Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

At the same time, Dutch Foreign Minister Hesbert von said in Amsterdam on June 28 that he was not sure how the UK's trip to southern Europe would turn out. He also expressed doubts about whether the UK and southern European countries would reach an agreement on the Uruguay issue. He expressed doubts about this.

Hesbert von said that regardless of whether the United Kingdom and other southern European countries do this, it will not have any impact on the Netherlands' actions in South America, because everything in the Netherlands is acting according to its own plan.

He even said that Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, members of the South American Union, have successively announced to join the International Women's League and the International Red Cross led by the Netherlands, and their applications have been approved by the two major organizations. Will officially become a member on July 1st.

Hesbert Feng also "leaked" that these countries have collectively applied to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to become members, and the application is currently being accepted.

June 28, 1866, is a day worth remembering.

Because on this day, the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire began to hold negotiations in Brussels, Belgium, to discuss the negotiations on the armistice agreement in the Balkans between the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire.

What is ridiculous is that the Ottoman Empire, one of the main exhibitors, was not asked to participate.

This surprised many people. After investigation, it turned out that Constantinople did not agree that Britain would make compromises with the Russian Empire in the Balkans. Therefore, anonymous sources in Constantinople said that senior Ottoman Empire officials said they would not participate. Negotiations between Britain and Tsarist Russia, and expressed dissatisfaction with Britain's desire to withdraw its troops independently of the Ottoman Empire.

However, in the end, although this news was denied by Constantinople, it was still unstoppable. No one would think that this news was just groundless.

Obviously, in order to make peace with Tsarist Russia, Britain ignored the sentiments of the Ottoman Empire.

How could the Ottoman Empire let Britain "get away" so easily.

July 1, 1866.

The Ottoman Empire welcomed the Prussian visiting delegation team in Constantinople with a high profile. The leader of the team was Prince Friedrich Karl, now the Governor of the Kingdom of Prussia in Africa and Somalia and the Commander of the Prussian United Fleet in Africa.

Prince Friedrich Carl was grandly welcomed by the Ottoman Empire and received by the Ottoman Emperor Sultan Abdulaziz I in Constantinople.

This was an exceptional treatment, which showed that the Ottoman Empire valued Prussia.

The series of actions that followed were even more overwhelming.

The Ottoman Empire actually signed many trade contracts with Prussia, including arms.

Above, the Ottoman Empire will purchase arms from Prussia, and will also require Prussia to send military strategists to Constantinople to teach and train Ottoman Empire soldiers to increase the military capabilities of the Ottoman Empire.

What makes Britain most jealous is that in order to win over Prussia, the Ottoman Empire is considering Prussia's request. Prussia wants to buy a barren land that the Ottoman Empire considers to be uninhabited on the south side of the Persian Gulf in the east of the Arabian Peninsula for a high price of 1 million pounds. Qatar Peninsula, because it is far away from Constantinople,

The Ottoman Empire was very happy about this. Constantinople agreed to the deal and would sign a contract with Prussia after making a final evaluation. .

To this end, Britain protested against the expansion of Prussian military influence into the northern tip of the Indian Ocean.

In order to express its dissatisfaction, Britain summoned the Ottoman Empire's ambassador to London and asked the Ottoman Empire to withdraw the decision.

However, the Ottoman Empire also summoned the British Ambassador to Constantinople. It is rumored that the Ottoman Empire asked Britain to withdraw from negotiations with the Tsarist Empire before the Ottoman Empire could withdraw its decision to sell the Qatar Peninsula.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, the negotiations between Britain and Tsarist Russia in Belgium have come to a standstill, and the Qatar Peninsula transaction between Prussia and the Ottoman Empire seems to have been temporarily suspended by the Ottoman Empire for technical reasons. However, anyone with a discerning eye understands that this is just a matter of Constantinople. Dinburg was just waiting for London's response.

It is precisely because of this that the rumors constantly released by the United Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire are obviously testing each other's bottom line. Behind them, the secret rivalry between the Russian Empire and Prussia gradually began.

"London should be in a dilemma at this time."

This was William IV’s view on today’s issues during an interview with Les Echos, a weekly newspaper with influence in Europe and the Far East.

"Echo" is based in the Netherlands and aims to spread its influence to the world. Even in the Far East and America outside Europe, it is a hugely influential newspaper. In addition to the news focus, its page also has focus - people. -Interviews, etc. Each issue features famous figures in the Netherlands.

The editor-in-chief of this newspaper is the former deputy editor-in-chief of the world's most influential "European Times". He only switched to this newspaper that only serves the Netherlands the year before last.

It is precisely because of his working experience in "European Times" that he, who is only 40 years old this year, is not willing to accept the status quo. He believes that if "European Times" can rise, why can't "Echo".

Therefore, since he won the position of editor-in-chief of the newspaper based on his ability and gradually took control of the newspaper's operating rights, he began to carry out reforms, cutting off many small pages, and finally completed the current layout.

When William IV first came into contact with this weekly newspaper, he was very surprised because it was very similar to a certain magazine called Time Weekly in his previous life. He even doubted whether the James in front of him was a time traveler. In the end, After investigation, he breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he was blamed because when he was renovating "European Times", he accidentally described the possibility of starting a weekly publication to the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. However, In the end, it was rejected. The Netherlands' hidden leader in "European Times", Seros, was a strong man, had a high self-esteem, was closely related to William III, and had good talents. The most important thing was that he was also loyal to the Netherlands, so William IV left him alone.

Unexpectedly, during the conversation between the editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief James in front of him, the latter actually listened and understood William IV's idea.

As if he had found a treasure, he bid farewell to the "European Times" and took over the "Echos" soon after. After consulting with William IV, he actually made the "Echos" impressive.

Although it is not as influential as "European Times" in daily reporting in Europe, "Echo" is unique in its professionalism.

It traces the ins and outs of isolated incidents, introduces foreign countries, analyzes their territories, quotes their political situations, helps readers overcome spelling difficulties, and uses charts and diagrams that have never been used by any newspaper in Europe. It makes the complicated world after the 19th century Half Issue International I Ask You Head personalizes and in the process breaks the framework that stifles spirituality in European journalism.

Precisely because James combined the ideas of William IV and established a professional basis, its influence even among the upper echelons of the world surpassed the "European Times".

Take a look at who are the famous figures in the previous two issues?