Chapter 24 The new official is difficult to ignit
Daniel O'Connell, as one of the leaders of the Irish at this time, was indeed personally valued by the British government, receiving many personal honors and monetary awards.
But O'Connell's allies, the Whigs, failed to deliver on their promise to solve the famine after bringing down Robert Peele's Tories.
In fact, the new Prime Minister John Russell was facing a much more difficult mess than he had imagined.
Robert Peale represents the conservatives but plays free trade, and the prime minister will not be able to sit for long.
A split ensued within the Tory Party, and Robert Peale had to submit his resignation to Congress. When the Whigs came to power, they found that there was chaos everywhere, and the loss of war and the threat of intractable solutions scattered the nation's forces.
And the global hegemony with the French is even more bottomless, especially since the Russians actually sold Alaska to Louis Philippe, and now the French can directly threaten the British Canadian colonies.
What's worse is that the Russians are ready to move, even in the midst of a civil war, and do not forget to spy on the land near the Black Sea.
The complete failure of the Jewish state plan not only affected Britain's reputation, but also changed the Ottomans' attitude towards Britain.
When the newly inaugurated US president found that he could not continue the southward invasion, he took aim at Canada, demanding the exclusive occupation of Oregon and the redrawing of the northern border with the United Kingdom.
Of course, as the toughest president in American history, James Polk was not a completely reckless man, so he chose this timing of the change of British government and fell into the ground.
John Russell, who had just come to power, was almost so angry by the Americans' gift that he was so angry that he was angry. However, this is not the only thing that makes him feel bad, and Prince Albert is not satisfied with just holding an expo in China.
Prince Albert wanted to bring British products to the world, so that he could show his strength and open up sales for his goods.
But this view was a whimsical joke to economists and politicians at the time, and some even bet that the world fair would plunge Britain into a new crisis.
Unfortunately, however, the royal husband Albert has the support of Queen Victoria, and the royal family has nothing to do if John Russell insists on it, so it is not wise to harden the royal family at this time.
In addition, the problem of railway fever has begun to emerge, and the construction of railways is changing from a high-investment, high-return investment to a high-investment, low-return infrastructure project.
The British government was helpless about this, because no matter what it did, in the end, it would damage the interests of the United Kingdom, so it simply ignored it.
Cholera in London is spreading across the country, and there is nothing British experts can do to prevent or treat it.
One can only pray that the disease is not serious, or try opium tincture and bloodletting, and there are other treatments, but that will have no effect other than to make the patient suffer more.
Expansion in the East has also been less than expected, and there is a lot of news that a new crisis is brewing on the continent.
At this time, Britain was facing an unprecedented diplomatic crisis, that is, from the East to the West, from the Aborigines of Australia to the Irish next door, they did not have a single friend.
Qing and Japan in East Asia, Nanming, Chenla, and Dutch East India Company in the South Seas, Afghanistan in Central Asia, Oman and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, and Egypt in North Africa.
The Ottoman Empire, though dependent on Britain at this time, was no longer as obedient as it had been in the past. The Franco-Spanish alliance of Western Europe had absolute dominance, and France happened to be one of Britain's main competitors for world hegemony.
Central Europe was under Austria's control, and the German princes and small Italian states that had been at odds with Britain in the past did not dare to act superfluously under the constraints of the German Customs Union and the Apennine Customs Union, while Switzerland was preparing for a civil war at home.
At this time, there were only two countries in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Ottomans, in the strict sense of the word, and the peoples of the Balkans could only choose one of the two countries that was less so bad.
Judging by what happened to the British in southern Albania, these three countries are actually half a pound.
A series of sub-powers such as the United States, Brazil, and Mexico did not have a good attitude towards Britain, and even their most loyal younger brother, Portugal, was disliked by British military operations in southern Brazil.
At this time, Queen Maria II of Portugal was the sister of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, and the two were the same father and mother, so it was impossible to be emotionally on the side of the British.
Among the Low Countries, the Netherlands joined the German Confederation, and Belgium was raised in France.
It doesn't feel good to be the enemy of the whole world, and historically, the British could decide the life and death of a bunch of countries by holding a random diplomatic conference, and they could play the big powers around without spending a single soldier.
But now the situation has changed, with the emergence of regional alliances, some small changes in history, which have come together to make the cost of expansion for the British increase exponentially.
In fact, Robert Peel had already discovered the problem, and he tried to change it, but after going around and around, he found that he was back to square one.
In fact, this is not due to the fact that there is something wrong with the thinking of the British, but that the rhythm has changed, and everyone is not following its rhythm.
In particular, the failure of the two London Conferences and the rise of Austria (or rather the failure to lose its influence and become a follower of the British, as it has historically been), prevented British influence from reaching the level of universal resonance.
Britain is an island nation, which dooms its strategy to not rely only on its own army and navy, as Russia and France do.
John Russell also found this problem, but he could only do small fixes and not really change anything.
But in the face of a mountain of pressure, John Russell really couldn't take care of the Irish people on the banks of the Shanon River.
O'Connell was turned away again and again, and it was only then that he realized that he was an outsider.
By chance, O'Connell learned of the Colonial Department's evil plans, and he could no longer tolerate his compatriots being transported and sold like livestock.
The two sides immediately scuffled together, and at first the British Colonial Department planned to hide the matter, but O'Connell was a social activist after all, and he was familiar with finding the media to build a campaign.
Even if the big newspapers don't dare to pick it up, there are always tabloids that want to be popular. In the end, the matter of finding a wife for the low-level old bachelors in the colony can only be stopped, because even if it is nominally voluntary, it is inevitable that he will be suspected of taking advantage of others.
At this time, the pressure on the British government was already too great, and it was completely unnecessary to add too much moral burden for no reason.
Moreover, the countries of the European continent are ready to eat melons and watch the play, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the great England and the barbaric United States will be on the same page.
In fact, the reason why O'Connell was able to break all this was planned by Franz behind his back.