"We in the Netherlands will not make any comments about the British Empire being crowned by Crown Edward, because that is the British Empire's business,

However, this does not prevent the Netherlands from making all independent decisions. We have invited the provinces of Antwerp and Limburg to jointly visit Amsterdam. This visit will strengthen the comprehensive cooperation between the two provinces of the Netherlands and the two places, including economy, finance, security, and cultural exchanges. After all, we are Dutch people of the same clan, ethnic and ancestors."

The news was announced as Dutch Ambassador to Belgium John Carr was interviewed by the embassy.

Immediately, it attracted many audiences.

On February 10, 1862, according to the New Rotterdam newspaper, Antwerp Province Shengmao Calais said that Antwerp Province is very similar to the Netherlands in many aspects, both places have the same language and ethnicity. At the same time, during the separation of more than 20 years, the two places have never forgotten that we belong to the same nation and help each other in times of difficulties. This is very important.

Calais pointed out that it is honored that Limburg Province has become the most important capital investment location in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the past period of time. At the same time, he is also very happy with the cooperation between the two places. He hopes to continue to strengthen cooperation in the future and welcome more integration between the two places in the future. Finally, he said that he hopes to carry out creative cooperation in the future when Belgium has a worrying prospect!

A 20-tour delegation from Antwerp Province led by Calais, a senior official from Antwerp Province, and Mots, a senior official from Limburg Province, arrived in Amsterdam on the 11th. During this sensitive period, they received the attention of international journalists and staff from various embassies in the Netherlands throughout the journey, and ended their visit on February 13, 1862.

However, during his visit to the Netherlands, the two ministers held a joint meeting on economic and financial cooperation with Dutch Chancellor Jane Von Capelo and Minister of Industry Waim Kott.

After the meeting, when asked whether the trip was under pressure from the Belgian royal family and Prime Minister Aubon, Limburgh senior official Motz said that the purpose of the visit was to deepen economic and trade cooperation.

As for political cooperation, the Netherlands is dependent on the landscape of the two provinces, and they are originally the territory of the Netherlands, so where does the pan country come from? What's more, you can go to these two provinces to find a Dutch-speaking person to ask who would object to join the Netherlands, and who would doubt the relationship between the Netherlands and me. Therefore, no one can stop our cooperation with the Netherlands, including our current Belgian Majesty Leopold I, who cannot cut off our contact.

No one can stop our economic cooperation and national ancestry. The Netherlands is the largest investment partner and the greatest trading partner of our seven Dutch-speaking provinces in the north. I work with partners of the same hobbies, and this is even more so.

Motz seemed to have something in his words and said: "And this person hopes that our relationship with the Netherlands will be further sublimated to a higher level in the future. Any options can be done," he said.

In response, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its welcome and, with this, the seven northern provinces of Belgium have promoted momentum and launched a large publicity. You should know that Dutch newspapers are very popular in Belgium, just like French newspapers in the south.

This is not bad, it is obviously provoking the authority of the Belgian cabinet.

So Belgian Foreign Minister Rafi Hall publicly expressed his dissatisfaction, but his dissatisfaction was not directed at the two leaders in the country, but the Dutch Kingdom where they met.

The Foreign Minister publicly warned the Netherlands that if the Netherlands takes further intervention in Belgium's domestic issues, Belgium may reconsider the Dutch-Bernard relations between Belgium and the Netherlands.

According to the Times, the Foreign Minister had frequently spoken and moved on the 7th of this month about the recent speeches and actions involving Belgium in the Netherlands, and began to meet with John Carr, the Dutch ambassador to Belgium.

According to people familiar with the matter who did not want to be named, the talks were held in a very tense atmosphere.

Lafite Hall asked the Netherlands to clarify its official position in the Dutch-speaking region of northern Belgium and to make it clear that it will no longer participate in the governance of the state against Belgium.

However, according to insiders, the then Dutch ambassador to Belgium, John Carr, said, "The Netherlands is a country with free speech. No matter who is in the state, the state can express personal opinions. The Dutch government has no right to interfere in personal opinions and ideas, because this involves the concept of governing the country by His Majesty William IV. Therefore, he only published it in his personal capacity and we have no way to control it."

However, in the end, the Belgian Foreign Minister was dissatisfied and was very tough after hearing this. It was revealed that Rafi Hall told John Carl that if the Netherlands inherited and continued along this path, Belgium would have to reconsider how to deal with Bilateral relations between Bilateral and Dutch, as well as the way Belgium treats the Netherlands in the future, such as border control issues between the two countries, and exchange restrictions including trade between the two countries.

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According to the Times, after the two met, Dutch Foreign Minister Sbert. Feng said at a press conference on February 9, 1862 that the Netherlands could not explain the illegal acts of personal speech in Dutch law because it meant that the Dutch's position of being a society ruled by law was shaken. Therefore, Belgium's demands were rude and illegal, and the Netherlands could not do so.

As the answer from Dutch Foreign Minister Hesbert and Fon came out, the Belgian cabinet was dissatisfied. Belgian Prime Minister Oboner even mentioned at a press conference that "around the situation of the unfriendly actions of the Netherlands in Belgium, it is necessary to make the Netherlands understand that there is an idea in Belgium that is that Belgium does not accept the Dutch's various ambitions and proposals of interfering in Belgium."

Regarding the Prime Minister's remarks, the Dutch Foreign Minister responded by telegraph on the same day when he responded to the inquiry in the Times that he said that it was inconvenient to comment!

But it is emphasized that "it is expected to be a peaceful solution through dialogue, as well as between Belgium, France and the United Kingdom, and we should sit down and negotiate calmly and not be harsh. This is the consistent position of the Netherlands."

However, according to the Times, according to insiders, Belgium asked the Netherlands not to announce the talks between the two countries, but the Netherlands made it public, which frustrated the Belgian Foreign Ministry. The Belgian Foreign Ministry then conveyed to the Netherlands that Belgium was considering canceling some of its working dialogues between Belgium and the Netherlands. At the same time, Belgium decided to suspend negotiations with the Netherlands for customs union.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the Antwerp and Limburg provinces, which ignored the reminder of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, directly chose to disobey the cabinet's directive of not allowing access to the Netherlands, which caused a stir in the Belgian cabinet and even Belgium and other countries.

The situation in Belgium has reached this point?

If the cabinet cannot be a local government, where is the authority of Belgium?

Almost all countries looked at Belgium with sarcastic eyes. Think about how the country's cabinet and even Leopold I would save face and attack the Netherlands, but just as everyone was looking forward to it.
Chapter completed!