Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

"Nicholas Pierson, Chairman of the Dutch Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, visited California in the western United States to meet with Joseph Warren, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.

No one thinks of it as a simple visit.

On diplomatic issues, as a representative of the Dutch Senate, Nicholas Pearson is not even much less important than Foreign Minister Philippe Moray. He is even considered to be the key to checking Philippe, the Foreign Minister.

Now the Netherlands and the United States do not start from the executive officials, but from the Congress. Her Majesty, it seems that the Netherlands and the United States are really going to get closer this time."

Since Disraeli's death, Robert Cecil has been the leader of the opposition party and seems to be very valued by Queen Victoria. No, today's meeting was originally a routine report by Prime Minister Greyston to the Queen. meeting, but the Queen asked him to show up.

In addition to him, there is also the Crown Prince Edward.

Greyston is currently very helpless about this.

He now realizes Disraeli's helplessness.

When a king no longer completely believes in himself, he needs to be prepared to be supported by the queen at any time and his opponents will compete with him.

But despite this, Grayston is not a good person. He has been in power for nearly ten years, so he will naturally not be intimidated by Robert Sisi who has just become the leader of the opposition.

"Despite this, don't forget that the Democrats are still opposed to more Dutch penetration into the United States, so we can start in this regard."

Robert Cecil curled his lips slightly and said sarcastically: "The problem is that people in the United States are wary of our family. Will they listen to the Prime Minister's words against us?
By then, the Democratic Party will think that we have other agendas, which will make them give up their insistence and move closer to the pro-Dutch stance of the Republican Party."

Prince Edward nodded at this time and said: "That's right. Stephen Douglas doesn't like others to preach. I heard that he was also a pro-Dutch man back then, but as soon as he became the president, he began to turn his back on others. Therefore, we are That’s not the point to pay attention to.”

Although Prince Edward's words were a bit unpleasant, they were too direct and made Gladstone, the Prime Minister, look a little embarrassed.

Queen Victoria, who was sitting at the top, smiled bitterly. This eldest son was still lacking in emotional intelligence.

To say this is not to directly slap Gladstone in the face, but
Although she was a little dissatisfied with Gladstone during this period, she was still dissatisfied and he could still be used.

And with his restraint, the Whig Party will be quieter. Without him, the Whig Party's subordinates would be in a state of disunity.

She glanced at Robert Sethi next to her.

The Whigs were likely to be beaten to pieces by the Tories led by Robert.

At that time, if there is no one to check and balance, the royal power will be affected.

The interests of the royal family will be damaged, which she absolutely does not want to see.

So, she spoke.

"I think that Nicholas Pearson's visit to California in the United States is paving the way for important figures from the Netherlands to visit the United States."

"I heard that this Nicholas Pierson has publicly stated his support for establishing closer relations between the Netherlands and the United States many times. When he was elected as chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Dutch Senate, he also publicly stated that he would seek to support the establishment of closer relations between the Netherlands and the United States during his term of office. Take the Netherlands more seriously and don’t view the relationship between the Netherlands and the United States through the lens of the relationship between the United States and the former colonial power, the United Kingdom. The head of the Dutch Senate Foreign Affairs Committee also said that their assessments and actions are driven by the Netherlands’ own interests .

It can be seen that his visit to the United States will serve as a stepping stone, and our Intelligence Bureau [-] has news that Nicholas Pierson's visit to the United States has been speculated to be for Dutch Prime Minister Jules Danetang, and even the King of the Netherlands. William IV will soon visit the United States to pave the way. "

Queen Victoria said to Gladstone and Robert: "Therefore, the discussion that may be started during this visit is the highlight."

Robert Sethi and Gladstone nodded in agreement.

"Mother's guess is not unreasonable," Prince Edward said:
"Reddy, assistant professor of public policy and global food course at the University of London, analyzed in an interview with the Financial Times two days ago that the meeting between the Netherlands and the United States with the head of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee released a commitment to improving bilateral relations. It is a signal that the two sides may seek to reach consensus and tentatively cooperate on issues such as the Mexican War and the sphere of influence in South America, which are relatively easy to achieve cooperation.”

The other three people agreed upon hearing this.

The Netherlands and the United States had previously had tense economic, trade and political relations. As the pro-Dutch Republican Garfield came to power in January, replacing the anti-Dutch Stephen Douglas government, the new U.S. cabinet government began to openly seek contact with the Netherlands, and in turn , became wary of Germany, which supported Austria-Hungary's invasion of Mexico.

The Netherlands had a close relationship with the Democratic-led US government and was replaced by Germany. Now that the new government has come to power, the reverse is true, and Germany has been replaced by the Netherlands.

Therefore, from the British perspective, the relationship between the Netherlands and the United States will be solid in the next four years.

Britain may need to pay attention to this in America.

Joseph Warren publicly called out Nicholas Pearson and the Dutch government behind him. He emphasized that the United States was not anti-Dutch and called on the Netherlands to take the rise of the United States more seriously. "

Before 1878, the Netherlands and the United States used to hold strategic dialogues at the level of foreign ministers every year to discuss global cooperation between the two countries, but this stopped after Stephen Douglas went to heaven.

Now with the push, it's clear the tradition will continue to unfold.

Queen Victoria and others knew the importance of this strategic dialogue.

Its existence threatens Britain, Germany, Austria and other countries.

After all, America's interests will harm both of them.

If they cooperate, Britain, Germany and Austria will need to worry about the emergence of this alliance.

"With the current Anglo-German-Austrian military cooperation attracting attention from the outside world"

Gladstone believed: "Nicholas Pearson reminded the United States not to get close to Britain, Germany and Austria, especially if it provides German steel and other industrial products that the Netherlands controls and suppresses Germany. This obviously means that the Netherlands will oppress Germany's industrial economy. , causing it to make concessions to the Netherlands”

After the discussion between the four people, they finally decided that it was imperative for the Netherlands to get closer to the United States. Therefore, if the relationship between the United Kingdom and the two countries was not friendly, or even enemies, Berlin would have to do it to destroy them.

In this way, Bismarck in Berlin started to turn the gears of German diplomacy again.