Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 269

When Queen Victoria was concerned about the international status of the Netherlands, other countries also began to evaluate the status of the Netherlands equally.

Compared with the predicament of the United Kingdom, the situation in the Netherlands is the envy of all countries.

Why is the Netherlands able to be so adept in many wars and have both sides?

There are two main reasons, one is the right national strength of the Netherlands.

Since 1857, the various reforms of the Netherlands have taken the Netherlands from Spain, Sweden, Portugal, Denmark, Milan, Denggu and other countries to the end of the country, and it has reached a country that seems to be stronger than Spain now. Doubt, at least that's what Queen Victoria thought.

The Netherlands has always been very confident in its own strength and development, but it also recognizes its own shortcomings. Sometimes it considers itself a medium country, but sometimes it is basically regarded by the international community as one of the major powers, but not with the United Kingdom and France. , Prussia, Tsarist Russia, AustriHungary, Ottoman Empire and other major powers on a par.

The Netherlands' insufficient national strength makes other countries relatively weak against it, but it is not a weak national strength and huge development potential, and other countries give the Netherlands a certain respect.

The war in which the great powers participate in the country will gradually increase the impartiality of the great powers, and the mutual suspicion between the great powers, everyone who has the advantage does not believe that the other side can be a mediator. Whether it is fair or not.

The simultaneous good relations between the Dutch-speaking parties, as well as the suspicion and sensitivity of European and American countries, make it difficult for countries such as Britain and France to convince each other.

For example, in the civil war between the north and south of Millikin, even France, it is difficult to convince Milly of the North, because France is currently waging a war in Mexico.

Although the Tsarist Russian Empire did not have Milliken participating in the war, the identities of Britain and the Tsarist Russian Empire on the Balkans were not suitable for the existence of international mediators.

Prussia could have been, and Bismarck's national diplomacy was also good, but Bismarck launched the Prussian War and the Prussian-Austrian War. Even driving Austria out of the German Confederation and annexing the German state of Jengge has damaged the image of Prussia. Many people can see that it will be difficult for Berlin to eliminate this influence within at least ten years.

And Spain and Portugal and Italy are on the southern fringes, not in the core of Europe, but unsustainable.

Vienna of the Austro-Hungarian Empire could have been, but Joseph I was conceited and did not want to provoke trouble again. He chose to develop in a low-key manner, and to show his glory in the future, it seemed inappropriate.

In the end, Queen Victoria found that the Netherlands, a country of four wars, was surrounded by the four great powers of Britain, France, and Puri, and befriended the Tsarist Russian Empire. Using the Germanic summit, the relationship with the Austro-Hungarian Empire was improved, and now it is more It is to take advantage of the bad relations between the UK and the Ottoman Empire to further the relationship with the Ottoman Empire. All these, the Netherlands is miraculous, and almost has a good relationship with Europe.

It seems that except for one Portugal?

The defenses of various countries against Britain now seem to have further aggravated the pressure of economic growth in the United Kingdom as the accumulation of industrial products, the friendship between the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Millikin and the friendship between the Confederate States and the Confederate States. The sensitivity of the two sides makes the United Kingdom face The Netherlands' claim to be a mediator of old affairs has made the UK in a dilemma. If it clearly gives up its support for the Confederate States, the UK will be condemned by the Confederate States morally and legally, and even by the English compatriots in the South, and even condemned by public opinion in the UK. The strategic cooperation of the Confederate countries is damaged; if it continues to support the Confederate States of the South against the Commonwealth of the North, it will continue to be difficult for the UK to enter the market of the Commonwealth of the North. At the same time, the United Kingdom will continue to have some of its energy drawn in North America, making it difficult to take into account Europe. and the Middle East.

Against the backdrop of the ever-increasing strategic competition between Britain, France and the Tsarist Russian Empire, France continued to use the Balkans to divide the relationship between the British and the Tsarist Russia, and took advantage of France's sensitivity in the Balkans and the Americas to increase; France's international morality pressure.

These are the status advantages of the Netherlands.

The second one is that the Netherlands is relatively a country that is easily accepted by countries around the world. Economically, the relatively advanced technological development level of the Netherlands is not a strong country. For countries, it is a natural sense of intimacy. After all, compared with the three major technological powers of the United Kingdom, France and Prussia, the Netherlands' cooperation is more equal and easier to negotiate.

Moreover, the Netherlands is less imposing. The country of William IV of the Netherlands regards itself as a medium country.

In terms of system, because together with the United Kingdom, the two countries once ruled by a king, it is similar to the United Kingdom; the Netherlands was once occupied by Napoleon I, so many systems of France are also applied in the Netherlands; only after 1815 Nassau - Ruled by the Orange family, which was a member of the German Confederation.

The Netherlands combines the characteristics of the three countries of England, France, and Germany. Therefore, it is difficult for these three countries to deny the Netherlands' national governance policy. Even other countries also agree with the Netherlands' easy-to-use practice. Therefore, it is understandable that the Dutch system is praised by various countries.

Culturally, Protestantism in the Netherlands is recognized by all countries, and there are more than 10% Catholics in the Netherlands, which is more tolerant than other Germanic countries.

Therefore, the Netherlands is also considered a non-disgusting country by southern European countries.

This is also why when William IV proposed to let William III go to Greece, the Greeks, a country that believed in Orthodox Christianity, were not very opposed. After all, an tolerant Dutch royal family~www.mtlnovel.com~ is compared to the Kingdom of Bavaria. The pure Catholic royal family makes them even more agreeable.

The relationship between the Netherlands and Tsarist Russia is friendly and stable. Since the 17th century, among the bilateral relations between the Netherlands and all major powers, the relationship between the Netherlands and Tsarist Russia is the most stable and friendly. Most durable.

The Tsarist Russian Empire is the largest arms sales market in the Netherlands, which is the most reliant weapons market in the Netherlands. The Tsarist Russian Empire also took over the most advanced weapons technology in Western Europe, and the help of the Netherlands was indispensable.

There is no geopolitical conflict between the Netherlands and the Russian Empire, and the economic and trade relations between the two countries are also very helpful, and the two countries have close and in-depth cooperation in the European and international political and military fields.

In the latest Balkan Peninsula war that happened this year, although the Netherlands did not participate in the war to help the Tsarist Russia Empire, the Dutch munitions factories increased their production progress and continuously provided high-quality weapons for the war of the Tsarist Russia Empire. It can be said that no The weapons of the Netherlands, the Tsarist Russian Empire will never be on the Balkans, can withstand the joint action of the British Austrian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, and finally boiled Austria to AustriHungary. The reluctant also agreed that it was time for a truce.

It can be said that the Netherlands is a paramilitary alliance of Tsarist Russia.

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