IN THE NEWS: JULY-DECEMBER 1913
Persepolis News - July 9th
Chinese troops have begun to withdraw from the SIL nations, bringing along the payments that the SIL have promised - 1 economy to China and 1 economy to Japan.
Attempts by the army to loot the homes of the wealthy have been widespread, however, and in Vietnam and Burma, the locals are still attacking withdrawing troops as revenge for the plunder.
Warsaw Reporter - July 17th
Fighting between the Reds and the Whites has continued in Germany. Several mansions south of Berlin have been rumored to be hideouts for White sympathizers, though their former owners fled the Reds months ago.
Meanwhile, Bavaria remains firmly in White hands.
Jerusalem Times - August 2nd
Abyssinian troops have invaded Yemen. The small Yemeni army has been easily overwhelmed, and most of the country has been taken over. Though the Yemenis yearn for independence, their nationalism is not that strong, and no resistance has risen.
New York Times - August 19th
Canada experiences an economic boom!
As many countries of the world have been involved in one war or another, Canada has sat idly by, strengthening her infrastructure as other nations' have been decimated by battles.
Living conditions are improving throughout our northern neighbor, and support for the Communists has diminished due to the sudden great success of the capitalist economy while approval rating for the government has risen.
Gdansk Courier - September 3rd
The Communists, emboldened by the triumphs in Germany, have begun rioting against the government. Poznan and Wroclaw have been almost completely overtaken by the Communists.
La Revista Nacional de las Incas - September 17th
The Bolivian uprising is being slowly but surely defeated. Many of the Communists have been disarmed, most of them teenagers unprepared to fight a professional army.
Prime Minister Ataza Salgado has declared martial law and has begun a crackdown on the Communist and Socialist parties. All of the leftist Senators have been imprisoned.
Tashkent Times - September 28th
Uprisings have rocked the fragile stability of the Mongolian Republic. Nationalists demanding withdrawal of the Russian troops and resignation of the Russian members of the Executive Council (which leads the country with the Prime Minister, in lieu of a ceremonial President).
Gdansk Courier - October 7th
Fascists have declared loyalty to the Government and have begun attacking the Western Polish Communists, breaking the country into a civil war.
Slovaks and Bohemians have not joined either side, but both, especialy the Bohemian nationalists who have just lost their independence, may be hoping the conflict will give them the chance to declare independence.
If Bohemia and Slovakia secede, however, Slovakia might be in for hardships, as there has been no strong, significant Slovak-grown political party.
Bishkek Times - October 21st
Conflict continues between Uzbek and Tadzhik/Kyrgyz forces.
The government of Dushanbe is wiling to propose separation of Uzbekistan from Tadzhikstan and Kygyrzstan.
October 25th
Korea has been completely blockaded. No information is getting in or out.
Munich Times - November 10th
Communist and Fascist/Government forces continue battling in central Poland. Wealthy landowners kicked out by the Communists have swarmed into Krakow and Warsaw, on the way to Lublin, a core of support for the Fascist party.
La Revista Nacional de las Incas - November 25th
The uprising in Bolivia has almost been crushed, with only a few small places still in revolt.
The Venezuelan Provincial Parliament has demanded that the Emperor abdicate and the Prime Minister resign in favor of the leader of the Fascist party "Iron Fist", Juan Montezuma (though he is actually ethnically Aztec).
Munich Times - December 22nd
The Bohemians have finally begun making steps towards restored independence, since the Government had to pull out occupying troops to handle the Communists.
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