Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 1135 Bismarck’s concerns

On September 1882, 9, the British Foreign Office announced that in order to strongly oppose the Dutch interference in British internal affairs, the British stated that in response, the British announced their support for the restoration of Madagascar King Radama II, who had been exiled to the British under the Dutch occupation of Madagascar in the 10s. .

The United Kingdom has announced its opposition to the Netherlands' violent rule in Madagascar over the past decade and does not recognize the Netherlands' sovereignty over the island of Madagascar.

The British counterattack was so swift this time that everyone couldn't help but react.

Also, the UK is so picky that it chose to attack the Dutch rule in Madagascar.

Both the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have a close relationship with the Merina people, the subject race on the island of Madagascar, because as early as 1815, at the Congress of Vienna after defeating Napoleon I, the United Kingdom put forward the conditions for restoring the Netherlands. The first condition was that the United Kingdom The Netherlands gained control of South Africa.

The current rulers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Orange-Nassau dynasty, were established at this time.

William I, the first king of Orange-Nassau in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, agreed to the British terms.

So Britain began to rule South Africa in 1815, even before the Netherlands had time to retreat from the Dutch Boers there.

Britain began to deal with the unwilling Merina people in South Africa in 1815. In the following decades, the relationship was good. Britain also supported this indigenous island. Of course, its ambitions came with it.

However, as early as the early 16th century, the Netherlands began to establish relations with Queen Lafhay and her successors.

It was even suggested that the country build its capital on a plateau to make it safer.

From 1787 to 1810, the first Merina monarch to consolidate power and unify the kingdom was born. Radama firmly controlled most of the central plateau of Madagascar.

Many local governments in coastal areas also need to pay tribute to King Radama.

At this time, the monarch obtained South Africa from the Netherlands because of the British, and saw the strength of the British, so he started a pro-British policy and used the British to Westernize and modernize Madagascar.

Even Dutch missionaries and European policy advisors and Western education were welcomed into the island of Madagascar.

However, this policy was overturned by his wife Ranavalona I who succeeded him as king and became pro-Dutch, but again adopted pro-British policy for Radama II.

After arriving, Rasuhelina and Ranavarona II continued to be pro-Dutch, and so the royal family changed repeatedly between being pro-British and pro-Dutch.

Until the Dutch invaded Madagascar in the 1860s, Ranavalona II continued to be pro-British, but by Radama II he became pro-British.

After Radama II was occupied by the Dutch in Madagascar, the former king was conscripted to Western Australia to build a railway in Australia. After nearly ten years of building the railway, it became even darker.

In the end, she found a way to escape to England.

The British took him in for some unknown reason at the time.

Unexpectedly, after another ten years, Britain would sacrifice him. Sure enough, Britain is still the same Britain, with far-sightedness.

It is surprising that Britain used the former King of Madagascar, Radama II, to counter the Dutch intervention in Ireland.

But I have to say that what the British government did this time is very beautiful and surprising. After all, the Netherlands needed to find an excuse to cooperate with other countries to intervene in Ireland, but the UK directly used its trump card, and it was very effective.

Especially when Radama II complained in major British newspapers about the inhumane practices of the Dutch government, one of which was that the Netherlands actually allowed him, a majestic king, to go to Western Australia to build railways for ten years. This was an insult to members of the royal family. , which is also contradictory to the Netherlands’ long-standing claim to respect and uphold human rights.

The former king of Madagascar also accused his wife of supporting the Dutch occupation of Madagascar under the instigation of the Netherlands.

He would never agree with Dutch dominance in Madagascar.

Anyone with a discerning eye will know that this manuscript was definitely not written by him. It might have been a copy given to him by the British Foreign Office after it was written.

But no one will dwell on this at this time. Instead, they are taking more seriously what the Netherlands' reaction will be.

On September 1882, 9, the Netherlands struck back.

“Our government has a professional team. In the past ten years or so of managing Madagascar, we have successfully brought this huge island in southeastern Africa into the ranks of Africa’s powerful economy, and it has become the most important port terminal gathering place in Africa. It is also the center point of many trades in Africa. We can say bluntly that Bana is more economically prosperous than the South Africa that the British conquered from the Netherlands.

So we don't understand the purpose of Britain releasing a tyrant who was once deeply hated by the people on the island of Madagascar.

This Radama II once liked to eat human flesh on the island of Madagascar, and there are other things that are difficult to describe in words that are inconvenient to reveal. However, the Netherlands has punished the other party for harming the island of Madagascar for many years and only let it build the railway. , and was not sentenced to death, which was the greatest mercy for him.

In addition, the treatment of the former Madagascar royal family in Madagascar is not bad. Our William IV has canonized the former Queen Ranavarona II as Countess of Tamafuta, and it is hereditary.

I don’t know what the status of Radama II is in his family, but he is obviously not taken seriously. The British government’s exposure of him at this time is obviously just a way to vent their emotions.

We are here to advise the British government that what you should care about is not a former tyrant in Madagascar who is not loved by the people. This will cause your British lives to be damaged and the gain will not be worth the loss.

Instead, you should be concerned about the suffering Irish people on the island of Ireland that you are now notifying, who are suffering terribly under your rule.

Therefore, we will launch peaceful negotiations with the British government and the Irish people to try to solve the issue of Irish power. Instead, we will divert global attention like we are doing now and try to hide ourselves from the public eye. This approach is It's wrong and irresponsible. "

"The Dutch counterattacks are well-founded and they counterattacked the British one by one. Especially on the issue of Radama II, they used facts to prove how stupid the British approach was. It seems that the British are at the diplomatic level. , Gladstone is still not as good as Jules Danetang, who has just come to power in the Netherlands."

This result made Bismarck feel heavy.

Britain's current experience has made Bismarck, Prime Minister of the German Empire, feel panicked.

Because, he thought about many other things, such as whether the Netherlands would interfere in the current internal affairs of the German Empire?

This is why the British side has repeatedly asked him to come out and support the British side, but he has been reluctant to do so.

The Netherlands is so difficult!

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