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Faced with the Swedish Parliament's opposition to the proposal to support Denmark, King Carl XV of Sweden finally chose to compromise and gave up supporting Denmark.

However, this is all that can be done on the surface, but privately, the people of Sweden and Norway are still enthusiastically supporting Denmark.

Even with the acquiescence of Karl XV and the parliament turning a blind eye, the people of Sweden and Norway formed a volunteer army on their own. More than 3,000 people arrived in Copenhagen and were welcomed by the Danish people.

This is also the reason why Denmark gave up lightly when Denmark did not or the Swedish Parliament refused to send troops to support Denmark.

The dual cabinet system implemented by Sweden has established two giant cabinet positions: the Prime Minister of Justice and the Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The current Prime Minister of Justice is Old Louis de Geer and Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs Ladwig, but today, there is also Georg Seeborn, the Prime Minister of Norway, appearing in front of Karl XV.

"Everyone has seen the situation in Denmark. Prussia's step-by-step design was very clever, which made all countries choose to treat Denmark negatively when facing Denmark's request for help. Several of you, including us in Sweden, you think, want to What do we need to do to support Denmark?”

Karl XV was also a member of the Scandinavian nationalism, so he had a friendly relationship with Frederick VIII, who was much older than him, and the two even conducted multiple rounds of negotiations in private. Want to form a new, Kalmar League-like team for Sweden and Denmark.

In order to cope with the increasingly complex environment in Europe, in order to protect ourselves and protect our own interests from being damaged.

But he didn't expect that Frederick VII would leave so quickly. He originally wanted to continue this policy with the new king Christian IX, but before it started, the German Confederation came knocking on the door.

This made Karl XV very helpless. He originally wanted to win the favor of the new king in the name of support, but the Swedish Parliament's veto blocked Karl XV's idea and almost made Denmark fall out.

Fortunately, he had provided military and civilian support before, so that civilian actions were not restricted, and the two countries were able to continue to maintain friendly relations.

However, the relationship has naturally regressed a lot.

As these Swedish governments joined in to discuss the situation in Denmark, not only did Karl XV's face not show happiness, but his face became darker and darker with analysis.

Finally, he smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that the situation in Denmark is not optimistic."

British Empire, London.

"Schleswig was not part of the German Confederation and an invasion of German troops there would be an act of war against Denmark, which would, in my opinion, entitle Denmark to active military support from us, but not from the Parliament of the British Empire and the Queen The British Empire Cabinet Government led by me is not in a position to announce such a decision.”

Faced with the German Confederation's imminent threat to Denmark, and faced with such a complicated situation, the Prime Minister of the British Empire, Viscount Palmerston, announced in a high-profile manner that the British Empire Cabinet supported Denmark, but at the same time used the reason that Parliament and the Queen had not approved it as a shield. Everyone understood that the British Empire's attitude gradually became blurred.

As we all know, Queen Victoria of England did not support Prussia, but she did not want to use force to interfere with the Schleswig issue. She proposed to express sympathy for Denmark. Obviously, her experience growing up in the Duchy of Saxony, the German Confederation, made her have a strong interest in the German Confederation. The lingering feelings are not over yet.

Although the press and public opinion in the British Empire were strongly in favor of Denmark, the idea of ​​sending Channel Forces to the Baltic for a naval intervention soon disappeared, leaving only patrol stations.

Although the Prime Minister of the British Empire, Viscount Palmerston, chose to support Denmark in his tough foreign policy, and even threatened Prussia and Austria with war, Bismarck turned his forces against him. In the end, this famous European Prime Minister had to calmly endure this setback. .

Why?

Because at the cabinet meeting that just passed, doves had the upper hand among the cabinet members.

Although Viscount Palmerston had previously issued a long speech in support of Denmark, in the end he could only summon the Danish minister sent by Denmark to ask for help without the support of his cabinet, parliament, and the Queen, and had to emphasize to him that Denmark could not It felt that Denmark, for its own benefit, thought that the British Empire would go to war with the entire German Confederation.

At this point, Denmark's request for help from Britain failed.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

"The failure of the British Empire to seek aid was normal and predictable."

“The British Empire and when Tsarist Russia suppressed the Polish uprising, the British Empire opposed Tsarist Russia, and the changes in the positions of Russia and France made the British Empire fall into isolation.

Moreover, within the British Empire, people actually sympathized with Prussia's efforts to unify the German Confederation.

Some British Empire officials believed that Prussia could curb the expansion of Tsarist Russia and France, and they supported Prussia.

But there are also some people who believe that the expansion of Prussian power in the Baltic Sea threatens the maritime hegemony of the British Empire. This group of people supports Denmark.

However, due to the opposition of Queen Victoria and Parliament, they were unable to intervene in the matter and had to stay on the sidelines and follow the developments. "

Following Hesbert von's step-by-step analysis, various countries revealed their positions in the face of Denmark's request for help, causing the Privy Council to fall silent.

“Obviously, Denmark’s request for help failed”

Tolbeck said solemnly: "For the first time, various places in Schleswig interfered with Britain, France, Tsarist Russia, Sweden and other countries. There were various reasons why they could not continue to interfere. Bismarck's pre-war diplomatic offensives, notes, reassured the European powers. , changed the international environment that was not conducive to Prussia, and also won the favor and support of German nationalism.

What surprised me the most was that Prussia actually brought Austria into the fold and became a part of Bismarck's plan to change the situation. It walked into the trap set by Prussia, thus turning Austria into the last piece of the puzzle in Bismarck's plan. The shortcomings have been eliminated and the obstacles to the plan have been cleared.”

Tolbeck looked around at everyone, and then said in surprise: "Under Bismarck's influence, the international environment at the moment is very favorable to Prussia. In the First Schleswig War in 1848, the major powers tested pressure on Prussia. was no longer a problem facing Bismarck's cabinet.

Denmark’s hopes of seeking external assistance at this time are gradually fading.”

As soon as the words fell, the Privy Council was even more audible.

Now that Denmark is in crisis, what should the Netherlands do? This is the issue that the Netherlands Privy Council needs to discuss next.

From the beginning to the end, William IV never said anything, he just listened.

Obviously, the king is also avoiding suspicion. After all, the current Queen Alexandra is the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Denmark.

However, is this really the case?