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Chapter 1174: The Impact of the Thirteen-Nation Group Declaration

On July 1883, 7, less than a week after the Austro-Hungarian Empire carried out a brutal massacre in Mexico, the Latin American Alliance, including the Netherlands and the five Central American countries, once again held a meeting of foreign ministers in Kiel, the capital of Ecuador on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean.

The foreign ministers of various countries then held a closed-door meeting and later issued a joint declaration, which directly accused the German Empire of being the driving force behind the Austro-Hungarian Empire's war on Mexico and an accomplice in the tragedy. It demanded that Berlin should not add fuel to the fire and that Berlin should restrain Vienna's inhumane actions.

The 13-nation Latin American military group also demanded that the United States of America should not stand idly by, but should stand up to jointly maintain peace and stability in the Americas. Even at the end of the declaration, it demanded that Britain, the ruler of the colony of Canada, stop sowing discord and undermining the security and stability of Latin America, and stop undermining regional stability for the sake of its own country's strategic interests.

Dutch Foreign Minister Mari Philippe spoke at the 13-nation military alliance summit held in Kiel on Wednesday, pointing out that it is necessary for member states of the 13-nation alliance to increase military industrial production. With the support of the Netherlands, each country needs to expand the links of the military supply industry chain, and to this end, it is necessary to put more military funds and troops into jointly maintaining the overall security of the group's member states.

Marie Philippe also pointed out that this was the only way for the Allies to catch up with the pace of weapons and ammunition manufactured by the Austro-Hungarian and German Empires that invaded Mexico.

Philippe solemnly stated in front of the foreign ministers attending the meeting in Kiel: "We will not allow the G13 to fall behind. We can and will defend the territorial integrity and security of the G13 member states."

According to the joint declaration issued on Tuesday at the foreign minister level by the 13-nation military group, the German Empire, through the so-called alliance with Austria-Hungary, established a partnership of military mutual assistance between Germany and Austria, as well as large-scale support for the Austro-Hungarian Empire's defense industrial base, becoming a key driving force for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to launch a war against Mexico.

The joint declaration also pointed out that the German Empire posed a systematic threat to the security of the G13 by signaling its overt and covert support for the Austro-Hungarian Empire's invasion of Mexico, and required all countries to be prepared to respond to Germany's unfriendly actions.

The tough words mark a major shift in the attitude of the G30, which has previously adopted a more moderate stance towards other countries, including during the period after the war for influence between the Netherlands and Britain in Chile.

Now the military group of thirteen countries has begun to become tough, which shows the change in attitude of the Netherlands, which sits at the head of the organization.

Obviously, the Netherlands is no longer willing to hide behind and wants to stand on the stage.

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Martinus, Secretary General of the Thirteen-Nation Military Group, said in Kiel that this was the first time that the Thirteen-Nation Group jointly identified Germany as the key driver of the Austro-Hungarian-Mexican War, and that it could send an important message to the invading Austro-Hungarian Empire. With Martinus' participation, the Dutch Foreign Minister and Kiel met with James Gillespie Bryan, Secretary of State of the United States of America, who participated as a partner country of the organization. According to a joint statement issued by the Netherlands and the United States, the two countries will cooperate for the stability of Latin America. One of the two is that the Netherlands and the United States will each send a joint patrol composed of a number of small warships to jointly maintain order in the Pacific. These light warships and weapons will maintain the security of the east coast of Mexico and prevent pirate attacks.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this decision was made to ensure that Mexico continues to control the eastern Atlantic coast of Mexico.

At the same time, under the witness of Martinas, the Dutch Foreign Minister also held a meeting with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, which is also a partner country of the group. The two sides made more cooperation on Latin American security. At the same time, like Secretary of State James of the United States, they also clearly condemned the massacre of civilians.

Naturally, Foreign Minister Philip would not just meet with two countries. Also with the participation of Martinas, the Secretary-General of the G13, the foreign ministers of six South American countries, including Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Colombia, also announced after a closed-door meeting with Philip that they would provide more weapons support to Mexico, not just ammunition and guns, but also support domestic volunteers to support Mexico in fighting the invaders.

Some time ago, Mexico publicly sought support from its allies to provide volunteer troops to improve Mexico's anti-war capabilities. This time, its wish was fulfilled.

At the same time, Dutch Foreign Minister Philip also announced that Dutch Prime Minister Jules Danedan will visit Latin America to discuss plans with leaders of various countries to support Mexico's sovereignty.

However, the actions of these seven countries have made people dissatisfied and even angry.

The most famous newspaper of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Kronen Zeitung, quoted Archduke Ferdinand as saying that the Austro-Hungarian Empire would formulate military plans in response to the latest move of the member states of the G13 except Mexico in supporting Mexico, and accused the G13 of actions aimed at undermining the global interests of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and trying to undermine the national security of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Regarding the Thirteen-Nation Group's practice of using the slogan of unity to deal with the Austro-Hungarian Empire after the Thirteen-Nation Group urgently joined the Mexican War, "Austria-Hungary unanimously opposed Austria-Hungary's joining the Thirteen-Nation Group. We believe that Mexico is not suitable for the Thirteen-Nation Group, but the organization finally accepted him."

Archduke Ferdinand even told the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung that "Austria-Hungary has always been opposed to Mexico's joining the Thirteen-Nation Group. Our Emperor Franz Joseph I warned last year that Mexico's joining the Thirteen-Nation Group threatens Mexico's security and interests in Latin America."

The Austro-Hungarian Empire did not directly accuse the G13, but instead generalized it and directly expressed its opposition to Mexico's joining the G13, in order to show that Austria-Hungary did not want to oppose the organization, but limited its opponent to a single country, Mexico.

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However, Philippe, who left Ecuador and visited Chile and Colombia, said that Mexico's process of joining the G13 has passed and it is already a member, which is an irreversible fact. The statement of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was shocking. The G13 is not a country that can join casually. Mexico joined with the consent of all our member states. We oppose Austria-Hungary's meddling in the G13.

(End of this chapter)