v3 Chapter 432： William IV: No one can bully us!

In 1868, the main industries of the Dutch Far East in this era were concentrated in several important areas.

Among them, due to factors such as politics and geography, the main areas of the Dutch East Indies are divided into "Palembang-Tanjung Garan" in the southern part of Sumatra, focusing on palm oil and rice.

"Jakarta - Semarang - Yogyakarta - Surabaya on Java Island", the main light industry commercial trade turnover center in Southeast Asia.

"Ujung Pandang" in Sulawesi is mainly for the dark underground trade, because it is close to the Sulu Sea where pirates are prevalent.

In the industrial zone around the Shrike Bay in the northern part of New Guinea Island, "Fakfak-Babo-Vaxian-Tarov-Versal", the Dutch East India Company's weapon-driven military industrial chain factory.

The "Daru-Kikori-Kerima-Berena-Port Moresby and Solomon Sea Rim" of the Papua Gulf Industrial Belt in the southern part of the island of New Guinea. Mainly engaged in seafood processing plants.

In addition to the most important Far East political center composed of "Melbourne-Canberra-Sydney" in the southeastern part of the Australian mainland, it is also the industrial, capital, technology, and financial center of the Far East.

It is now the most important technological innovation center in the Netherlands, and the largest financial and capital center outside of Amsterdam, second only to the mainland.

The military industrial belt around Spencer Bay in South Australia, with Adelaide as the center, is mainly dominated by the industrial chain of the Far East Arms Company. It is one of the four major shipbuilding centers in the Netherlands, second only to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the city of Modan in Shrike Bay, New Guinea.

It seems that there are latecomers to Modan, surpassing the trend of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

In addition, the iron ore minerals brought by Perth in Western Australia form the iron and steel industry and the gold industry belt, the iron ore rich belt driven by the iron ore in Darwin, the capital of Northern Australia, and the agricultural industry belt and coal mining industry formed by Brisbane and Rockhampton. bring.

The above industrial belts have established non-ferrous metal forging industries.

There is no doubt that the industrial revolution in the Far East of the Netherlands, except that the Dutch East Indies and New Guinea in the north have been operated by the Netherlands for many years, the Australian mainland has only been managed by the Netherlands for 7 years. It has only been put into production for a few years, but due to the large-scale capital and human support of the Dutch government, the development has been vigorous, and the construction tide has been booming, so it has shown a prosperous scene, many including the Netherlands. After the arrival of European immigrants in China, they were stunned by the progress of prosperity and development here, and then they fully invested in the construction tide and became one of them.

There is no doubt that compared to Europe, this place is definitely a heaven-level existence for many people who have left their homes, and this place is definitely a good place to belong.

So they all quickly integrated themselves into the local area and became one of them.

Therefore, these people do not allow anyone to destroy their hard-won stable and prosperous life.

However, on September 11, 1868, when the local newspapers of Australia and the Dutch East Indies and New Guinea, as well as the local newspapers, reported that Britain and the French Empire had ever sent a fleet to their new homeland During the expedition, many people were angry.

Even a lot of French and British people joined the angry team.

In these places, many people even publicly asked the Dutch government to condemn and protest the actions of the two countries.

Dutch nationals from Australia, the Dutch East Indies, and New Guinea took to the streets to hold banners to demonstrate against the provocations of Britain and France. Many local college students and social elites took the lead in asking the Dutch government not to threaten the two countries. Make a compromise and ask the Dutch government to uphold the dignity of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Subsequently, Prussia's provocative behavior in Madagascar, Africa, was also revealed to be the object of protest by these people.

Among them, even more than many Far East and African indigenous people have joined.

On September 13, 1868, King William IV of the Netherlands was interviewed by the largest newspaper in the Far East of the Netherlands, The Australian Times, and called on the citizens of the Far East to calm down. He said that the Dutch government would not do anything that would damage the dignity and interests of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The thing is, the Netherlands does not allow the Netherlands to be bullied.

He said that the Netherlands will not accept coercion, and the Netherlands will not think that other countries can coerce the Netherlands.

He warned that the Netherlands has many countermeasures and tools. If some countries try to provoke the Far East of the Netherlands, the Netherlands will make an unfriendly response.

This interview aroused huge cheers in the mainland and the Far East. At the same time, the content of Tolbek's interview also appeased the preparations of many radicals in the Far East and the mainland.

William IV also called on capitalists in the Dutch mainland and the Far East to make more investment, so that the Dutch nationals in the Far East could enjoy more tangible benefits of being a national of the King of the Netherlands.

When the appeal made by King William IV spread in the Netherlands and the Far East capitalists in the Netherlands responded one after another, and even people of Dutch descent from the Commonwealth of Millikin came across the Pacific. To the Far East to participate in the investment boom brought about by William IV.

Years later, when people recalled the investment wave proposed by William IV, people were surprised to find that William IV's appeal actually led to more than 10 million pounds of investment capital, and at the same time allowed the Far East economy to catch up with the local economy. The process has been accelerated by more than 5 years. It only took 20 years to reach the level of local prosperity. At the same time, it also accelerated the pace of the transfer of the Dutch local industry to the Far East.

Many politicians even said that if William IV hadn't used this British and French naval threat, William IV would not have demonstrated a "submarine threat incident" in the Indian Ocean that was enough to shock the world, so that the Netherlands jumped to the world. The most mysterious naval military power status.

This is a later story. Going back to just now, William IV's interview quickly aroused mixed reactions from many people in Europe.

The governments of Sweden and Denmark made it clear that it was right to support the Kingdom of the Netherlands in safeguarding its own interests. At the same time, they did not mention the big countries should not "provocate" small countries casually. This is immoral and unpopular. The two countries support the Netherlands. The position remains the same.

But many people in Berlin, London, and Paris are full of cynicism.

They all ridiculed the Netherlands for being overly capable. William IV actually intended to promote the strength of the Netherlands. They all suspected that this was just the Dutch king's concealment of his inner panic.

Many "national priders" in these three countries called on Britain, France, and Prussia to strengthen their presence in the Far East and not let the Netherlands sit there.