Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 1097: The former president of the United States who continues to oppose the Netherlands
"We in the Commonwealth of the United States have indeed been subject to foreign interference. Most of the time, these interferences come from a friendly country - the Netherlands. I am no different from British Prime Minister Clay Ayton and German Imperial Prime Minister Bismarck. I have been in power for four years since 1878. They have all been monitored by Dutch intelligence agencies for four years, and they are still being monitored a few months after they stepped down.”

At a hearing on the issue of foreign interference in the House of Representatives of the United States on March 1883, 3, former Democratic President Stephen Douglas made these statements that were both unexpected and reasonable.

At this congressional hearing, Stephen Douglas directly criticized, "The Dutch alliance system is an important means for the Netherlands to safeguard its rise and replace Britain as a hegemon. The Netherlands does not treat its allies as equals, and more often than not treats its allies as equals." Treat him as a servant who can be at your disposal at any time."

He cited the results of a poll released this year by the pro-Democratic Party think tank Research Center, which showed that in Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, the United States, Spain, the Kingdom of Siam, China and Among 5 countries including the 18-nation American Federation, the median proportion of respondents who believe that the Netherlands has interfered a lot or quite a lot in the affairs of other countries is as high as 71%. The median proportion of respondents who believe that the Netherlands does not consider the interests of other countries is 50%. [-]%, exactly half.

"Any ally of the Netherlands knew that he was living in the shadow of a new empire."

The former American president's political ally, Washington State Senator and American political commentator It Martin wrote: "The Netherlands often only does things that are in its own interests."

Iter Martin even directly accused, "The Netherlands is unscrupulous in spying on the leaders of allied countries."

"For a long time, the United States, which has ambitions of strategic independence, has often had conflicts of interest and differences of opinion with the Netherlands on some issues. Therefore, it has become the focus of the Netherlands' attention and has frequently been stabbed in the back or made obstacles by the Netherlands as an ally."

"At a hearing on foreign interference held by the Swedish National Assembly last year, Carl Tisilius, the candidate for the current Swedish prime ministerial election, was questioned by members of the parliament. The questions mainly revolved around his former company owned by the Wallenberg family. As the situation unfolded, the current candidate for Swedish Prime Minister of the opposition party revealed that he had been under long-term surveillance by the Netherlands.

Karl Tisilius pointed out that the Netherlands monitors not only the Swedes, but also key figures in other Dutch allies."

Stephen Douglas pointed out that the findings of intelligence agencies during his administration in the United States showed that the Royal Netherlands Intelligence Service and the Netherlands International Intelligence Service each had a system to monitor all allies of the United States, as well as political and cabinet figures in rival countries.

“No one has any doubt that the Netherlands also monitors politicians from other countries except the United States.”

The leader of the current opposition party and Democratic Party in the United States pointed out that "The Netherlands' long-term surveillance of its allies has long been an open secret internationally. Ten years ago, Denmark's "Copenhagen Times" broke the news that the Netherlands had conducted surveillance operations in Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Athens. , Madrid and other dignitaries are all under surveillance by the Netherlands.

In the second half of last year, newspapers in other European countries revealed that the Netherlands had been increasing its surveillance of political figures in good countries, including the United States and South America. "

“The Netherlands doesn’t care much about spying on its allies.

James Ould, the former deputy director of the Royal Dutch Intelligence Service, even published "Why We Collect Intelligence Internationally" in a Dutch domestic newspaper in 1880. He talked about the rationality of the Netherlands spying on its allies. He told everyone The reasonable reason for surveillance is, 'The Netherlands needs to monitor its allies because the Netherlands has the largest share of global economic support to its allies. We need to observe whether the materials we support are in place, or whether they are intercepted and corrupted midway - dirty, therefore surveillance is necessary'" Stephen Douglas:
"However, what is the real situation? The huge surveillance intelligence network painstakingly operated allows the Dutch Germans to gain insight into the internal affairs of their allies and seek the best interests for themselves.

In the first year of my administration in 1878, I published a research report in the U.S. Congress on the Dutch government’s intelligence agencies in the United States and published a number of Dutch espionage cases.

For example, the Dutch International Intelligence Agency, which monitors the Senate in Washington, bribed a senator's secretary, monitored the senator's faxes and phone calls, and provided relevant information to the Dutch intelligence branch in Washington to help the Netherlands. Understand the inner workings of our American Congress and the intelligence extraction of the American government to ultimately maximize the interests of the Netherlands."

The Democratic former president of the United States pointed out directly: The Netherlands likes long-arm jurisdiction and harms its allies.

"Another typical interference behavior of the Netherlands in its allies is long-arm jurisdiction. The impact of the Netherlands on our economic life has the most serious consequences."

Stephen Douglas said. "The Netherlands uses long-arm jurisdiction to interfere in the internal operations of the U.S. government and the cases of American companies, while completely ignoring the respect it deserves as an ally."

Stephen Douglas mentioned that the Netherlands accused his government of anti-Dutch behavior in 1881. In the end, because the opposition of the Dutch consortium was not substantiated, the Dutch reaffirmed their monopoly capital status in the United States.

In the end, because of this factor, he failed to seek re-election for a second term as president. The Dutch-backed Republican presidential candidate Garfield eventually defeated him and became the new president.

"I once asked the Dutch Republican and Democratic congressmen on this issue, why do we have to ally with the Netherlands instead of Tsarist Russia, France and Germany to avoid risks? They told me that if we ally with these countries, there will be dangers in the Pacific direction, because The Netherlands dominates the Pacific Ocean. In the direction of South America, Dutch allies are everywhere, which has also caused great harm to the interests of the United States. Therefore, we will be subject to 'punishment' measures by the Netherlands. As one of the countries with the fastest industrial expansion, the United States has an industrial It ranks fourth in the world in terms of product exports and third in terms of electrical revolution advancement, after the Netherlands and Germany. Many American technologies come from the Netherlands. Neither the American government nor companies can withstand such hostility from the Netherlands."

"Our congressman also told me that as an important country in the world, if the United States is hostile to Dutch people in any way, it will be regarded as a challenge to the country of the Netherlands, and therefore it is very likely to attract retaliation from the Netherlands."

When Stephen Douglas served as President of the United States from 1878 to 1882, he wanted to promote the de-Dutchization movement and promote the United States to further align with European powers such as Germany to counter the influence of the Netherlands and the United States in South America. To this end, he met with many European A senior official.

His idea was recognized by many members of Congress, and many of them told Stephen Douglas, "This idea is very good, but we will not support or participate in it, because America's biggest opponent is the United Kingdom, which colonized us. We sometimes We need to rely on the Netherlands for defense issues when dealing with the UK.”

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