Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

Spain is worried that the property safety of its citizens will be threatened, so Spain officially takes over the control of the Nusa Tenggara Islands.

On the afternoon of June 25, 1909, in Madrid, the capital of Spain, in the reception hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office building, Spanish Foreign Minister Trini officially announced the news to the outside world, confirming that from last night to this morning, Spain's " "Invasion" action.

On the same day, he also accepted an exclusive interview with International Wire, which was published in this European and world newspaper on the 26th.

"Many people have seen that the Kingdom of the Netherlands is now in a dilemma in many aspects due to its own reasons. What is the situation like? It is very simple. Their army is obviously not suitable for managing such a large place. Management The resources are far from enough to manage a territory dozens of times larger than theirs, so we take over these marginal islands, allowing them to focus more on managing their major islands. Many people are suspicious and say that we found them in order to invade them. Many excuses, yes, we admit that we are making excuses for ourselves, but no one has noticed. In fact, we are also making excuses for them.

The current population of the Netherlands is only a little less than five million, which is similar to Portugal. We are well aware of the situation of Portugal, our most sincere ally, and I believe they have also seen that Portugal was deeply trapped in the colonies and could not extricate itself. But later they decisively implemented their new policy, which was to let Spain participate in their management institutions and become Portugal's best military helper in managing African colonies. You can take a look at the current Angola and Mozambique. It is definitely far from what it was back then, and even there, there was the economic development of the fastest growing colony in Europe. The speed of development is not even faster than that of some Eastern European countries. [

Even the General Atlantic Ratings Company gave Angola and Mozambique an economic rating of BBB last year. Their ability to repay debt was average, they were greatly affected by the adverse economic environment, and their default risk was average. The company gives Eastern European countries such as Bulgaria and Romania a BB rating, which means that the business environment in these two places is much better and higher than that of some Eastern European countries.

Last year, the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Greece, Mexico, Venezuela and other countries received the same business environment level as Angola and Mozambique.

The reason why the two countries got such high scores is that they can naturally use the division of labor and cooperation between Portugal and Spain. Spain's strong military power protects the development environment of the two places from external threats. Portugal's internal management lacks external checks and balances. And strong European-style management has been implemented internally, so the development of the two places will be so fast and good.

On the other hand, the Netherlands Indonesia under the Dutch governance was dozens of times larger than the mainland, so they could not guarantee the safety and environment of the country, which did not have a large population. Moreover, the Netherlands Indonesia was far away from the mainland, so in terms of governance, However, there is a lack of effective military power and energy to manage it. Therefore, the current chaotic situation of various accidents has emerged.

It is based on this that, in addition to the largest island of Java, we decided to take over the Nusa Tenggara Islands near Western Australia from Bali eastward to Jandena Island to be managed by us. I think, Without this archipelago, which spans a huge area and has a relatively small number of natives and foreigners, the Netherlands should be able to manage it more reasonably..."

When Trini's interview was published, it immediately caused huge controversy around the world. Of course, the controversy is minimal in the Netherlands. Because almost 90% of them believe that Spain is just lying to justify its seizure of the Dutch colony, and even this lie is still full of loopholes.

There are also many people in the UK talking about it, because many British people believe that this is the arrogant statement of the British Empire as Spain. What does it mean that the Netherlands cannot govern its own colony and Spain governs it on its behalf? What does it mean that Portugal and Spain are a model of cooperation? Called a model, if this were the other way around, wouldn't it be another way of saying it? The cooperation between the allies of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands would be far inferior to the cooperation model between Spain and Portugal. Portugal has gained a good future development with Spain, and as a country with the same population, The Netherlands ended up with a colony that needed other countries to take over. If you don’t believe it, just look at the rapid development of the Portuguese colonies Angola and Mozambique.

This is what the major British opponents of Spain's actions mock the government's remarks. There is no shadow of opposition in this, in order to prepare for the selection of the next prime minister.

Of course, there are some people who view it positively.

