v3 Chapter 595： Prussia is still in

In the case of bad relations between Britain and France, the war between Britain and Myanmar has never stopped.

The United Kingdom accused the French military aid to Burma of the most advanced French Chasebo rifles continue to reaper the lives of British soldiers on the Burmese battlefield.

Queen Victoria even came forward to ask Napoleon III to apologize to the dead British soldiers, but then under Napoleon III's refusal, Queen Victoria Buckingham Palace announced to join the sanctions against France led by the Netherlands, and officially announced the application to become a member of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, if nothing else. In this case, the semi-annual membership application will be held in December this year for membership discussion. If the United Kingdom successfully joins the membership, the British sanctions against France will be synchronized with the organization, and the French economy will be more uncomfortable.

On July 2, 1869, British Foreign Secretary Russell made an official visit to the Netherlands. During the visit, in addition to paying a courtesy visit to William IV on behalf of Queen Victoria, he was also received by Tolbeck on behalf of Prime Minister Disraeli.

In the end, he and the Dutch foreign minister, Heisbet. Feng meeting.

With Haysbert. During the meeting with Feng, Russell expressed his hope that the Netherlands will play an active role in Britain's participation in the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

Haysbert. Feng: "The Netherlands attaches great importance to maintaining high-level exchanges between the Netherlands and the British Empire. Both William IV and Prime Minister Tolbeck are unswervingly committed to friendship with Britain, and hope to promote the development of a comprehensive military-government-civilian relationship between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. A new level. The Netherlands is willing to cooperate with the United Kingdom regardless of the situation in the Far East, North America, South America and Europe and even Africa. We look forward to the early conclusion of Queen Victoria's visit to the Netherlands to work together.”

Russell was with Haysbert on July 3, 1869. Feng held the meeting, during which British Foreign Secretary Russell made clear Britain's position, noting that "Queen Victoria and Prime Minister Disraeli are very dissatisfied with the French government's approach, and the United Kingdom wants the Netherlands to be the heart of Europe and to gain access to the United Kingdom. Recognized as a neutral country with strong power, the UK hopes that the Netherlands will work with the Netherlands to correct France's violation of the rules, and at the same time hope that the Netherlands can promote the UK to become a member of the International Court of Justice in The Hague."

Haysbert. Feng agrees with the UK's point of view on this. He also believes: "The UK's participation in the organization will inject new impetus, and the Netherlands is willing to work with the UK to promote the more dynamic development of the UK-Dutch strategic partnership."

Foreign Secretary Russell said, "I hope that the Netherlands, as the founder of many international organizations and the core power of each organization, can play an active role in the United Kingdom joining these organizations with strong influence."

He added, "The United Kingdom has insisted on promoting peace talks between France and Siam from the very beginning. The United Kingdom will continue to make every effort to play a constructive role without stopping the ceasefire between France and the Kingdom of Siam. The United Kingdom appreciates the Netherlands for its active mediation, support and It is believed that the Netherlands will continue to play a unique and important role in the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Siam. The spillover of the war crisis in the Far East has led to a crisis of confidence in European countries, a sense of insecurity on the world's waterways, and brought challenges and risks to the peace and stability of European countries. .

The UK is willing to actively promote Anglo-Dutch cooperation based on the principle of reciprocity. He reiterated that the UK will not harm the interests of the Netherlands in the Far East and Africa, and has no intention or intention to expand to the Dutch East Indies and South Pacific Islands south of the Malay Peninsula. "

Dutch Foreign Minister Heisbet. Feng described: "The UK and the Netherlands are two important stabilizing forces in the world, and the Netherlands will act as an assistant to the UK's balancing tactics against Europe."

He said, "Faced with the situation in Europe and the United States, where the turmoil in Europe is intertwined, especially the signs of crisis emerging in the Far East and Southeast Asian peninsula, the Netherlands, as a responsible country, is willing to push more countries to enter the organized and rules-based international system, and the Hague The international order based on international law, mainly organized by the International Court of Justice, is the purpose and principle of the Netherlands to promote world peace, and I hope the UK can understand the Dutch position."

Haysbert. Feng reiterated the Netherlands' position, "The Netherlands hopes that the British can peacefully resolve the issue of the Indians in North America and Canada, rather than suppress them."

He said solemnly, "Because the whole body is affected by one hair, there are also many Indians on the Alaska Peninsula in the Netherlands. He hopes that the situation in the United Kingdom can be peaceful, so as to prevent the Alaska Peninsula from being affected as well."

He also said that the Netherlands also hoped that Upper Burma and the United Kingdom could sit down and negotiate, but this proposal was rejected by Russell face to face, only that the current British mood makes it difficult to do so.

Russell said, "At present, wars on the European continent have reignited after decades of peace since the Vienna Conference, and the peaceful development of Europe has been severely impacted. Neither the UK nor the Netherlands is willing to go to war in Europe. The UK hopes that the Netherlands can understand the sentiments of the British people. Britain also hopes that the Netherlands will stop France from participating in the Anglo-Burmese war."

Haysbert. The seemingly random dialogue between Feng and Russell is to let each other know each other's position and bottom line, and lay out the agreement or the content of the joint communiqué for the next negotiation between the UK and the Netherlands to find common ground.

