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On July 5, 1883, less than a week after the Austro-Hungarian Empire carried out a brutal massacre in Mexico, the Latin American Federation, including the Netherlands and the five Central American Federations, once again held a meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Kiel, the capital of Ecuador on the east coast of the Pacific. level gathering.

Subsequently, the foreign ministers of various countries held a closed-door meeting, and then publicly issued a joint declaration. The declaration directly accused the German Empire of being the driving force behind the Austro-Hungarian Empire's war with Mexico and an accomplice in the tragedy, demanding that Berlin should not contribute to the war, and demanding that Berlin restrain Vienna from extermination. An act of humanity.

The thirteen-nation Latin American military group also asked the United States of America not to sit idly by and stand up to jointly safeguard peace and stability in the Americas. At the end of the declaration, it even asked the British, the ruler of the Canadian colony, to stop sowing discord and undermining the security and stability environment in Latin America. Destroying regional stability for the sake of one's own country's strategic interests.

Dutch Foreign Minister Mari Philippe spoke at the Thirteen-Nation Military Alliance Summit in Kiel on Wednesday, saying that it is necessary for the Thirteen-Nation Alliance member states to increase military industrial production and that all countries need to expand the links of the military supply industry chain with the support of the Netherlands. And to this end, more military expenditures and soldiers need to be spent to jointly maintain the overall security of the group member states.

Mari Philip also pointed out that this was the only way for the Allies to catch up with the pace of weapons and ammunition production by the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire that invaded Mexico in the use of weapons.

Philip solemnly stated in front of the foreign ministers of the participating countries in Kiel: "We will not allow the Group of 13 to fall behind. We can and will defend the territorial integrity and security of the members of the Group of 13."

According to the joint declaration issued by the foreign ministers of the thirteen-nation military group on Tuesday, the German Empire has finalized the German-Austrian military mutual assistance partnership through the so-called alliance with Austria-Hungary, as well as large-scale support for the defense industrial base of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, becoming A key driver of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's war against Mexico.

The joint declaration also stated that the German Empire had posed a systemic threat to the security of the Group of Thirteen by signaling its support for the invasion of Mexico by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both covertly and overtly, and required all countries to be prepared to deal with Germany's unfriendly actions.

These tough words mark a major change in the attitude of the Thirteen Latin American Group. In the past, the group's joint declarations have been relatively moderate towards other countries. Even during the period after the Netherlands and Britain competed for influence in Chile, they were not so Be tough.

Now the Thirteen-Nation Military Group has begun to become tougher, which is evident from the change in the attitude of the Netherlands, which is in charge of the organization.

Obviously, Holland is no longer willing to hide behind and wants to stand on the stage.

Are you going to have a showdown with Germany and England when you come to the Netherlands?

However, did Wilhelm IV really want to confront Queen Victoria and Wilhelm I Bismarck?

Is the Netherlands really ready to face revenge from Britain and Germany?

Martinas, Secretary-General of the Thirteen-Nation Military Group, said in Kiel that this was the first time that the Thirteen-Nation Group jointly used Germany as the key driver of the Austro-Hungarian-Mexico War, and said that Zhejiang could send an important message to the invader Austria-Hungary.

With the participation of Martinas, the Dutch Foreign Minister and Kiir met with Secretary of State James Gillespie Bryan of the United States of America, who is participating as a partner country of the organization. According to a joint statement issued by the Netherlands and the United States, the two countries will To cooperate for the stability of Latin America, one of them is that the Netherlands and the United States of America will each send a number of small warships to form a joint patrol to jointly maintain order in the Pacific. These light warships and weapons will maintain the east coast of Mexico. Safe from pirate attacks.

Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that this is a decision made to continue to control Mexico's eastern Atlantic coast.

At the same time, under the witness of Martinas, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands also held a meeting with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, which is also a partner country of the group. The two parties have made more cooperation on Latin American security. Like the Secretary of State, he also clearly condemned the killing of civilians who should not be killed.

Naturally, Foreign Minister Philip will not just meet with two countries. Also with the participation of Martinas, the Secretary-General of the Group of Thirteen, the foreign ministers of six South American countries, including Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Colombia, also joined Philip. After the closed-door meeting, it was announced that more weapons support would be provided to Mexico, not only ammunition and guns, but also domestic volunteer forces to support Mexico in fighting the invaders.

Some time ago, Mexico publicly sought the support of its allies to provide volunteer troops and improve Mexico's anti-war capabilities. This time it was granted.

At the same time, Dutch Foreign Minister Philip also announced that Dutch Prime Minister Jules Danetang will visit Latin America to discuss plans to support Mexican sovereignty with leaders of various countries.

But the actions of these seven countries made people dissatisfied and even angry.

The most famous newspaper in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, "Crown" quoted Archduke Ferdinand as saying that Austria-Hungary will formulate military plans in response to the latest move by members of the Thirteen-nation Group except Mexico to support Mexico, and accused the Thirteen-nation Group of actions aimed at Undermining Austria-Hungary's global interests while simultaneously seeking to undermine Austria-Hungary's national security.

After the Mexican War urgently joined the Group of Thirteen, the Group of Thirteen now uses the slogan of unity to deal with Austria-Hungary. "Austro-Hungary is unanimously opposed to Austria-Hungary joining the Group of Thirteen. We believe that Mexico is not suitable for the Group of Thirteen. But the organization eventually accepted him.”

Archduke Ferdinand even told the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung, "Austro-Hungary has always opposed Mexico's joining the Group of Thirteen. Our Emperor, His Majesty Franz Joseph I, warned last year that Mexico's joining the Group of Thirteen threatens Mexico’s Security and Interests in Latin America.”

Austria-Hungary did not directly accuse the Group of Thirteen, but expressed its opposition to Mexico's joining the Group of Thirteen in a general way. This was to show that Austria-Hungary did not want to go against the organization, but to limit their opponents to Austria-Hungary. In the single country of Mexico.

However, Philippe, who left Ecuador for a visit to Chile and visited Colombia, said there that the process of Mexico joining the Group of Thirteen has passed and that he is already a member. This is an irreversible fact, according to Archduke Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is surprising that the Group of Thirteen is not a country that can enter casually. Mexico joined with the approval of all our member states. We are opposed to the Austro-Hungarian Empire dictating to the Group of Thirteen. "