Their main point of view is that they agree that the Netherlands is too small, has insufficient military strength, and has a weak economy, so it would not be a bad thing to shrink the area and make it more manageable. Of course, the approach of the German Empire also made them suspicious. As for Japan, not only the sentiments of British citizens, but also the government has begun to become polarized. Some people believe that Britain should teach Japan some lessons. Anyone with a discerning eye can see this action. As a result of the alliance, it was precisely because of too much misunderstanding of Japan that in the end Britain ended up not being able to contribute enough to its allies and ending up in trouble. This has dealt a huge blow to the government's prestige domestically and internationally. Therefore, the United Kingdom should give Japan a lesson. The lessons include suspending Britain's production of warships for Japan until Japan confesses to Britain what happened and apologizes. These people are mainly Churchill and others. In their view, the proud British Empire does not tolerate contempt and offense from other countries.

However, there are also some people who object, led by Fisher. Fisher did not oppose the lesson to Japan, but he could not focus on naval construction. He believed that now is the time when Britain should develop its navy. Because the German Empire, Spain, France, and the United States are all working hard to develop their navy, update warships, and start researching new technologies, Britain's overall strength has been twice as large as the second place, so every time Germany When the Empire waits to build one ship, Britain needs to build two to maintain its number one position in the world. He admits that this in itself will greatly consume Britain's national power. Therefore, orders from Japan and other countries can train British technical workers. Technology will not allow the UK's advantage to be wasted and talent buried because there are no ships to build, so a pause is not feasible. He gave his statement with detailed analysis.

Others made sense when they heard it. The final result was that Britain would suspend a payment of more than 5 million pounds to Japan to express Britain's dissatisfaction with Japan. However, what they didn't know was that on the surface, Japan They expressed regret for the British lesson, but in fact they were secretly happy because just after the British froze the five million pound payment to Japan, the German Empire immediately signed a contract with Japan worth nearly ten million pounds. Mark loan agreement, even the interest rate of this loan is lower than that of the British loan.

Spain also shipped 25 million pesetas worth almost 5 million pounds. It can be said that this time Japan lost 5 million pounds from Britain and indeed received 15 million pounds in low-interest payments. It can be said that they have made money. Of course, they also understand that the relationship between Japan and the United Kingdom has deepened the estrangement. However, from the perspective of the Japanese government, their original alliance with the United Kingdom was just a relationship of interest exchange. Now the United Kingdom is in Japan When their interests expanded, it was hindered to the extent that Britain could provide them with greater benefits, so they did not mind making friends with Japan to obtain larger partners, such as Spain, especially the German Empire.

"Britain will not really fall out with Japan, because Britain needs Japan to stop Russia from going south, and at the same time, it can stop the United States and Spain from advancing westward. Not only the UK, but the French also think so. Because, the interests of Britain and France are In addition to the small islands in the Pacific, the interests on the Asian continent are the most important interests of the British and French. Therefore, Japan's location is destined to become the real target of all parties. Of course, except for Russia." This is an article published by the Japanese newspaper "Yu Du Shimbun" when people worried about a fundamental change in Britain's attitude towards Japan.

At the same time, the same view appeared in the "Sankei Shimbun". They believed that the most important thing for Japan at this time was to consolidate Japan's interests in the Maluku Islands and bring many Japanese nationals in Dutch Indonesia with them. to the island for protection, because Japan's actions may cause the Dutch to become dissatisfied and unstable and take actions to harm the Japanese. Therefore, Japan needs to refer to the recommendations in the risk assessment in the Spanish government report just now. Spain Concerns were expressed about the safety of people on other islands.

"As expected, Your Majesty, it seems that our gains this time are not small. The British have really shrunk this time, hehe."

"This time, the British were absolutely furious. I even heard that Edward VII was so angry that he vomited some blood. However, I think it will not be easy for such a situation to happen in the future?" In Germany In the imperial palace, Tirpitz heard Theobaden's words and joked with a smile.

"Didn't you say that it was Queen Wilhelmina who vomited blood?" William II asked with some uncertainty. He thought Tirpitz was wrong.

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