Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Some good people even suggested that the British and French navies temporarily abandon their prejudices and jointly suppress the Netherlands before fighting, or they can choose to cooperate in the Pacific. The two navies organize joint maritime patrols in the South-Hai and Western Pacific.

At the same time, many people have suggested that they can cruise in the Indian Ocean with Prussia and France. After all, Prussia currently occupies Somalia in the northwest of the Indian Ocean, while the French Empire occupies the islands of Mauritius and Reunion in the east of Madagascar.

If the three countries cooperate in the Indian Ocean, it could threaten the Dutch’s connections between Kenya, Tanzania, northern Mozambique and Madagascar. At the same time, it could also threaten the security of routes from the Dutch African territories across the Indian Ocean to the Far East Australian mainland and Sumatra.

This will allow the Netherlands to invest more energy in the Far East and Africa, interrupt the Netherlands' strong position in these places, and prevent Britain's super strong position in the Indian Ocean from being gradually squeezed north by the Netherlands. At the same time, it can be reduced in the interests of the three countries. The strength of the Netherlands in its European homeland.

It must be said that these people's opinions are unique, and even aroused the recognition of many elites from the Three Kingdoms.

Of course, these people's claims caused a huge outcry when they reached the Netherlands.

On September 15, 1868, the Dutch government stated that the activities of Britain and France around the Dutch territory in the Far East had become more frequent. The Dutch troops stationed there had increased their vigilance and were continuing to analyze the purpose of the voyage. The Netherlands remained vigilant and monitored.

The Dutch media commented that this was "British, French and Prussian troops divided into three groups to outflank the Dutch Far East", and also pointed out that such voyages will become the norm in the future.

The Dutch media also believed the report that the Dutch East India Squadron dispatched two first-class sailing battleships "Sumatra" and "Java" and third-class sailing battleships such as "Yogkarta" and "Surabaya" to provoke the French fleet. Conduct surveillance and intelligence gathering.

In the direction of the Australian mainland, the Dutch Far East Fleet is headquartered in Adelaide, southern Australia. It dispatched three first-class sailing battleships "Western Australia", "North Australia" and "South Australia" as well as the "Perth" Three second-level sailing battleships, "Darwin" and "Adelaide" followed and supervised.

It is worth mentioning that the British and Dutch fleets had many brief confrontations outside port cities such as Perth Port in Western Australia and Adelaide and Sydney in South Australia. In the end, the British fleet chose to leave.

Although it is known that the Netherlands' stance has risen to the level of a king, no one from Britain, France, and Prussia has spoken out. This time things are very strange.

This makes the outside world still imagine this operation as before.

The commentary pointed out that the French Empire's Far East Fleet stated that "the fleet's maneuvers around the Dutch East Indies after passing through Malacca were just routine exercises against imaginary enemies and islands."

In fact, it is pointed out that this is just a response to the Kingdom of the Netherlands' recent unfriendly attitude towards France, especially the dissatisfaction with the Dutch-led sanctions against France some time ago.

It believes that this is a warning from France to the Netherlands.

Commentators also believe that the British approach is more of a retaliation. After all, it was the Netherlands that first circumvented the British Far East. This just gave the British an excuse to fight back.

The comment also mentioned that don’t forget that as early as 8 years ago, this was a British overseas territory. The British Australian fleet was second only to the Indian fleet in the Indian Ocean. This time the British bypassed Australia, in addition to fighting back against the Netherlands, there were more It is a time to remind the Netherlands that Australia was given to the Netherlands by Britain, and let the Netherlands not forget this.

As for Prussia, as the Prussian naval fleet becomes larger and larger, the quality, scale and technology of the navy are improved and confident, Prussia's naval force and formations continue to expand, so overseas deployments will become more and more frequent. After all, the world is currently The colonies in various places have been almost occupied by the old colonial powers such as Britain, France, Holland, Portugal and Spain. At this time, Prussia is more of a display of strength. The purpose is to warn other countries not to touch Prussia's territory. It also represents Prussia's ambitions for overseas territories.

Therefore, the commentary believes that there may be private promotion in these three countries, but the government's interests may not come together.

The folk here naturally refer to the Rothschild family, which has financial monopoly in various countries.

From September 18th to 21st, 1868, the prime ministers of Spain, the Commonwealth of America, the Ottoman Empire, and the Russian Empire visited Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in the past four days at the invitation of Dutch Prime Minister Tolbek. Many from the United Kingdom, France, and Prussia The congressman regarded this as another game for the Netherlands to start to exert diplomatic influence in Europe. However, many elites from the three countries pointed out that the Netherlands has had close relations with these countries in recent years and high-level interactions have been more frequent than those of the United Kingdom, France, and Prussia. The Netherlands may not necessarily Even if you want to show strength, you can't say whether you win or lose.

Prime Minister Tolbeck of the Netherlands met with Spanish Prime Minister Ramon Narvaez in Amsterdam on the 18th, and met with US President Andrew Johnson on the 19th.

On the 20th, he met with Prince Abdulaziz, Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire (brother of Sultan Abdulaziz I)

On the 21st, Tolbek met with Prime Minister Gorchakov of the Russian Empire.

