Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Suddenly, McDavis suddenly asked angrily: "There are rumors that the British Empire suppresses emerging countries such as the Kingdom of the Netherlands. I don't know that as the person in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the British Empire. How can you say that, Mr. Russell?"

Mike Davis' question was extremely sharp, and the reporters present were very "grateful" because this question was exactly what they wanted to ask. But they will ask later, but the effect will naturally not be as good as if the Dutch ambassador of one of the parties asked.

Therefore, when Mike Davis attended this press conference today, he truly captured the hearts of the reporters.

Russell's expression changed at first, but he quickly recovered and said: "The British Empire does not seek to have a diplomatic conflict with the Netherlands or a war-like conflict with the Netherlands, and of course it does not want to have a war-like conflict with the Netherlands. In this sanctions-type dispute, we do not seek to prevent the Netherlands from playing its role as a major power, nor do we seek to prevent the Netherlands from developing its economy and promoting the development of relations between the Netherlands and neighboring countries."

When Russell said this, he smiled and said: "Otherwise, when the Kingdom of the Netherlands began to change as early as 1857, the United Kingdom could have taken action to prevent the economic development of the Netherlands.

Otherwise, depending on the Netherlands' repeated alliances with neighboring countries in the past few years, Britain could actually exchange interests, or it could make the Netherlands fall into passivity in peripheral relations.

Otherwise, the Netherlands would not have such a good environment and develop a country with a per capita income that surpassed the British Empire.

Otherwise, our great Queen Victoria would not have given up Australia in the Far East to the Netherlands, allowing the Netherlands to gain an extremely valuable development base in the Far East. Well, according to what is said in the Netherlands, it is the Netherlands' third country. Two lives, and one life with immense potential.

It was the United Kingdom that gave the Netherlands such a good environment, and it was the United Kingdom that gave the Netherlands another precious life. Therefore, in the face of these ironclad evidences, who dares to say that the British Empire wanted to stop the development of the Netherlands, prevent the rise of the Netherlands, and interrupt the development of the Netherlands? The Netherlands’ approach to becoming a great power”

With the arrival of four other words from Russell, the British Foreign Secretary, everyone present was stunned for a moment.

Even Mike Davis' expression changed.

Davis had to admit that he looked down on the world's heroes. Although Russell in front of him has always been suppressed by his contemporaries such as Metternich and Viscount Palmerston in the European world, he took the first step to pass away both of them.

Currently in Europe, only the newly-emerged Prussian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bismarck can compete with him. Of course, this is a battle of reputation in the diplomatic confrontation between major powers. In fact, Davis thinks that Hesbert, the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Feng and Prime Minister Tolbeck were no worse than the other two, and William IV unconditionally suppressed them both, although this was due to his own recognition of his Dutch background.

The "competition" between British Foreign Secretary Russell and Michael Davis, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the British Empire in London first caused a stir in Europe. The "wrestling" between the two centered on the diplomatic interests and images of the two countries, each with a winner or a loser, was quite controversial. The taste of duel.

This aroused interest from all over Europe. This diplomatic press conference was held at the British Foreign Office and co-sponsored by the Netherlands. As the participating global newspaper reporters sent telegrams back to their respective countries, the details of the press conference were immediately revealed in the newspapers. The reporting method is displayed in front of journalists around the world.

Everyone was extremely excited to see it.

This foreign policy press conference between the UK and the Netherlands was the first time in the world that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the two countries publicly held this type of event, and it received far more attention than before.

Because of this, both the UK and the Netherlands benefited greatly from the event, with each country setting out its own foreign policy, giving the world a glimpse of the full picture.

Although senior officials from other countries seriously doubt that these "passive" issues may be just a public relations activity between the two countries, it does not hinder the "appreciation" of others except them.

After all, just before this event, the Netherlands had just bypassed the British Sri Lanka and Chagos Islands in the Far East. With this provocation, are the Netherlands and the United Kingdom playing a double act?

What's more, Britain and the Netherlands are quarreling over the issue of the Commonwealth of America because of the Rothschild family? The competition between the two countries for influence in the United States is intensifying, so how can they secretly cooperate? Isn't this nonsense?

In short, conspiracy theories and counter-conspiracy theories have become hotly debated because of this incident.

It was under such circumstances that James Rothschild sent his son to London to meet his nephew Lionel Rothschild.

"Lionel, you know, my father and your uncle are very concerned about the situation in London, so they sent me to find out. You know, the whole of Europe is discussing the complicated relationship between Britain and the Netherlands. At this time, we in Russia With the Childe family again fighting against the Netherlands in North America, my father is worried that our Rothschild family has fallen into someone else's trap."

Emond Rothschild's face showed worry. James Rothschild, the financial emperor of the French Empire, and the financial prince were far less calm than Paris. The worries showed his inner chaos.

I have to say that this meeting hosted by the British Foreign Office and the Dutch Foreign Ministry left people scratching their heads.

These made the entire Rothschild family a little uneasy. Therefore, as the only survivor of the second generation of the Rothschild family, James Rothschild sent his son Emond from Paris to London to understand the situation, and at the same time also Showing his willingness to help his nephew, he tried to make the upper class in London understand the unity of the European Rothschild family.

Lionel Rothschild frowned and said: "No. 10 Downing Street should not only oppose the Rothschild family's development of power in North America, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs doesn't know that."

Emond Rothschild was moved when he heard this, "What Lionel is saying is that there may be some tacit understanding between the Whig Party and the Netherlands."

"It should be said that it was the channel left by the former Prime Minister Viscount Palmerston that allowed the Netherlands to have a strong relationship with the Whig Party." Lionel said with some meaning: "Buckingham Palace's intention is also unknown."

Emond Rothschild glared at the boss for a long time, and said after a long time, "In other words, the royal family seems unwilling to offend Amsterdam too much, the Whigs do not agree with excessive pressure on the Netherlands, and the Tories are leaning towards our side. "

"That's right, Edmund, just go back and tell Uncle James so."

At a time when British and French public opinion was questioning the Anglo-Dutch diplomatic activities, a spoiler appeared.

It turned out that in the Indian Ocean, the navy of the Kingdom of Prussia, which owned the colony of Somalia, went south. After arriving at the island of Madagascar, it circled the island and then calmly passed through the Strait of Magellan to reach the southern Prussian colony of Southwest Africa in the Atlantic Ocean.

The news immediately shifted the world's attention from the English Channel to between Berlin and Amsterdam.