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While countries all over the world are discussing the Dutch black indigenous people's struggle for greater power, the two top figures in the Netherlands are also paying great attention to this and even "making suggestions" for it.

Dutch Prime Minister Tolbeck: "Some Dutch indigenous-black political participants have been elected to provincial councils or provincial governments to hold important positions. Many indigenous people are diligent and hard-working in their posts, and have gradually won the trust and trust of others. Although the number of indigenous people occupying the House of Representatives in various provinces and cities in the Netherlands is not a minority, the Senate is still controlled by Dutch whites, and the provincial governors (high-ranking official positions), mayors and speakers are all held by white people. By It is not difficult to see that although Madagascar, Uganda and Congo are the provinces with the highest proportion of black indigenous people participating in politics, there is still a long way to go before the indigenous people can become the highest leaders in the province."

William IV said: “This also shows that in addition to the limitations of the black indigenous people in the construction struggle of the Netherlands, the indigenous people do not have their own political party organizations, and they do not have the ability to form their own political parties. They can only follow the white Christians and liberals in the Netherlands. Just obey orders. The indigenous rights protection struggle is still in the spontaneous stage at this time. The provocation of the British Empire is just a fuse. Even if it burns, it is only a small fire.

Small-scale protests launched by only one or two leaders cannot fundamentally solve the problem. In addition, most of the native Dutch have just transformed from slaves to free people. It is difficult for the indigenous black people who lack political experience to compete with the white Dutch. , so the indigenous people wanted to have the same status as white people in the Netherlands, and power was still a distant dream during this period. "

Tolbeck sneered: "This British Crown Prince Edward wants to use this to attack His Majesty William IV, but he has chosen the wrong target."

William IV also smiled and said: "At present, indigenous people are disadvantaged all over the world. Prince Edward may have forgotten that the British Empire is the largest indigenous 'slave' in the world. If the British Empire shows too much support for the indigenous people, I will be very happy." "

Tolbeck asked, "Why?"

William IV said: "The Netherlands will use their own methods to attack their own people and fight back against the indigenous peoples of the Indian subcontinent and Africa under the British Empire. It is said that the Indians in Canada are currently attacking the Indians in the Commonwealth of America. With the great increase in power, he has already expressed his dissatisfaction to London. It just lacks a trigger.

Since Queen Victoria did not control her future heirs well, then it would be very good to instruct the Alaska Peninsula to ask our people there to contact the Indians in Canada, so that those Indians would quarrel and let the British join in the fun. "

Prime Minister Tolbeck naturally nodded in approval.

On April 23, 1869, when the world was paying attention to the noisy protests for power by indigenous people in the Dutch African territories of Uganda, Congo, and Kenya, King William IV of the Netherlands personally signed a resolution that came into effect and was passed by the Prime Minister and the Parliament. Amsterdam It is reported that localities are required to implement the draft in accordance with the Electoral Fairness Act. In 20 overseas provinces, indigenous parliamentary seats must be guaranteed to account for 25% of the parliamentary seats.

This legislation of the Netherlands immediately lit up the eyes of indigenous people around the world, and then they all turned their attention to their colonial mother country.

And these colonial masters who originally wanted to watch the fun suddenly felt like they were facing a formidable enemy and began to be wary of the troublemakers of the colonial natives.

The first is the British Canadian Indians. Their number exceeds 500,000, and the British in Canada are also between 500,000. However, the British occupy all important positions in this overseas territory, including the so-called Parliament, so The MPs are all white.

This has long made the Indians dissatisfied, but in the past, the indigenous people all over the world were in peace. The human psychology is that everyone has to live with it, but if someone has a better life than themselves under equal status, then of course they have to strive for equal treatment.

Not to mention that the Dutch natives actually got a quarter of the parliamentary seats for the first time. Although this did not obtain a corresponding proportion according to the number of people, it was enough to have their own voice in the Dutch Parliament, and it was four steps in one step. one part.

On the other hand, under British rule, Canada was nominally not a colony but an overseas territory, but the indigenous Indians had no power at all. They had no positions in the government, and even the Parliament had no place for Indians.

In comparison, does Britain still have the nerve to interfere in the struggle for indigenous rights in the Netherlands?

If the Indians use this to blackmail the British government, will the British government be forced to make concessions?

So with this kind of thinking, Canadian Indians took to the streets of Quebec and Toronto. Indians who picked up hoes and wooden sticks took to the streets, forming a bright and beautiful scenery. On April 25, 1869, Among the news that instantly spread around the world, the Indians asked the British government to give more rights to the Indians.

Even the Indians pointed out by name that their inspiration came from the British government's support for the Dutch indigenous rights, so they trusted the British government and believed that it could help them give up some of the rights they deserved in Canada where white power was fully covered.

Many white people in London showed reluctance. They even heard that Charles Stanley Monk, the conservative governor of Canada of the Tory Party, made it clear that he did not support the British government giving too much power to the Indians.

He said: "We believe that the Indians currently have enough power, and there is no need to give them so much power, because this will be contrary to the legitimate rule of the British here, so our attitude is against it."

Many people in London support Charles Stanley Monk's statement, and most of them are conservative Tories.

However, before London waited for the outcome of the Tory Disraeli cabinet, someone was already adding fuel to the fire, and this was getting muddier.

President Johnson Andrew of the Federal Republic of the United States made a special trip from Washington to British Columbia, a new state of the United States, where he received a warm welcome. He sang and danced with the local Indian leaders and made a clear promise that his commonwealth The - and - cabinet government will focus on the future well-being of Indians and strive to give them more power.

“We support the approach of the Indians, because in the Commonwealth of Miles, Indians have become an important part of the Commonwealth’s parliamentarians, and in British Columbia, a new state that was only added to the Commonwealth a few years ago, Indians We also have one senator and several representatives from Indians. Indians in the United States and Indians in Canada are one family. We support equality and we call on the British Disraeli government to try to decentralize power."