According to a statement issued by the Dutch Prime Minister's Office, the talks between Prime Minister Tolbeck and Spanish Prime Minister Ramon Narvaez mainly focused on deepening bilateral European mainland ties. At the same time, the two countries agreed to expand economic cooperation between the Dutch East Indies and the Spanish Philippine Islands. The Netherlands is willing to support Spain's economic development there and carry out bilateral cooperation.

When meeting with President Andrew Johnson of the Federal Republic of America, Tolbeck not only expressed his gratitude to the Federal Republic of America for its unswerving support of the Netherlands’ diplomatic position over the years, but also thanked the capital of the Federal Republic of America for supporting the Netherlands’ construction in the Far East. Tolbeck and Both Andrew Johnson expressed the desire to build political mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation between the Netherlands and the United States. They also emphasized that the Netherlands supports the Commonwealth of America in safeguarding sovereignty, financial independence, and territorial integrity. The Netherlands supports the Commonwealth of America in exploring an economic development path that suits its national conditions.

Andrew Johnson emphasized that the Netherlands is the main ally of the Commonwealth of America and that the United States will definitely support the Dutch position. At the same time, the two countries also stated that they will have more exchanges between the two countries in economy and technology. , there will also be more cooperation, which makes people think about it. After all, the Rothschild family seems to be working hard to enter the Commonwealth of America.

The Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire, Prince Abdul Wasi, who was also invited to visit the Netherlands, met with Tolbek on September 20.

Both expressed the need to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. Prime Minister Tolbeck said that the Netherlands was very grateful to Constantinople for its support in the transaction of the new territory of the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands, and also helped Constantinople. Thanks to the help and support provided by the Dutch rulers there, the Netherlands was willing to support the diversification of Ottoman diplomacy.

The Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire, Prince Abdul Wasi, expressed his gratitude to the Netherlands for its economic support to the Ottoman Empire and his willingness to add new cooperation projects based on the past friendly relations between the two parties.

Tolbeck acknowledged this, and he also emphasized that the Netherlands would support the Ottoman Empire in establishing an economic development industrial chain and become an intermediary for the introduction of the European economic model.

Among them, he said that based on the exploration of the oil industry discovered in the new territories of the Netherlands and Prussia in the Middle East, he would continue to help other parts of the Ottoman Empire with exploration and joint development.

When Tolbik met with Gorchakov, Prime Minister of the Russian Empire, he made it clear that he was grateful for the diplomatic support of the Russian Empire in the past and that the cooperation between the two countries will become closer.

Gorchakov agreed with this view. He said that the Russian Empire has always had the closest European relationship to the Netherlands, so the Russian Empire will continue to support the Netherlands.

The two countries also expressed that they will conduct more cooperation in the Far East. Among them, the ice-free port East Kalimantan Province, which the Netherlands traded to the Russian Empire, will be constructed with capital support from the Netherlands.

The two countries will conduct more cooperation in terms of security. The two countries have even agreed to conduct Dutch-Russian naval exercises in the Sulawesi Sea in the next few months. At the same time, the two countries have confirmed the exchange of visits between the two navies. , the Netherlands will send warships to visit the port of Vladivostok in the Far East of the Tsarist Russian Empire next year, and the Tsarist Russian Empire will send a fleet to visit Port Adelaide, the headquarters of the Far East Fleet on the Australian mainland of the Netherlands.

The two countries have made it clear that they oppose the interests of both sides being harmed by other countries, and will carry out necessary safeguards when the interests of the other side are harmed. As for how to safeguard, it was not included in the statement.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands announced on September 23, 1868 that King William IV of the Netherlands had met with Spanish Prime Minister Ramon Narvaez, President of the Federal Republic of America Andrew Johnson, and Ottoman Prime Minister Abbas Albuquerque respectively on the 22nd. Prince Düle Vasi and Prime Minister Gorchakov of the Russian Empire were all warmly welcomed by His Majesty William IV.

Spanish Prime Minister Ramon Narvaez conveyed the greetings of Queen Isabel II of Spain, Prince Abdulaziz conveyed the greetings of Sultan Abdulaziz I, and Prime Minister Gorchakov The greetings of Alexander II were also conveyed.

Dutch Foreign Minister Hesbert von even pointed out at a press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that this visit reflects the "close and friendly relations" between the Netherlands and many major countries in the world and the great importance that all parties attach to promoting the Netherlands' cooperation with them.

Many people in Britain, France and Prussia are very dissatisfied with the slow actions of their governments. Some time ago, the French Empire even invited some countries, but some countries were unwilling to attend and postponed the visit. This reminded the outside world of the current French diplomacy. Dilemma.

Some people in the UK believe that the British Empire should invite more high-level officials from various countries to visit London because they believe that the Netherlands is seizing moral resources in diplomacy. They also believe that if the UK does not do this, it will miss a major opportunity to defend its own interests.

The leader of the British opposition Whig Party and former Prime Minister Creston issued a statement saying: "While Prime Minister Disraeli is still struggling with his schedule, the Dutch government has always been focused on damaging Britain's influence around the world, especially It is in the Far East, the Indian Ocean, a region where Britain originally had dominant interests.”

Conservative Senator Todd of the British Whig Party also complained to a British newspaper: "For one more day of delay in British diplomacy, the Netherlands will be able to protect themselves from the challenges of Britain and European powers in this vital area, and their development in the Far East." It’s just one more day’s journey for us.”