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v3 Chapter 358: Bismarck: Two countries "joined the Unio

When all kinds of calculations are being carried out around the world, and when the Netherlands and Prussia in Europe are in a battle of wits and courage, many people did not expect that the two countries will continue to face each other softly. "War" is coming.

On March 12, 1868, the interaction between Mexico and Prussia seemed to suddenly turn the diplomatic war on the Americas. On the same day, on the recommendation of the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark formally applied to become members of the Confederation of South America.

In this regard, King Carl XV of Sweden explained to the "European Times": "We are very interested in South America in the southern Atlantic Ocean, and we are willing to expand exchanges there. If the application is approved, we will be able to develop and South America. More exchanges, and at the same time, Sweden's current food shortage situation will be eased from now on. Sweden's experience in developing minerals will also become a partner of South American countries that attach importance to industrial mining, which is very important to Sweden. I look forward to Sweden becoming a part of the South American Confederation family"

According to the Copenhagen Daily, King Christian IX of Denmark was also very excited: "Denmark is a maritime country, so the Danish footprint in the Atlantic and Pacific should, no, be something that Denmark must do in the future. So, like His Majesty Karl XV, I am very excited to be the Confederate State of South America."

On March 13, local time in Latin America, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador in South America issued a joint statement saying that if the Nordic alliance of the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark is attacked, the four countries will do everything they can to help.

On March 14, Peru on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean also announced to join the ranks of the above four South American countries. Peruvian President Prado said on the same day, "I condemn any actions that threaten the three Nordic countries as illegal and unacceptable. We Peru and the Netherlands and other three countries are illegal and unacceptable. I am officially announcing that Peru has submitted a membership application to the South American Union headquarters in Netherlands Guia, and that we are willing to provide assistance in the event of an attack on the three countries, including the Netherlands.”

On March 15, Venezuelan President Herrera said in an interview with the British "Financial Times", "If Denmark and Sweden are attacked on their territories before they officially become members of the South American Union, the entire South American members of the Netherlands, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia will be attacked. , Ecuador, and the Commonwealth of America in North America, in accordance with the treaty, will be prepared to take all necessary means to assist, this guarantee is a clear signal to ensure that the applications of Sweden and Denmark, except the Netherlands, to join the South American Union will be quickly received. approved to become a full member of the South American Union”

"Financial Times" said that the current members of the South American Union are the Netherlands, the United States of America, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador.

Meanwhile, Peru, Sweden and Denmark are already applying to become members of the South American Union.

Argentine President Mitre said: "The security of Sweden and Denmark, as well as Peru next to us, is a matter of our mutual relationship. I think there is an opportunity to strengthen cooperation between the Confederate States of South America. As the second largest country in South America, Argentina will do its best to Do everything in your power to ensure that Peru, Sweden and Denmark join the South American Union quickly."

On March 18, 1868, local time in Guyana, South America, "European Times" quoted the news of "Rotterdam" as saying that Dutch Prime Minister Tolbeck met with the heads of the member states of the South American Union at the headquarters of the South American Union in Guyana, but the President of the Commonwealth of Millikin Lincoln did not attend the meeting in person, but only sent Secretary of State Seward to attend.

This made all countries very dissatisfied, and even Venezuelan President Herrera directly criticized that the Commonwealth of Millikin was not a member of South America at all, so it was appropriate that President Lincoln did not come to Guyana.

Anyone can hear this cynical tone.

In this regard, although Seward was dissatisfied with being challenged, he still swallowed it. After all, Lincoln had made it clear before he came. This meeting will be an opportunity for them to test the South American Union for the internal struggle of the United States of America. , President Lincoln sent Seward to investigate the attitudes of nations toward them.

Therefore, Seward chose to be very low-key.

Although the countries are very curious about why the Secretary of State of the United States of America chose not to refute, they did not put their energy on him.

On the same day, King Carl XV of Sweden and King Christian IX of Denmark officially signed the application for the agreement. Carl XV also said that Sweden will submit Denmark's application for "joining the Union" together. Many people expect Sweden and Denmark to become South American countries. Alliance members will become members of the organization along with Peru, which had applied earlier.

South America's Dutch Guiana is so riotous that the world's attention has been attracted.

The governments of major countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottomans have expressed great concern about the future direction of the organization, and the governments of various countries will make adjustments to this.

In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Prussia, a member of a major power, believes that Sweden and Denmark's participation in the South American Union is not in the interests of the people of the two countries. Prussia claims that joining the South American Union will only make Sweden and Denmark gradually lose their foreign policy decisions. Sovereignty, and will damage the security situation of Prussia's immediate neighbors of northern Europe, and even the whole of Europe. The Kingdom of Prussia, as a central, western and Baltic country, will be forced to take economic, military and other measures if Prussia feels threatened. Addressing the ongoing and emerging threats in Guyana, South America.

However, the opposition of Prussia seems to be drowned out by the voices of many countries in the world.

The three Nordic countries became members of the South American Union at the same time, and their influence spread to the whole of Europe and even larger places.

On March 20, the British government did not know why it expressed its support. This was the answer from Prime Minister Disraeli himself~lightnovelpub.net~, which surprised many people.

The UK has made frequent speeches recently, and the contradictions are confusing.

Some people, including Bismarck, scolded him as an offshore balancer in Europe.

However, Bismarck responded to this in an interview with "European Times" on the 21st, saying that Sweden and Denmark's application to become the South American Union under the "test pressure and win" of the Netherlands was an excuse for the Kingdom of Prussia to take relevant free actions.

According to the "European Times" report, Bismarck talked about the topic of Sweden and Denmark's application to join the South American Union in an interview, "If Sweden and Denmark are doing what they are doing under the coercion and pressure of the Netherlands, it is not actually the nationals of the two countries. It is what the royal family and the political forces of these two countries want to do, and what I want to say is that this is to give the Kingdom of Prussia the freedom to act,"

, Bismarck said: "These two countries have pursued a neutral policy of not joining the military alliance for decades after 1815, and now the Netherlands' coercion and oppression have caused him to change his strategic direction and line of bombing, which is giving us freedom of action"

However, Prime Minister Bismarck did not mention whether the Kingdom of Prussia would take military action or economic action to sanction Sweden, Denmark, and even the Netherlands. He did not mention what action might be taken.