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Chapter 1100 did not destroy the hidden motives of the rise of the United States

Nicholas Pierson, 47 years old and a young man in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Socialist Whip of the Dutch Senate and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, embarked on a week-long visit to the United States in California, the western state of the Commonwealth of America, on March 1882, 3.

Nicholas Pearson mentioned the war of aggression and anti-aggression between Austria-Hungary and Mexico during his visit. He declared that the Netherlands did not fully believe that the United States fully safeguarded the interests of the Americas in the conflict, and criticized "maintaining a certain degree of certainty under such circumstances." A degree of neutrality, like seeing Mutual Benefit enter the chicken coop and wait for the results."

In an interview with the globally influential "European Times" that afternoon, Nicholas Pearson said that he had an "enlightening exchange" with Dutch companies in San Francisco on the challenges of the American economy and business environment.

Amber, a professor at the School of International Relations at the University of Sydney in the Netherlands and director of the American Studies Center, judged in an interview with the European Times that the previous visit by U.S. Secretary of State Bryant to Wellington, New Zealand, the Netherlands, had focused on the political and security relations between the two countries. Nicholas Pearson's chat meeting While focusing more on the security and political relations between the two countries, issues of the two countries' global diplomatic interests will also be discussed, including the two countries' interests in Latin America and the Austro-Hungarian and Mexican wars.

Nicholas Pearson met with Dutch business representatives in San Francisco on the morning of March 3. In the afternoon of the same day, he co-chaired the Dutch-American Congress strategic dialogue with Joseph Warren, Chairman of the U.S. Senate and Foreign Affairs Committee, and held a meeting in San Francisco. Square delivered a keynote speech.

Nicholas Pearson told Joseph Warren: "We must meet these challenges because neither we in the Netherlands nor the Commonwealth of America can pretend to ignore each other's positions."

“The German Empire’s increasing involvement harms the Netherlands’ global interests. We cannot pretend not to see this. Therefore, the Netherlands has opened its toolbox and is preparing to launch some counterattacks against the German Empire. There are many tools available in our toolbox, among which , we are already preparing to operate on the steel industry of the German Empire.”

"Washington Times": The Netherlands tells the United States that it plans to ban the sale of steel to the German Empire!

Nicholas Pearson announced in San Francisco, a small city in the late 19th century in the United States, that the Dutch Parliament is about to complete the review of the proposals of members of the House of Representatives. As the whip of the Socialist Party, the majority party in the Dutch Senate, he is prepared to respect the views of the members and will make a decisive contribution to Germany. The steel industry carried out a crackdown, because only in this way, German firearms and other products that supported the Austro-Hungarian war against Mexico would be reduced, and the war would end quickly.

In this regard, Nicholas Pearson said that the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate of the Dutch Parliament has a very close view to that of Dutch Foreign Minister Mari Philip on this point.

When Bryant of the United States visited New Zealand not long ago, he had already proved that the highest diplomatic institutions between the two countries have a tendency to cooperate and are also seeking to stabilize relations between the two countries.Now the parliaments and diplomatic agencies of the two countries are competing against each other. Isn't this normal?
What many people noticed was that after Nicholas Pearson set off for the West Coast of the United States, he actually accepted an interview with the Australian Times in San Francisco and listed the issues of concern during the visit.

He emphasized that the primary goal of his week-long visit to San Francisco, California, was to emphasize to the United States that the Netherlands takes the United States seriously and has no hidden motives aimed at undermining the rise of the United States.

"As we all know, except for the divided Confederate States of America in the south, which has a population of 1300 million, the Dutch population in the northern United States is only about 200 million. The current population of the Confederate States of America is 3200 million, and the Netherlands accounts for one-sixteenth of the population. About one. But the Dutch have a huge influence in the United States, so our two countries already have an unusual relationship, and the Netherlands is willing to use the Dutch as a bond to expand the relationship between the two countries."

White House Office spokesman Ryan announced Nicholas Pearson's visit to the United States, saying that Nicholas Pearson's visit to the United States is beneficial to the healthy and stable development of relations with the United States and the Netherlands, and "will prepare for the next stage of high-level exchanges between the United States and the Netherlands." , injecting new impetus into the two sides’ joint efforts to address challenges in American and global affairs and maintain world peace and stability.”

As Germany and the United Kingdom form an alliance with Austria-Hungary, especially Germany's increasingly tough policy toward the Netherlands, some analysts believe that Nicholas Pearson will join forces with Joseph Warren, the Senate Majority Whip of the Republican Party in the United States. At the meeting, they will propose to strengthen cooperation between the Netherlands and the United States, and at the same time oppose the red line drawn by Germany and Austria-Hungary's invasion of Latin America.The Dutch Senate has established committees (and their subsidiary committees) for a variety of purposes, including reviewing bills and supervising the executive branch. Committee members are formally appointed by the Senate, but members are actually elected by political parties.Generally speaking, each political party determines the order of membership based on the preferences of each member of parliament and their seniority.

Each political party is allocated seats on committees based on its overall seat share.

Currently, committee affairs in the Netherlands are carried out by 16 standing committees, each of which has jurisdiction and supervision over special ministries such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance.

Each standing committee reviews, amends and announces relevant bills of the ministries over which it has jurisdiction.

In addition, each standing committee also reviews the nomination of the Prime Minister for the relevant ministries and departments. For example, if the cabinet government of Dutch Prime Minister Jules Danetang wants to nominate the Minister of Foreign Affairs, it needs to be reviewed by the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. Regarding diplomatic qualifications and qualifications, the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee will also review the nominees for various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If they are approved, they can take office. If they are not approved, they will need to be replaced.

This is true not only of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also of various ministries such as the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice.

Therefore, Nicholas Pearson is the second-ranking whip of the Socialist Party in the Senate, second only to Joseph Beit, Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Senate of the majority party.

He serves as the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (only the leader elected within the majority party serves), and it can be said that his power is not much greater than that of the foreign minister.

He is the main figure who checks and balances the Foreign Minister, and is also the first person to replace the Foreign Minister after an accident.

Nicolas Pierson has served in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more than 20 years, and has begun to work deeply in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Dutch Parliament. He has strong control over this committee.

Committees have additional powers over bills and personnel matters that they have concerns about, and they can block bills and personnel items from passing the Senate.The Standing Committee oversees the ministries and ministries of administrative departments and their officials. If they want to remove administrative officials, the Standing Committee has the power to convene hearings and subpoena witnesses and relevant evidence.

The United States has also been learning from the Dutch management model in recent years, especially since the early 1870s, when it also established major committees in the American Congress.

The Senate Foreign Affairs Committees of the Netherlands and the United States have great power, so the meeting between the two will definitely attract attention.

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