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As the war between Austria-Hungary and Mexico caused unprecedented challenges to global peace and security, the Netherlands' allies around the world are rapidly strengthening defense, security and economic ties with the Netherlands.

On October 18, 1881, Tsar Alexander III of the Russian Empire visited Melbourne, the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and held a summit meeting with William IV.

Bilateral defense cooperation between the Netherlands and the Tsarist Empire will expand in areas such as maritime security in the Pacific and Atlantic, and support for each other's countermeasures when attacked.

Both of them expressed a sense of crisis regarding the situation of the Austro-Hungarian invasion of Mexico, and opposed the Austro-Hungarian Empire's armed invasion of Mexico to change the original status quo. They directly gave the example of Austria-Hungary taking charge of the Yucata Peninsula before, and now Austria-Hungary has further invaded. In this case, both sides have made it clear that they will continue to support peace and stability in Mexico. Militarily, both Austria-Hungary and Austria-Hungary should withdraw from the Mexican territory occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire this year. At the same time, Mexico City and Vienna should sit down and negotiate to resolve territorial disputes.

The Russian Empire and the Netherlands will share political, economic, defense and other related intelligence information about the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the Mexican War.

According to the draft joint statement, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Russian Empire are seriously concerned about the situation in Mexico and have proposed measures to strengthen maritime security cooperation between the two parties, including considering holding joint exercises in the Atlantic and Pacific regions close to Latin America to assist the 12 Latin American countries of the Group of 13 Latin America. Members improve maritime alert capabilities.

On the issue of economic security, the Netherlands and the Russian Empire will strengthen cooperation on important industrial materials and establish the Netherlands to support the industrial development of the Russian Empire. At the same time, the Netherlands and the Russian Empire will establish an early warning mechanism to share information on the level of European industrial development.

The Netherlands and Tsarist Russia will also strengthen the supply chain of important industrial supplies, allowing Tsarist Russia to reduce its dependence on the industrial products and markets of the German-Austrian Alliance, and support the Tsarist Russian Empire and the Netherlands in building a submarine telegraph cable from St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea to the Dutch territory on the North-Sea Coast. Line laying; telegraph cable connecting Vladivostok in the Russian Empire in the Far East to New Guinea Island in the Netherlands in the Far East.

In terms of national defense and security, Tsarist Russia and the Netherlands will develop a security partnership and create a regular strategic dialogue at the level of ministers of the two countries. This may be like the 2+2 talks and dialogue between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defense between the Netherlands and Denmark and Sweden. Minister-level officials responsible for national defense and territorial security meet regularly to discuss the global situation and countermeasures.

United States of America, Congress, House of Representatives, Mr. Pike's office.

"British Empire?"

The question from Senator Nurse who was visiting here made Senator Pike pause, and then he said:

"In the British Empire, undergraduate programs are three-year. Except for some majors, undergraduate schools in Scotland are four-year in the Netherlands."

Senator Nass was stunned. He really didn't know that the study time for universities in the UK and the Netherlands was actually different. The Commonwealth of the United States also has a four-year system.

I couldn't help but feel relieved. Fortunately, he came to ask Pike today. Otherwise, it would be terrible to send the child there with no clue.

Senator Pike: "Mr. Nass, if you study at university in the UK, you should pay attention to more things. For example, the cost difference between London and non-London areas is relatively large, whether it is tuition fees, rent or living expenses. General Generally speaking, the annual cost in non-London areas is at least 150 to 200 pounds, and the annual cost in London is about 200 to 300 pounds or more. However, because British undergraduate schools are three-year schools with fewer years of study, relatively It will be a little lower than the tuition and living expenses for the 4-year study in the Netherlands.”

Nass breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. The tuition fee for studying in the UK is less than that in the Netherlands, but the annual living expenses are not much at all. But when he thinks about the living expenses and tuition fees for three-year and four-year programs, it seems that the UK can save more money.

Although he is a U.S. senator, he has five children in his family. The second son is currently studying abroad. The eldest son is already at Yale University, and the following ones will also attend prestigious schools. Therefore, he must save some money.

Although Harvard University, Columbia University, Yale University, etc. in the United States are also famous schools, the position in the United States is too difficult to grab. For the eldest son to be able to attend Harvard University, he is already in need of favors and connections. Now the famous domestic schools have been The reservations were fully booked. I spent a lot of money on making connections with my eldest son. This time I could only look for my second son to study abroad. The same was true for Senator Pike in front of me.

There is no way, who said that both of them are just senators, not the financial backers. If they are as rich as the financial backers, then there is no need to worry. For example, you can directly use money to get into private universities such as Harvard University and Columbia University.

Senator Nass: "Is it too difficult to apply? Which one is more difficult to apply for in universities in the UK and the Netherlands?"

"How difficult is it to apply?"

Parker smiled and said: "The application difficulty of famous universities in the Netherlands and the UK is different. Undergraduate courses in the Netherlands seek a breadth. GRA, standardization, extracurricular activities, essays, and interviews all require students to develop multi-dimensionally and comprehensively, and they are linked together to show their ability." To bring out the characteristics of students as a social 'person'"

Seeing Senator Nass' confused look, Senator Pike said: "To put it simply, Dutch schools will read all the materials and then make a relatively subjective judgment based on their experience and preferences. As for the UK"

Parker said: "Undergraduate courses in the UK pay attention to the word 'professional', and this is especially true when applying to prestigious schools. To apply for a prestigious British school, you must first confirm your major. Whether it is in-class course selection or writing, additional examinations corresponding to the major, and interviews, students are required to reflect their qualifications." Academic and rigorous.”

Parker finally said to Nass: "Whether it is a prestigious school in the UK or the Netherlands, for the famous schools, with the emergence of this ranking, especially the rise of the famous schools in the Netherlands, it is an inevitable trend that the competition there will become more and more fierce. What we can do is understand the situation of further studies in advance, make plans for studying abroad, and stabilize the entire application process step by step."

"Bang bang bang" the knock on the door sounded.

"Come in"

Senator Pike said nonchalantly.

It was his secretary who came in.

"Mr. Pike, Vice President Hendrix and President of the Senate would like to see you and Senator Nurse"

They looked at each other with Senator Nass and turned from being indifferent at first to being cautious.

Meeting them at this time, it was obvious that the right-hand man of Stephen Douglas, the most anti-Dutch president in the history of the American Commonwealth, must have something important to do.

"I got it." After seeing Senator Parker's secretary leave, Senator Nurse said angrily: "This German has been messing with President Stephen and that guy is anti-Dutch, and now he doesn't know what kind of big-headed Buddha he is going to do. It looks like we are going to have another headache.”

Senator Pike also had a headache. It was clear that President Stephen and both of them were of Dutch descent, but now they had led the American Democratic Party to fight against the Netherlands many times, which made them very puzzled.

Looking at the slogan of the Republican Party, it is "Friendly with the Netherlands and Pro-Dutch". You must know that the Republican Party has much fewer Dutch people than the Democratic Party. On the other hand, their Democratic Party has become the vanguard of anti-Dutch people, which makes the Dutch people here very embarrassed.

"Let's go, let's go see him, and we'll continue talking about studying abroad later."

Pike stood up and said.

Nas nodded and walked out of the door.