Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 496

The Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives, Huntington, said on February 13, 1869, that he would not comment on any trips to the House of Representatives for security reasons.

According to the "Australian Times" report, Huntington was asked at a regular press conference in the House of Representatives about his visit to Gibraltar, Spain, which caused a strong backlash in the United Kingdom, and said, "I don't discuss my travel plan, which is the subject of the Dutch National Security Conference." Huntington and emphasized He never stated any trip itinerary in advance.

Spanish Herald, the authoritative newspaper of the Kingdom of Spain, reported this week that Huntington, the fourth heavyweight in Dutch politics and Speaker of the House of Representatives, is planning a trip to the Iberian Peninsula in mid-July, which will include the border where Spain's Gibraltar is actually ruled. Afterwards, it caused protests in the British Empire and brought great shock to Europe.

The British Empire's Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence have successively warned that if Huntington's visit to the British-controlled Gibraltar border has declared his support for Spain's ruling power over the place as reported by Sodium, London "will certainly take firm and forceful measures", "consequences". The Netherlands and Spain are fully responsible"

Asked at Thursday's House of Representatives briefing how the Netherlands should respond to British grievances and Britain's containment of the Netherlands, Huntington responded that this is a very important issue.

Huntington said: "I think it's important that we show support for Spain, which is a key ally of the Netherlands, and I also don't think any of us have any questions about Spain's historical control over Spain, which of course, the Netherlands has not said. Support Spain now has management rights there, Spain is a big country and we respect it, so the Dutch position is very rational, it is up to Spain to decide.”

Huntington also said that Dutch Prime Minister Tolbeck did not tell him not to go to Spain, let alone what he was asked to do but not do: "I have never heard from our greatest His Majesty William IV. heard about it there"

The statement of the speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives immediately aroused everyone's onlookers after it was published by various countries on February 15, 1869. Obviously, his statement made people feel that there was no easing atmosphere, just a vague official statement. He did not say whether he would continue this "anti-British visit", which made European newspapers very excited. Obviously, in order to win the subscriptions of newspaper readers, sustainable reporting of this news will further increase newspaper sales.

Perhaps even the British newspapers are grateful to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

British Empire, London.

Queen Victoria, Prime Minister Disraeli, and Foreign Secretary Russell sat opposite each other.

"In response to the possibility that the Dutch House of Representatives Huntington will visit Spain in the next 7 days and announce his support for Spain's sovereignty over Gibraltar, Dutch Prime Minister Tolbek has reservations about this, and will communicate with Prime Minister Disraeli within 10 days.

The news of Huntington's trip to Spain has not been confirmed by the Dutch official, and even Huntington has not said whether he will visit there. At this time, Tolbek intervened in a serious way at this time. It is not ruled out that his government wrote, directed and acted a diplomatic turmoil under the current poor relationship with the French Empire. Cool down, make the diplomatic achievements of the Dutch cabinet government, save face”

Foreign Secretary Russell pointed out analytically: "The British Empire must stick to the bottom line, maintain its composure against the provocations of the Netherlands for some reason, and not be led by the nose."

Disraeli didn't speak, and he couldn't see whether he would deny or agree.

"MI-6 intelligence shows that when Dutch Prime Minister Tolbek returned to Amsterdam from Rotterdam the day before yesterday, there were newspaper reports that Huntington would lead a House of Representatives team to Spain in a few days in response. The representative thought it was not a good time or a good idea to visit Spain, and revealed that he expected to communicate with me within 10 days, but avoided talking about the topics that he and I would discuss.”

Disraeli said dignifiedly in his wise eyes: "His remarks released the message that he did not seem to agree with Huntington's visit to Spain and tried to have a dialogue with me as soon as possible, which made me a little puzzled, obviously they seem to be at odds, But it also has a coordinated approach, which makes people unable to understand what is going on inside.”

Queen Victoria saw that the two people's judgments were different, and the two people's opinions were reasonable, which gave her a headache, and she couldn't help complaining that William IV caused her the problem of bleeding.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she said, "Since I don't know what they are thinking, I can start with someone else."

"Who?" Disraeli and Russell asked in unison.

Queen Victoria laughed: "Who is above them?"

Both of them are smart people, and they immediately understood what the Queen was referring to.

Queen Victoria: "Just stare at him and the attitude of the Netherlands will be understood"

French Empire, Paris, Versailles.

Napoleon III also joined his French Prime Minister Olivier and Foreign Secretary Edmund R. Druan. Germany. Lu together followed the development of the matter.

"This may be the Dutch-led sausage-slicing tactic~www.mtlnovel.com~ is intended to test the red line of the British Empire"

The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edmund. Druan. Germany. Napoleon III and Prime Minister Olivier, who spoke astonishingly at Lu Yu, were shocked and looked at him involuntarily.

I want to hear his novel statement.

In fact, the French Empire can stand in Europe and endure as a great power for a long time. Naturally, there is a certain reason. No one will deny that Napoleon III's own diplomatic cells are relatively small, so he is strong and leads France to an increasingly lonely diplomatic achievement. , but no one will think that the French Empire has no diplomatic masters, just to see if there is Bole.

Even William IV, who was a traveler, never dared to underestimate the French Empire. After all, this country still maintained its status as a European power until more than a year ago. Although it was not available at that time and with regional powers, the global powers The foundation is still maintained.

Who would dare to ignore such a country, so existence is the law, and the existence of the French Empire naturally has its advantages.

The foreign secretary in front of him is Edmund. Druan. Germany. Lu is an expert in European diplomacy.

Edmund. Druan. Germany. Lu Jian caught the attention of Napoleon III and Olivier, so he said: "In fact, the news of Huntington's visit to Spain was first reported by the Spanish newspapers, and the Dutch Prime Minister's Office, the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Huntington's office and the Spanish side have not officially reported for several days. confirmed"

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