France:

Hello everybody, how are you?

Italy

Welcome to all nations. The papacy's primary concern at this time is to ensure the free flow of shipping in the Mediterranean. I would invite France to a demilitarization of Piedmont at this time as well as the Gulf of Lyon, Western Med and North Africa.

Meta: First of all, welcome to the game everyone. I love public press games, and I hope this one will be as fun as the other one I'm playing right now.

Secondly, I'd like to encourage everyone to stay in character as your country. I think this makes the game a lot more fun to play, especially in public press.

Thirdly, I'm actually rather opposed to using the forums - that way, you have to check two places, and it is confusing who is what country. This way it is just colors, and much easier to keep track of. As long as people keep their thoughts in just one post as opposed to posting repeatedly, these forums will hold 30-50 messages, which should be more than adequate.

End Meta.

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From the Desk of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain:

Her Majesty, first and foremost would like to express her concern over the militarization of the English continent, and the consequences for the peoples of all countries, should war erupt. She hopes that all disagreements may be solved only through the use of diplomacy, and that countries will remain civil and polite when discussing international events.

As it relates to the situation in the west, Her Majesty feels the following is the most equitable distribution of territories: France shall control the Iberian peninsula, and Germany will control the lands of Belgium and Holland. As for herself, Her Majesty feels that England is best suited to jointly governing the Scandinavian region, specifically Norway and Denmark, while Russia controls Sweden.

This distribution seems most fair, as all countries would then control five supply centers, and Russia six, if it were to reach a favorable negotiation with the Emperor of Austria-Hungary and the Sultan of Turkey. While Her Majesty believes that this is by far the most equitable distribution of territories, she is not necessarily opposed to discussion of the matter.

Lastly, the Kingdom of Great Britain would like to warn its neighbors that any invasions of territories contrary to what its prior statement without advance notice will be taken as hostile acts and measures will be taken accordingly.

May i also suggest some basic DMZs. I think they should be Pie, Tyrolia, Burgundy, E.C., Prussia, Silesia, Galicia, the black sea, armenia, and Adr.

can we clarify whether to use this or the global chat please?
please see statement in global chat.

If we are voting....I vote here.

alright, let's vote and whatever gets 4 votes wins...
I vote here.

Forum : Global 2:0

I vote Global, but it doesn't really matter.

2:1

Global

2:2

just had the idea to copy everything in the global chat to a new post as every 20th message to prevent it from getting lost... would that work? Does anyone know?

Sure... That would work. But you'd have to edit (if they didn't say) who said what.

I think something will need to be done...as I have been accused of breaking a treaty that I NEVER agreed to or even suggested that I would agree to. I have a DMZ with France.We both agreed to it. That's it. Its kind of frustrating that I don't have the evidence to prove that....but it is a fact.

ok, maybe we should have a rule that you put your country name at the beginning of each post, and ppl can copy-paste

Spring 1901: [Italy]Russia...You aren't necessarily telling which moves you are making, so much as you are more open with what your intentions are, until you are ready to make a stab. You can definitely stab people in this type of game....but any promises you make and break will be seen by the whole community....so you need to really focus on who and when you stab. Co-ordinating moves openly surprisingly can still work with open diplomacy. But if you approach the game as England has suggested....roleplaying----->you being the Czar, me being the Pope....it can help hone your diplomacy skills. Many of these games end up as draws, however.
02:26 PM Spring 1901: [Italy]Russia....Turkey suggested its easier to post messages here....uh...its required that all messages be only posted here.
02:33 PM Spring 1901: [Germany]we still didn't decide on where to post, right? :(
02:43 PM Spring 1901: [Russia]lol
I roleplay as a furry, not a dead Tsar..

anyway, I'll give this a go but I expect I'm going to do something wrong by mistake and you'll all get pissy at me for breaking these unwritten rules I'm not aware of
02:57 PM Spring 1901: [Austria]The Arch-Duke to Kaiser:

I propose a Non Aggresion Pact. We have nothing to gain by going at each other right now, and only can weaken ourselves by doing so. But by creating this treaty, we can lay the foundation for future alliance or anshluss.
03:14 PM Spring 1901: Russia....the only rule you can break is having private communication....so long as you are doing only public press....You are gonna do fine!
03:15 PM Spring 1901: Dearest Prime MInister of England.

