Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Britain actually proposed terms for reconciliation with the Commonwealth of America?

The most important thing is that it was actually leaked and triggered protests in the country?

Now things are getting serious!

"Excuse me, the New Yorker releases major news. If you buy newspapers, please buy the New Yorker. It is true and reliable.

The UK actually wants the Commonwealth of America to open its domestic market, so that British products can be dumped in the Commonwealth of America? If you want to know more details, come and buy it.”

"The United Kingdom actually demands our right to reduce or reduce tariffs. The latest information about the abominable provocative conditions of the British government is available. You can learn what you want to know about the abominable conditions of the British government that humiliates the Commonwealth of America from the "Washington Post."

"Oh my god, are the British crazy? They actually want us to hand over the tax rights of New York Harbor and Boston Harbor to them. Do they really think that we are still their colonies? The details in the "Chicago Times" will allow you to understand the Atlantic The diplomatic smoke has filled the air.”

"More than that, in addition to talking about economic conditions, the British actually asked us to recognize the existence of the Confederate States. Isn't this a white wolf? It's too abominable. Everyone, please take a look at the detailed records of the British in the "North American History" Scandals have to be mentioned in human history.”

With the push of these newspapers in the Federal Republic of America, the anger of people throughout the Federal Republic of America was aroused, and opposition to the British became a consensus.

So large-scale demonstrations were staged in the Commonwealth of America. Thousands of people took to the streets in New York, Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, Salt City Lake, and even San Francisco in the west, demanding that the Lincoln government oppose the British bullies. behavior, and oppose all behaviors with the United Kingdom that undermine power and humiliate the country.

The Lincoln administration was belatedly arriving at this time. After the White House spokesperson condemned Britain's sky-high asking prices on behalf of Lincoln, the country's citizens seemed disappointed with the Lincoln administration's lack of positive response and rejection of all negotiations above, saying they would continue to march. Until the Lincoln administration canceled the negotiations.

This made London watch. It's a bit unpleasant, especially when European and South American countries are watching the development of the situation. Britain seems to feel like a clown on the stage, making people look carefully.

In response, the United Kingdom condemned the leak of secrets from the Confederate States of America and demanded an explanation from the Lincoln administration.

It stands to reason that things negotiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will generally not be made public. After all, this is something being negotiated. This is the practice in the diplomatic community.

But now in the Commonwealth of America, this secret list issued by the British has become a household name, which makes London very angry.

After all, opening high and buying low has always been the way to go in business, and the same goes for diplomacy. The same goes for negotiations between countries. If you put forward your own national conditions and are lowered to a certain extent by the other party, you can pretend to be at a disadvantage and accept the contract.

London originally thought that the visit of the Netherlands to London meant that the Commonwealth of America was tired of fighting and wanted peace, so it tried to make peace with Britain. That's why Britain took the opportunity to say that it had always wanted to gain benefits, even though it proposed Quite a few, but it’s human nature.

This is what most of my peers are doing.

But what London didn't expect was that there would be "leaks" in the Federal Republic of America, buy Karma, and all of them.

When European newspapers reprinted the North American content, even many British people felt that the conditions proposed by the British Foreign Office were a bit embarrassing.

Many people can even understand the stance of the Commonwealth of America.

This sign appeared, and the Creston cabinet government was really anxious.

If even the British themselves sympathize with the Commonwealth of America, then his cabinet government might as well be dissolved, not to mention that the Tories are eyeing the British Prime Ministerial Election starting in December?

So the Creston cabinet government began to launch an effective counterattack.

Public opinion in the Commonwealth of America cannot be controlled, so the British government intends to use this to bring international public opinion to its condemnation of the "diplomatic accident" of the Commonwealth of America. Yes, British publications such as The Times , "The Financial Times", newspapers with certain European influence, all joined the war to guide Atlantic public opinion under the promotion of the Prime Minister's Office at No. 10 Downing Street. "The London Times" and "The Guardian" have always been close to the Tories. But they wanted to sing the opposite tune, but they were afraid that the Creston cabinet government would put them on the back foot, so they gave up in the end.

Federal State of the United States of America, Washington, Institute of Technology.

Seward, the Secretary of State in charge of the foreign affairs of the Commonwealth of America, looked dissatisfied at the Dutch Second Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jerry Hunter, and the Dutch Ambassador to the Commonwealth of America, Al Gore, who were sitting in front of him.

Secretary of State Seward stared at the two men sharply and said coldly and forcefully: "Minister Hunter, I think it is necessary for the Netherlands to explain everything that is currently happening in the Commonwealth of America."

Siward looked at the two of them dissatisfied. He actually never had a good impression of the Netherlands. The first was that he was of German descent, an immigrant from Prussia.

The second is that many of the current policies of the Netherlands are actually what Seward has always wanted to do, such as the issue of Pacific expansion. He began planning and making suggestions to Lincoln as early as 1861 when he first became Secretary of State.

However, Lincoln's goal at that time was to abolish the agricultural plantation system and abolition of slavery. He wanted to wait until he controlled the North and the South before he was allowed to implement this plan.

But before it could even begin, the Netherlands completed the occupation of the islands south of the Hawaiian Islands in less than a year, and even compromised with the British in South Africa in exchange for Australia's overhanging overseas independence. mainland.

This made Seward very envious and at the same time extremely angry. How could the Netherlands actually get so much territory, and the American Federation was still fighting for the unification of the country.

What is even more disgusting now is that many people think that the diplomatic leaks of negotiations between the Commonwealth of the United States and the United Kingdom were conducted under the leadership of the United States. This is really an injustice to them.

After investigation by Lincoln and Seward, it was discovered that the fingertips were all pointed at the two people in front of Holland. In other words, from the beginning, the content of the negotiations obtained by the newspapers of the American Federation was actually leaked by the two people in front of them.

Jerry Hunter and Al Gore looked at each other and exchanged glances.

Jerry Hunter stood up like a gentleman and made a polite gesture, and then said in a calm manner, without losing the Dutch manner:

“Dear Secretary of State, as I said when we met just now, we in the Netherlands are very serious about our relationship with the Commonwealth of America.

Because of this, when we saw the conditions offered by the UK, the entire Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs was actually very angry.

Even my boss, His Excellency Hesbert von, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, reported the matter to Prime Minister Tolbeck and even His Majesty King William IV overnight. Several of them felt the same way and expressed their dissatisfaction with the United Kingdom.

Look, what is happening in the Commonwealth of America now is exactly how a few of us felt that night."