Art of the Possible

[Shadowbound]

The Empire of Japan echoes Poland's call for sensibility and reason.

 

[Nuka-sama]

The entire crisis began with the United States, who has taken every opportunity to escalate it. We have spoken before, and we do reject the current terms but are open to a solution that prevents war

 

[Immaculate]

The entire crisis began with the United States, who has taken every opportunity to escalate it. We have spoken before, and we do reject the current terms but are open to a solution that prevents war

Saying it over and over does not make it true.

The world knows of your ongoing and carefully crafted policy of intimidation and coercion (many of us have been the victims of it). And that is why the world is standing against your intimidation, threats, and now, declaration of war.

Please consider how unreasonable your actions are; you will turn the entire world against you and send young French men to die in distant jungles just to prevent Siam from doing business with whom it will as it wills? Not only does the world condemn this insanity, your own people will never support this.

Please heed the calls of the 'neutral' states of Poland and Japan who ask for reason and common sense to rule the day. Abandon this sanguine insanity and embrace reason and common sense.

 

[Nuka-sama]

Actually, people are clamoring in the streets, eager to shoot down the uppity Siamese. They are eager to fight for their Emperor and for glory.

We are offering negotiations, your current offer is completely unacceptable to France but I have offered time and time again negotiations. At this point you are the one refusing negotiations, no?

At the minimum, non US intervention in Siam could be a good start for negotiations

 

[Immaculate]

We are offering negotiations, your current offer is completely unacceptable to France but I have offered time and time again negotiations. At this point you are the one refusing negotiations, no?

At the minimum, non US intervention in Siam could be a good start for negotiations

To France
From Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America,

The final decision in any negotiations lies not with the United States but with Siam, France, and the United Kingdom.

With that said however, we will offer a concession, provided it brings these negotiations to a close, in the interest of maintaining peace and saving Siamese, British, and French lives. I have spoken with Jonathan Hay and he has agreed to abandon his visit to Siam as part of the Pacific Trade Mission, provided the nations of France and Britain agree to withdraw their declarations of war upon Siam and recognize Siam’s independence and sovereignty, implicit therein is Siam’s capacity to chose with whom it does business and how.

We cannot, however, allow France or any other foreign nation to dictate the business of private US citizens and companies. The Presidency will not order, and indeed cannot order, its private citizens and companies, to act against the interests of American and Siamese commerce so as to satisfy the whims of a sanguine French crown.

If this does not suit the needs of France’s crown, it is cognizant upon France to offer Siam an alternative agreement. We hereby withdraw ourselves from the Siamese-French-British negotiations and will stand shoulder to shoulder with our friends in Siam and by their choice, whatever it may be.

 

[Nuka-sama]

We will negotiate directly with the Siamese to see if a Deal can be reached. We have high hopes that peace can still prevail and will end our blockade and rescind our declaration of war concurrently when a deal is reached and sanctions against France and the UK are lifted

 

[thomas.berubeg]

In light of the changing role of Slavery and its economic feasibility in the Modern World, the Confederate States of America invite nations to send representatives, both ambassadorial staff and business executives to The Fort Lauderdale Conference, where a side symposium will be held.

In particular, we invite Brazil to present its plan, and to outline it's successes and failures.

Secondly, we specifically invite United State's representatives and business interests.

Third, we invite Confederate businessmen, to outline the benefits and disadvantages of our peculiar institution.

Finally, we specifically invite allnations who may have a stake in this matter.

 

[Immaculate]

In light of the changing role of Slavery and its economic feasibility in the Modern World, the Confederate States of America invite nations to send representatives, both ambassadorial staff and business executives to The Fort Lauderdale Conference, where a side symposium will be held.

In particular, we invite Brazil to present its plan, and to outline it's successes and failures.

Secondly, we specifically invite United State's representatives and business interests.

Third, we invite Confederate businessmen, to outline the benefits and disadvantages of our peculiar institution.

Finally, we specifically invite allnations who may have a stake in this matter.

The United States will send representatives of both government and industry and is happy to see the Confederate States taking real and decisive action on the ongoing issues surrounding slavery.

 

[Masada]

The British Government views the inclusion of the "Boer Republics" in the negotiations as a hostile act intended to undermine the Empire's position in Africa and does not feel inclined to negotiate until they are ejected.

 

[Ahigin]

(OOC: With all this Pacific Asian craziness I keep forgetting to post about fellow Orthodox Christians abroad.)

From Russia
To Persia
No nation is immune to ethnic tensions of some sort, but the reports that our border troops receive of the treatment of Georgian locals by the Persian authorities make us seriously worried. Christian people of the Middle East, including the Georgians and Armenians, deserve to be treated like fellow human beings and not like target practice dummies for your troops.

 

[Nuka-sama]

OOC: I will also note that the United Kingdom and France are presently both at war with Siam, and that any treaty negotiated with Siam is a Peace Treaty.

 

[gay_Aleks]

After diplomatic discussions with France, which have offered us very good terms, we have decided to withdraw from the Fort Lauderdale Conference.

Furthermore, we'll enter a 10-year full military alliance with France and UK. We'd also like to apologise for any past diplomatic transgressions we might have done.

On another note, we'd like to announce the marriage between Charles Napoleon Bonaparte and Isabella III! May they live long and show the path of future friendship between our two great nations.

 

[Nuka-sama]

We applaud the sensible diplomatic actions by the Spanish crown, and implore other countries to see reason as well. There is no reason to put European economies at risk for expanding American ambitions in Siam.