The people of The German Empire as a whole are aggrieved to hear of England's tragic loss, and our foremost and most aggrieving duty is to assure you of our heartfelt sympathy.
Please understand that in these troubling times, the people of Denmark have pleaded for protection and I am pleased to inform you that we are willing to grant their wish. We are certain that it is equally in the interest of the English nation to act according to those good people's needs. The orders have already gone out to the troops of the Empire to ascertain the build of a garrison in Kopenhagen. We believe that our beloved Queen, may god have mercy on her soul, had intentions of a similar garrison in the vicinity of Brussels and the Forces of the Empire would gladly assist your fleets in that task, to foster our good relations.
Again, our thoughts remain with you and the good people of England in these troubling times.

Wilhelm II
03:25 PM Spring 1901: [Germany]Dearest friend Franz-Ferdinand,

the people of the German Empire will certainly honour the good and fruitful relations that our Empires have had over the years. Rest assured that our great nations will continue as they have done for years. We will also gladly act in support for the people of Galicia should anything ill befall them.

With the best wishes and looking forward to the same extent of cooperation between our empires that have preceded this year,

Wilhelm II
04:11 PM [Russia]I can see why you think the global chat's going to fill up then
04:21 PM [Russia]so....at this stage am I supposed to tell Austria what moves I'm going to do and then tell Turkey immediately after what moves I'm going to do? Because that means they will know I am lying to at least one of them, and not only that, but they can counter-attack my stab PRECISELY because they know where I'm going to go
04:21 PM [Russia]this is so stupid
04:28 PM [Italy]The whole idea is your communication is known to everyone....so I wouldn't make a habit of lying. You need to be able to express your national interests in an effective way. Double dealing is probably not the way to go...you will gain the trust of no one. Generally, we all know about balance of power, so could expect that other nations will balance out what you and your allies/enemies are doing.
04:47 PM [Austria]The Arch Duke of Austria is outraged at the blatant violation of international protocol of the Italian nation! The leader of Italy obviously cannot be trusted at all, and I forewarn the leaders of German and France against future treachery!

Meta: I hate being Austria :)
And to Russia, the whole Public press thing adds a whole new level of diplomacy. You cannot make seceret alliances. Much more difficult.
05:16 PM [England]Meta: Yeah... As Austria I either win the entire game or lose in the first two years, depending solely on whether or not Italy stabs me. You have my sympathies. Hopefully you can work with Turkey on something. End Meta.

From the Office of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain:

To the Kaiser of Germany: Although we would have preferred to occupy Denmark, so that Her Majesties territories were more centrally located, she is willing to exchange Denmark for Belgium as you have suggested. As to the situation in the north, Her Majesty is concerned about the aggressive stance the Czar has taken in his orders, and is worried about the rise of such a Purple Menace. Her Majesty suggests that you move to Sweden, as to force a retreat by the Russian navy, just as the fleet in the Norwegian will do in Norway.
05:26 PM [Italy]Archduke....The Papal Authority is thoroughly perplexed by the Archduke's insinuations. Which international protocol have the papal states violated? We have broken no treaties nor any agreed demilitarization zones. Actually, we have heard rumor that an agreement of Anschluss was recently made between the nations of Germany and Austria...which if should it be proven to be true would greatly undermine international stability. Our military exercises will continue to commence. I would simply remind France that we do have agreed DMZ regions and would ask the French Minister to reaffirm to the community that no treaty between our great nations was breached...and I challenge the Austrian government to produce any testimony or evidence that any treacherous action has been taken.

To the Turkish Sultan: Greetings.

The papal states have been slandered by the Austrian Archduke and I would encourage him to quickly send troops to the Greek Archipeligo and establish a presence such that Austria may not envelope this region. Also I would ask the Turkish Sultan to limit naval builds in the Mediterranean so that free flow of goods may continue through the Mediterranean.

