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On July 10, 1883, when the real dispute between Mexico and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was intensifying, when the world's major powers were attracting the attention of the world, they split into camps in response to the war between Mexico and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Also in Latin America, an incident was exposed that immediately shocked people.

Because, on this day, the provinces of Jujuy and Salta in northwestern Argentina declared their opposition to President Miter's tyranny and chose independence.

The news was even announced with the participation of heads of embassies from all over the world in Argentina.

This shocked the heads of embassies from various countries who participated in the event.

At the same time, I am also worried about the development of the situation in Argentina.

Obviously, they were used as a weapon without knowing it. Although they were angry, they still expressed their intention to disassociate themselves from the independence of these two provinces.

Among them, the heads of the German and British embassies in Argentina directly condemned the actions of these two provinces as an insult to the United Kingdom and Germany.

Calls for more condemnation of the two provinces from all countries.

However, what is surprising is that other countries are silent.

What's going on? Before the British, German and even Argentine Mitre governments figured out what was going on, the province of Tucumán also announced on July 13 that it would join the independent ranks and high-profilely oppose Miter's rule. Send delegates to the anti-President Miter convention in Jujuy Province.

And judging from the betrayal attitude received by various countries towards Mitre, it seems that Argentina is really encountering a problem this time.

On July 20, 1883, the head of the Dutch Embassy in Peru publicly visited the province of Jujuy and publicly expressed the Netherlands' support for the province and asked the Argentine government not to attack several provinces that opposed their rule this time. The Dutch ambassador to Peru condemned Argentina's tyranny for making the Argentine people miserable, which made these Argentine provinces rise up against President Miter. The Netherlands is on the side of justice and therefore opposes Argentina's suppression of these provinces.

The intervention of the Netherlands stalled the Argentine troops who were originally preparing to suppress the northern provinces, and Miter seemed to be calmed down by the Dutch warning.

And this is not the worst, because just a week after the Dutch and Peruvian ambassador made a public statement, the northern provinces of Catamarca and Del Estero also announced their independence from the rule of the Argentine central government. All five northern provinces declared their opposition to Argentine rule.

On July 10, 1883, the "London Times" reported in that day's newspaper that sources said that the Dutch intelligence service, the Royal Intelligence Service, had begun dispatching about 100 combat-rich special forces to Argentina's northern armed headquarters three weeks ago. They are responsible for training opponents of the military commanded by President Miter of Argentina and how to survive outside the forces commanded by President Miter.

According to the newspaper, the British MI6 intelligence agency believes that Dutch assistance will play a major role in helping to overthrow President Miter in Argentina.

But they analyzed that the Netherlands' main purpose was to secretly attack British power in Latin America.

The Netherlands' clandestine operational aid program in Argentina has always been an open secret, although Jules Danetang, leader and Prime Minister of the Netherlands' current ruling Socialist Party, has repeatedly stated that they do not know about it.

The famous British newspaper also reported that the Dutch had long made their intentions public, citing an article in the Dutch newspaper "Amsterdam Journal" on February 10, which wrote that with the support of Dutch special forces, Argentina The northern provinces that oppose Comrade President Mitre have established armies to protect their own rule. These armies are used to fight against Miter's troops, and these troops have also fought many times with the troops controlled by Miter within the jurisdiction of the provincial borders. Confrontations and attacks, just on a smaller scale. .

Appearing to respond to this, Argentine President Miter responded, "We have information about the interaction of the special forces of the Melbourne regime in the Netherlands with the rebel provinces of northern Argentina, including weapons support and other supporting policies and even combat experience. "We are naturally opposed to the Netherlands doing this because they are interfering in Argentina's internal affairs."

However, no matter how severe Mitre's criticism was, the Netherlands still ignored it, although countries such as Britain and Germany spoke out for it internationally.

On July 14, 1883, Dutch Foreign Minister Mari Philippe, accompanied by Martinas, Secretary General of the Thirteen Latin American Group, who was visiting Chile, landed at the port of Antofagasta and then headed eastward into Argentina. After Salta Province, we will visit San Salvador de Jujuy, the capital of Jujuy Province.

This is a big event.

The visit of the most senior official in charge of foreign affairs in the Netherlands, and accompanying him, was actually the Secretary-General of the Group of Thirteen, Martinas, who had just confronted Britain and France. This was a guy who made Europeans change their minds after hearing about it.

After all, he was the leader of the Transvaal Republic of South Africa at the time. He and the Orange Free State, also led by the Dutch, really launched a full-scale war of domination against the British invasion of South Africa in the 1860s, making the powerful British Army a global leader. The laughing stock, nearly 100,000 people were lost.

Even in its original history, it was Britain's opponent that really paid a heavy price.

Brave and good at fighting, and fierce against his opponents have become Martinas's image words.

Although he is over 60 years old, as a hardliner in the Dutch military, he is the Netherlands' trump card to deter countries around the world.

Moreover, he has been directly appointed by William IV as the Secretary-General of the Thirteen Nations Group for 10 years without change. It is obvious how much he is trusted by the Dutch royal family and successive governments.

After all, during his term of office, the Netherlands has experienced two governments, and the parties have taken turns to govern, but his status has not changed.

This visit to Jujuy with Philip of the Socialist Party has made Argentina nervous.

They are afraid that this warmongerer will directly announce in Jujuy that the Thirteen Nations Group will send troops to support the northern provinces to attack the Mitre government in the capital Buenos Aires.

Not only Argentina, but also the Brazilian government adjacent to the province is paying attention to the recent changes in Argentina.

The rebellion in many provinces in northern Argentina excited the conservatives in Brazil. At first, they felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it and maybe absorb some of the territory for their own use.

However, as the Netherlands came out to support it openly, the conservatives in Brazil were dumbfounded.

The head stuck out and then retracted like a turtle.

The conservatives led by Pedro II and the liberals led by Prime Minister Fonseca check and balance each other, making it even more difficult for the conservatives to move forward. Well, let's just continue to watch the show.

After all, Fonseca is the Netherlands' ally in Brazil.

Brazil is like this, what about other countries?