Concert of Europe

[Kagemusha]

Well im quite sure we will find out sooner or later. You just continue attacking the influence and authority of Concert meanwhile.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I am saddened to say I will resign my position as Austrian Kaiser 2 days after Chapter 14 is released. I also be leaving the forum that particular day also. I can't take much more of this wrist pain, and since this is summer vacation and I am not required by school to use the computer now, I have no need to come on anymore and quite frankly, I'm lost interest in this IH.

I stay on for the remainder of this chapter, then I am resigning after 14 long chapters, almost 2 full years to a role that was close to my heart.

[Kagemusha]

Thank you for playing with us , while i have only played this one only for a while. Also thank you for all your contributions to Chapter house in general.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Thank you for playing with us , while i have only played this one only for a while. Also thank you for all your contributions to Chapter house in general.

It was fun having you as a IH host Kagemusha, and even though we will play with each other for 2 chapters (13 and 14), it was fun playing with everyone here and trust me, I will go out with a bang .

[Prince Cobra]

It was fun having you as a IH host Kagemusha, and even though we will play with each other for 2 chapters (13 and 14), it was fun playing with everyone here and trust me, I will go out with a bang .

OOC: Although I perfectly realise Warman retires from active rule, he stays Kaiser Franz. I will still rule as Metternich. He's been a nice partner and that's my way to thank him.

P.S. Now I concentrate on reading the declarations

[Prince Cobra]

Gentlemen,

I see the whole quarrel for Luxemburg as a big misunderstanding. I see the new Prussian Prime minister believes the French must be blamed for the unrest in Rheinland. Few would agree with such a conclusion. We should not blame the Prime minister of Prussia but look somewhere else. And the reports of the Austrian secret police lead to one conclusion. There are few but well organized groups of terrorists and anarchists and people who try to spread discontent between the European Great powers. These people, though atheists themselves, stay behind the rebellion in Rheinland and in Brussels as well as behind the unrest in the Southern German states. Now these people have taken control in Frankfurt, Brussels and Rheinland manipulating the mobs. Their purpose: to destroy the old order and the monarchies, to sink Europe into blood and destruction so that the radical elements can take over. These have misled the new Prussian minister and are secretly triumphing. But I hope the European monarchs will not allow them triumph.

First, we should continue our efforts in Brussels and Luxemburg. I need to explain to the Prussian King that the crushing of the uprising was done by request of the Duke of Luxemburg, who is also a King of the Dutch, (with the consent of Austria and Prussia). I would say this represents the solidarity principle and that is: the monarchs should help each other against the revolutionary threat. Such things have been done before and they are done now, naturally. I really doubt France would try to keep the occupied lands for herself. And Prussia should not feel threatened. Of course, the rebellious elements I mentioned above try to encourage such rumours and with the power of their speeches they lure the innocent and naïve souls to a mortal sin: the rebellion against their master.

In order to sum up these thoughts, the evil is neither in France, nor in Prussia or anywhere else but rather in those dark powers who control (by skillfully manipulating the mobs) in Belgium, Rheinland, Hessen and Frankfurt right now. The Confederation exists, only the members of the Parliament have wisely ran from the chaos in Frankfurt and are somewhere in Southern Germany. In my home town, the beautiful city of Koblenz, in Rheinland, I saw what these terrorist encourage people to do thirty years ago. Hours, no – days and even weeks of plundering, rape and disorder. The envy and greed ruled and ruin only stayed. Now I hear the same is heard about Frankfurt and other areas controlled by the rebels in Rheinland and Brussels. The King of Prussia should not withdraw his trust from his representatives in the Confederation: the German Confederation is still the only legal base for the German lands. On a different matter, the current assembly in Frankfurt is made of illiterate mob and skilful manipulators, not even from whole of the Confederation but from the most radical elements in Rheinland and the rebels from Baden and Hessen. We have to move quickly and punish those, who deserve. We should give an example to the rebels that we determine the fate of Europe, not those anarchists and revolutionists and that our states lie not on a sand basis that can be destroyed by the blow of the slightest breeze but on a massive rock. I believe the big five: France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia and Austria as well as the other smaller states should stop quarrelling and resist.

Klemens von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria

[Vladimir]

Metternich speaks true, as always. However, one wonders if the silence of the Dutch king is indicative of an affiliation with this threat.


Vladimir

[King Kurt]

I am saddened to say I will resign my position as Austrian Kaiser 2 days after Chapter 14 is released. I also be leaving the forum that particular day also. I can't take much more of this wrist pain, and since this is summer vacation and I am not required by school to use the computer now, I have no need to come on anymore and quite frankly, I'm lost interest in this IH.

I stay on for the remainder of this chapter, then I am resigning after 14 long chapters, almost 2 full years to a role that was close to my heart.

Warman
It is sad to hear that you will have to withdraw from this IH and the forum as a whole - your contributions will be sorely missed. I have always enjoyed your high levels of enthusiasm in this and other IHs and will miss your showers of PMs with ideas, questions or just chasing me for answers or orders. Hopefully some rest and medication will lead to you returning in the future. You have in your Metternich an able supporter and I am sure PC will continue in his excellent historical style. I hope you will continue to pop in occasionaly just to read what is happening.

The art of these IHs is reading the fellow players - you have always been active, a little headstrong, full of ideas - the occasional one quite good!! and have always tried to act in line with the historic character you portray. But most of all, you have always been a true ally when needed and in times of need that has been the most impotant virtue of all.

Get well soon my friend - I hope to see you back on the boards soon.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Warman
It is sad to hear that you will have to withdraw from this IH and the forum as a whole - your contributions will be sorely missed. I have always enjoyed your high levels of enthusiasm in this and other IHs and will miss your showers of PMs with ideas, questions or just chasing me for answers or orders. Hopefully some rest and medication will lead to you returning in the future. You have in your Metternich an able supporter and I am sure PC will continue in his excellent historical style. I hope you will continue to pop in occasionaly just to read what is happening.

The art of these IHs is reading the fellow players - you have always been active, a little headstrong, full of ideas - the occasional one quite good!! and have always tried to act in line with the historic character you portray. But most of all, you have always been a true ally when needed and in times of need that has been the most impotant virtue of all.

Get well soon my friend - I hope to see you back on the boards soon.