Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

The former British prime minister and powerful figure in the ruling Tory party told the Financial Times his inner dissatisfaction with Edward Smith Stanley.

He pointed out that the Kingdom of the Netherlands is still classified as a capital-state like the United Kingdom, but William IV was able to distort the capital-society system and fully control the big companies and big capitalists in the Netherlands. It excludes "other races" in Dutch politics and society, tries its best to compress the space for Christian conservatives to emerge, and uses Dutch national resources to bind and maintain the ruling group of the William IV royal family.

In this way, William IV did not have to dispatch troops loyal to him to kill people, and he did not have to imprison political prisoners. This made the Netherlands a model of "anti-conservative democracy" and neo-authoritarianism, and In the foreseeable future, factions loyal to the centralization of royal power will continue to come to power through elections.

Edward Smith Stanley said sarcastically: "What about the former British Prime Minister Creston? He only inherited the position of Viscount Palmerston as Prime Minister for a few months. In these nine months alone, there were constant scandals, and even He almost caused impeachment. At the end of his term, he tried every means to engage in election fraud, use coercion and inducement, and even tried to use diplomacy to divert domestic attention, but he was still forced to get out of the Prime Minister's Office at No. 10 Downing Street.

Under the leadership of Viscount Palmerston and Earl Russell, the Whigs reached the peak of the British Empire in decades. Whigs throughout the British Empire were all over the UK and were very convinced of the Whig party's liberal ideas. Today, the British Empire 'Liberals' With leader Creston's pilgrimage visit to Amsterdam, it is conceivable that British liberal fans worship and admire William IV, the "phoenix", and even wish to 'Dutchize the British Empire.'

Edward Smith Stanley even pointed out that Viscount Palmerston, the former leader of the Whig Party, once described, “His Majesty William IV’s leadership in the Netherlands is like a road sign, pointing to kings, presidents, prime ministers and other countries in the world except the Netherlands. A better future.

In other words, William IV has been recognized by Viscount Palmerston, the former leader of the world's liberals, and has the intention to inherit his legacy.

It is precisely because of this that William IV brought an alternative 'soft power' that convinced countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Spain, the Commonwealth of America, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Greece. Even the British Empire, The liberal forces in Tsarist Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy and Portugal provided a source of growth.

Some time ago, those forces in the French Empire that opposed Napoleon III's deteriorating relations with the Netherlands came from the country's liberals.

The Netherlands has provided the liberal forces in these countries and regions with a set of ready-made, complete, and practically verified "General Principles of Cultural War" to assist the liberal forces in each country in elevating the "culture war" to a level that is critical to the survival of each country. They have been in power for a long time through a distorted democratic-social-system of democratic elections, and they suppress conservative forces in various countries by suppressing those who are not our own race. "

This year, the Commonwealth of America, Spain, the Netherlands and many other countries will hold elections. The United Kingdom will also hold mid-term parliamentary elections at the end of this year. Therefore, this period of time is a critical moment for the battle. The Whig Party led by Creston is constantly grinding. The knife is roaring.

Edward Smith Stanley sarcastically said that the Netherlands of William IV was of course also keen on Creston or other candidates from the liberal Whig party. After the Whig party won the parliamentary election this year, it would make a comeback in 1872. , regaining the position of No. 10 Downing Street.

Because the Kingdom of the Netherlands can be called an "isolated island" in Central and Western Europe today, the Netherlands does not have harmonious relations with the great powers of Britain in the west, France in the south, and Prussia in the east.

Recently, he has been frequently condemned, investigated, punished and confronted, and his image among governments has seriously deteriorated to the bottom (although the love for him among the opposition liberals in these three countries has only increased as a result).

William IV criticized the French Empire without hypocrisy, but Hungary never dared to use force against the French Empire, probably because it was afraid of being beaten.

If the liberals of the British Empire came to power in 1872 after the liberals won the election in 1871, the Netherlands would have a backer, no, or an alliance. By then, the Netherlands led by William IV will be even more unscrupulous.

