From: Amadeus Friedman, President of the German Economic League
To: The Papal States
CC: Italian States, Nations Involving Themselves
Ample time has been given, and your hesitance, and complete disinterest in preserving peace in the Italian Peninsula leaves the combined military's of Austria and Brandenburg little choice but to commit to a police action to see that the very fair and reasonable Freidman proposal goes through. You are the only belligerent nation that has refused to give up ground on the matter of Italian Unification, and as such, will experience the prowess of the combined German military. We have informed our policing units to see to it that the proposal go through, and they will assuredly do just that. Should our policing units enter Papal Territory, and find themselves under attack from Partisans, or official Papal forces, they have been given express permission to use any means necessary in protecting themselves, and completing their mission.
At the same time, if our policing units are to enter into Papal Territory, and find an army or government willing to work with us in seeing that fair and honest plebiscites go through, and help administrate said plebiscites, we all may rest easy knowing that blood wasn't unnecessarily spilled. There is no time that is to be viewed as 'too late' for peace. We would much prefer this alternative a thousand times over, yet your silence has been defeaning on the matter, and we are forced to assume. To reiterate, our previous offers for peace without German soldiers still stands, the only difference between then and now is simply time.
We would also like to invite military units from both the Italian Republic and Naples to operate in support of our soldiers, should the need arise. Soldiers from respective governments will be kept in separate theaters of operation, to prevent any possible flare ups that may occur.
Also, we would like to note that as of now, we consider the waters of the Papal States to be blockaded, and the German fleet will treat the area as a war zone.
That is all.
OOC: As has been pointed out to me, Jehoshua hasn't been on the forums for awhile, and I am aware parts of the East Coast have been getting hit with storms fairly bad, so my apologies if that is the cause of the delay. I'm just rushing to figure out what to do with my orders. As I said IC, there is not time that is 'too late'.