Start 1861: I just inherited the throne of the Netherlands Chapter 510 Greece ascends the throne, the geopolitics of the Middle East changes

On February 19, 1869, initiated by King William III of the Kingdom of Greece, the Russian Prime Minister Gorchakov, the Austro-Hungarian Prime Minister Reina Ferdinand and the Ottoman Prime Minister Prince Abdul Vasi jointly participated in the event. Prime Ministers' talks on the situation on the Balkan Peninsula were held in Athens, the capital of Greece. Representatives of the four parties signed an agreement of understanding on the joint coordination center of the positions of various countries. King William III of Greece said that the document showed that the document was intended to resolve the disputes over the Balkan Peninsula in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and to ensure the security interests of the four countries. The local area will not be damaged. In the near future, the four countries will not take the initiative to provoke the parties to the treaty on the Balkan Peninsula issue. At the same time, the four countries will oppose the intervention of other countries outside the region to the Balkan Peninsula, causing damage to security.

The four-country coordination center is in line with several ideas of the Netherlands. William III said that under the framework of multi-party participation, the coordination of international conflicts should be carried out. Second, the national parties and stakeholders in the region should form a permanent multilateral coordination mechanism. 3. Greece regards participation in the decision-making process as a necessary condition for the protection of Greek national sovereignty and equality among nations.

This shows at least two problems. On the one hand, it is to prevent everyone from darkening their own interests and turning the Balkans into a powder keg, and even attracting foreign countries and powers to "trouble".

On the other hand, to prevent other countries from secretly creating turmoil in it, making the Balkans become the four signatory countries to create a conflict crisis and become an excuse for military and political intervention by other countries.

In addition, the Quartet intends to hold annual Quartet Prime Minister-level talks in each country on a rotating basis to resolve tensions in the Balkans and Eastern Europe.

As the British-Russian relationship entered a sharply confrontational form of mixed hegemony, especially the shipping convenience provided by the opening of the Suyins Canal, the United Kingdom accelerated its policy of moving eastward with its strategic target, and thus the strategic conflict with the Russian Empire intensified.

Then, under the direction of low-level conflict in the United Kingdom, proxy wars and initiating political conflicts in various regions have become the external conflict means for Britain to intervene in the internal affairs of other countries due to Britain's external balance of regional hegemony for decades.

Especially after the Napoleonic Wars, the United Kingdom, with the determination of its maritime hegemony, even had no rivals at sea, repeatedly suppressed the rising France, Tsarist Russia, Austria and other major powers on the European continent, and supported Prussia and Italy respectively. Wait for countries to rise to counterbalance them. "

As the methods of the United Kingdom were made public in various countries, the Tsarist Russian Empire saw the revival of anti-British traditional melody. This is Alexander's view that the current Tsarist Russia will rise again and the only answer to the European crisis, which derives the security strategy of the Russian Empire. , Alexander II may think that Britain's "irresponsible" meddling in continental affairs has damaged the international relations system and sacrificed mutual strategic trust, causing the situation to develop to the edge of the signs that countries can tolerate, reflecting that in all fields, including security strategy.

The recent high-level foreign affairs visits of the Tsarist Russian Empire have focused on Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and they have continuously reached a basic consensus with the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The military of non-regional countries cannot enter the Black Sea and the Balkan Peninsula. The confusion caused by the British entry is that the Tsarist Russian Empire often The lessons learned.

Alexander II visited Greece some time ago and met with William III, which not only confirmed Greece's priority in the foreign policy of the Russian Empire, but also recognized Greece's status as an arbiter and stakeholder in the Balkans, and Alexander II supported Greece as an arbiter and stakeholder. The identity of the coordinator of relations with the Tsarist Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empires.

With the confirmation of Alexander II, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire also recognized the status of Greece. Since then, Greece has become the coordinator of the relations between the three major powers.

It also became the confirmation of the "Convention on the Legal Status of the Balkans" as the key to the region's prosperity and security when the four countries held the Balkans summit in Athens.

In short, with the relaxation of relations between the four countries, the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the small and medium-sized Greece are expected to establish a new relationship, which makes the risk that the four countries will stay away from the near-term war. More conducive to suppressing British influence.

Queen Victoria of the Netherlands, who was discussing, heard the telegram just released from Athens, and some of them couldn't react.

Disraeli's face became even more gloomy.

Foreign Secretary Russell looked equally embarrassed.

"This must be the ghost of Holland," Disraeli said angrily.

Seeing Queen Victoria and Russell coming over, Disraeli guessed: "Who is William III? He is the father of William IV. At present, William IV's strategy is to provoke us on the Spanish issue, and now William III has In Athens, Greece, the four-nation summit of Greece, Tsarist Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman was launched to reduce the influence of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. The intention was to ease relations, but we are on the contrary. We hope to see more chaos there, that is our Opportunity"

He raised his head with a gloomy face, "Now that the British Empire is being challenged on both sides of the European continent, Britain has fallen into a passive position~lightnovelpub.net~ Therefore, I suspect this is a premeditated plan, Obviously, the father and son kings are trying to pressure us, as we just guessed, to make concessions on the South Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, and even give New Zealand to them, with all the Dutch ambitions there."

The more he talked, the darker Disraeli's face became.

"The Netherlands is playing a good calculus," Russell also stood up and said at this time, "It is obviously to protect its own interests and threaten the United Kingdom, but it seems that it has pulled other countries in, and it is not good for the United Kingdom for a while. Direct absorption, the anger of a Spanish national makes it difficult for the United Kingdom to start around Spain, and the Balkans side creates internal injuries with the compromise between the three major powers in an attempt to ease the relationship, so it is difficult for us to find a gap to start.”

Disraeli sneered dissatisfiedly: "If you had known earlier, why did you Whigs promised William IV to push his father William III to the ancient Greek king, but now it is a cocoon."

"Fairy Wood"

Russell still did not argue, but admitted: "In the past, His Excellency the Viscount Palmerston only wanted to reduce the influence of those countries and balance them, so while attracting the Netherlands, it was also for the Netherlands to compete with those countries in Greece. In this way, the Netherlands and the Balkan countries were weakened, killing two birds with one stone. I did not expect that William IV did not directly participate in the internal affairs of Greece over the years, but instead let his hands and feet support the rule of William III. Relations with Tsarist Russia, Austria-Hungary and Ottomans have not deteriorated, but they have even improved, which is unexpected."+Bookmark+