On July 4, 9, the Austrsian Governmt officially unterally notified the Dutch East India Colonial Governmt and the Governmt of the Kingdom of the Nethends behind it, demanding an exnation for the multiple attacks by Indigous Peoples on businesses owned by the Kingsley Corporation of Austrsia within the Dutch East Indies.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    The attitude of this announcemt was surprisingly strong, and the Austrsian Governmt specifically stated that if the Dutch East Indies Governmt does not respond within 48 hours, the Austrsian Governmt will take necessary military action to protect the safety of its citizs.


    Although 48 hours were giv for a response, the time formunication and negotiation betwe the two levels of governmt actually took up a considerable part of that time, from Southeast Asia to the European Maind of the Nethends.


    This also meant that the Governmt of the Kingdom of the Nethends, which backed the Dutch East Indies, had less than a day to make a decision.


    In case of emergcy, on July 4th, the same day as the Austrsian Governmt issued the notice to the Dutch East Indies and the Governmt of the Kingdom of the Nethends, Arthur privately called King George V and William II, rifying that Austrsia''s inttion is only to protect its citizs'' safety and promised King George V that the conflict would not extd west of the dividing line betwe Borneo and Java Ind.


    Using Borneo and Java Ind as the divide is significant, as Java Ind is the essce of the Dutch East Indies and the most developed area with the most Dutch colonists.


    And Borneo is thergest ind in the Dutch East Indies, adjact to the important a Route.


    If these two inds were used as the boundary, the importance of the eastern regions would be less significant, and ev if Austrsia swallowed them all, the reaction of the Powers would not be as intse under the precondition of an advance arrangemt.


    Of course, Arthur is not so aggressive. Ev if the Dutch have giv Arthur an excuse, he does not intd to annex all the territories east of the dividing line.


    However, it is necessary to cut a piece of flesh from the Dutch East Indies and make the Dutch understand who should be the master in this region.


    The reason for giving George V a separate guarantee was because the most influtial in Southeast Asia is the British Empire, and ev the German Empire, the second major power in the world, does not have much influce in this region.


    As long as the British are willing, the actions of Austrsia would not be opposed by other countries.


    By the time the Governmt of the Kingdom of the Nethends received the news, it was already the eving of July 4th.


    In response, the Dutch Governmt conved an emergcy meeting, but the Cab Governmt had no solution and could only leave the decision to the th Dutch Prime Minister Jim Simms.


    Jim Simms, th Dutch Prime Minister, was the leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party, one of the three major parties in the Nethends.


    And the Dutch Monarch''s power is not high; it is a true constitutional monarchy.


    This also led to the Prime Minister having thergest power in the Dutch Governmt, and the Prime Minister has the final decision on such matters.


    After a night of careful deliberation, Dutch Prime Minister Jim decided to seek help from major foreign Powers, mainly targeting Germany and Britain, who have always had good rtions with the Nethends.


    But what the Dutch Governmt didn''t expect was the unclear attitude of the German governmt, which neither rejected the Dutch proposal nor showed any inttion of helping the Dutch people.


    As for the British Empire, the attitude was clearer. British Foreign Minister Grey decisively rejected the proposal, iming that such contradictions were unteral betwe Austrsia and the Nethends, and the British Empire would not favor either side.


    The problem is that Austrsia''s currt military strgth haspletely surpassed the Kingdom of the Nethends, and its navy has three dreadnoughts, which directly crushed the Dutch navy.


    Not helping the Nethends at all is actually tantamount to watching Austrsia invade the Dutch East Indies. In other words, Britain''s attitude is to default to support Austrsia''s actions.


    After hitting a wall with Britain and Germany, the Dutch Governmt understood the attitude of the European Powers.


    Regardless of who is in the right in this matter, no country will support the Kingdom of the Nethends.


    Of course, Germany may help the Kingdom of the Nethends with some funds due to their good rtionship, but this does not make any differce to the huge military gap betwe Austrsia and the Nethends, and at most less thepsation to be paid.


    On July 5, after a series of internal struggles, the Dutch Governmt called Austrsia, expressing their willingness to sit at the negotiating table and resolve the currt problems through peaceful means.


    What made the Dutch capitte was not only the attitude of the European Powers but also the increasinglyrge military gap betwe Austrsia and the Kingdom of the Nethends.


    Because of the great distance betwe the Nethends and the Dutch East Indies, the navy yed a crucial role in the conflict betwe them and Austrsia.


    However, the problem is that the total strgth of the Dutch navy is no match for Austrsia''s navy, which indirectly led to the Nethends'' chance of victory in this conflict being reduced to zero.


    Not to mtion Austrsia''s three dreadnoughts alone, which left the Dutch Kingdom with no chance of victory in naval battles.


    Moreover, Austrsia has twopleted battlecruisers undergoing sea trials. The addition of five main battleships to the military gap is ough to make the Dutch give up.