Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 876 The United States promotes strategic independence
While Republican presidential elector James Garfield, vice presidential candidate Chester, and their candidate for secretary of state, Bryan (former Speaker of the House of Representatives), were discussing how to block the ruling party at the Republican Party campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C. When Democratic Party President Stephen Douglas was re-elected, Stephen Douglas was meeting with important members of his team in the White House.

Alan Thurman!

Democratic Party, became the President of the Senate from its successful election in 1879.

Samuel Jackson!
A Democrat, he has been re-elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives once from 1876 to now, and is an important ally of Stephen Douglas in American politics.

Thomas Allen!

Secretary of State of the United States appointed by the Stephen Douglas administration in 1876.

Plus the current owner of the White House, Stephen Douglas.

The four major giants of the Democratic Party in American politics are all concentrated here.

Thomas Allen is of British nationality.

His stance favored Britain.

I saw him saying: "The relationship between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom is currently very bad. The relationship between the United States and the Netherlands in the past few years has been well-known in the world. However, in the end, the Netherlands has always been in our corner. Please take a look at the things in your hands. According to the data, in the 1860 years from 1880 to 20 last year, a total of 500 million people from Europe and Latin America immigrated to the northern United States."

Thomas Allen was always surprised, so both Allen Thurman and Samuel Jackson looked at each other with calm eyes.

At the same time, Stephen Douglas's livid face also let the two of them know that what Thomas said next would not be too pleasant.

Sure enough, Thomas: "Have we had 0 million new immigrants in another 500 years? This is definitely something to write home about for our labor force, but when we know some other things, we really can't be happier." .

why?
Because when we were looking for immigrants in Shanghai, the Netherlands was actually competing with us in Europe. The Netherlands even extended its claws to the United States.

As you all know, Edison, the most famous inventor in the Netherlands recently for his inventions such as the electric light and telegraph, immigrated to the Dutch Australasian continent from the United States in 1864. After that, the Dutch invention road was like a hundred flowers blooming, with Edison's explosion Down, soaring into the sky.

Let me tell you, this is just one of the more obvious cases. The Netherlands is plundering our talents and hollowing out our industrial base. At the same time, the industrial products invented and made by the talents we cultivated in turn earn a lot of money. Our dollar, in the end, the Netherlands became the nation above the United States.I suggest that in the next policy, we should go beyond the influence of the Netherlands and accept other countries as new partners of the United States, even"

Thomas Allen stared at several people and said: "We even formed alliances with other powerful countries to fight against the Dutch presence in the United States."

Senate President Alan Thurman had a look of shock on his face.He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Aren't you afraid that the recent incident of large Dutch capital fleeing to the United States will happen again?"

After hearing this, Speaker of the House of Representatives Samuel Jackson also nodded and said: "If it cannot make up for the increase in employment rate caused by Dutch capital and the suppression of public panic, I do not agree to escalate the deteriorating diplomatic actions against the Dutch Royal Palace again."

Before he finished, he reminded him: "Some time ago, Dutch capital wanted to withdraw from the United States on a large scale, but it shocked many people. Even many friends in our constituency in New York called me to dissuade me from supporting it, because Many people in New York have already expressed doubts about the governing ability of our Democratic Party. Therefore, the President and the Secretary of State, you need to think twice before you act. After all, there are millions of employees employed by Dutch Capital. One of them is not good. But it’s hard to clean up.”

This is where Stephen Douglas has a headache.

After visiting Berlin some time ago, I was almost pushed by Bismarck to fall out with the Netherlands.

America united with the German Empire?

Although it failed in the end, it also exposed its conflict with the Kingdom of the Netherlands because of this. Although in the end, with its own concession, the Kingdom of the Netherlands did not pursue it and even supported the restoration of relations between the two countries for a time.But Stephen naturally understands that the case of a broken mirror is very profound.

Therefore, he is much more low-key in this regard.But secretly, he still reused Thomas Allen because this guy had close ties with Britain. At the same time, he interacted frequently with many German congressmen and officials. This was done to show the Netherlands.

Stephen Douglas: "Despite this, we still need to keep a certain distance from the Netherlands. After all, no matter how fierce the competition between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom is, it is closely related to our comfort. At the same time, it is also our opportunity."

It is not impossible for Britain and the Netherlands to compete, and Germany and the United States to take advantage of the opportunity to rise and replace them with industry.

This is why some time ago Stephen convinced those in the government to support the main theme of his foreign policy of no longer being close to the Netherlands.

He still supports Thomas's approach, codenamed Operation Deloading.

When Alan Thurman and Samuel Jackson heard this, they immediately understood that President Stephen already knew what was going on. They sighed inwardly, and then remained silent, replacing their agreement with silence to support the alienation of the Dutch Democratic Party. action.

On March 1881, 3, U.S. President Stephen Douglas said at a Democratic Party campaign rally in Chicago, "I have always supported America's foreign policy of isolation and independence. President Monroe has always been my idol, so I support foreign policy. It will also continue the practice of Americans managing American territories and Europeans not being able to interfere in American politics. I believe that not only South America but also North America should be treated equally. I call on other forces and countries currently in the Americas to resume the politics of their locations - power and military power, and do not allow colonial practices to occur in the Americas. The United States has the right and responsibility to support the diplomatic independence of the Americas."

The words of Stephen Douglas, the President of the United States, caused an uproar in Europe and the world. Although he only expressed his foreign policy at a re-election rally in his country, the Republican Party took the opportunity to vigorously criticize his foreign policy, even internationally. , the practice of forcing the outside in, Stephen Douglas suddenly became the target of criticism in many European countries, and even many people in the Netherlands expressed that they were very disappointed with Stephen Douglas, because it was obvious that this was an approach directed at the Netherlands. Many people People speculate that if the Netherlands-U.S. relationship continues to be governed by the Democratic Party, there will be a high chance that it will continue to deteriorate.

(End of this chapter)