounts.

It can be said that all four countries are very happy.

Tsarist Russia gained a stronger navy.

Sweden and Denmark were relieved to see the powerful fleet that Russia was about to get deployed to the Far East.

While the Netherlands has won a huge order, it has also won an important ally in the Far East, which can effectively check and balance Britain and France. It was also possible to intimidate Prussia in mainland Europe.

It can be said to accomplish many things with one fell swoop.

On December 19, 1868, the Dutch Minister of Justice Ross attended the meeting of the member states of the International Hague Tribunal Organization. At the meeting, he failed to sign with all the member states a statement condemning the British Governor General of India for supporting the French invasion of the Kingdom of Siam.

Unlike France, countries have diverged in their stance towards Britain.

The Netherlands, Sweden, the Commonwealth of America, the Kingdom of Siam, Spain, and Argentina strongly support the condemnation of the United Kingdom, while Denmark, Greece, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru are moderate.

The dissenting views are Peru, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Brazil.

At this time, the influence of the United Kingdom suddenly appeared, and everyone immediately understood that the United Kingdom was indeed bigger than France.

In response to this matter, the British Empire promised to support countries in better understanding the British Empire’s position, and said that the relevant agreement failed to sign the position, which showed how opaque and opaque the anti-British suggestion made by the Netherlands in the consultation of the member states of the International Court of Justice in The Hague was. unwelcome.

However, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Netherlands is in the same position with other countries and has a strong consensus on advancing the decision-making between countries and the Netherlands on justice and values ​​and where to focus strategically.

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Kingdom of Prussia, Berlin, Berlin Palace.

“After more than 10 years of concentrated operation, the strategic map of the Pacific region of ~www.mtlnovel.com~ has undergone profound changes, and the influence of the Netherlands may be far ahead.”

Prime Minister Bismarck said to William I: “Your Majesty, this is undoubtedly a deeper relationship, and it goes far beyond trade and involves a more all-encompassing relationship”

“The Netherlands has established ongoing economic and diplomatic relations on a bilateral basis with many countries with influence in the Pacific. However, this draft document recently released by the Netherlands goes beyond normal relations, but is an important configuration that appears to require this Plans for the political, security and economic framework of the region”

Steven, director of the Institute for Strategic Studies at the University of Berlin, the most influential think tank in the Kingdom of Prussia, said: “In addition to creating more economic cooperation, it is even more worrying that this agreement has the potential to undermine the development of the Pacific region. balance, affecting the interests of countries there”

Bismarck Zan Pass: “The Netherlands has clearly expressed its intentions, as have the intentions of Britain and France, and so has Spain. These countries clearly want to bring new power and strength to the Pacific.”

He said with a displeased expression: “Among the great powers, we don’t have many colonies in Prussia, especially in the Pacific region.”

In this regard, several people were silent.

Steven said with a face full of pity: “If it wasn’t for the Dutch, we would just let Seward of the Commonwealth of Millikin continue to consolidate his strength and take the Hawaiian Islands and the original Alaska Peninsula according to his original plan. It is not impossible for the two countries, as powerful countries on both sides of the Atlantic, to change the situation of British industrial dominance, and it is not impossible to challenge each other in terms of maritime power in the near future. , unfortunately, now it is the Netherlands.”