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April 3, 1882.

The newly-appointed Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Kassadin, attended a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee to obtain support for the 1 million pounds (10 million Dutch guilders) funding request proposed by King William IV and Prime Minister Jules Danetang.

Dutch Foreign Minister Mari Philip also warned at the same hearing that if it stops supporting Mexico, the Netherlands will send a message of "abandon ship and flee" to other Dutch allies, prompting them to do the same.

He also said that the British and the German Empire were trying to use the Austro-Hungarian Empire to attack Mexico, hoping to divert the attention of the Netherlands and allow the Netherlands to withdraw resources from uniting its allies.

The Dutch Defense Minister Kassadin warned that unless the Netherlands continued to support Mexico, the rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and even the German Empire and the British Empire would win in the global competition with the Netherlands.

However, the leader of the Liberal House of Representatives and some Liberal senators opposed combining aid to Mexico and global allies.

Liberals in the House of Representatives, led by Liberal Party leader Tolbeck, have proposed another 200-pound (20 million Dutch guilders) aid package for Mexico and plan to vote on this package on April 10.

Both the Dutch Prime Minister's Office and the Socialist Party's Budget Office issued statements warning that if the Liberal Party's motion is passed in the House of Representatives, Prime Minister Jules Danetang will veto it.

Since the outbreak of the Mexican War more than half a year ago, Dutch parliamentarians have voted many times on aid. Two-thirds of them have been passed, and the rest are being revised. Prime Minister Jules Danetang’s latest 10 million Dutch The shield was used in the Mexican War.

Jules Danetang is seeking the 10 million Dutch guilders appropriated by Congress to provide sufficient support for the Mexican War. The Dutch Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing on this matter, which attracted a lot of attention.

Even the staff of European embassies in the Netherlands are trying their best to get detailed information about the Netherlands.

If passed, future wars waged by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Mexico will continue to progress slowly, and it will also mean that the probability of Dutch intervention is increasing.

Countries such as Britain and Germany also need to take corresponding countermeasures.

The Netherlands will, like them, control the Austro-Hungarian and Mexican wars, and the proxy war may continue for an uncertain time.

This bill proposes to provide emergency security support to Mexico through an increase in taxes on the country's external trade.

That afternoon, the bill was passed, with 79 senators supporting it and more than 67 supporting it, far exceeding the two-thirds required.

The largest opposition party, the Liberal Party, immediately issued a statement in Adelaide, South Australia's provincial headquarters, saying, "This sets a dangerous precedent because it attaches conditions to aid to Mexico and further undermines our support for politics." "

However, Defense Minister Kassadin responded: "I can guarantee that if Mexico does not have our support, then Franz Joseph I, the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, will only become more ambitious. , and successfully accomplished what he wanted to do, obtain the territory of a large sovereign country across the Atlantic, and obtain the territory of our allies. This is a real challenge to the Netherlands, and we must stop it, otherwise, this fire will Sooner or later, it will burn to our other allies, and even our country in the Netherlands."

Foreign Minister Mari Philip also stated at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' rational public press conference that the Mexican and Austro-Hungarian anti-invasion and invasion war incidents clearly made it clear who was right and who was wrong. We are on the side of justice. In the future, after the Austro-Hungarian and Mexican wars are over, Mexico should take full control of its own sovereign territory, and European countries should not interfere in Mexico's internal affairs, including the Yucata Peninsula, which has been occupied by Austria-Hungary for many years.

He stressed that Central America could no longer be controlled by Western countries, and noted that international institutions such as the International Court of Justice in The Hague might be able to assist Mexico in maintaining security and governance on the Yucata Peninsula during the post-war transition period.

Mari Philip also said that the Netherlands will not easily give up and ignore the interests of its allies if they are harmed, just as they support the interests of the Netherlands not to be harmed. In many cases, our status is equal.

Kassadin also said at the Ministry of National Defense, “Faced with the increasingly serious threat of war in the world, countries of Latin American allies have begun to conduct more recruitment operations, and we are also providing more training support. Currently, Dutch instructors are there. The team has more than 10,000 people, training a total of 300,000 troops from 12 Latin American countries, including 50,000 from the coalition forces of 13 Latin American countries and 250,000 from other countries.

We require our allies to be prepared for war at any time. In the past month since I took office, I have communicated with the heads of the defense ministries of all allied countries at least once via email.

Like me, they believe that the Austro-Hungarian invasion of Mexico is very serious, so they have asked the Netherlands to provide more military training requirements and provide more light weapons support.

Some Latin American allies are even seeking more support from the Netherlands in terms of warship maintenance and construction."

"It seems that the Netherlands is still worthy of trust in the hearts of its allies. We will sincerely trust this and do more things. What the Ministry of National Defense can do is to increase the security trust of various countries."

"The Netherlands will clearly stand on the side of Mexico in the Mexican-Austro-Hungarian War. We have passed it through the military attache to the headquarters of Kiel in Ecuador of the Thirteen-Nation League of Latin America. The Netherlands' attitude has been welcomed by other member states of the organization."

“I declare that the Netherlands has officially intervened in the war between Austria-Hungary and Mexico. Mexico has the right to defend itself, and the Netherlands, as an ally of Mexico, has the right to support Mexico in protecting itself from aggression.

Therefore, we solemnly warn the Austro-Hungarian Empire and require Vienna to withdraw from Mexican territory as soon as possible. Otherwise, in addition to continuing to support Mexico with arms, we will also increase our efforts to support Mexico in the next time until this Mexican war Until the legitimate defense war is over, our Dutch soldiers can rush to Mexico at any time to support our allies."

Dutch Foreign Minister Mari Philip also announced at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the same time that the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands would jointly support Mexico.

Mari Philip told reporters: "We have made preparations. We and our twelve Latin American allies will directly participate in the war in the future to protect our common allies. The war has been going on for more than half a year, and it is time to end it."