We are still hoping for a diplomatic solution to this crisis though. We have yet to see a Siamese counter offer for the original Treaty of Bangkok

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ON an unrelated note, France expresses similar concerns over the recent slaughter of Orthodox peoples in Persia, and hopes the Shah can soon rediscover responsible government

 

[Immaculate]

OOC: Can Masada and Nuke clarify if they will be blockading those sanctioning them or not? You've mentioned it a few times. Can you clarify OOC?

 

[thomas.berubeg]

After diplomatic discussions with France, which have offered us very good terms, we have decided to withdraw from the Fort Lauderdale Conference.

Furthermore, we'll enter a 10-year full military alliance with France and UK. We'd also like to apologise for any past diplomatic transgressions we might have done.

On another note, we'd like to announce the marriage between Charles Napoleon Bonaparte and Isabella III! May they live long and show the path of future friendship between our two great nations.

The confederate states first congratulate Charles Bonaparte and Isabella III on their impending nuptials. We wish them a happy future.

However, we must ask: Does this alliance include sending good Spanish men to bleed and die in the Siamese jungles and swamps?

 

[Shadowbound]

However, we must ask: Does this alliance include sending good Spanish men to bleed and die in the Siamese jungles and swamps?

They're already doing that in the Philippine jungle.

 

[SouthernKing]

(OOC: With all this Pacific Asian craziness I keep forgetting to post about fellow Orthodox Christians abroad.)

From Russia
To Persia
No nation is immune to ethnic tensions of some sort, but the reports that our border troops receive of the treatment of Georgian locals by the Persian authorities make us seriously worried. Christian people of the Middle East, including the Georgians and Armenians, deserve to be treated like fellow human beings and not like target practice dummies for your troops.

To: Russia
From: Persia

Russia can be assured that the Shah is doing everything in his power to address the grievances of the people of the Caucasus, and to address the events which occurred fairly and justly. Russia can also be assured that the Shah has no desire to treat the Christians as second-class citizens - we merely wish to ensure and keep the peace in the region. Any atrocities which have been committed will be dealt with harshly.

 

[Seon]

Declaration Sent to All of China
The Han People of Anhui now formally declare our secession from the Qing Empire. All Manchu agents and cronies of the formerly important Qing dynasty shall be stripped of its ranks from positions across Anhui, and their properties confiscated.

The Han people of Anhui does not recognize either the false regime in Beijing nor the pretender in Guangdong as legitimate governments of China. No longer shall we be ruled by incompetent monarchs and ambitious tyrants who have failed, time and again, to modernize our society and resist foreign design upon our nation. We, the Han people of Anhui, shall discover alternatives.

We acknowledge that the problems of our national life have expanded greatly over the last seasons of chaos to a scope far greater and difficult than anything that we dreamed up before. However, we do not wish to turn back the clock. It is far too easy to delude ourselves in believing that a good, better monarch would somehow save us from this era of anarchy. This is the height of foolishness. No man or nation can live in the past, and yet this return to the ages of Ming is exactly what royalists would have us believe. Ming which, I must remind you, was conquered by barbarians of Manchuria. Nay, we can only go once along a given path and we can only face one direction: forward.

For this reason, we declare the formation of a new Republic founded with the following four goals:

Abolition of the Imperial Throne and transfer of its authority to a constitutional and federated republican state.

Modernization of China in order to increase its importance to the world stage once more.

Recreation of the Zhongguo (Central State), creation of a national consciousness, and the union of China under a single rule.
Ensuring the People’s Welfare through government mandates and tax reforms.

The newly formed Republic swears to act in whatever means necessary for the attainment of these goals and ensuring the independence of the Chinese provinces from monarchies of Beijing and any form of military aggression to restore the Imperial Throne.

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It is our conviction that the records our nation's history will include our terrible mistakes of the past years. The sinfulness and the weakness of men are evident to all of us who live in such a chaotic era. But men are also good and great, kind and wise. Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life. We live now in the reality of war between brothers, but the hope of honorable and peaceful reunion is a far greater thing and we live with that as well. That a man should live with both is inherent in the current stormy stage of our nation's progress, but this has been the nature of progress in all of human history--it is not a cause for despair.

We maintain our belief that the long view of Chinese history shall show us moving towards the good life, even though that progress may be based upon suffering and sacrifice which, if taken by themselves, may constitute a hideous melange of evil.

We are convinced that the Chinese people are strong in heart and mind. We have been late in meeting danger, but it is never too late. We have been wrong before, but we were never basically wicked. With this strength of heart and mind, we shall face tomorrow and master it.

So we, the Han people of Anhui, urge all of Han to Unite, and fight for the formal abolition of Qing monarchy. We urge you to unite and fight to secure our place in the world and modernize our society, for there is good as well as evil in this world, and those who fight for the good life, even though they may suffer setbacks and disasters, shall never know defeat. The only sin that we know is cynicism.


Message to all Disparate Chinese States save for Qing and Guangzhou.

The republican State of Anhui makes it public our intention to bring down the Qing monarchy and their illegitimate rule over Beijing, as well as any pretenders to the Imperial Throne.

The republic urges all Han Chinese states to join the Republic as a state in the new Federation, where each state will guarantee the independence of another from Imperial aggression.

 

[JohannaK]

I blame EQ for the extended order lock.

 

[Nailix]

To: Those involved with Siam-France-Britain dispute
From: Italy

Italy stands on the side of peace. Our view is similar to that of Poland in that we would not want to see a war erupt over a trade dispute. We will remain neutral for the time being on the matter, and would gladly open our borders to host a forum or discussion for those involved to help find a peaceful solution for all.