Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Chapter 1013 Love spreads across borders and war

On November 29, 1881, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's war of invasion against Mexico continued unabated, causing the Netherlands to finally change its stance, including King William IV, who agreed to provide weapons to Mexico.

Even in order to fight against the Austro-Hungarian army on the Mexican battlefield, the Dutch Ministry of Defense announced that it has prepared to build a Dutch-managed arsenal in Acapulco de Juarez on the Pacific side of Mexico City, where the Netherlands will send a The fleet defended the coastline from sneak attacks from the Pacific side. At the same time, a coalition of 12 countries including the Netherlands, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Belize, and Guatemala will deploy 20,000 troops from Ecuador, the headquarters of the Thirteen-Nation Alliance Army, to station there to protect the country. An important military asset of the Alliance.

The Dutch Ministry of National Defense also announced that based on the combat terrain in Mexico, it has worked with the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and the Mexican government to build a bicycle factory there to produce 50,000 bicycles per month to supply the Mexican army and help Mexico build a 5-year-old bicycle factory. Ten thousand bicycle army legions, to strengthen the construction of Mexico's motorized forces, track the Austro-Hungarian Empire's horse phalanx.

At the same time, the Royal Netherlands Intelligence Service was also wary of Britain, Germany and Austria.

In the Dutch Parliament, when Bill Charlie (1827-), director of the Royal Dutch Intelligence Service, faced questions from members of the Dutch Parliament, he directly produced a report saying that the German Empire hoped to become the third world-class power in the world in 1890. became a powerful country and advocated the realization of this vision through the German industrial manufacturing development strategy and Prime Minister Bismarck's European balance of power diplomacy. In order to achieve its goals, the German Empire believed that it would also use means such as industrial espionage and traditional diplomatic espionage to steal. The Netherlands' advanced industrial technology, of course, is also a target of the UK, but the Netherlands can pretend that they don't know.

Bill Charlie, director of the Royal Netherlands Intelligence Service, also accused the German Imperial Intelligence Service of using Dutch-German military cooperation projects to collect intelligence. The report said that some military training assistance lasted for months and years, and German participants took advantage of this opportunity to contact relevant German military personnel and collect intelligence.

In this report, the Dutch scientific research field is said to have also attracted the attention of German intelligence agencies. In this report, which was specifically designed to respond to inquiries from members of the Dutch Parliament, it was stated that those engaged in intelligence collection for the German Empire included not only regular staff of the German Empire’s Embassy in the Netherlands, but also traditional spies who recruited or concealed their identities, as well as Austria-Hungary. Kindred in the Empire support each other.

In addition, when the director of the Dutch International Intelligence Service, McKay Sean (1823-), was also facing accountability questions about the recent frequent espionage incidents in the Netherlands, he directly expressed his agreement with the Royal Dutch Intelligence Service managed by Bill Charlie. Information authenticity.

But his agency also found that Britain was also a protagonist of Dutch intelligence spying, especially on Dutch territorial infrastructure around the world such as roads, railways and ports. The director of the Dutch International Intelligence Service warned in the Dutch parliament that Britain's intention and ability to damage these infrastructures is a threat that must be taken seriously. In addition to spying on military intelligence, the report also stated that the United Kingdom took various measures to try to influence public opinion in places where Dutch troops are stationed, such as the Netherlands and the Netherlands' Nordic and Latin American allies, in an attempt to turn local people against the Dutch troops.

In the past five years, as the Netherlands and Britain have been at odds with each other, the Royal Netherlands Intelligence Service and the Netherlands International Intelligence Service have gradually increased their manpower to cope with the new security military. Bill Charlie of the Royal Netherlands Intelligence Service and McKay Sean, Director of the Dutch International Intelligence Service, both said in the report, "It has become more urgent than ever to set up a system to combat international spies and local spies and prevent possible sabotage operations." "

The Austro-Hungarian invasion of the Dutch ally Mexico brought a huge security threat to the Americas. The Netherlands' interests in Latin America have never been worse than the crisis. The Netherlands must respond to protect the Netherlands' local interests from being harmed, and at the same time ensure that the Netherlands The alliance system is not destroyed by other countries.

In this report, two senior Dutch intelligence officials also stated that the United States and Austria-Hungary are also top threats to the Dutch economic and scientific espionage activities.

Following the response reports from these two top intelligence agency officials, the annual reports from 1879 to 1880 showed that the German Empire, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Austria-Hungary were the countries that sent the most spies to the Netherlands in order. Germany sent a large number of spies. Intelligence officers collect intelligence on the Dutch military industry.

Based on the advice of these two top Dutch officials, the Dutch government will classify 13 diplomats of the German Empire as persona non grata on December 1, 1881. Although it is a blow to German and Dutch espionage activities, it is believed that it cannot Prevent Germany from using other means to obtain intelligence.

However, Germany once again denied the accusations of the Netherlands. Instead, the latest report of the Dutch Military Counterintelligence Agency pointed out that the Netherlands and Tsarist Russia were the countries most active in espionage activities against the German Empire. The Deutsche Welle newspaper even directly quoted a report from the Dutch and Russian Military Counterintelligence Service, saying that after the war between Austria-Hungary and Mexico, Germany did not directly help Austria-Hungary, but it still did not escape the more intensive support from the Dutch and Russian intelligence agencies. Spying on the military intelligence activities of the German Empire, intelligence activities in Germany have reached a new scale.

The German counterintelligence department even directly counter-accused that Germany's scientific research field has also attracted the attention of the Dutch intelligence agency.

Well, it seems that the German Empire wants to start selling Tai Chi again.

However, the Netherlands would not let go of the German Empire easily.

November 30, 1881. A report issued by the intelligence services of the United Kingdom of Sweden and Norway also expressed concern about the espionage activities of the German Empire and the United Kingdom, accusing the United Kingdom of having begun to carry out secret activities in Norway since its failed attempt to split Norway in 1861, which was directly condemned by Sweden. However, Sweden says it has disrupted a number of British-aided attempts to disrupt Norwegian separatists.

Sweden was also dissatisfied with the espionage activities of the German Empire, and was particularly concerned that German industrial spies were trying to steal Sweden's special steel-forging methods.

Denmark is also worried about the German Empire spying on the military on the Danish side of the Danish-German border. Denmark said it has launched an interactive exchange of intelligence in the Nordic Alliance with Sweden, the Netherlands and Spain. Jointly launch security integration to defend against attacks from other countries.

Both countries stated that due to the current war between Austria-Hungary and Mexico, Sweden and Denmark have become one of the centers of espionage activities among the three countries of Britain, Germany and Austria.