In the Financial Times, Edward Smith Stanley pointed out that this month, William IV once again demonstrated what it means to be "unscrupulous". William IV plundered territory in neighboring Belgium, but behaved like a very gentleman. , actually invited Leopold II as a host last week to visit the province of Antwerp, which was once a Belgian territory, for so-called "agreement and peace negotiations", and did not forget to polish his "anti-democracy, anti-immigration and Anti-war" sign.

He quoted William IV: "In our European world we can mingle with each other, but we must not disappoint those who want to become a mixed race."

Edward Smith Stanley lamented that if the big countries in Europe allowed William IV's statement to become popular and implemented in various countries, then soon the population advantage of the big countries would no longer exist, and such countries as the Netherlands would no longer have the advantage of population. Countries with a population gap have become winners.

He also lamented that half of Europe has been invaded by immigrants, and those countries with mixed races are actually no longer countries. He also gave an example of the United States of America becoming a battleground for European powers.

The Financial Times published an article on Edward Smith Stanley, which instantly made him and William IV a figure in the spotlight.

Although many countries are very dissatisfied with the statement of this veteran of the Yinggu ruling Tory Party, because it is obviously blaming the management of political problems in various countries, but the power of the British Empire has made other countries choose to remain silent.

Don't forget, the current ruling party in Britain is his Tory party, and he is the political mentor of British Prime Minister Disraeli.

However, many people in the Whig Party directly accused Edward Smith Stanley, stating that he intended to influence the mid-term election at the end of the year and carried out interference-like attacks, demanding that the Tories restrain him.

Even if Prime Minister Disraeli had not taken action, it was not impossible for the Whig Party to impeach Disraeli, who was the leader of the secession.

It seems that Edward Smith Stanley's article stirred up a hornet's nest and triggered internal strife between the Tories and Whigs.

Not to mention whether the internal conflicts in Britain broke out, William IV, who was named and accused by Edward Smith Stanley, naturally would not give up.

On March 28, 1869, the spokesperson of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized: "As a former Prime Minister of the British Empire who has resigned, shouldn't he carry out actions to protect the instructions of the ruling Tory Party? We do not understand the internal power structure of the British ruling Tory Party. , but we are very dissatisfied with the former Prime Minister Edward Smith Stanley's random accusations.

To this end, we will summon the British Ambassador to the Netherlands in the near future to express the strong dissatisfaction of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. We require the Disraeli Cabinet Government of the British Empire to abide by the rules, not to attack royal members of various countries, and to restrain their own domestic Politicians’ National Boundaries”

The spokesperson of the Dutch royal family responded sarcastically: "Edward Smith Stanley's articles are all inciting the outburst of dissatisfaction. They are all attacking Dutch policies. He seems to want to use Dutch policies to pull back the British Empire." The Whigs are in trouble. Look, they oppose the immigration policy of His Majesty William IV of the Netherlands. They attack the equality between men and women that we in the Netherlands advocate and are supported by the world. They are also dissatisfied with the way that we in the Netherlands advocate labor union organizations to maintain social harmony.

The former Prime Minister Edward Smith Stanley even advocated that countries around the world must maintain the purity of "race (blood or culture)". In other words, he was advocating out-and-out racial supremacy of great powers. It is discriminating against the development rights of small countries, which is something the international community is very angry about. "

The spokesman for the King of the Netherlands also said: "According to the information we have, the British white supremacy promoted by former Prime Minister Edward Smith Stanley is very firm. Therefore, when he was in power of the British government, his cabinet government adviser and friend Gildas cut ties with him and denounced him as a devil.

Think about it, even his own friends and subordinates are so clearly opposed to his position, how many people can trust his credibility."

The rebuttals of the Dutch royal family and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs are eye-catching, and they all feel that there seems to be some truth in this statement.

However, Edward Smith Stanley seemed determined to deal with the Netherlands. On March 29, the London Times, directly in the Tory camp, pointed out:

“The Kingdom of the Netherlands, with a population of less than 6 million in 1861, and the 8 million indigenous people in the Far East, had limited influence no matter how strong it was. This was the view of Viscount Palmerston and I at the time, as well as the views of the British opposition parties, the Tories and the Perceptions of the ruling Whig party.

