Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Former Italian Prime Minister Lamarmo stated in a high-profile speech at the University of Milan in Italy that he believed Italy should condemn the behavior of British and Dutch Speaker of the House of Representatives Huntington because it was a blatant provocation of disputes.

He believes that Italy should focus on the former. Now that Britain is strongly suppressing the rise of the Netherlands, which threatens Britain's status, Britain will soon attack Italy, because Italy's position in the Mediterranean is too dangerous, and Italy must be prepared.

Italy must stand up to the bully of the British Empire.

Britain not only pursues hegemony in the Atlantic Ocean, but also in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea where Italy is located. Britain is accustomed to instigating wars among other countries. It watches from the sidelines in the British Isles. Finally, when the consumption of comprehensive strength of each country is reduced to a minimum, it comes out to take charge of the "overall situation." The purpose Not only against the "Napoleonic Dynasty" as everyone thinks, but also against other countries that have the potential to threaten Britain. Under this calculation, Italy should be particularly careful.

If Italy wants to get the best environment for Italy, then Italy should express that it is wrong for major countries to dictate to other countries.

Lamarmola believes that Italy should not only engage in naval friendship and naval cooperation with the British Empire in the Mediterranean, but also conduct military exercises with rising powers such as the Netherlands, Prussia and even the American Commonwealth. Only in this way can it exert its true independence and self-reliance. Italian foreign policy.

The Kingdom of Italy's various statements have made Europe more complicated. Small and medium-sized countries agree with this, but the major countries are very ambiguous. The United Kingdom only expressed dissatisfaction, but the Netherlands did not comment.

However, there are also civil organizations and individuals who have stated that this is only an opinion expressed by Italy based on its dream of becoming a great power. They pointed out that it is not difficult to understand that many Italian diplomatic elites did not support the Dutch House of Representatives Speaker Huntington’s visit to Spain, and even the former ambassador to the Netherlands was considered to be close to the Netherlands. Dino also disagrees with Huntington's "reckless" behavior. What's more interesting is that the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentioned in a statement that "at this time, the world needs the command and responsibility of all countries to ensure peace and stability. It seems that in It insinuates that Speaker Huntington lacks wisdom and responsibility, and also insinuates that the UK has overreacted, making the situation unstable."

April 6, 1869.

A piece of news sparked international attention.

Pagin, the former head of the intelligence department of the General Staff of the Netherlands Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with European Times ace reporter Haig that the British Empire hopes that the conflict between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Siam will continue.

He said that the British Empire has always been cloaked in the guise of balancing the forces of European countries and maintaining peace, doing whatever it wants in the city, creating proxy wars, and its purpose is to maintain the British Empire's global hegemony at sea while also trying to encroach on the European continent and even the Eurasian continent.

The former head of the intelligence department of the General Staff from the Netherlands told Haig about Britain's intentions: The British Empire needs more conflicts to maintain its hegemony. It does not participate in the war itself, but lets other countries fight the war, one of which is a proxy war. It was the Civil War in the United States. The Confederate States of the South, with the false support of Britain, fought a war with the Confederate States of the North. This war lasted for five or six years, with millions of people involved and millions of people killed or injured.

According to the predictions of many economic experts around the world, the prospering Commonwealth of America could have surpassed the United Kingdom and become the world's largest economic power around 1890. Now, after the separation of the 13 southern states, only 35 states remain. 32 million people also seceded because of the south, leaving a population of 9 million and only 23 million.

This makes it seem that it will take longer for the Commonwealth of America to challenge the British Empire in economic strength. Many experts even speculate that it may take more than 50 years.

Although the current civil war in the United States seems to be over, it is still developing in the direction that the United Kingdom hopes to see. The United Kingdom hopes that the United States will rule from the north to the south, which will reduce one challenger. The United Kingdom even does not hesitate to use the south to check the north from time to time. .

The British took advantage of the fact that they were often feared by the French Empire, and may have hinted to Paris that they would not intervene, which made France boldly implement the Kingdom of Siam as planned. On the one hand, it supported the Dutch-led sanctions against France, and even at the beginning, the British also threatened the Kingdom of Siam. Arms and gun support slowed French progress.

Britain hopes that this war will continue because its rival the Netherlands and one of the threats, the French Empire, are involved in it. These two countries are powerful countries in various fields around Britain, so what reason does Britain have not to add fuel to the fire? Could it be that you really can't persuade them to break up?

Since the war broke out between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Siam, the British Empire has continuously provided war funds and weapons to the Kingdom of Siam, including light firearms and ammunition in active service in the UK. On the other hand, it has supported the Hague Tribunal of the country where the Netherlands is located. Organizing multiple rounds of sanctions against the French Empire, Pagin, the former intelligence chief of the Dutch General Staff, pointed out that the British Empire’s actions were to continuously consume and weaken the French Empire and its strength, and at the same time push the Netherlands to become the target of France’s anger. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone. .

Pattin: "The British Empire provided British service weapons and war funds to the Kingdom of Siam. The goal was to continue the conflict and attack France. In the political arena in London, the British like to call this strategy a war of attrition. They It is consuming the power of its opponents. The United Kingdom supports the International Hague Tribunal to impose sanctions on France under the leadership of the Netherlands and ostracize the French Empire diplomatically, just like when everyone was dissatisfied with Napoleon I, the United Kingdom and Austria were integrated to isolate France. ,

When the British Empire behind the Netherlands saw the Netherlands and other countries in France imposing more sanctions, and France counterattacked more, the British Empire, which was hiding behind and uninjured, added fuel to the fire. "

Pagin told Haig that the American civil war could have been avoided, but the British Empire did not want to see the United States continue to rise peacefully and become stronger and threaten it. The same is true for France and the Kingdom of Siam. These wars and conflicts promoted or perhaps escalated by the British , resulting in the loss of a large number of innocent people's lives, and plunging France, the Kingdom of Siam, and the north and south of the United States into endless abyss.

Pagin warned: "In fact, the issue of the war between France and the Kingdom of Siam could have been solved long ago through collective pressure from the European continent to ask France to put away its ambitions and sign an agreement. Now the Kingdom of Siam is suffering, and the interests of many European countries was damaged, so the Europeans were also implicated. Unfortunately, many people lost their lives and limbs, and the casualties were serious. The economy of the Kingdom of Siam has regressed for at least 10 years. In the future, if the Kingdom of Siam is to return to the first half of 1866 before the war The economic scale of the period will require at least three years of full-scale reconstruction, and at the same time, at least 10 million pounds will need to be prepared for reconstruction.”

Patin said: "The Netherlands will follow the British goals and change some of the Dutch policies."

When Haig asked whether sanctions would be lifted on France, Patin said everything was possible as a future option for the Netherlands.