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Anthropoid -> RE: PBEM 109 (9/15/2009 2:36:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Kingmaker
From, the Earl of Evenwood; 1st Minister & Foreign Secretary to his Majesty King George III.
To, the Czar of all the Russias, or his Minister with Portfolio for Foreign affairs & the Court at Versailles.
It is with grave concern that his Majesties Government learns of the unprovoked & undeclared war but recently embarked on by Russia against Prussia. This is regarded by the Government here as uncivilised behaviour in the extreme and brings nothing but shame upon the once proud name of Russia.
It is therefore with the utmost regret that I and His Majesties Privy Council hereby give due notice that England has, as of this moment, declared a state of War with Russia and further would warn the Court at Versailles that any action taken by France against Prussia in support of Russia would also be met with an immediate ‘Declaration of War’ by England against France.
However as English trading interests in Europe are likely to be even further disrupted by our direct military involvement on the continent I would advise the Government of Russia that should they immediately withdraw their forces from Prussian territory, and, upon the payment to Prussia of £500 by way of compensation, then direct military intervention by England could even at this stage be averted.
But, should Russia not see fit to follow our request for an end to this barbaric act of aggression then this Government would support Prussia with the utmost vigour, to include both direct Military intervention & blockade of Russian ports.
Your humble Servant.
Evenwood.
1st Minister & Foreign Secretary to King George III
From Ivanarmpit Maksanoizi, First Minister of the Russian Kingdoms, Servant to Tzar Anthropoid
An Open Letter to Great Britain, and the International Community
From the Anglish perspective, safely nestled in your green emerald Isle, the affairs of our Eastern peoples may appear brusque, even as you insulting state "uncivilized" or "barbaric." However, your opinions are not considered in our court to be weighty, especially given the inherent hypocrisy of your actions which are so clearly in service to your own agendas, which as you point out, is to meddle in the affairs of the continent.
Your declaration of war against Russia, for putatively "civilized" reasons is in fact a thinly disguised powerplay, an attempt to extend your influence even deeper into the lives of true Europeans and Asians.
Russias pre-emptive attack on Prussia, while admittedly unorthodox, was entirely justified and warranted, and indeed honorable. Our cassus belli was the mobilization of in excess of 100 thousand Prussian troops just across the Russia border, and immediately adjacent to the area of Russian supply distribution serving the liberation campaign in Austrian-dominated Vilna.
-=-Any nation which would consider the mobilization of such large troop formations on her border to be a mundane event, unworthy of quick and decisive action, is unlikely to survive as a sovereing power. A point which we would ask the international community to weigh carefully-=-
In short, our attack was a purely defensive action.
In the interest of transparency with the international community and as a demonstration that Russias true intent is simply to restore a state of balance and equity in the circum-Poland region, here I attach our recent communique to the Kaiser of Prussia.
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Dearest Kaizer,
It was with regret that we calculated it to be in the best interest of Russia to execute our attack as soon as possible. In future you may wish to keep your large military formations a bit further from your borders in order to avert this sort of misunderstanding.
I assure you, Russia will be entirely reasonable about a quick peaceful settlement and has no interest to cause undue harm to Prussia. Our actions were simply an act of preemptive self-defense.
With Warm Regards
Da Tzar
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We have no interest to cause undue harm to Prussia or Austria, and will be happy to begin a dialogue, in consultation with our French allies about terms of surrender.
Sincerely,
Minister Maksafunoizi
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