However, since William IV came to power in December 1861, the Netherlands has gradually attracted European Dutch people. In 1862, the total number of Dutch people in the Netherlands plus immigrants from various countries who returned to the Netherlands exceeded 6.5 million.

After the war with the British in South Africa in 1863, the Boers in South Africa finally chose to immigrate to the Netherlands. The Dutch, who accounted for 80% of the population, immediately increased the population of the Netherlands by nearly 500,000.

Not counting the birth rate, the population that year was over 7 million.

Later, the Netherlands took advantage of the civil war in the American Federation of America to immigrate more than 500,000 people to the Far East of the Netherlands from the 1.5 million Dutch population in North America. When the American Civil War ended in 1866, the Dutch people in the Kingdom of the Netherlands plus the Dutch Under the multi-child policy, the number of people has exceeded 10 million, not counting immigrants from various countries. As of the end of 1868 last year, data released by the Netherlands showed that the number of white people in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (10.5 million Dutch, 500,000 Swedish, There are more than 12.3 million people (600,000 Danish, 300,000 German, 250,000 Austrian, 50,000 Hispanic, and 100,000 other ethnic groups).

Due to the immigrants from the Far East to Africa, there are currently only 8 million indigenous people left. In Africa, plus these Far East indigenous immigrants, there are 12 million indigenous people.

In other words, the current population of the Kingdom of the Netherlands exceeds 32.3 million. In less than 10 years, the population of the Netherlands has soared from 14 million to 32.3 million, and its territory has doubled several times. While William IV's domestic dominance was consolidated, his international status was growing.

Nowadays, politicians from all over the world are learning from the Netherlands, and small and medium-sized countries are also taking the Netherlands as a model and vying to imitate it.

If the British Empire was followed by the Whig Party led by Creston, these countries would also be 'Dutchized' by politicians in various countries. The conservative and liberal systems of each country were seriously damaged in the battle for power, and the societies of each country It will fall into violent turmoil. How can such a British Empire serve as the leader of the 'global liberal camp' during the period of Viscount Palmerston? How could such a British empire act as a defender for Belgium, whose national existence was under constant threat and whose territory had been occupied twice? Looking back at 1872, I feel deeply worried."

Edward Smith Stanley said: "His Majesty William IV of the Netherlands was a very good crown prince a few years ago, so he suggested that the royal family marry Princess Alice, the second daughter of Queen Victoria, to him, and a marriage between Britain and the Netherlands was planned. The relationship between Britain and the Netherlands has been further strengthened. However, it seems that this is all in vain. After all, William IV unilaterally chose Princess Alexandra of Denmark. This was very rude to Britain, but the British Empire Dadu does not care.

As William IV has done various things to the UK that hurt British sentiments over the years, the British should be more prepared for this, rather than still living in a state of preparing for a marriage with the Netherlands. Don’t forget, the British Empire until We are still the world's maritime hegemon. Our status is not obtained by marriage alone. Our warships are not obtained by marriage alone. We do not obtain respect from others by marriage.

To this end, I have prepared to conduct more introspection on the Dutch policy within the Tory Party, and ask my student, the current British Prime Minister, to pay more attention to the Netherlands. Only in this way can we safeguard our interests and let the British Empire It will not slowly become a target country for others to get whatever they want.

Finally, I would like to say something to William IV and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. You should be happy that the United Kingdom is benevolent. We will not launch wars against other countries in Europe at will. However, if we dare to visit the United Kingdom and go against the odds, we will not rule out allowing the United Kingdom to do so. The six major fleets around the world will accompany you to see who can swim or sink to the bottom of the sea first."

"This is a provocation, a serious provocation!"

"As a giant of the ruling party, Edward Smith Stanley has violated the rules of diplomacy by publishing articles with such tone and content."

"That's right, I think this Tory giant is indeed a political elite who has experienced the prime time of Britain's rise in the past few decades. This attitude determines everything. I even dare to guess that if the Netherlands dares to resist, what will happen next? I can’t even say that I can’t even wait on a warship.”

No matter which dynasty or corner of the world, there will never be a shortage of people eating melons.

Former British Prime Minister Edward Smith Stanley clashed with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which has been in the spotlight recently. This seems to be better than a drama.

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