The following results for Spring 1901 will be mailed out at approx. noon GMT-5 today. Will post maps here shortly. I apologize for delays; two sets of orders were late.
***URGENT****
***EUROPEAN DESK BULLETIN***
Chicago Tribune, March 1, 1901
By James Blaine
Efforts by Swiss negotiators to resolve growing tensions throughout Europe have clearly failed, as Russian troops boldly crossed the Austrian frontier into the province of Galicia today. Sources tell the Trib that there was no Austrian resistance to speak of - a fact that might be partly explained by the ongoing Austrian invasion of Serbia. In its second day, that invasion is showing every sign of success.
Meanwhile, adding to the air of crisis, several neutral states are being "persuaded" to pick sides in the looming European conflict. The tools of persuasion: annexation, "acts of union," or outright invasion. Holland has been absorbed into Germany. Bulgaria is now styled "Turkish Carlgaria." Spanish opportunists are said to be growing silly moustaches to appease their new French masters. And Rumanian kids are tucking into their new Russian-language textbooks. Young Sofia resident Nicolau Caucescu, aged 4, is taking it all in stride. "It's not so hard," the toddler said when asked about his first day in Russian class.
With the threat of continental conflict looming, many observers can't help but wonder aloud about the intended targets of English fleet exercises in the North Sea. Just as baffling are Italian naval movements in the Ionian Sea: is their target neutral Tunis? Or Greece? Are they moving to hold one of four adjacent strategic waterways? Or are the Italians just testing the boilers on the fearsome new dreadnought "Admiral Ricardo?"
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Backgrounder follows:
Austria
A Budapest-Serbia
A Vienna-Budapest
F Trieste holds
Italy
F Naples-Ionian Sea
A Rome-Apulia
A Venice holds
France
A Paris-Picardy
F Brest-Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Marseilles-Spain
Turkey
A Constantinople-Bulgaria
F Ankara-Constantinople
A Smyrna-Ankara
Russia
A St. Petersburg-Finland
A Moscow-Ukraine
A Warsaw-Galicia
F Sevastopol-Rumania
Germany
A Berlin-Kiel
F Kiel-Holland
A Munich-Ruhr
England
A Liverpool-Edinburgh
F Edinburgh-Norwegian Sea
F London-North Sea
[All orders were successful]
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Owing to delays and the long weekend, the next deadline will be Friday, April 4th, 0001.