The Pope
05:29 PM [Italy]Also it has been brought to the Vatican attention that the English secretly agree that Italy has perpetrated some act of subterfuge....so I would particular ask the English Minister to comment on this issue....presenting any testimony or treaty to support such an assertion.
05:52 PM [England]Meta: Umm... Italy... Metas are considered to be said outside of the real game, ergo nothing I said was official... Also, please keep all comments to a single post, so that we don't lose messages as fast... This board only holds 20 messages, regardless of length. End meta.
05:59 PM [France]Well, i have to say that the agreement was that tyrolia was to be a DMZ, and that was broken. Also, i would not like to see world war break out if i can help it, for the french are largely a peaceful nation. Therefore i propose this:

To the Czar of Russia
Back off with your forces in St Petersburg. You Have the right to Sweden, but will be causing undo conflict, and I ask england, austria, and turkey to back me up on this, redemption.

To the Archduke of austria
you may want to defend yourself

To the Pope
Please back out of the DMZ of Tyrolia, and let there be peace.
06:08 PM [Italy]Yeah...but your Meta included game content...rather than comments around/outside the game ;)
06:15 PM [Italy]France. I agree with your peaceful notions and the Papal states would wish for nothing more. You are aware that Anschluss exists between Germany and Austria? Both agreed to a state of Anschluss. You are aware that this means an outward movement of the German/Austrian alliance.....which immediately affects Italy, France, Russia and Turkey....and to a later extent to England. Does no other nation have concerns that Germany and Austria have a military alliance of Anschluss that threatens the entire European continent?

07:48 PM [Russia]is what France said to me something to do with Finland being a DMZ or was he just pretending to be a dead president?

07:55 PM [England]Meta: No idea Russia... probably crack.

08:03 PM [Russia]I really hate this version. This isn't how Diplomacy was meant to be played.

You were right; you should password these games or something. Most people like me just scan for new games (which are scarce) and then join the ones with a low bet value. They don't even look at the title.

08:07 PM [England]You should... That is not my fault. It is yours.

08:25 PM [France]well, what i said to you was that it was agreed upon that england gets sweden, therefore, your move to st petes is threatening

08:25 PM [Austria]The Arch-Duke of Austria is infuriated with the Italian belief that we had intentions to join with Germany and start a world war! I am still open to negotiations with the Pope*! As to the Sultan of Turkey, I have no intention to going to war with you; you are not my enemy. In fact, I hope to have peaceful relations with your nation! What are your intentions and how can I help you?

*I don't think the Pope ran Italy in 1901. Who cares though!

08:40 PM [Italy]ArchDuke- Are you denying that you petitioned Germany for an alliance for the express purpose of creating Anschluss. Did you not express to Germany your desire for Anschluss? Is Anschluss not a military alliance for the express purpose of moving your mutual armies away from each other? Can you deny that Germany accepted your proposal?

You spoke of being open to negotiations. I am listening to what proposals you have. Obviously, I am looking for something that would confirm your denial of Anschluss.

As a side note, the papacy has had a continual line of succession for 1900 years :)

08:53 PM [France]i would just like to say, lets hear what germany has to say

09:23 PM [Italy]France--If you would go to the Hall of Records...i.e. the forum...you can plainly see where the Archduke petitioned Germany for an alliance to lay the foundation for Anschluss. HE ACTUALLY USED THE WORD "ANSCHLUSS". Germany immediately agreed to it. Will the Kaiser denouce Anschluss and endorse an Italian move into Austria? Or will you maintain your stance of Anschluss and ask me to withdraw?

I say to whole community, if I am asked to withdraw by both Germany and Austria, then an imminent threat awaits all of us. I don't know how much more proof Europe needs! I call on all nations to depose and remove the standing armies and fleets of the German and Austria military complex, until the state of Anschluss has been effectively removed.

10:22 PM [Russia]it wasn't agreed that England gets Sweden...
that's ridiculous
1. Either Russia or Germany take Sweden usually!
2. I didn't agree to it
3. You shouldn't be allowed to preach who gets SCs from so far away
4. I'm going to bed

05:39 AM [Austria]*Gasps* I merely asked for an alliance! Maybe a future Union after 20 years! I propose an immediate cease fire between our nations!

