Chapter 621 Negotiation

"The East India government has not made any move. The Dutch government has already asked the British for help, but the British have not made any statement yet." Foreign Minister Deze said with a smile.

Long before the Central American action, Australasia reached an agreement with Britain and obtained the right to dispose of the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.

In other words, as long as Australasia does not make any statement at present, the British will not risk offending Australasia to help the Dutch.

After all, the Netherlands is just a small country at the doorstep of the British, while Australasia is a staunch ally of the British overseas. The gap between the two is too big, and the British do not need to hesitate at all.

"Tell the British that Australasia will help the Dutch stabilize the order." Arthur nodded and ordered.

The outbreak of rebellion in the Dutch East Indies itself is the best opportunity. Such a large-scale rebellion is already beyond the ability of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to resolve alone. This also means that even if Australasia does not intervene, other countries will intervene to interfere in this rebellion.

The diplomacy of a country is so cruel. If you want to avoid being coveted by other countries, you must make your country stronger all the time.

Even in later generations, it is the same. Strictly speaking, there is no moment of peace, it is nothing more than a compromise between powerful countries.

As for those small and medium-sized countries, their peace or not is just a word for powerful countries.

The current Dutch East Indies can be roughly divided into three forces, namely the colonial government representing the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the pure Dutch and some mixed-race people, and a small number of mixed-race people and those pure natives.

Most Dutch immigrants still support the rule of the royal government, but they are by no means firm supporters.

Most natives are more hostile to the Dutch government, which is also the most troublesome thing to deal with the Dutch East Indies. These natives must be suppressed by force.

The current Kingdom of the Netherlands may have such military strength with the whole country's strength, but the question is, do the Dutch really have the courage to use all their military strength to suppress the natives?

This not only represents the emptiness of the Dutch mainland, but also means that once the rebellion fails, the government will become the biggest victim of this incident.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Minister Dai Ze said excitedly.

Arthur's order means that Australasia will definitely interfere in the situation in the Dutch East Indies.

In this case, there is a high probability that a war will break out. As an important government official, after the victory of this war, some of the credit will definitely not be escaped.

This is very important for Minister Deze, who has been re-elected as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the third time, and determines whether he can obtain a higher title after his glorious retirement, and the possibility of impacting a higher position.

"Make a direct negotiation with the Dutch government and ask them to resolve the dispute in the Dutch East Indies as soon as possible to prevent this crisis from endangering the people of Australasia." Arthur smiled and said: "Give them a month to resolve it, otherwise, Australasia will use force to help them quell the rebellion."

A month seems long, but the voyage from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies is as long as a month.

This also means that the Dutch East Indies can hardly get support from the mainland, and can only fight alone to quell the rebellion within a month.

If the Dutch East Indies had such military strength, I am afraid that the Dutch government would have started to have a headache long ago.

This also means that such a seemingly reasonable request is actually an ultimatum to the Dutch East Indies and the Dutch government.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Minister Deze nodded slightly seriously.

On September 3, 1925, the Australasian government formally negotiated with the Dutch government, asking the Dutch government to resolve the crisis in the Dutch East Indies within one month to avoid affecting the normal life of the Australasian people.

In order to ensure the safety of the lives of the Australasian people, the Dutch government must also provide the best possible help to the Australasians in the Dutch East Indies.

Once such a request was made, it naturally attracted a lot of attention from all over the world.

The rebellion in the Dutch East Indies had already attracted a lot of attention before, and the official negotiations of the Australasian government directly pushed the rebellion in the Dutch East Indies to the hottest news list of people in various countries.

People in other countries are also curious about how the Dutch will react to such formal negotiations from Australasia.

On the afternoon of September 3, 1925, Amsterdam Palace of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Although the power of the Dutch monarch was greatly weakened decades ago, Queen Wilhelmina has not shown any signs of power struggle for so many years since she ascended the throne. Both the government and the people are relatively satisfied with this monarch.

With the support of public opinion, Queen Wilhelmina naturally has a certain voice in the government. Although this voice is not too much, Queen Wilhelmina also has certain voting rights and decision-making power when discussing national affairs.

Rubbing her brows, Queen Wilhelmina looked at the government officials and asked with a little expectation: "Ministers, do you have any good opinions?"

Although negotiations are theoretically just a more peaceful diplomatic method, if the object of the negotiation is a powerful country, it naturally cannot be regarded as a simple negotiation.

What's more, Australasia has cut a large piece of meat from the Dutch East Indies, and this negotiation is definitely not just as simple as negotiation, and it may even be a plot to take over the entire Dutch East Indies.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid we have to seek help from other powers to ensure our rule in the Dutch East Indies." An older official in the cabinet stood up and spoke first.

"Other powers?" Queen Wilhelmina shook her head and sighed, "You know the relationship between Britain and Australasia. The British are unlikely to help us. So who is left? France, the United States, or Italy?"

"Your Majesty, it would be great if we could get more time from Australasia to quell the rebellion." The Dutch Prime Minister stood up and said, "Australasia's request is just for us to solve the crisis, which is completely doable.

It takes at least 2 to 3 months from preparing for war to arriving in the East Indies, plus the time required to quell the rebellion. If we can try our best to get 4 to 5 months to quell the rebellion, there is a high probability that we can solve this crisis alone."

The long distance from the mainland to the colonies is also the biggest problem of national rule in some more urgent moments.

If the distance between the Dutch East Indies and the Dutch mainland is not so far, the Dutch Prime Minister is confident that the time to quell the rebellion can be compressed to less than three months.

