Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

In the Far East, Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty and Minister of Military Affairs Jing Lian discussed the Netherlands and Britain, not to mention the controversy in Latin America.

November 1882, 11, at the White House in Washington, DC, the United States of America in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

At this time, President James Abram Garfield was holding a government meeting with his cabinet.

Vice President Chester Allen Arthur.

Secretary of State James Bryan.

Secretary of the Treasury William Wyndham.

Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln,

Attorney General Wayne McVeigh.

Postmaster General Thomas Lemuel James.

Secretary of the Navy William Hunter.

Secretary of the Interior Samuel Kirkwood.

All members of the cabinet government established in February 1881 participated.

In the splendid hall, the burly and extraordinary President Galfield was listening to the report from Secretary of State James G. Bryan.

"Your Excellency, the United Kingdom has directly reached out to Colombia. The Netherlands has begun to make angry statements in the past few days. Not only the cabinet government of Jourda Netang has expressed its stance, but even three of the four people in the Dutch National Strategic Security Council representing William IV stood. Even Kantur was in there to express his dissatisfaction with Britain.”

Garfield said thoughtfully: "We, the United States of America, share the Pacific Ocean with the Netherlands. Although in Latin America we are dissatisfied with the participation of foreign countries in the division of power, the Netherlands has always been our ally in resisting the collective entry of European countries into Latin America."

"The Netherlands did not directly occupy Latin America, but also promoted economic prosperity in Latin America, which is stable. Compared with those European countries that directly occupy territory, it is more disadvantageous for the United States of America. Our policy is that we would rather support the Netherlands to continue to maintain the original stability. , and do not support other European powers to create territorial power in Latin America and disrupt the stability of Latin America. After all, we have large investments in Latin America. If there is chaos there, our investment will be in vain."

“The Netherlands, like the United States of America, needs stability in Latin America so that the Netherlands and our economies can grow more steadily, but the United Kingdom is preparing to disrupt our economic growth.

Therefore, the United Kingdom wants to cause civil strife in the Thirteen Latin American Group, thereby making it difficult for the Netherlands and us to continue to grow and suppress the United Kingdom. In turn, the German Empire should have the same idea. As the Netherlands and the United States become weaker, Germany and the United Kingdom will correspondingly become stronger.

What's more, the German Empire has always liked to use Britain and the Netherlands to contain each other. The risk of their expanding disputes in Latin America will eventually fall on us, the United States of America, as the local leader. This is a good calculation by both Britain and Germany. "

Secretary of State James G. Bryan said: "Your Excellency, the German Empire is still trapped in Europe by Britain, France, Russia and Austria. Although it is trying to expand its presence in Latin America, I don't think it is a cause for concern."

Galfield said: "Although you say this, you still can't take it lightly. After all, Bismarck is a iron-blooded prime minister who has been famous in Europe for many years. Napoleon III of France was schemed by him, and Franz Joseph I was even more important to him. There were a few falls in front of me.

Some people even suspected some time ago that the assassination of Alexander II, the former Tsar of the Russian Empire, was carried out under the command of the Juncker nobles in Berlin headed by Bismarck. The purpose was to block the industrialization process of the Russian Empire and prevent the emergence of a new country in the eastern part of the German Empire. It had just emerged from serfdom and turned into a powerful industrialized Tsarist Empire. Such an industrialized Tsarist Empire with a population of over 6000 million was too great a threat to the German Empire with a population of only million. " At this time, Vice President Chester Allen Arthur said: "Your Excellency, we should not only be worried about the German Empire, but we also need to express our more urgent request for an armistice against the Austro-Hungarian Empire's invasion of Mexico.

Everyone, don’t forget that Mexico is an American Union regime close to the south in the northeast, and close to our state of California in the northwest. If Mexico finally falls to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then the Austro-Hungarian Empire will threaten the western border of our country, so in On the Mexican issue, we should be more direct in our opposition. "

Chester Allen Arthur was Secretary of the Navy before becoming Vice President. He created the modernization of the American Navy. When he was serving as Secretary of the Navy, he found that the naval ships were old and most of them were wooden ships with sails. He ordered the vigorous development of the navy. He had dealt with several presidents over the years. In order to develop the navy, he proposed to the U.S. Congress several times to invest millions of dollars in purchasing advanced warships and established military gun factories for the army and navy.

It can be said that this is the representative of the military in the cabinet government.

His words basically represent the opinions of the military of the United States of America.

No one can ignore the soldiers who defend the country with guns and artillery.

What's more, it's the opinion put forward by their leader.

Seeing everyone's surprise, Chester Allen Arthur said seriously: "Mexico serves as the southern barrier of the United States of America. If it is occupied by European powers, then our border will be naked. In front of the Europeans, a British in the north who is determined to us is enough trouble for us. Now if Mexico finally falls into the hands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is conceivable that under the attack of the British in the north and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the south, , our United States of America is not far away from falling apart in the future, not to mention, don’t forget that those bastards in our south still think about independence every day?

Therefore, our military's opinion is that nothing can happen to Mexico. If Mexico does not, the defense of the United States of America will drop to a lower level. We will even face siege from Britain, Austria-Hungary, and the three parties who want to split the Southern American Alliance. Germany assisted at that time in the United Kingdom. With the strong naval blockade of Germany and other countries, even if the Netherlands wants to rescue us, it will be difficult for us to stumble.

After all, even if the Netherlands occupies one side of the Pacific Ocean, the western states such as California are too far away from the eastern coastline. Distant waters cannot save nearby fires, and the outcome of Mexico's occupation will be disastrous.

The above is the opinion of our military. "

Garfield and everyone else couldn't help but be stunned by Chester Allen Arthur's words.

"The seriousness of the fall of Mexico is infinitely magnified by him at this moment.

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Brian, you are in charge of the foreign intelligence agency. You ask people to keep an eye on the domestic changes in Austria-Hungary, Germany and the United Kingdom, to see the changes in the military strength of these countries, and report the situation as soon as it occurs, and then forward it to the Netherlands as appropriate.

Since Chester just mentioned the seriousness of the consequences for Mexico, the State Department will start preparations from now on. Depending on the situation, we will issue a declaration that we will support Mexico's sovereignty, and we can even be harsher."

Secretary of State Brian nodded: "Yes."

"Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln, after you go down, start giving orders to the army. Be on standby at any time and act like you are going to send troops to support Mexico to confuse all parties."

"Secretary of the Interior Samuel Kirkwood and Secretary of the Treasury William Wyndham cooperated with all parties, and also provided high-profile support to the Mexican army with 5000 American rifles. This is something that the whole world will know about."

In addition to the Qing Dynasty and the United States of America, Spain, the Russian Empire, and the Second French Empire also inquired and discussed the actions of the Netherlands and Britain in Latin America.

The ripples caused by the second round of the game between the UK and the Netherlands can be seen.