06:42 AM [Germany]meta: sorry guys, rather busy atm... will be back in around 4h.

10:12 AM [England]From the office of the Prime Minister of Great Britain:

To the Czar of Russia: I believe that France was referring to Norway, and was confused when he said Sweden. The English people do not contest Russian control of Sweden, so long as the English are allowed to occupy Norway.

To the Papacy of Italy: I would remind you that Anchuluss actually refers to the German annexation of Austria, meaning that Germany would be invading with Austria's permission. The moves would seem to indicate the opposite.

As to what you meant, a military alliance between the two nations, this accusation also, is complete buffoonery. How are they going to have a military alliance when their closest armies are four moves away. By comparison, my army in York is four moves away from Sevastopol. I will remind you that their forces can not work together when they are separated by such vast spans.

What the nations of Austria and Germany have agreed to is this - a non aggression pact wherein they will not attack each other. This is a type of treaty that Her Majesty fully endorses, as it is the foundation of diplomacy.

Frankly, it is evident that your actions are aggressive, insulting, and contrary to the basic nature of diplomacy. The Kingdom of Great Britain requests that you back down immediately, and warns that should your aggressive actions continue, it will work with other nations to ensure the downfall of the Papal states.

11:18 AM [Germany]We, the Kasier of the Great Empire of Germany do express serious concerns about the blatant disregard of international protocol by the papal armies (META: Tyr was clearly agreed on as neutral) and condemn the occupancy of the Tyrolian mountains. We urge the pope to remain peaceful and retreat away from German and Austrian borders. Within the same matter, we rejoice in realizing that the noble English nation is not paralyzed in their grief and offers sound advice to European politics. Under such competent leadership we can foresee that their mighty fleets will not face any difficulties in setting up garrison in Belgium, and given the aggressive stance of the pope, we ask the benevolent Prime Minister to absolve us from our offer of help there so that our peace-loving troops (sic!) can lend security to our fatherland.
Furthermore the people of the Empire of Germany and we ourselves gladly accept the wise Czar's request for involvement in the affairs of the swedish people and will take the necessary actions immediately. We are happy to be able to help and accept to take this burden from his busy shoulders.
We also want to assure all of Europe that, as the skilled Prime Minister already pointed out, we have no intention of performing an Anschluß, on the contrary, our forces are dar away from Austria-Hungary's borders.
Furthermore we wish to express our gratitude to the adept leaders of France and Turkey for respecting all demilitarized zones that were agreed on in international protocol.

Wilhelm II

12:09 PM [Italy]To the Noble states of France, Russia and Turkey:

You have seen for yourselves what is in the hearts and minds of the German/Austrian and English leaders. They have
announced Anschluss and then attempt to deceive us what this really means. Germany and Austria have a military alliance.
The fact that they are unable to correctly co-ordinate movements should have no bearing. But their militaries do have a
purpose that suits their goals. One in which Germany sends his armies to the western lowlands and allows his English counterpart to move naval forces
both north and south. Germany says he has no Anschluss because his armies do not border Austria because the intend to
move separate directions and through expansion add armies that will create a bubble that will grow and eventually engulf
Europe. How convenient that none of their armies face off...they are happy to have peace at their own backyards while
they send their military to take our front yards. Papal forces continue to move north so that both of these belligerents
will be forced to return their military away from you peaceful nations. I plead and urge you to position yourselves such
that no further German/Austrian gains may be made. Also their puppet regime in London should be held in check. I beseech
Russia and France to work together and humbly ask for the Turkish Sultan to assist me in this endevour. As Russia has already
seen...though no agreement of demilitarization was made with respect to Sweden/Finland or Tyrolia, the central powers are trying
to dictate UNILATERALLY what measures we may take to defend ourselves. They will only become more emboldened if we do not stand
together.

