Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On November 3, 1881, Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I and Prime Minister Count Andrássy Güla, Kaiser Wilhelm I and Prime Minister Bismarck visited London and met with Queen Victoria and Prime Minister Gladstone of the United Kingdom. The three countries The Prime Minister finally agreed that in order to safeguard European interests, the three countries would coordinate to resolve disputes in Southeast Europe.

At the same time, Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm I and Franz Joseph I signed a military agreement with the prime ministers of various countries. Agreement: When one party is attacked by any country in Europe or even the world, the other party shall send 200,000 troops to help.

At the same time, the six people also agreed that when a third country invades Europe and threatens its own peace, the three countries should immediately discuss a common course of action. The Triple Entente was limited to be effective in 1885, and was later called the first alliance of the three empires in history. .

The alliance between Britain, Germany, and Austria-Hungary shocked the world. Germany used to be ambiguous, but now it doesn't. Britain successfully won over Germany to join the fight against the Dutch, and Austria-Hungary successfully won over Germany to support it in the Mexican War. All of a sudden, the pressure on the Netherlands seems to be increasing sharply.

Even if the Tsarist Empire formed an alliance with the Netherlands, one of the two countries would dominate the seas in the Indo-Pacific region of the Far East, and the other would become the hegemon at both ends of the Eurasian continent.

However, the three countries of Britain, Germany and Austria are connected by mountains and rivers in Europe and almost dominate Central and Western Europe. The Tsarist Empire is currently increasing its presence in the Far East, but even the Trans-Siberian Railway, which started construction in 1880, would take at least eight years to complete, so Tsarist Russia's presence in the Far East is very low.

There are very few links with the Netherlands. With such an existence, the Netherlands received little help from Tsarist Russia, and the Netherlands did not help Tsarist Russia much.

Is the Three Kingdoms Alliance of Britain, Germany and Austria really something that the Netherlands and Russia can handle?

While various countries are talking about it, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as the protagonist, is even more hotly debated across the country.

Especially today's Dutch broadcast, in particular, several big figures in political commentators were invited to participate.

“After the Franco-Prussian War, a unified and powerful Germany emerged in Europe, completing a revolutionary transformation of the political environment of European countries. At the same time, it created a German problem that troubled other major European countries: the natural advantages of the German Empire were different from those of other European countries. The paradox of accepting this advantage”

As one of the most anticipated hosts today, Hermann Van Peron, President of the University of Sydney, opened his mouth. The only 30 million Dutch white and black indigenous people living in the Far East listened attentively.

Hermann Van Peron said on the radio: "Why is the Netherlands able to encounter the current British coercion, and Germany and Austria are now turning to deal with us, the Netherlands. In fact, the Netherlands is an enlarged version of what the German Empire suffered. The German Empire's environment is troubled in Europe, and The Netherlands is at sea and around the world, Joseph Beit is our current foreign minister of the Netherlands, what do you think of the establishment of the Three Imperial Alliance between Britain, Germany and Austria?"

Joseph Bait? It’s the Dutch Foreign Minister who is now in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who is here?

All the audience members sat upright and pricked up their ears to listen to his next words.

On the radio, Joseph Beit's voice slowly came.

“The defeat of the Second French Empire in 1871 not only caused it to lose Alsace and Lorraine, depriving it of its dominant position on the European continent, but also greatly worsened its geopolitical environment. In this way, the Second French Empire had no influence on Germany. It is a country that cannot be reconciled. The Second French Empire cannot deal with the German Empire on its own. Whether it is to protect itself or prepare for revenge, the Second French Empire needs to form an alliance with any country that is related to the German Empire. This is This makes the crises involving the German Empire intensified and difficult to localize, thus limiting the basic direction of the German Empire's diplomacy."

At this time, Hermann Van Peron suddenly interrupted the broadcast and said: "What the Foreign Secretary means is that Germany's enemies are our Dutch friends, so can the Second French Empire win over?"

Win the French Second Empire as an ally of the Netherlands?

The audience tasted it carefully, tasted it carefully!

As the embassy of the three German and Austrian countries in the Netherlands, I was also listening to this unfamiliar but magnificent broadcast in the Netherlands. Hermann Van Peron, who has been world-famous for his commentary on current affairs since the 1860s, every time Every time it appears, it becomes the object of people's attention.

Especially the foreign political arena, because many people can see part of the next policy of the Dutch foreign and political arena.

This is a semi-official spokesperson.

Royal Palace of the Netherlands.

"Father, Mr. Van Peron means that Minister Beit is trying to put pressure on Germany?"

Prince Albert, who will turn 16 in 24 days, is currently studying at Melbourne High School. Due to his early enlightenment, he is already in his second year of high school and will be able to attend university in two years.

Just now, William IV's family was having breakfast, and the broadcast starting at 8 o'clock came.

So William IV and his family were eating their breakfast and listening.

Prince Albert slowly swallowed the snack in his throat and said to William IV.

"They are all veterans. Foreign policy involves international events, and every step is shocking. Albert, don't pay too much attention to the superficiality of these statements."

Before William IV said anything, Queen Alexandra next to him looked at him lovingly and said.

Princess Anna next to her looks like Snow White and is very fond of her. "Mother, the current Anglo-German-Austrian alliance has caused huge concerns in the country. Even in our second grade class, this topic is discussed everywhere. , the politics teachers in the school are using this as the topic of class meetings to discuss."

Princess Anna is two years younger than Prince Albert.

Prince Jacques and Princess Marie, twins born in 1870, also nodded and said that many people in their school were talking about this topic.

William IV couldn't help but secretly sigh that there are too few entertainment products in this era. If these little guys and his mother Alexandra lived in an era with smart phones, they would never be so "nosy". He said: "It is a good thing that the whole people are talking about it. This proves that it is better for the people to consider national affairs as their own business. It is better than the people not taking it seriously. It proves that the people's identification with the country is too low. Continue reading , you can learn more things that you can use in the future.”

Inside the Embassy of the Second French Empire in Melbourne, Netherlands.

The French ambassador to the Netherlands listened to the radio with a livid face, "The Netherlands is diverting trouble to the east. It seems that it is necessary to send an alarm to Paris. Be careful that Paris is used as a weapon by the Netherlands. However, France-Croatia, Britain The three countries of Germany and Austria have actually formed an alliance, so what will happen to the unification of the Second French Empire? Will Britain continue to support it? How should the Second French Empire face the crisis introduced by the Netherlands?"