Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 809 European intervention
British Empire, House of Commons.

Queen Victoria was invited to attend a meeting of Parliament today.

On the stage, the person currently giving a keynote speech is British Prime Minister Creston from the Whig Party.

And there was a person standing in the audience, who was no less imposing than Crichton on the stage. This was Disraeli, the British MP and leader of the Tory Party.Disraeli stood up and asked questions, pointing to the Creston government's inadequate diplomatic management.

"The Netherlands and Spain signed a reciprocal access agreement that significantly expanded the defense cooperation between the two countries, allowing both sides to station troops in each other's territory. This is a major diplomatic achievement of Spain. Like this Spain, William IV described the two countries as belonging to the same world relationship. model.

Public opinion now believes that the Reciprocal Access Agreement is the most important military and political agreement between the Netherlands and Spain in more than two centuries after 1648. At that time, because the Netherlands broke away from Spanish rule, Spain's maritime power weakened sharply. In the last few decades, our British first Defeat the Netherlands and then deal with Spain.

At that time, Britain relied on alienating the Netherlands to leave Spain, and finally succeeded in taking power.

And I would like to ask your Excellency, Prime Minister Creston, if the Netherlands and Spain are integrating again, is this a bad sign? Will it be a fateful reincarnation that will make Britain the world's hegemon? "

Hearing this, the British Crown Prince Prince Edward's expression changed drastically.

Not just him, the entire parliament was buzzing and in chaos.

Queen Victoria, who had been very calm from beginning to end, also showed emotion for the first time.

The statement of fate makes it difficult to directly express disbelief.In Europe, a place where religion is convinced, religion is something that follows your life from birth to death. Therefore, when Disraeli used this to throw the question to Creston, Creston The difficulties can be imagined.

Queen Victoria stared at Disraeli with some dissatisfaction: This old guy seems to have been too idle recently and wants to cause trouble again.

Queen Victoria even thought about taking this guy to Africa, South Africa, or the colonies in Egypt, to spend some overly warm time in those deserts and wake up his mind.

Prime Minister Creston on the stage looked at Disraeli with some surprise. Fortunately, because of his high quality, his reaction was naturally not slow.The two had fought against each other for many years, and naturally when Disraeli stood up, he had already expected that he would encounter trouble.

However, he expected it to be the same thing, but the challenge in front of all the congressmen still made Creston more energetic to solve other people's difficulties.

This is the necessary adaptability skill for politicians in the battle between the two political parties in the UK.

"Yes, Disraeli is right. Britain instigated the Netherlands to secede from Spain and supported the Netherlands in confronting Spain. Finally, in 1848, Spain had to give in. Britain and the Netherlands cooperated to deal with the threat from Spain." Disraeli said. Reilly: "As long as you understand, Prime Minister, these two countries are now targeting the UK in order to deal with the threat from the UK. The signing of the agreement means that once the UK is at war with one of the countries, the other country will be able to intervene militarily. Does the Prime Minister know that the Netherlands and other European countries such as Sweden and Denmark have such agreements? Faced with the signatories of these agreements, is the UK ready to confront so many countries at the same time? There are four international navies in the northern Atlantic at the same time. If a war breaks out with Britain, can Britain, a maritime hegemon, still be able to withstand it?

If it cannot be settled, does Prime Minister Creston have a solution?If there is no solution, the Prime Minister is now gradually launching a plan to contain the Netherlands in the Far East with Britain, France and Japan. Is this a temporary change?

However, now that the Netherlands has signed a military agreement with Spain, oh, forget, Japan has now sent its foreign minister-level Taikoo Litong to Melbourne to 'pilgrimage' to the Netherlands. Everyone here should know about this, right?Obviously, the Pacific partners we have been supporting are a little scared and dare not face the Netherlands directly. Is it the second bad news for Prime Minister Creston's plan to surrender to the Netherlands at this time?How will this be resolved?
Finally, as the external opposition party to the British government, the Tories will supervise and be prepared at any time to impeach the Whig government for its diplomatic failure at home."

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and thought Disraeli had finished speaking, he suddenly broke the news: "Not long ago, the Austro-Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it would increase the number of troops in southwestern Mexico to 3. Soldiers. However, Austria-Hungary also publicly expressed its softness and willingness to negotiate with Mexico under the mediation of the Netherlands."

Disraeli looked at Creston, whose face changed greatly on the stage, and asked with great solemnity: "Excuse me, at this time, Austria-Hungary sends such a signal. I think everyone here knows what this means. We are great. Your Excellency, Prime Minister, how should the cabinet government respond?"

At the same time, the secretaries of Queen Victoria and Creston came in urgently, and then whispered to the two of them under everyone's close gaze.

Everyone noticed that the two people's faces instantly became serious.

Both of them received the news from Austria-Hungary and Disraeli, but the difference is that just now, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Berlin that the German Ambassador to the Netherlands had met with Joseph Beiter, the head of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to information received in Berlin, the German Empire will send a small fleet to participate in the naval exercises between the two countries hosted by the Netherlands. The exercise will be held in the southern waters of Kalimantan in the Dutch East Indies for a week.

At the same time, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced that after the exercises between the two countries are completed, they will converge at the Port of Davao in Mindanao, a Spanish colony in the southern Philippines, and conduct regular naval exercises in conjunction with the Spanish Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy staying there.

The goal of the four-nation exercise is to maintain security and stability in the Pacific.

Looking at the audience, he looked at Creston with his eyes.

After getting Queen Victoria's permission, Creston gritted his teeth and had to make the news public.

Suddenly, the British House of Commons burst into laughter.

If Spain joins the Dutch camp and lets all the countries in the world know that the wind is blowing against Britain, then Austria-Hungary and Germany can get closer to the Netherlands, which makes all the countries in the world suddenly stunned.

Especially in France, Paris was occupied by the German Empire in 1870. If William I and Bismarck had not backed down in the face of international public opinion driven by Britain, Russia, Austria-Hungary and other countries, Paris would still be under the iron heel of the German Empire.Therefore, now in France, there is really a sense of fear of Germany. What's more, Berlin is also with Austria-Hungary this time. It would be strange if France is not in chaos.It is said that the royal family of Napoleon III is a bit messy now.

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