The Pope

12:34 PM [Germany]Dear Pope,

we are seriously concerned about the recent communiquees we and the other leaders of Europe have received. We assume that some no-good somehow got access to your office and is trying to get Europe involved in war! Please take care that no such thing might happen again. Upon your request, we would happily send a competent locksmith to Rome to help you come to a solution to prevent such uproar to happen again. We urge you to expose this as the bad joke of some unsuspecting dimwit, which we firmly believe it to be.
If not we see ourselves forced to rally the other noble nations of Europe to assure peace in Europe. Do not fear for the freedom of trade in Europe under these conditions, we are expecting the Ottoman Empire to watch over trade in the Eastern Mediterranean, the glorious French nation to take upon themselves the burden of the western mediterranean, whereas my good friend Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary would surely be happy to keep watch on the regions stretching from rome to the Alpes. You see, my dear pope, even if some usurper should have taken over (as must be the case if your armies don't move back, I could not see our god-fearing pope order such mischief) and this letter will not find you, be assured that Europe's nations will do all they can to keep peace and even rush to Rome to your rescue.

Yours,
Wilhelm II

12:50 PM [Germany]Dear Kaiser,

Please answer direct and plainly. Do you have a military alliance with Austria?

Sincerely,
The Pope

12:57 PM [England]Meta: I'll remind Italy that Italy is part of the "Central powers". He clearly needs a history lesson if he thinks that Central powers don't include Italy and Anschuss means military alliance, not invasion. End meta.

A Transmission from a Rogue Radio Commenter in London:

Well well well... things certainly seem to be getting interesting in the European continent. The pope seems to be going senile in old age, unable to any longer correctly use words... Makes a chap wonder when he might accidentally order his troops to attack someone when meaning to retreat!

The French armies seem poised to seize all of the Iberian peninsula in one year. Good show old chaps! But the really shocking move is that the Parisian forces seem to have gotten so drunk they forgot to move! One wonders what this might do to the situation in Belgium...

It seems that the German Kaiser has had the wisdom to cede Belgium to the fleets of England - the Kaiser obviously realizes that the English Navy could be a very valuable asset to German land forces in the future.

The really puzzling situation is in the Balkans. It seems that both Russia and Turkey have both agreed to the DMZ of the Black Sea - a surprising move, to say the least. One has to wonder what the Russian army in the Ukraine is planning on doing. And for that matter, do the Russians really want to make the English angry by moving to St. Petersburg? It's a well known fact that England's naval superiority could easily overpower the Russian forces within a couple of years.

As to the Austria question - they really are in quite a pickle. Do they go ahead and support into Greece, ensuring them a supply center and risk losing Trieste or Vienna? Or do they attempt to guess which command center Italy will try for and sent only one unit to Greece? The spring should be very interesting, and will require a lot of luck if Austria is to survive.

I've got to go now - the English government doesn't approve of my broadcasting - If I transmit from any one location for too long, I'll get found and arrested.

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From the Office of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain:

It has come to Her Majesty's attention that a certain Radio Commenter has been broadcasting from London. Her Majesty would like to officially state that in no way does the Kingdom of Great Britain encourage or endorse these broadcasts. Measures are being taken to locate and incarcerate this man for illegal broadcasting.

Your Holiness:

Frankly, your actions are despicable. You have lied, manipulated, and cheated your way into a Tyrolia and now the supposed "Armies of the Lord" are raping and pillaging across territory that legitimately belongs to the Austrian Empire. When and if the English people ever are in a position to do so, we will ensure that your people are liberated from your Theocracy and your hypocrisy comes to an end, once and for all...

01:06 PM [Austria]From THe Arch Duke of Austria:

I have a current NAP with Germany. Nothing more. To Italy, if your retreat your armies from Tyrolia and Austria, then we can work out an outrigh tpeace treay or alliance between our two nations.

Meta: Radio! In 1901!

01:07 PM [England]Meta: What about the Radio Commenter? I like being Radio commenter...

01:17 PM [Italy]I never said invasion...I've always used the word alliance....and I am fully aware of Italy being considered a central power....I had thought of calling them the Axis of Evil....but G.W. got to it before me.