The Netherlands, which has a huge territory in the Far East and is adjacent to it, has been worried about the spread of war since the British marched into Upper Burma last month, said Haysbet. During the meeting, Feng emphasized that the crisis in Myanmar has shown a long-term and complicated trend, which is what people in the Netherlands, including the British, do not want to see.

Russell neither denies nor approves it.

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Inside the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

"The meeting between the two seems to have been organized by the British Foreign Secretary Russell for the United Kingdom to join the International Court of Justice in The Hague, but in fact, the United Kingdom is an all-European "accusation" against the European countries that the United Kingdom will make against France.

Obviously, the UK is suppressing and destroying France's international image. Originally, the British invasion of Upper Burma lost its morality, but now it has indeed forced France to come in and become the culprit.

And France seems to be powerless to fight back, which shows how bad the diplomacy between Napoleon III and the French government is. "

William IV was listening to Haysbert. After Feng Xiaowu reported the process of the meeting between the two, he taunted Tolbeck: "The UK is really slippery."

Tolbeck was also very amazed at the generosity of the United Kingdom, saying: "The British government and Her Majesty Queen Victoria have to do this now, and even in order to make France the main culprit in the failure of the British war, it is not just Prime Minister Disraeli Ouchi. He also asked Foreign Secretary Russell to make a big public announcement. Queen Victoria's move can be said to be amazing. These two people from different parties, if they are dispatched together, both parties must work hard to deal with it, and they hide behind it. Will it work? It's all secured, and apparently both Disraeli and Russell knew what the Queen was thinking."

William IV nodded and said, "But the two of you still have to obey, right?"

After nodding in agreement, Tolbeck turned to ask: "Everything is ready now, except for the east wind. Your Majesty, Prussia's ambitions are so great, will it be too dangerous for the Netherlands to help Prussia like this?"

Although everything was advancing according to William IV's calculations, the more Tolbek knew about Prussia's strength, the more vigilant and worried he became about Prussia.

No wonder, Prussia's war power in the past few years has been astonishing.

"In 1866, Prussia and the German Confederation old-big-brother Austrian Empire fought the Seven Weeks' War, Prussia stirred the balance of power throughout Europe with a quick and astonishing victory, especially when it annexed the rest of the German Confederation (Austria was kicked ), it makes it impossible to despise Prussian regeneration.

Earlier, Napoleon III of the French Empire had the tendency to dominate the European continent: although the Second French Empire was not solid at that time, it was pacified by the French army's continuous military victories in the Crimean War and the Austrian Empire's war with Italy and France. There were many internal conflicts, and Napoleon III also won over a certain amount of people's hearts. "

William IV said: "Napoleon III tried his best to restore the European hegemony of the First French Empire, but he didn't think about it, the opponents facing France are no longer different. All countries are rising, not to mention our Netherlands, even if we are strong in the east The neighbor of Prussia, at this time, the Chancellor Bismarck of Prussia is planning, and has made himself play an important role in the German Confederation. Now the integration of Prussia with other countries is getting more and more day by day, and Napoleon III has been cut off at this time. Hegemony's most important road to the east, unless he can conquer Prussia, or he can only be locked in Western Europe"

He pointed out more deeply, "The first few years before Prussia annexed other countries were unstable. At that time, Napoleon III had already faced his last chance, but he was ignorant and wasted such an opportunity and slipped away from his hands. To be precise, The victory of the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 established Bismarck's leadership in post-consensual Prussia, and William I's seemingly unmoved support for him made Prussia a serious threat to French hegemony in Europe."

Foreign Secretary Haysbet. Feng also joined the conversation at this time: "A few years ago, the French authorities realized that the rise of Prussia posed a threat to their status, so many nationalist elements in the French Congress put forward some positive foreign policies, and they even Think of policy as policy compensation for generous domestic concessions.

Even when Prussia proposed to Napoleon III to war against Austria Napoleon III asked Bismarck to agree to the annexation of Bavaria and Black-Darmstadt on the west bank of the Rhine to France, as France in Prussia. Compensation for neutrality in the Austrian War, Bismarck is said to have agreed"

Tolbeck: "Yes, it has been two years since the Prussian-Austrian War, but the Kingdom of Prussia has not yet handed over to France's original commitment. Now many people in France are ashamed of this and demand that Punish Prussia and take these territories directly.

However, the Prussian King William I seems to have such a thing happen. Last month, Napoleon III said that the two countries should still hold a meeting to discuss the ownership of Alsace and other places. "

William IV sneered: "How come I heard that there are rumors that Bismarck is going to tamper with the king's palindrome of William I and is going to categorically refuse the meeting"

Thorbeck and Heisbert Von both looked at William IV in shock. They were stunned by the news.

Haysbert. Feng couldn't help but be surprised and asked again: "Isn't it?"

If this is the case, then Napoleon III must be very angry, and may even provoke the Franco-Prussian War?

The two immediately anticipated this, and suddenly, their eyes lit up, "Bismarck and William I deliberately? Is Prussia trying to find a reason for the French action?"

William IV nodded and said, "Look, a good show will be staged, this time it's real swords and guns."