Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"The city of Medan in Sumatra, south of the Strait of Malacca, is North Sumatra. The city is also the third largest city in Sumatra, after Lampung City, the second largest city at the southern end of the southeast, and Palembang City, the largest city in the east.

The total population of Medan City is 400,000, composed of Bataks, Javanese, Malays, and Germans. The Dutch are the latecomers. The Dutch currently account for 21% of the population, and the German Confederates account for 3%. , most of the latter are engaged in industry and commerce.

The current population composition of Medan City is currently similar to that of the entire Sumatra Island.

It mainly takes advantage of its proximity to ports along the Strait of Malacca. The Port of Medan competes with Ipoh City, the second largest city in the British-occupied Malayan colony across the strait. It’s just that the Netherlands has closer relations with European countries than the United Kingdom. When European and American countries dock in the Strait of Malacca for repairs, more than 40% of the ships dock in our city of Medan, not in the northern Malay Island. Ipoh City.

In addition to the 20% occupied by Banda Aceh Port, the westernmost port on Sumatra Island, currently 60% of the navigable ships in the Strait of Malacca dock at our port.

The city of Ipoh across the Strait of Malacca only occupies 10%. However, because Malacca City also occupies 10%, the Singapore Island Port that the British originally competed with us in the south has a superior location and occupies 20%. The three cities are comparable to my Medan. "

With a very stern expression on his face, the Governor of East India Province, Jan Simsisco, said: "The competition between Britain and the Netherlands over the Strait of Malacca was very intense in the last century. In the end, the two countries reached a compromise in 1786, and the Netherlands withdrew. On the Malay Peninsula, Britain's withdrawal from Sumatra eliminated the dispute between the two countries in the Far East. Who would have thought that the two countries are now having conflicts here again, and depending on the situation, the dispute is even bigger and involves a wider scope."

Palu, the Speaker of the East India Provincial Council, also lamented: "The competition between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands for influence in the Southeast Peninsula has reached an intense stage. The United Kingdom has used its advantage of occupying most of Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula to expand rapidly on the Southeast Peninsula. Influence.

Medan City Mayor Trusi glanced at him, and then retorted: "I don't agree with the Palu Provincial Speaker's statement. Look at the map. The British now occupy the western and southern peripheries of the Kingdom of Siam. The French occupied eastern Cambodia and southern Laos, and the stronghold of North and South Vietnam, the Kingdom of Siam was almost completely surrounded.

This is also the reason why the Kingdom of Siam has frequently tried to win over the Netherlands in recent years to deal with the United Kingdom. If the French Empire had not been divided between the north and the south, causing the power of Napoleon III to be castrated, the Second French Empire currently chose to maintain peaceful and stable relations with the Kingdom of Siam. Otherwise, If so, the Kingdom of Siam might have already faced a double-sided attack.

So now we are facing a behemoth British colony that spans the Southeast Asian peninsula and the Indian subcontinent. This is our disadvantage, but how could it not be our advantage? "

William IV was very interested in Trussi, because Trussi was known to be very powerful in Sumatra, and even spread to Melbourne, the new capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Because of his strong appeal, Medan City Speaker Raymond is also his ally, but to be precise, the two are from the same political party.

Thinking of this, William IV couldn't help but think of the current political situation in the Netherlands.

Medan City Mayor Trussi is from the Socialist Party, the third largest party in the Netherlands after the Liberal Party and the Christian Party. The Dutch Socialist Party was founded with the support of William IV in 1870. The current leader of the party is the former Belgian Prime Minister Danetang. , Speaker of the House of Representatives Beit serves as the chairman, and Mari Philip serves as the whip. It can be said that this party is a new party formed by the Dutch after the return of several major Belgian provinces.

With the passage of eight years, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has changed from a two-power struggle for hegemony between the Liberal Party and the Christian Party in the past to a parallel troika in the Dutch political arena, including the Socialist Party.

In the 1870 Dutch Prime Minister's election, Tolbeck stepped down after completing his nine-year term after William IV chose to postpone the start of the election for one year. The Dutch election was held in 1871. At the beginning of the year, three former prime ministers, Danetang, Beit and Mari Philippe, were elected. Belgian political giants form the first Dutch Socialist Party in Europe.

The three men took the Netherlands from Belgium to review the general trend of the provinces with a population of 1.5 million at this time. It had extremely high popularity when it was first established. The Liberal Party had 200,000 members, the Christian Party had 150,000 members, and the Socialist Party had 70,000 members before the election. This was already surprising enough, but no one expected that at this moment, the Socialist Party would be recognized by the Governor-General of East India Province, Jane Simsisco. Despite everyone's surprise, before the general election in August 1871, the Socialist Party In May, he joined the party and became the first member of the Socialist Party to hold the status of Governor-General of the Netherlands.

For a time, not only the Netherlands was shocked, but also caused a tsunami-like wave in Europe.

His joining gave the Socialist Party a completely stable position.

Then, due to reasons unknown deep within human beings, in June and July 1871, the Socialist Party actually welcomed a large number of new members, and almost all of them were from the Far East.

William IV looked at Trucy and Raymond in front of him. If he remembered correctly, this Raymond seemed to be of Swedish descent.

The Socialist Party has become the political party that has benefited the most from European immigrants to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Because of its youth and the experience of Danetang and others in Belgium, it is compared to the conservative Christian Party and the ruling Liberal Party, which has inherent power.

The Socialist Party is more popular among these people than the other two parties, regardless of its potential for advancement or proximity.

Of course, the indigenous people are currently divided into two factions. Now the Socialist Party seems to be blocking the indigenous side, apparently trying to use the indigenous votes as a breakthrough to gain the inherent votes for governing the Netherlands.

However, under the liberal government, the indigenous people have gained a lot of power, so the indigenous priority still supports the liberals at present, but the Socialist Party has also received a lot of support, which is why Trussi and Raymond can currently be elected in Medan, because here It is said that many of the indigenous people supported the Socialist Party. This can be regarded as one of the most stable territories of the Socialist Party since the local and parliamentary elections in the 1873 mid-term election.

On January 10, 1872 (the new president of the United States took office on January 20), the new liberal Prime Minister Gerrit de Vries took office and formed a new cabinet. There were almost no changes in the cabinet members, apparently in order to maintain the basic foundation of the government. , the second term began in 1876 and remains so to this day.

It can be said that under the four consecutive stable terms of the Liberal Party, the Netherlands has a stable political situation and rapid economic and social development.