03:13 PM [France]From the desk of the President of France:
To all nations of Europe, I apologize for my mistake, i did in fact mean that England gets norway, and the move to st petersburg is a threat to that. I fully support russia controlling sweden.

To the Pope
Back off, now! you have a right to tunis, feel free to take that. If by the end of next turn tyrolia is not demilitarized, action will be taken by me, and i would believe austria and turkey as well. The one thing i will not stand for is one power (you) spreading lies and hoping to start a war. Austria and turkey, please back me up on the redemption part.

To the Prime Minister of England I by all mans support you, and the army in paris is staying put in order to support wherever support is needed.

03:37 PM [Itlay]To France: Please tell me of one occasion where I have lied. You agreed to DMZ certain regions. I expect you to be honor those agreements, as I have honored them.

The Pope.

03:55 PM [Germany]To the usurper in Rome:
We so far had no direct aliance with the Habsburg Empire, as my friend Franz-Ferdinand tried to clarify several times already. However, you probably have succeeded in creating a military alliance between the Ottoman Empire, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, the French Empire and to their limits also the English and the German Empire.

As the papacy has not exposed his previous message as an unfortunate joke as requested before, we are sorry to announce that we think we have identified an usurper on the holy seat and urge the peace-loving nations of Europe in vicinity to the Italian cities to take appropriate actions. The front of these actions most likely involve the Grande Nation, the Habsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire but we assure them to keep a watchful eye on their backs and use diplomatic alliances in case our forces are too far away to act promptly.

Wilhelm II

04:09 PM [England]The Kingdom of Great Britain is more than happy to join its European counterparts in the destruction of the Papal states within the limits of its ability.

04:12 PM [France]From the desk of the President of France:
To the Pope, lets see here, when did you lie? Maybe when you said that Germany and Austria were conspiring to start world war. And you agreed to a DMZ of tyrolia, which you broke, so it is hypocritical to ask me to respect our agreed DMZs. Of course, i will, but not for you, in the interest of peace. The phase ends in 3 minutes. By then, if you don't want to be attacked, withdraw from tyrolia.

04:14 PM [France]From the desk of the President of France:

I just saw the moves, and I hereby call the nations of Europe to army against this perpetrator, this "Pope", who wants to lead us into war.

04:17 PM [Austria]The time for words has passed. Peace in our time is no longer attainable. On my Western Frontier, an outdated Empire seeks to regian it's former glory, and on Eastern border, a rogue government goes to war with the World. I propose a stop to this. I propose a coaliton of nations to stop this. I call upon England, Germany and France to join me in the ending of this threat! The Ottoman Empire may join if the Sultan so wishes.

04:22 PM [Russia]-builds-
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04:36 PM [Italy]To France:

I have never agreed to DMZ Tyrolia. EVER. You may check whatever record there may be, but I have never agreed to it.
I have never lied to any nation. Please go back and review what record there is. Initially, I was going to open neutral,
but decided that the northern areas of my nation were at risk when AUSTRIA asked for Anschluss. Please review the
record....He asked for it....by name! This would be a threat to you as well as the other nations. I hold you to your word
that you will not send military units into the previously agreed upon regions. I warn you now, that allowing English fleets
to move to the Mediterranean will spell disaster for your own nation.

Thanks for doing this Italy... Even if everyone is teaming up against you... This will be an interesting game, cause it looks like you'll have help. 3v3 once Austria likely gets overrun.

[Germany] Reagarding the recent developments in Europe we see it as our god-given duty to all peace-loving nations to raise more troops to not only defend the fatherland but also to help our cousins and friends on Europe's thrones.

