Balance of Power (Gameplay Thread) - Epilogue and Game Over

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Italy also endorses the Ottoman plan.

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x King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy

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To: Tsardom of Bulgaria
From: Adriatic League

In solidarity with our Ottoman friends, the Kingdoms of Italy and Greece hereby declare war on the Tsardom of Bulgaria.

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Italy is also confused by by Austria-Hungary's signing of a treaty that is completely irrelevant to their concerns.

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Orders sent.

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OOC: Aren't Ceuta and Melilla Spanish?

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To: Abdulhamid II
From: Vittorio Emanuele III

We express our gratitude for your stop at Rome and our apologies for the incident. We will be investigating further into who caused the attempted assassination.

To: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
From: The Kingdom of Italy

We are appalled to hear of the terrorism at Trafalgar Square, and we pray that this group is found and dismantled as quickly and bloodily as possible.

To: The French Republic
From: The Kingdom of Italy

We express our strongest condolences over Waldeck-Rousseau's health, and we pray for a recovery.

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To: The United States of America
From: The Kingdom of Italy

We would like to offer an alliance between our two nations to signify our friendship and cooperation over the last few years.

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Giovanni Giolitti has asked me to give thanks to all nations that have expressed their well-wishes towards his re-election.

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Italy is pleased to see three of its good friends sign a treaty of cooperation.

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OOC: I'm sorry Oldies, I completely forgot about it before, but Austria didn't have Universal Male Suffrage until 1907. So now, every Austrian women but not every Austrian man can vote.

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~King Vittorio Emanuele III

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OOC: I don't think this shows Ottoman gains either.

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The French Navy will also assist the American blockade and we ask the U.S. for any and all possible assistance they are willing to provide.

We will send a further 10,000 troops into Morocco. Since he is marching north, I will instruct French forces to first concentrate on attacking Raisuli. I will have Marshal Joffre attack Raisuli from the south. I will instruct naval forces to lay siege to Agadir. I ask the Italian and Ottoman forces to siege the port city and I will link up with them once I've gotten Raisuli from the north and south.

Of course.

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Alright. Diplomacy first:

-The Kingdom of Italy endorses the American claim in Greenland. We feel as if there is no point in turning down this sum of money over a massive pile of frozen tundra, and our allies are strong.

-We thank the world for its congratulations on our new heir. Umberto continues to be a source of joy in all of our lives here in Italy.

-We also congratulate Kaiser Wilhelm III on his marriage.

To: World
From: Kingdom of Italy

Also, we would like to take some time out to remind the world that some Turkic kingdoms are engaging in ethnic cleansing against the Russians living in Turkestan. While we understand the world's concerns regarding Russia moving into its old territory, we feel that the international community has a responsibility to cease mass killings like this from happening, as we successfully did in Belgium.

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We endorse the Ottoman plan and strongly condemn the Germans' stance on this. While the Ottomans and the Americans are currently seeking a middle ground regarding Turkestan and the humanitarian needs of the world, Germany has gone on the record to say that any incursion into Turkestani territory will result in war. However, Russia has a right to protect its people from ethnic cleansing, as you would if any other country was doing this to you. The world simply cannot sit by and watch as a few rogue nations massacre an ethnic group.

Italy would be delighted to help search for a middle ground, but with all due respect to the Germans, taking a hardline position on this will result in the extermination of Russians in Turkestan.

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We would be open to leaving the Turkic kingdoms that are not engaging in ethnic cleansing intact, but the ones that are engaging in the blind mass murder of the Russian people cannot stand. Since the British and the Ottomans have renounced their claims of Turkestan, I see no other possibility but to join the United Kingdom in endorsing the Russians moving into those kingdoms.

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Italy holds the same stance on this issue as France.

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Mass murderers don't have rights.

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Italy shall commit one thousand troops to the Turkestani expedition.

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The Kingdom of Italy finds it troubling that yet more terrorist attacks would occur so soon after. We call into an official international investigation of the matter and a summit on the matter, and second Britain's call for a summit on terrorism.

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Italy is beyond alarmed at the British desecration of Mecca. Despite our colonial empire being comprised more of Christians than Muslims, we cannot and shall not tolerate such an attack on a holy site. As a nation that rules one of the holiest cities of Catholicism, we would not tolerate if a few nationals had burnt St. Peter's Basilica, or any holy site in our city.

My heart goes out to Muslims around the world, and may the people behind this be brought to swift justice.

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As will I.

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British rule over the holy city of Mecca was doomed to be a disaster from Day One. It has found itself unable to control its soldiers from disrespecting its culture, and now they have even gone to drunkenly burning Islam's holiest site. In order to distract themselves from this disgusting act, they have decided to falsely accuse our allies of a terrorist attack, and have ceded the city to a pro-British puppet instead of its rightful heirs. We find it hilarious that it would accuse the former secretary of the liberator of African-Americans himself of racism and trying to oppress the community he helped build, and we find it disgusting that it continues to abuse our Maltese brothers and only pay attention to them whenever there is a war.

In solidarity with our American and German allies, the Kingdom of Italy hereby declares war on the United Kingdom and France. We hereby increase our army to full mobilization, and we seize all British and French assets in the country.

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Very well then, Mr. Doumerge. If you want to play the game like that, then we'll play.

Considering all of our agreements are now null and void, Italy annexes Savoia and Nizza. May the spirit of Garibaldi guide us to the liberation of our homelands from the French oppressors.