v3 Chapter 328： International Labour Union

After the meeting of the Privy Council, William IV was left alone with Bill Charlie, the director of the Royal Dutch Intelligence Service.

"International organisations are the best way for the Netherlands to make a name for itself."

William IV looked at Bill Charlie's doubts, he didn't explain, and said: "Instruct Henry Dalí to make them push the movements of other countries in the world more vigorously. I want to make the French Empire and other governments even more sad. Especially Napoleon III"

"Yes, Your Majesty"

After Bill Charlie left, William IV secretly said: "No one in this era would have thought that the weapon I value most is actually all kinds of explosives hidden in various countries, among which, there is this bomb that I carefully prepared. "

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On November 1, 1867, Dutch social reform thinkers Henry Daly, Edward Bellas and Henry Lloyd stood up to support the antitrust movement in Europe and the United States.

They wrote books or made public speeches, starting from the democratic ideas of the Ulla Gang's reform and agriculture, revealing the evils of the trusts, and advocating that the state should control the trusts.

All three were promoters of the Dutch antitrust movement, which had just been quelled, and the leaders of the Dutch take to the streets.

Over time, the Dutch antitrust movement has become a hot topic in Europe and the United States. More and more people joined the ranks of the antitrust movement, and a huge wave of antitrust movements gradually formed.

Under the influence of many factors, the French Empire, known as the freest and most open in Europe, was the first to be affected by the attack. Other countries, such as the UK, are also inevitably involved.

The entire October of 1867 was gripped by a crisis that engulfed Europe and lasted for a month. During this crisis, the European economy suffered a major blow. Unemployed people spread across the streets of Europe, and the wages of working workers also fell. It is almost uniformly reduced by between 5% and 20% by the capitalists of various countries.

During the crisis, the new working class in various countries did not silently endure the exploitation and oppression of the capitalists. They bravely stood up and fought against the capitalists by strike.

One of the more famous is the October 15, 1867, workers' strike in the Fall River District of Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of Michigan.

October 18, 1867 The general strike of anthracite coal mines in Lyon, France, and the London railway strike of October 23, 1867.

This has made the world's capitalists and governments see how powerful the workers are, and they are also worried about these general strikes triggered by the Netherlands.

On October 26, 1867, in a textile factory in Berlin, Prussia, in order to maintain profitability in the quiet crisis, the capitalists transferred the pressure to the workers again and again. They cut the wages of the workers four times in a row. After negotiating with the capitalists, the workers failed. They held a two-month strike movement. Although the workers persisted for a long time, the two sides have been unable to obtain a suitable plan. The workers were finally forced to live and support their families and could only be forced to accept unfair wage conditions. The strike jersey ended in failure.

On the same day, a similar thing happened at the loading dock in the Port of Copenhagen. On October 22, 1867, the dock worker moved the goods on the dock day and night, but because he finally completed the conflict and completed the handling work late, he did not get all the money that day. Instead, he was finally deducted the reward of the month. 500 workers went on strike, but the rotating system of workers in the Port of Copenhagen eventually compromised and everything continued to work under unfair conditions.

But more notably, the Lisbon railway strike action in Portugal on October 25, 1867 was more famous. The direct cause of the strike was that workers' wages were cut, but this labor conflict was more than the previous strikes. In order to be strong, the workers were not only cut their wages, but also fired and maimed, and some were beaten to death. The contradiction between the working class and the capitalists was on the verge of breaking out. On October 28, 1867, the strike movement quickly spread along various railway lines in Lisbon. , many workers gathered together to control most of the railway lines by blocking the railways, destroying the railway lines, etc., causing the freight lines to be completely paralyzed, and the railway company losing as much as 2 million pounds.

The local workers supported, and even the local militias in Lisbon defected when suppressing the strike movement. In the end, the mayor of Lisbon and Louis I had to send troops from other places to maintain order in order to stabilize the increasingly violent situation. The two sides clashed. There was a lot of bloodshed. The city of Lisbon is steeped in tension.

Many workers were killed or even killed in this struggle. People in the city expressed shock and anger. More and more workers came to hear the news. Workers who had compromised and retreated also rushed to the scene of the repression and surrounded the Lisbon militia. and drive them out. For a time, the entire city of Lisbon was controlled by the workers, and the city government became a puppet. Can only ask Louis I for help. In the end, under the suppression of Louis I's troops, this strong and difficult strike struggle ended in failure.

On October 329, 1867, Dutch social reform thinkers Henry Daly, Edward Bellas and Henry Lloyd of the Kingdom of the Netherlands stood up and called on all countries to treat the strikes of workers in all countries rationally, and demanded that all countries treat workers' demands for workers' improvement. In terms of treatment, don’t be tempted to respond violently. Instead, you should try to listen to the opinions of workers and meet certain material needs.

Before waiting for the royal family and government to respond, these workers' groups expressed their gratitude to the three for their support, and asked the three to speak out for them internationally.

On November 20, 1867, the leaders of this street movement, Henry Daly, Edward Bellas, and Henry Lloyd, held a grand antitrust conference at the Dutch Royal Palace The Hague, and received street movement leaders from all over the world. , most of which are civilian workers.

There were mainly social workers, farmers, and the middle class, and more than 500 people attended.

Leaders from Belgium, Britain, Milan, France, Denmark, Sweden, Tsarist Russia, Austria, Prussia, Greece, Italy, Spain, etc. of this movement After this meeting, under the leadership of the three people, A new national organization was established, called the International Labour Confederation (International Labour Confederation for short): Dutch social reform-reform thinker Henry Daly was the director-general, Edward Bellas and Henry Lloyd became the organization Deputy Director General. All other countries have more or less one director.

Here, countries have reacted, that is, after the International Society of the Red Cross, the International Women's Association and the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands has once again created a new association.

And the power needless to say, the previous case is the best demonstration.

This time, even Prime Minister Bismarck, who has always been there, couldn't help but change his color.

After all, the general strike affected even Berlin. Now this power is in the hands of Dutch folk power, but who is Bismarck, how can he naively think that behind this incident, William IV will not be involved?

"It seems that I used to underestimate this young Dutch king."