We herewith offer the aid of our forces to our friend Franz-Ferdinand. We will help him with our troops to reclaim the mountains of Tyrolia from the treacherous false pope (no man of God's own choosing could attempt to ignite a war with such vile deceit), and also as promised offer retribution for the suffering people of Galicia, even more so as the obviously confused czar tried to lure our valiant troops into Sweden, just to fight them in this cold country.
We call upon the peaceful and respected nations of Britannia and the Grande Nation (who I must stress respected all! her agreed demilitarized zones) to join us in the glorious quest to come to the aid of our friend Franz-Ferdinand and the innocent people of Tyrolia, Galicia and Sweden that suffer from the treachery of false Pope and confused Czar. We also send a rider to the distant Ottoman Empire to humbly ask the Sultan to join us in this righteous cause.
Their vile attempts to lure Europe into a war by not respecting demilitarized zones, accusing other peaceful nations of treason and spreading confusion and mischief across Europe's borders must come to an end.
May God have mercy on our souls. as we stand on the dawn of war and let the free Nations of Europe triumph over treachery and deceit.
We herewith declare war on false Pope and confused Czar and sincerely hope for Sultan, ArchDuke, Président and Prime Minister to co-sign this declaration of war.
For God and Fatherland,

Wilhelm II

05:47 PM [Turkey]To italy and russia:
Wanna team up and eliminate austria?

05:52 PM [Italy]To Turkey: Thank you for your support. I can't tell you how glad I am to hear from you. I would suggest that we work together to remove Austria from the Balkans. Let us work closely together.

08:03 PM [France]From the desk of the President of France:
to italy, you did agree to peace, did you not? That peace was broken by yourself by taking trieste.

I will now call on the assembly of peaceful powers to to stop this war by attacking all those who are interested in it. Once we do this, true peace can be established. To Germany, and England, let us help our Austrian friends by attacking the breakers of the peace, and also to, once peace has been reestablished, to be peaceful.

To Turkey, reconsider, friend, you can be a survivor in a peaceful land, just by helping the just pursuers of peace to accomplish their goal, a continent, united by peace, rather than ravaged and torn by war.

To me defenders of the peace!

08:18 PM [England]From the Office of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain:

Although the Pope claims that he has never entered into any DMZ agreements, this point is quite irrelevant. Italy naturally broke the rules of standard international agreements by invading Austria. Now that the rogue state of Turkey has joined the Pope in his machinations, we must take aggressive action against him as well.

Her Majesty calls on Russia, the only country in a positon to save the beleagured Austrians, to build an army in Sevastopol and invade the Sultan, and end his reign once and for all. Failure to do so, will result in an English support of the German move to Sweden.

08:20 PM [Italy] OK....let's evaluate what is going on. England, France and Germany are united to move East? So we are dealing with a Western Alliance? Can someone explain to me anything different.

Austria...I extend an olive branch to you. If you are willing to discuss a cessation of hostilities in order to combat a bigger threat...namely a Western Alliance, I will engage you.

08:26 PM [France] this whole western alliance is to combat the attacks made on austria, not to sweep away everybody. I want austria, my friend, safe.

08:30 PM [Italy] Thank you for agreeing that a Western Alliance exists. YOU France will be the first to be a liar in this game, if you break our areas of DMZ.

05:56 AM [Germany] We are taken aback to hear of the recent developments around the Black Sea and call upon the bold Sultan to reevaluate the current situation. It seems he would join with the traitors who clearly invaded the agreed-on neutral zones of Tyrolia and Galicia. In the same matter, I would ask the insightful Prime MInister of England for help with dealing with the treacherous Czar in Sweden. The breach of security in Galicia is by no means less severe than in Tyrolia.

We are delighted to hear that the glorious French nation agreed to join the just cause of bringing peace back to Europe! Our strategists are certain that if Britannia will rule the waves again from cold Barents Sea to hot Africa they could lend direly needed support to the just conquest of the traitor states of Russia and Italy. It may oblige to the Grande Nation to conquer the Mediterranean with English help and lead the final thrust into Rome to rescue our poor pope from his uncertain fate within his own walls.

Dearest Franz-Ferdinand, the whole civilized world will stand as one and come to your rescue from north south and west! Our own armies will start moving towards Vienna immediately and extend every helping hand they can and will be joined by the valiant crusaders from Britannia and Grande Nation in this war against all evil!
We also still bear hope that the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire may come to the aid of the just cause.
May justice prevail!

Wilhelm II


META: And thanks to Spell of Wheels for serving as bookkeeper... Great job!