But the problem is that when the journey takes more than a month, he really has no confidence to shorten the time of suppressing the rebellion, because it is simply impossible.

Knowing that this may be the only chance, Queen Wilhelmina nodded and instructed the Dutch Foreign Minister: "Minister Brin, this task is handed over to you. Try to negotiate with the Australasians. We can guarantee the personal safety of the Australasians and strive for about five months of suppressing the rebellion."

Compared to the large-scale rebellion of the indigenous people, the diplomatic negotiations of Australasia are more difficult at present.

Even from the perspective of the strength of the two countries, the Dutch government has no faith and confidence to resist at all.

This is not to say that they are cowardly, but that a medium-sized country does not have much chance to resist compared to the powerful powers.

Perhaps when Australasia attacks their homeland, they can get the support of the balanced policies of some European countries to ensure the integrity and independence of their homeland.

But if it is just a colony, which powerful country will risk offending another power to protect the Dutch colony?

Perhaps, but the purpose of the great powers is definitely not so simple. In other words, the support of another great power is nothing more than to prevent a tiger from entering a wolf.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Minister of Foreign Affairs gritted his teeth and did not dare to have the slightest objection.

This is a request that needs to be agreed to even if it cannot be completed. Who makes him the Minister of Foreign Affairs? Unless he is willing to give up his position.

Seeing that Queen Wilhelmina agreed with his point of view, the Dutch Prime Minister nodded and continued: "Your Majesty, what we need to do now is to control the scale of the rebellion in the Dutch East Indies as much as possible.

The areas of Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan are too large. It is impossible for us to completely suppress the rebellion in these areas within a few months.

It is possible to control the rebellion faster by controlling the rebellion on one island as much as possible, such as Java, where the rebellion is the most severe at present."

Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan are the only three islands left in the Dutch East Indies, but they are also three extremely large islands.

It is no exaggeration to say that the area of ​​any of these three islands is comparable to that of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and even the area of ​​Kalimantan is the area of ​​several Kingdoms of the Netherlands combined.

Although a larger land area creates more economic products, in this crisis when rebellion needs to be suppressed, a larger land means more troops or longer time.

The number of troops that can be transported to the Dutch East Indies in a short period of time is limited, which also means that if you want to save time as much as possible, you must compress the rebellion to one area.

"Tell Louis that I need him to reduce the scale of the rebellion to Java Island and not to affect the other two islands." Queen Wilhelmina nodded, looked at her chief guard Andrick, and ordered.

Like most monarchies, the governors of the colonies of the Netherlands are also appointed by the monarch himself.

Although most governors are actually responsible to the government, Queen Wilhelmina also has certain jurisdiction over Governor Louis.

Chief Guard Andrick nodded, respectfully withdrew, and conveyed Queen Wilhelmina's instructions.

"Anything else you want, Mr. Prime Minister?" Queen Wilhelmina continued to ask.

As a famous queen in Dutch history, Queen Wilhelmina knew one thing very well, that is, to maintain a high degree of unity between the government and the royal family.

In fact, Queen Wilhelmina did a good job in the Netherlands. Although the Netherlands did not achieve a revival in the 20th century, the monarchy did not face any crisis even in later generations.

"If you want to use the power of the whole country to quell the rebellion, Your Majesty, I'm afraid you will need to come forward in person to encourage the people to join the army." The Prime Minister nodded and continued.

Although the Netherlands had expanded its army before the outbreak of the war, after the war, the Dutch quickly disarmed and reduced the size of their army.

This led to the fact that if the Netherlands wanted to use enough troops now, it had to carry out a new round of military expansion and recall those soldiers who had been dismissed.

Of course, more weapons and equipment need to be purchased, which is a huge burden for the government's expenditure, and even more so for the Netherlands, which is currently suffering from a large-scale unemployment wave.

But it is actually good news. After all, if the army is expanded, it will not only drive the production of armaments and some industries, but also reduce some of the unemployed population.

Such a request is normal. After all, compared with the government, Queen Wilhelmina's personal appeal may be stronger.

"I will do so, Mr. Prime Minister. But I hope the government can also win this rebellion war and not let Australasia participate in the crisis in East India." Queen Wilhelmina nodded, but also put forward her own request.

The Dutch East Indies is not only the last fig leaf of the colonial era for the Netherlands, but also provides a lot of fiscal revenue for the Dutch government.

You know, a large part of the area where the Dutch East Indies is located is the production area of ​​natural rubber.

Needless to say, how important rubber is to the current development of the world economy. The uses of rubber, including tires, pipes, insulation materials and sound insulation materials, are destined to make rubber impossible to be eliminated at any time unless there is more advanced technology.

But the problem is that the technology of synthetic rubber is not enough to use now, let alone a new technology to replace rubber.

Especially in the transportation industry, tires made of rubber are like life for cars, and are also an important factor and guarantee for the development of the automobile industry.

The income from planting and selling rubber alone makes the Dutch government rich. If the Dutch East Indies is lost, the annual loss of fiscal revenue is simply irreparable for the current Dutch government, and may even cause a fiscal crisis in the Netherlands.

Who asked the Dutch to transport most of the fiscal revenue of the Dutch East Indies back to their homeland and then build a large number of unnecessary facilities?

If there is no fiscal revenue from the Dutch East Indies, I am afraid that the fiscal budgets of various departments of the Royal Government will have to be cut by half. Whether the government can continue to operate is a problem, and the various welfare subsidies and security benefits of the people will naturally be cancelled.

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