v3 Chapter 273： Milliken's diplomatic "leak" incident

On August 27, 1866, the United States of America demanded that Britain withdraw from the troops it had sent in support of the Confederate States, but London ignored it.

On September 1, 1866, Edwin Stanton, Minister of War of the United States of America, visited St. Petersburg, Tsarist Russia, and was received by Tsarist Russian Emperor Alexander II. Tsarist Russia announced its support for the statement of the Commonwealth of America against Britain's participation in the North American Civil War, expressing its clear request for His Majesty Britain to withdraw from the Confederate States.

The British cabinet government expressed its opposition to the Russian Empire's meddling in North American affairs.

The spokesman of the Prime Minister's Office even expressed his attitude on behalf of Clayston, "Britain has major interests in North America, so we must protect the interests there, but on the contrary, the Shahe Empire has no territory in North America now, and it is It is wrong to meddle in North American affairs. Therefore, our British Empire strongly demands that the Russian Empire stop cooperating with the United States of America, and that the Russian Empire should reduce its relationship with the United Kingdom and deteriorate again.

At the same time, we call on the Commonwealth of Millikin to do peace talks with the Confederate Allies. Only through peace talks can the people of the Commonwealth of Millikin develop their economy with peace of mind, instead of living a life of war as they are now. "

The words of British Prime Minister Clayston's spokesman made all countries know that the United Kingdom did not intend to compromise, but on the contrary, it wanted to dissuade Tsarist Russia and the Commonwealth of America from continuing to oppose Britain.

Naturally, the Commonwealth of Millikin would not follow suit.

On September 5, 1866, the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of America, Seward, responded to this in Washington, saying, "The Commonwealth of America is opposed to Britain's control over the internal affairs of the Confederate States of America when it is now in talks with the Confederate States from time to time. We do not agree with the accusation of the United Kingdom. It is the United Kingdom that should reduce the war. After all, the wars in the past few years have made the economy of the British Isles worse and worse. It is time to make changes in London. , instead of continuing to make mistakes.

The Commonwealth of Millikin is peace-loving. We are based in North America. Citizens of our country come from five oceans. We do not discriminate against any country. Calling on Prime Minister Creston to understand this, so, we will oppose the British policy of England, including supporting the English regime in the south,

Again, I call on the London Army to withdraw from Richmond and prepare for the improvement of the relationship between the two countries, if the relationship between the two countries continues to deteriorate in this way, then the Commonwealth of Millikin retains all the ability and means to fight back."

As soon as the Secretary of State of the United States of America issued the warning, the atmosphere on both sides of the Atlantic suddenly congealed.

France was watching the play, Italy was silent, Portugal was watching all this with complicated thoughts, Spain was hesitant to say anything, and in the end was equally silent, Prussia was watching the change, obviously watching the play. The Russian Empire and the United States of America frequently interacted more with the United States of America in St. Petersburg and Washington. Obviously, this country still chose to stand on the side of the United States of America.

Also, the Tsarist Russian Empire seems to have recently cooperated with the United States of America in economic cooperation. Tsarist Russia hopes that the United States of America will invest more in the Russian industry and help the Russians develop more industrialization.

And this is precisely what the United Kingdom has implemented in the opposite direction in recent years, in order to suppress the industrial strength of the Russian Empire.

"Obviously, the Tsarist Russian Empire no longer satisfies the support provided by a country in the Netherlands, and wants to take the opportunity to win over the Commonwealth of Millikin and become the existence that restricts the Dutch from monopolizing the Tsarist Russian Empire. It seems that some people in St. Petersburg still have some opinions on the Netherlands."

In the office where the king received his ministers, William IV said to Prime Minister Tolbeck: "No one will think that Britain will compromise and bow its head, because then it will not be the British Empire."

Tolbeck nodded and praised the channel: "Your Majesty said it well, but I think the Confederate States of Millikin also know this. Therefore, I am rather interested in the reasons why the Lincoln government did this."

"There's no reason, it's just an excuse"

With that said, William IV winked at Mackay Sean next to him. Tolbek's eyes moved, and he knew that the director of the Netherlands International Intelligence Agency must have new information.

McKay Sean told Tolbeck about the secret actions of the United States of America in detail.

"The 30,000-mile Confederate nation has secretly arrived at Spotts, a northeastern city in Washington State."

When Tolbeck saw Mackay Sean pointing at the map of North America on the wall, his eyes flashed.

McKay Sean continued: "In addition to the initial 30,000 people, other troops have been mobilized from the east one after another in the name of supporting the southern state of Utah."

Tolbeck reacted from the shock, then looked at William IV, his eyes dazzling, "Is the Commonwealth of Millikin further resisting the United Kingdom?"

William IV shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Wrong, the Lincoln government should be called tit-for-tat."

Tolbek was stunned, thinking about it, it would be right to say so.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I invited you this time to see if the Netherlands can find a point of interest from it."

Hearing the words, Thorbeck secretly said, as expected, His Majesty's style has not changed in recent years, and he is still so "snobby", but this is exactly what he wants to see It is to strive for profit first, otherwise why is it beneficial to the country and the people?

So this pair of Dutch monarchs and ministers opened their minds, and launched the Dutch deployment for the next dark cloud situation in North America.

First of all, on September 10, 1866, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the First Deputy Foreign Minister Venus to visit London to meet with the British Foreign Secretary Russell on behalf of the special envoy of Foreign Secretary Hesbet Fung. Tensions between the Confederate States of America tried to help cool things down.

But London took a tough stance, saying that unless the Commonwealth of Millikin made concessions, London would not be the first to bow.

The Netherlands seems to be acting as a messenger. On September 14, Jerry Hunter, the Second Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was dispatched as a special envoy of Haysbert Fung to cross the Atlantic to visit Washington, where he met with the The Secretary of State in charge of foreign affairs, Seward, Jerry Hunter relayed the attitude of the United Kingdom to Seward.

There are various attitudes such as expectation and disappointment from various countries.

After the meeting, the Commonwealth of Millikin told Jerry Hunter that the Commonwealth of Millikin did not accept the conditions set by the British, and even, the Lincoln government seemed to be careless, and someone even announced the British conditions to the United States of America. Several major newspapers, "The New York Times", "Washington Post", "Chicago Times", etc., let these conditions fall into the hands of citizens of the United States of America.

Although the Lincoln government announced that it would thoroughly investigate the leak and severely punish the other party, it did not deny the content of the leak.

Seeing the above conditions, the people of the United States of America gritted their teeth even more.