Spring 1902: [Austria]The people of Austria are in a dire situation. They have allies; oh they have allies. But they are so far away. My people are surrouned on three sides by enemies! There must be room to negotiate!

I have a proposition to the people of Turkey. You have gained nothing from your alliance, so I propose this to you. I will support you into Rumania. It may not be the next turn, as I have been invaded, but I shall. You have nothing to gain from your current alliance; Russia cannot aid you into Serbia! But I can aid you into Rumania.

Fri 04 PM Spring 1902: [Turkey] Austria
thanks. i need more power and fast, so i am switching sides

Fri 04 PM Spring 1902: [Italy]To Russia:

Will you assist Tyrolia to Vienna, in exchange I will circumvent the capture of the prized region of Rumania?

Fri 05 PM Spring 1902: [England] From the Office of the Kingdom of Great Britain:

Her Majesty is astonished that the Italian pigs think they can fool the Russians into thinking they can hold Rumania if the combined might of the armies of Austria and Turkey unite, Russia will need three units to defend Rumania, and if Galicia supports an Italian move to Vienna, they will simply be signing their own death warrant in Rumania.

Fri 05 PM Spring 1902: [England] Meta: Sorry for double post.

From the Office of the Kingdom of Great Britain:

Her Majesty appologizes for being so verbose, but has devised a new strategy for the German approach towards the north. In order to have long term success, we must scede Sweden to the Russians this season. A move to Sweden will only be defeated by three Russian units. Therefore, her majesty suggests a move to Skagarack from Denmark and a move to Denmark from Kiel, so that we have more units in the fall to repel the Russian menace. The Russians can not hope to maintain power against the combined might of the German and English navies, when we outnumber them five to one.

Fri 05 PM Spring 1902: [France]I propose a temporary suspension of the DMZs for our side. The others have already violated theirs, but i am petitioning to release our bonds on them temporarily

11:58 PM Spring 1902: [Austria]I agree to the suspension of ceasefires. Also, I ask the Kaiser to attack Tyrolia, and cut support. With out Tyrolia, Italy will be unable to assist Russia AND cut support from Rumania.

06:29 AM Spring 1902: [Russia]Sure Italy I'll support :)

P.S. I didn't take any notice of the DMZones because this is a ridiculous game

07:47 AM Spring 1902: [Italy]Thank you, Russia. Once again, the English Monarchy sees the map of Europe through myopic eyes.

08:29 AM Spring 1902: [Russia]Plus Austria's the obvious target for both italy and I, so I think an alliance seems quite sensible...

Mrs King of England.. :S
(I thought Victoria died in 1901 and was succeeded by one of the Edwards..?) Come on, you geeks should know that

08:30 AM Spring 1902: [Russia] brb, I have a girlfriend and a life.
See you on Sunday evening

10:24 AM Spring 1902: [Austria] Again; Germany, please tap Tyrolia. Turkey will get Rumania.

10:48 AM Spring 1902: [Germany] We assure our friend Franz-Ferdinand of help in the tyrolian mountains and agree on the sound strategy of the insightful Prime MInister of England and assure him of support should he have to vacate the norwegian snowfields.

11:00 AM Spring 1902: From the Office of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of England:

Her Majesty appriciates the Kaiser's kind words, and hadn't, in fact, considered that the Russia pigs might attempt to invade the Norwegian snowfields. What the Russians do or don't do, however, is largely irrelevant in the spring, as in the fall we will grossly outnumber them.

06:38 PM [England] From the Office of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of England:

Her Majesty is glad that the German moves worked out perfectly - she was concerned that the Russians may have intercepted military orders of the move to the Baltic Sea and moved to counter that. From here Her Majesty suggests a move into Sweden from Skagarack, although understands if the Kaiser would prefer to move in from Denmark.

Since the German army has vacated the Dutch lands, the fleet in Belgium will soon be moving to the North Sea.

To the Prime Minister of France: I understand that the only move from Portugal you could make against Italy would be to move to MAO, although understand that it looks threatening to the English people. The fleet that will soon be in the North Sea is more than capable of defending London, as are the two armies on the English mainland should a situation arise that would merit such action.