Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Opening 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 508 The Netherlands is an opponent to challenge the British global navy?

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Francesco Bob, a professor at The Hague University in the Netherlands, who promotes cross-border trade in the Netherlands, pointed out on February 10 that with the sanctions against the French Empire, the failure of agricultural and grain harvests and the wars in various parts of the world in the past few years, the life of the decade of 1860 constituted the The perfect storm of crisis.

Soaring food prices and the lack of national food security nets have brought about serious political and socio-volatile upheavals.

Due to hunger, many governments in various countries have fallen, and there has been a wave of refugees from poor countries to industrial countries and recovering countries. This is accompanied by the spread of crimes during the migration of various countries. These transnational issues require the real power of all countries in the world. As far as the Netherlands is concerned, if countries cooperate, especially the restrictions on foreign trade, it will help the Netherlands, which is rich in food, to help stabilize global food prices, and also provide a solution to the world's people who starve to death because of food. humanitarian aid.

Of course, many people speculate that this is also an opportunity for the Netherlands to improve the status of the Dutch guilder and to establish economic dominance with the intention of getting rid of the control of the pound.

Obviously, the Netherlands is preparing to start with food security, because the Netherlands' food reserves account for one-third of the world's food reserves, and it can almost be said that the pricing power of global food is remotely controlled. Of course, the premise is that the international grain trade is free and open, not that countries are self-isolating, so the Netherlands is trying to pry open the closed doors of various countries and let Dutch grain producers occupy the top position in this industry.

On February 15, 1869, in Sydney, Australia, in the Far East of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it was chaired by ElBaradei, the first director-general of the International Society of the Red Cross, Ross, the first president of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and the first director-general of the International Women's League Association. Queen Alexandra, Director-General of the International Labour Confederation (referred to as the Labour Union) Henry Daly participated in the establishment of the International Food Security Coordination Organization and elected Sackham, Dean of the School of Economics at the University of Granningen, as the first Director-General. clerk. The organization called on the international community to pay attention to food security and take effective measures to improve the food and clothing of people in the world.

The organization immediately attracted great attention, not only because the organization was the most concerned food security for the international people, but also because Queen Alexandra of the Netherlands visited the Far East for the first time. Her visit caused a sensation in the Far East It is even said that in the port of Sydney in the Far East, more than 500,000 people crowded the streets to welcome Queen Alexandra to visit.

It can be seen that the only 25-year-old Queen of the Netherlands is welcome there.

You must know that since William IV began to advocate the migration of native Dutch whites to the Far East in 1861, more than 6 million people from the Netherlands have moved to the Far East in the past eight or nine years, and it is not a refugee-style relocation, but regardless of elites , commoners or nobles.

Therefore, it is almost a complete system movement.

With the large-scale development of large Dutch companies here, and even Dutch capitalists from the Commonwealth of Millikin investing in properties here, the development of the Far East is absolutely unprecedented. Even faster than the United States in the first half of the century, more American capitalists found after arriving in Australia and the Dutch East Indies that the development there was neatly planned by the municipal governments, and the development cooperation between the private sector and the government was rapid and powerful, with almost no use. In 10 years, the Australian mainland will have completed the road that the United States has taken for more than 60 years of economic development from 1800 to the present, so they are very optimistic about Australia's future development prospects.

It is because of this assessment that American capitalists swarmed, but they still need to go through the competition of the Dutch.

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"The British navy is a global competitor to the Dutch navy?"

On February 18, 1869, a news came out that shocked the world.

His Majesty King William IV of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who has always been known to be mysterious, signed a new Naval Principles on the same day. Expansion ambitions in currently more peripheral regions of the world, such as the Pacific Ocean.

On February 17, William IV attended the inauguration ceremony of the third steam battleship of the Netherlands in the Port of Amsterdam. He delivered a speech after the event, praising the rapid development of the Dutch Navy in recent years, which has provided a strong guarantee for the maritime security of the Netherlands, especially He praised the effective competition between the Dutch East India Arms Company and the Dutch Far East Arms Company, which is conducive to the technological innovation of the replacement of Dutch weapons, especially on the basis that the two major arms companies have the ability to manufacture steam battleships, which has played a role in promoting the international effect.

William IV also said that with the strength of the Dutch navy, any potential aggressor could be defeated.

Shortly before his speech, William IV had just signed a new set of principles for the development of the Dutch navy, which set out broad strategic objectives for the Dutch navy, including a desire to expand the Netherlands' navy globally and become a new "sea power" "The ambition.

The document also stated that the main threat to the Netherlands comes from “the strategic world maritime policy dominated by the British Empire, as well as the military alliances around the Netherlands and the coercion of the great powers, all of which pose a threat to the national security of the Netherlands as the Dutch border approaches. If other soft power such as economics and economics is exhausted, the Netherlands may appropriately use military force to safeguard its own interests in the world or in that situation.”

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In his speech, William IV did not mention the dispute between Britain and the Netherlands caused by the visit of the Dutch Speaker of the House of Representatives Huntington to Spain, but the navy mentioned in principle that the Dutch navy intends to comprehensively strengthen both sides of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The network of allies of the Dutch navy will also enhance and strengthen the geopolitical position of the Netherlands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

This naval principle also lists the Arctic Ocean as a particularly important area for the Netherlands, and the UK is very sensitive to this, because behind the British Isles are the northern islands of Greenland and Iceland.

Previously in the hands of Denmark, Greenland now belongs to Denmark in the west, Sweden in the east, and Iceland continues to remain in Danish hands. But the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark all have joint garrisoned troops. This effectively implemented the Nordic alliance formed by the three countries. Because of this, Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, is the headquarters of the Nordic Alliance.

Because of this, the British Empire has always accused the Dutch-Swedish-Danish alliance of trying to militarize the Arctic region, threatening Britain's homeland security.

This time, William IV's maritime principles are the first time that the future construction direction of the Dutch navy has been explained, and the "ambition" of the Netherlands has been comprehensively expressed. Because of this, it is obviously challenging the British maritime dominance. Direct "provocation", many people are worried about Amsterdam, because the British offshore balancer wants to restrict the European countries and threaten the British maritime hegemony. Now William IV has said it bluntly, and he has done it. Yes, will London accept such a rough-and-tumble challenge from the Netherlands?

Most people don't think Britain will compromise. +Bookmark+