Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 1099 Senate Track Two Diplomacy between the Netherlands and the United States
The British seemed to agree with Stephen Douglas, the leader of the American opposition Democratic Party and the Bismarck government of the German Empire. British Prime Minister Gladstone made a direct comment in the Financial Times.

“Successive Dutch governments have put their country’s strategic interests ahead of those of its allies.”

George Wright, director of the Netherlands Project at the Cambridge Institute, a subsidiary of the University of Cambridge, believes that "the Netherlands does not care about the impact of the security partnership agreement with some of its allies on the good partnership of other allies.

This display shows a typical Dutch approach of prioritizing interests. "

"From the long-arm jurisdiction of the Netherlands over its opponents and allies, to the global military blockade of the United Kingdom, to the grab for military weapons orders, some of the Netherlands' allies are actually very clear about what the Netherlands' 'care' for its allies and partners means.

In an interview with a reporter from the Washington Post, Christian Buie, a researcher at the Deloitte Institute, a pro-Democratic think tank in the United States, publicly criticized that Dutch-style bullying has never spared its allies.The Netherlands has become increasingly open and brutal in safeguarding its own interests and coercing allies and other countries into submission.

Just like former President of the United States Stephen Douglas, the United States must fight for strategic independence, and this includes the autonomy of the federal state of the United States in the development of technology, industry, finance, defense and military.Allies that cannot and do not dare to be autonomous can only live like small South American countries in the shadow of a Dutch-first empire forever."

As for the leader of the Democratic Party and former President Stephen Douglas, who is once again making waves and trying to instigate an anti-Dutch movement,

Garfield, the current Republican president of the United States, is furious.

Garfield personally went out to refute Stephen Douglas's approach.

The current president of the United States made his views known during a speech at Harvard University, the most famous university in the United States.

"The mutual trust between the Netherlands and the United States, once allies, has been eroded due to the destruction of the past four years under the Democratic administration of Stephen Douglas."

U.S. President Garfield, who was visiting Harvard University, said in a speech at Harvard University that "the trust between the United States and the Netherlands has been eroded by the Democratic Party."

Garfield said that he has spoken publicly about the relationship between the Netherlands and the United States twice since taking office. Once in January, he publicly stated that the two countries would strengthen global industrial and technological cooperation, and again this month, he demanded that the two countries cooperate in South Africa. America to cooperate.

He said that every time he made a move to improve relations with the Netherlands, Democrats would stand up to oppose it and try to sabotage it.

He said in a speech at Harvard University, "It's terrible for us and His Majesty to rebuild this trust. He's not going to miraculously come back. It has to be repaired."

Garfield also mentioned in his speech that it is in the interest of both countries to find more common ground between the Netherlands and the United States, correct economic and trade relations, and at the same time refresh the practice of cooperation between the two countries when they compete in South America.He said, "The Democratic Party's destructive approach has affected our originally relatively advantageous diplomatic interests. We believe that the problem is not just the original differences between our diplomacy and the Netherlands, but the exaggeration of the differences between the two countries under the promotion of the Democratic Party." and magnifying.

All in all, I think our foreign relations have been badly damaged by the Democrats."

Garfield believes that the reason is that the Democratic Party does not have a global vision to influence the American economy, because Dutch companies' investment in Midland will increase jobs. If the relationship between the United States and the Netherlands continues to deteriorate, it will lead to an increase in the unemployment rate in the United States and a disadvantage. The technical restrictions imposed by the Netherlands on the United States will also lead to the negative consequences of choosing to avoid the United States and invest elsewhere because of the risks involved in investing in the United States.

In addition to speaking at Harvard University, Garfield also met with Dutch entrepreneurs in the United States and met and held talks with Remieux, the head of the Dutch Embassy in the United States.

After the meeting, he wrote in the New York Times that day, "This was an enlightening exchange. He also said that in order to prevent the trust between the two countries from being destroyed, he has the responsibility to improve relations between the two countries. Otherwise, the Netherlands and the United States will The speed of de-risking between the two countries will accelerate, even far beyond expectations, because the media and newspapers of the two countries will increase the pressure on the cabinet governments due to public opinion, requiring them to leave each other's countries more. This is a bilateral situation. The consequence of losing is that other countries will benefit. The Netherlands is not stupid, and the United States is not stupid either."

In this regard, the Dutch Ambassador to the United States Remieux said after returning to the embassy after his meeting with Garfield, "Trust is the core of any interpersonal relationship, and mutual trust has been eroded by the Stephen Douglas cabinet government. I agree. According to President Garfield, it is time for our two countries to improve relations.”

Remio also said, “Trade exchanges between the Netherlands and the United States are beneficial to both countries, and there is also an imbalance in two-way investment. The Netherlands invests more than 5000 million Dutch guilders (500 million pounds) in the United States every year, while the United States invests in the Netherlands. But it is only 1000 million guilders (100 million pounds), so the employment ratio provided is skewed. The Netherlands provides high-tech investment and high-quality jobs, while the jobs provided by the United States are in the garment industry."

It seems this is just the beginning.

1882年3月25日，1882年3月15日离开墨西哥首都墨西哥城后，公开表示准备横跨太平洋回墨尔本的荷兰王国社会党兼参议院党鞭及外交委员会主-席尼古拉斯.皮尔森，突然宣布在荷兰战舰护卫下北上抵达美利坚西部城市旧金山。

There, he met Joseph Warren, the Republican Senate Whip and Chairman of the United States Foreign Affairs Committee, who was waiting for him.

The two officially started talks in this small city on the west coast of the United States.

During the interview, Nicholas Pearson mentioned the Latin American war triggered by the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s invasion of Mexico,

He said that the Netherlands did not initially believe that Britain and Germany were neutral in the conflict. He even said that the Netherlands did not believe that Stephen Douglas was trustworthy. He criticized that "in this case, the United States said that it remained neutral, just like It was so funny when I saw a three-year-old child in the Colosseum saying that the competition was fair when facing a 100-kilogram giant man, and waiting for the result."

Nicholas Pearson also said to his counterpart Joseph Warren, “As entities with huge interests in Latin America, our two countries must face these challenges, because neither we in the Netherlands nor you in the United States can ignore each other’s presence in Mexico. The interests behind this war have been damaged.”

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