Chapter 286

Since the new British Prime Minister succeeded the Prime Minister of Palmerston, the United Kingdom seems to be facing the dissatisfaction of European countries and began to shrink its strategy in the Middle East in disguise, trying to shift its strategic focus to both sides of the Atlantic as soon as possible. The war has not ended, and there is no armistice agreement between the UK and the Russian Empire, so that the UK currently stationed more than 30,000 British troops in the Bulgarian region of the Balkans.

This led to a dilemma for the United Kingdom, as Britain's first retreat left it at odds with its ally, the Ottoman Empire, which damaged trust and widened the rift.

Along with the strategic contraction of Britain's Balkans, the Ottoman Empire's foreign policy autonomy has become stronger and stronger, and it seems that there, it is facing a new round of pattern adjustment.

Regarding the conflict between the Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire, William IV could see that the United Kingdom hoped that the two countries would lose both, so that the United Kingdom could more easily control the Ottoman Empire to maintain control of the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. But I am afraid that the Ottoman Empire will be too weakened by the Tsarist Russia Empire. In the end, the United Kingdom will send troops to support the rule and invest more resources in it. Therefore, the United Kingdom should be very contradictory.

William IV conjectured that this was the reason why No. 10 Downing Street and Buckingham Palace were reluctant to see the Ottoman Empire fight again. After all, at that time, both sides were injured, and the recently rising Prussia and the eyeing France became the winners.

Britain is also being held back.

In general, this is the dilemma facing Britain's current diplomacy.

Therefore, this time the United Kingdom followed the trend and won the western part of the Yemen region. In fact, it was also a shrewd move. It broke free from the shackles between the British and the Ottoman allies. The pattern, returning to the role of the best mediator in the UK, becomes an offshore balancer that benefits from both sides rather than a member of the front line.

However, the Netherlands and Prussia will not let Britain out easily.

This time, Nicholas Pearson, who was sent by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, went to the Kingdom of Prussia and was received by Bismarck. Many people thought that this was just a coordination made by the Netherlands in order to purchase territory on the Ara Peninsula. In fact, this was not the case, because Prussia and the Netherlands communicated with each other. Although the three-nation covenant of France has expired this year, the two countries still signed a unilateral covenant, of which the strategic covenant has become the core.

Among them, the strategic preparedness for Britain, France and Austria-Hungary is the biggest foundation for cooperation between the two countries.

William IV thought of Bismarck's secret plan. The Netherlands can say that it sent rain in time, but the Netherlands can't do it too many times, otherwise the Netherlands he led is ready to earn dividends from the rise of Prussia. , but died.

The Netherlands is still too small at present. Despite several years of population development, including the use of the Austrian War, the Millician War, and the Balkan War, the population migration can be guided. The Netherlands has attracted a lot of refugees to places such as Australia in the Far East. It is said that in general, the white population has exceeded 10 million, the native population has remained at around 6 million, while the Far East has more than 4 million. If this year's plan is followed, the native population will immigrate to 1 million, which will reach 1 million by then. 5000000.

This is a big project. After completion, the white population of Australia will exceed 3 million, and the population of East India will be more than 2 million.

You must know that the population of Denmark at this time is only about 2.4 million, and Sweden plus Norway is about 6 million. Although it is because of immigration overseas, it is also unknown that the population is lost in northern Europe, Sweden and Denmark. In the eyes of the population loss, it is precisely this point. The Netherlands is trying to make good friends between these two countries. Many people think that it is just a strategic ally that the Netherlands needs. In fact, William IV paid more attention to the high-quality immigrants of the two countries. The war in Millikin made these immigrants only move to the north, and places such as Australia and East India in the Far East were the preferred choices.

Perhaps William IV, the Irish who are now breaking up with the British government, still chose to immigrate to the Commonwealth of Millikin as his first choice, but the Far East is also due to the friendliness of the Irish there and the relationship between the Netherlands and the Commonwealth of Millikin. The Dutch Far East also became the third most popular choice for Irish immigrants after North America and continental Europe.

In recent years, the number of Irish immigrants to the Far East and the Netherlands has exceeded 200,000, and the scale is not small.

Therefore, William IV's war against Millikin was not prepared for real mediation. Instead, he thought about how to slow down and maximize the interests of the Netherlands, from blocking the flow of international migrants to the Commonwealth of Millikin to the Netherlands. Come on, this is the most scarce thing in the Netherlands at present. As for territory, it is not the most in short supply in the Netherlands at present. Of course, if it is a key area like the UAE this time, the Netherlands will not give up easily, and the more the better.

"It is still necessary to plan a plan so that the Netherlands can try not to provoke wars and take advantage of it. However, how to start, it needs to be calculated before it can be achieved."

At present, there have been three flashpoints of war between the Balkans in the Netherlands, the Uruguay dispute in South America, and the north and south sides of Millikin in North America.

Thinking of this, he summoned Tolbeck and others to enter the palace, ready to see, there is also a hornet's nest triggered by a **** stirrer in the Netherlands, which can be smashed, to guide it to sting other countries, especially France, Italy, Spain, etc. Countries, the Netherlands does not want to develop themselves, these countries also reap the benefits of fishermen.

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On August 16, 1866, the British "Times", which was close to the Tory Party, stated that since the Creston government came to power, the Middle East was no longer the center of British diplomacy, which had cooled the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire. , and the real disagreement over the Tsarist Russian Empire has become the latest signal of the damage to the relationship between the two countries.

The newspaper stated that some analysts pointed out that the UK, out of its own consideration, had a cold response to the Ottoman Empire's request for the UK to support the Ottoman Empire's security policy against the Tsarist Russia Empire, which made the Ottoman Empire, a Middle Eastern power that the UK had been striving for since the early 19th century, gradually became more and more close to the UK. Unfamiliar, the relationship is flat.

The analysis also pointed out that this year should be based on Oh's many irresponsible practices in the Middle East, which have increased the insecurity of the Ottoman Empire, and that it is difficult to really improve the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom based on the visit of the British Foreign Secretary Russell. The ally of the Middle Eastern hegemon, in turn, asked the Ottoman Empire to help defend British interests there.

The newspaper pointed out that this is a huge waste of British diplomatic resources for nearly half a century. Calling the ruling Whigs to change this strategy should restore allies with the Ottoman Empire, and thus continue to provide stronger safeguards for the protection of the Suez Canal, not the other way around.