LA BELLE EPOQUE (a sequel to the CONCERT OF EUROPE)

[Greyblades]

Bah, the whole point of putting 40 odd ships in the med was to make sure that the cotton kept flowing,

I am amused to see that the big war ends as soon as real players take responsibility. Gives some hope for the world peace. However, I wonder where France and Egypt are going.

Well should everyone agree to that peace treaty they should really have no reason to keep fighting.

[Franconicus]

Bah, the whole point of putting 40 odd ships in the med was to make sure that the cotton kept flowing,


Well should everyone agree to that peace treaty they should really have no reason to keep fighting.

[Greyblades]

Gonna have to explain the smilie there.

[Franconicus]

Gonna have to explain the smilie there.

I do not want to get involved into this discussion. I just thought that this applause about the peace treaty is a bit to hasty. I haven't heard anything from Egypt and France, which seem to be major participants in this war. And there seem to be some issues undiscussed, like the status of Cyprus, the French claims at Levante, the British claims at the Suez.

Besides this I am taken by surprise that the British announce that they supported the Ottoman so massively. Had't they agreed not to sopprt them?

I am looking forward to see how this will go.

[Greyblades]

Dude, shh. :P


Either way, I said I wouldn't support them I didn't say I wouldn't rent out British guns and ships on credit to be paid back when they were in the position to pay it/when I felt like demanding it.
Giving it for free is support, renting it for later payment is merely a business transaction.

Edit: Wait a minute, french claims at levante? That means the french were attacking the egyptians not as a part of the ottoman war effort but as their own war?

[Franconicus]

Well, I always had difficulties to understand the finesse of British diplomacy.

French invaded the Levant to support his allies and to free the Arabians from Ottoman slavery.

[The Stranger]

how do we figure out what all kinds of stuff costs? or how long it takes to travel from place a to b by means of c?

[Greyblades]

Well, I always had difficulties to understand the finesse of British diplomacy.

French invaded the Levant to support his allies and to free the Arabians from Ottoman slavery.

Interesting, that means that France either changed the agreed war goals of the alliance to include the Levant, which wasnt covered on their side of the agreement we made and making me not obligated to not interfere with that part of the conflict, or France started their own little war which my agreement of non involvement does not apply and I have no obligation to stay out of it. Either way it makes the diplomatic gymnastics I had to do, to keep the french from sinking what was left of the cotton trade without taking a side, pointless too.

Thank you, you've been a help.