Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On May 20, 1868, Nationalist Senator and Democratic Senate Minority Whip Thomas A. Hendricks of the American Federation said in an interview that the industrial technology of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was ahead of that of the American Federation. country, calling on the Commonwealth of America to ensure that the Commonwealth of America maintains its advantage in competition with the Netherlands.

On May 20, local time, the "Washington Society" of the Commonwealth of America reported an exclusive interview with Senator Thomas A. Hendricks for the second time.

According to reports, Thomas. A. Hendricks isolated the Commonwealth of America from joining the Dutch bid to strengthen strategic infrastructure in Latin America. He compared it with saying that the Commonwealth of America was far behind the Kingdom of the Netherlands in this regard and made it clear Said it "does not consider" Dutch investments in Latin America and the Commonwealth of the United States of America to be a "threat"

"Washington Society": Senator Thomas A. Hendricks said that the Netherlands' technological innovation in industry is also far ahead of the Federal Republic of America, and called on the Federal Republic of America to pay attention to improving its own industrial technology. Innovate to ensure you don’t fall behind others

The newspaper stated that the reason for its interview with Senator Thomas A. Hendricks came on the second anniversary of Indiana's official admission to the Confederate States of America. The interview began with the statement that in response to the question about "Dutch" Thomas gave a long answer to the question whether the Netherlands' strategic trade and infrastructure investments throughout the Americas were a "threat."

“I said that the whole of Latin America has commercial and trade relations with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, just like the trade relations between the Commonwealth of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. We see Dutch companies going to Latin America to participate in bidding for infrastructure and industrial investment. They I won some bids and lost some, and a lot of people asked me questions like, 'Do you think this is a threat?' I don't think it is a threat," Thomas said.

He continued, “I have always called on our country to actively participate in strategic infrastructure tenders in Latin America because we are the Commonwealth of the United States and the most powerful member state in the Americas.

But now I find that I haven’t seen many companies from the Commonwealth of America participate in it in the past few years. I think they must get involved, and they must get more involved.

Not only Latin America, but also Canada in North America and the Confederate States of America in the south, because these countries and regions are transparent and open to bidding, and these countries and regions are very happy to see that there are more Enterprises from the Commonwealth of America join these projects to balance the monopoly of the Kingdom of the Netherlands."

“So, do I think it’s a negative thing to have the Netherlands invest in Latin American infrastructure and industry?

No, I don't believe this, because these are all open tenders. Obviously, another major issue we face is how to maintain the industrial technology of the Commonwealth of America and how to safely safeguard the national interests of the Commonwealth of America. " Thomas said.

The report continued that Thomas also believed that although industrial innovation is an accelerator for the Federal Republic of America to accelerate its economic recovery, the development and expansion of any industrial technology innovation must be planned and assisted by the federal government departments of the Federal Republic of America. implementation below.

“I think we all have to be clear that we want to expand the development and construction of industrial innovation and production technology in the Commonwealth of America, because it is obviously an accelerator for the rise of the Commonwealth of America to be able to compete with the European powers in terms of comprehensive strength, but we have to find the ability to Make sure to get help from government departments, so that American companies can wholeheartedly catch up with or even surpass European companies, and ensure that in all operations, our companies are not acquired by Dutch companies, British companies, etc., or in other words Other purposes to reduce the strength of the Commonwealth of America"

Thomas said, "So I think this is a discussion that's happening not just in the Commonwealth, but on both sides of the Atlantic,

Obviously, if we want to promote domestic employment and increase the development of the Commonwealth of America, we must give more support to local enterprises. If not, our enterprises will be difficult to form effective resistance to foreign investment. -Invasion' ability. "

In addition, Senator Thomas A. Hendricks also expressed his position on security cooperation and parliamentary contact between the Commonwealth of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Senator Thomas A. Hendricks' statement made many people confused.

"Obviously he is attacking the Dutch policy in the Americas. And although he says that the Netherlands is not a threat, he always leads people into the ditch. Everyone, what do you think of this?"

In the White House, Andrew Johnson, who had succeeded Lincoln as President, was summoning his team to discuss the public opinion brought by Senator Thomas A. Hendricks.

"Although it is not very powerful in the United States at present, the Washington Society is only one of the top ten newspapers in the United States.

The reading audience is less than 100,000 people.

However, the shock it brought to the political world was not small at all.

Obviously, Thomas A. Hendrix’s purpose should not be to target the general public, but his target is the upper class of America.”

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Randy Blesh was very energetic, and it was even more useful to President Andrew Johnson.

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Andrew Johnson frowned and said in confusion: "As the Senate whip of the Democratic Party, Thomas A. Hendricks used to be very low-key and good at building relationships. He is well-known as a peacemaker within the Democratic Party. It is because of this that he became the second-ranking figure in the Senate of the Democratic Party and the third-ranking figure in the entire Democratic Party in just a few years.

A rising star of the Democratic Party who is less than 50 years old, I don’t believe that his political awareness is so poor and he cannot see the strength of Dutch people. If that is the case, Douglas (the leader of the Senate of the Democratic Party and the leader of the party) No. 1 (Lincoln's opponent) had already taken him down. "

Randy Blish also said doubtfully: "That's right. This is what I don't understand."

Both of them were a little confused.

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