Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"None of the Netherlands' allies and security partners in Europe believe that Prussia's rise is peaceful. In recent years, Berlin has increased its military activities in the Baltic and Atlantic Ocean and increased its territorial claims to the disputed areas with Denmark on the North Sea coast of the Baltic Sea outlet. , and strengthened the navigation of warships near the Swedish-Norwegian Sea.

The most bloody war conflict in the German Confederation in the past hundred years broke out between Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

If Prussia tried to invade Denmark again, I don't think the rest of Europe would stand idly by and I think the likelihood that Britain would accept it was extremely low. They might consider creating a Holy Four Alliance similar to the one they had against Napoleon I, but with Prussia instead fighting against the French Empire."

William IV secretly thought: "No one will join at this stage. Even if it is created in some way, it will not work."

Since Napoleon III ordered the invasion of the Kingdom of Siam, after the Netherlands led the International Court of Justice in The Hague to sanction the French Empire, France has been accusing the International Court of Justice in The Hague of trying to anger the French Empire and not naming the Netherlands for seeking to establish something similar to the one on the European continent. The Holy Alliance's approach is only lighter in weight than the original Holy Alliance.

This week, countries from the alliance gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, to celebrate the wedding of the Danish Crown Prince. In fact, they were plotting to seek an update on sanctions against France.

Even many politicians in Spain have said that if France does not "take care of Spain's interests properly", then the connection with the International Court of Justice in The Hague may protect Spain's interests on countermeasures.

With the beginning of seemingly interactive cooperation between France and Britain in the Far East, the Spanish government, which has a colony in the Philippines in the Far East, committed to upgrading Spain's military power, including increasing Spain's defense spending by more than 10% to a higher level.

At the same time, Spain is also negotiating with the Dutch Far East Arms Company. Spain intends to order 5 steam battleships from this second-ranked arms company in the Netherlands, three of which will be deployed in Spain, and the remaining two will be deployed in the Philippines. Another one will be deployed in Cuba.

Brown, chief researcher and director of the Amsterdam Peace Research Institute, one of the Netherlands' most prominent think tanks, said of the Dutch-led International Tribunal's focus on France and the newly formed "The Hague Security Council" on Britain's concern that the new tensions are certain. It will make the British, French and Prussian feel uneasy and feel that they are being labeled and threatened.

Even King Carl XV of Sweden said in an interview with The Australian Times that France's invasion of the Royal Palace of Siam and Prussia's annexation of the entire German Confederation made other countries feel threatened and brought everyone together to unite and help each other, "no matter they "The Hague is safe" Council members may also be members of the International Hague Tribunal, or they may be non-member states such as the Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary or the Ottoman Empire.”

On December 25, 1868, as the Kingdom of Siam continued to be invaded by France, ElBaradei, the first Director-General of the International Red Cross Society, warned yesterday that the war in the Far East had caused sanctions and counter-sanctions among Western countries, which would have a negative impact on global food security. The impact of , energy and international capital is very serious and is intensifying.

The barriers set up by European countries have led to unprecedented famine and poverty on both sides of the Atlantic, triggering social and economic unrest in various countries. It is estimated that more than 50 million people have been affected. He believes that the French Empire should stop its aggression against the Kingdom of Siam as a solution. The only way to solve the problem.

However, Prime Minister Olivier of the French Empire criticized: "ElBaradei is just a puppet of the Netherlands. The International Red Cross Association is just a tool used by the Netherlands to win over people's hearts. Now it has become a tool to accuse opponents. France has not "We will examine whether the organization in Paris and throughout France has done anything that goes against France's national interests."

As the two men blame each other, there are increasing signs that the war may be protracted and have far-reaching consequences.

On December 26, 1868, Napoleon III stated in Paris that he would not invalidate the results of the soldiers' efforts and that he would let France take root there.

King Rama IV of the Kingdom of Siam also reiterated the conditions of the Kingdom of Siam's armistice on December 26: to recapture all territories captured by the French Empire, restore territorial integrity, and ensure that the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Siam is not violated by France.

This means that France and Siam still find it difficult to accept the lack of consensus on a ceasefire.

After the French Empire failed to attack the Cambodian region of the Kingdom of Siam in the west, it has narrowed its strategic focus to occupying central and eastern Cambodia, and has even divided two provinces there for the control of the South Vietnamese Governor-General of the French Empire. The two armies have recently engaged in fierce exchanges of fire on multiple fronts in central Cambodia, and have repeatedly seized positions.

Most European military analysts believe that the war in the Far East has the entire West watching. France's war with the Kingdom of Siam seems to be evolving into a war of attrition and may continue for months or even years.

Paris still insists that the invasion was only carried out because the interests of the French Empire in the Far East were harmed. At present, France has only mobilized less than one-third of its army to participate in the war in the Far East. On the grounds of declaring a state of war, Napoleon III can implement it. Nationwide mobilization.

The Kingdom of Siam has been fully mobilized. It has a vast territory and has been receiving continuous arms support and military aid from all European countries except the French Empire, including the United Kingdom, which recently announced that it will join France.

Although it currently takes a while for the Kingdom of Siam to train new recruits and learn how to operate new Western weapons before it can form a fighting force.

At present, both sides have the potential to prolong the war. Once the Kingdom of Siam completes its preparations and begins a strategic counterattack, the war may further escalate.

“In addition to the global energy prices and inflationary pressures driven up by various countries’ sanctions against France, the current unsaleable industrial products in the United Kingdom and Prussia have also led to lower prices of industrial products and the inability to effectively reduce inventories, exacerbating the job losses in British, French and Prussian industries. The losses have exacerbated the sharp decline in employment in these three countries.

It has already caused panic in the three countries. "

The three countries had no money to buy grain, which also resulted in a large amount of wheat and grain being unsalable in American warehouses, and they were unwilling to promote sales at low prices. This aggravated the grain shortage in European countries such as Britain, France and Prussia.

The country most affected was Prussia. On December 25, William I and Bismarck even commissioned the Italian King Emmanuel II as a lobbyist to go to Amsterdam to meet with Tolbeck and visit William IV, calling on the Netherlands to assist France and the Kingdom of Siam. Ceasefire and release sufficient food stocks for trade.

The war not only interrupted the friendly relations between France and neighboring European countries, but also pushed up food prices. It also affected the instability of the industrial product markets in Britain, France and Prussia.