Post by callmedelta on Jan 24, 2023 22:27:23 GMT -5
The following letter was sent to the Franerri embassy in Gaelia by telegram, to be sent to any newspapers inside the nation for publishing.
Citizens of Ulster-Gaelia, my name is King Dante Emil Soleil Della Rosa II, Sovereign of Franerre, Shield of Her People, Defender of the Foa Restoration and Mordred’s Revolution. I write an open letter to your people and your government in Franerre’s time of need. For Franerre has been brutally and unjustly attacked by Kumosenkan, seeking the city of Elenerre and her surrounding territory. Why, you may ask? Because Kumosenkan desires the city of Elenerre and the surrounding territory over the River Taln. A city that has been Franerri for four centuries, legally ceded by the Elenrians by the Treaty of Nanhaimen. A territory where the population is 85% Franerri by birth, and have lived in that province for as far back as they can remember. Indeed, the only ones who can remember the city being anything but are the Inselni themselves.
Franerre has been good friends with your historic ally of Lusatia and your more recent partner in Ashinara - indeed, the parallels run deep. I fear that without support, however, that another historical parallel may be drawn, that of Kumosenkan and Hawaii. Kumosenkan descends upon our territory of Elenerre the same as they did Hawaii, but Franerre has none of the advantages Gaelia did. Just the Autonomous Kumosenkan Prefecture of Elenria is larger and more populated than Franerre, not to mention Kumosenkan’s mainland proper. Kumosenkan’s navy is the envy of the world, to compare it to Franerre’s would be like holding a candle to the sun. They are one of the richest nations on the planet. Franerre is the furthest from any of these things.
Yet, even when given the outlandish demands to cede the city, I sought peace. I dispatched diplomats to both Kumosenkan and Koi, asking the latter as a firmly neutral power between our nations, to arbitrate our dispute. Even now, I host two diplomats from Koi in our nation’s capital of Pareau, still ready to host talks whenever we get the chance. The only response Kumosenkan saw fit to send were artillery shells and a naval blockade. This open letter is especially important to Ulster-Gaelia because they are perhaps the one nation in the world who may hope to challenge Kumosenkan on the open sea.
Now, the astute among you may wonder what Kumosenkan may have to claim in response to this. I cannot claim to know much for certain in this chaotic period Franerre finds itself in, but Kumosenkan has no moral footing to stand on in this matter. ‘But what about Franere’s military buildup in the disputed region?’ they may try to claim. My nation was simply preparing for the worst possible outcome - one that has sadly come true. ‘But what about past crimes committed by the Kingdom of Franerre?’ It is true that my nation cannot entirely be called blameless. The Kingdom did forcefully expel Elenrians out of their newly conquered territory four centuries ago, but four centuries have past since then. The Kingdom did treat its Inselni citizens as unequal, but that was eighty years ago. You will hardly be able to find a Franerri citizen alive who can remember the Inseni being anything but equal to them. And yes, with the long lives the Inselni live, there are those who can viscerally remember every single thing that past Franerri governments have done to them, often bearing the scars. I am deeply sorry for what has been done to them, and can think of any number of ways that Franerre may begin to repay them. But none of those could come to pass without Kumosenkan sitting down at the table to negotiate, which they have shown by now that they are not willing to do.
I hope the above illustrates a central truth about the war - no matter what excuses Kumosenkan may give, they are nothing but a bully preying on those they see as weak and helpless, wrapped in a flimsy veneer of righting pasts wrongs.’ Two wrongs, however, do not make the world right. What is right is the defense of one’s homes, one’s brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, and sons and daughters behind them. What is right is to act, to condemn Kumosenkan’s invasion and blockade, and to assist Franerre in this desperate struggle to defend ourselves when all we wanted was peace. Thank you.
Citizens of Ulster-Gaelia, my name is King Dante Emil Soleil Della Rosa II, Sovereign of Franerre, Shield of Her People, Defender of the Foa Restoration and Mordred’s Revolution. I write an open letter to your people and your government in Franerre’s time of need. For Franerre has been brutally and unjustly attacked by Kumosenkan, seeking the city of Elenerre and her surrounding territory. Why, you may ask? Because Kumosenkan desires the city of Elenerre and the surrounding territory over the River Taln. A city that has been Franerri for four centuries, legally ceded by the Elenrians by the Treaty of Nanhaimen. A territory where the population is 85% Franerri by birth, and have lived in that province for as far back as they can remember. Indeed, the only ones who can remember the city being anything but are the Inselni themselves.
Franerre has been good friends with your historic ally of Lusatia and your more recent partner in Ashinara - indeed, the parallels run deep. I fear that without support, however, that another historical parallel may be drawn, that of Kumosenkan and Hawaii. Kumosenkan descends upon our territory of Elenerre the same as they did Hawaii, but Franerre has none of the advantages Gaelia did. Just the Autonomous Kumosenkan Prefecture of Elenria is larger and more populated than Franerre, not to mention Kumosenkan’s mainland proper. Kumosenkan’s navy is the envy of the world, to compare it to Franerre’s would be like holding a candle to the sun. They are one of the richest nations on the planet. Franerre is the furthest from any of these things.
Yet, even when given the outlandish demands to cede the city, I sought peace. I dispatched diplomats to both Kumosenkan and Koi, asking the latter as a firmly neutral power between our nations, to arbitrate our dispute. Even now, I host two diplomats from Koi in our nation’s capital of Pareau, still ready to host talks whenever we get the chance. The only response Kumosenkan saw fit to send were artillery shells and a naval blockade. This open letter is especially important to Ulster-Gaelia because they are perhaps the one nation in the world who may hope to challenge Kumosenkan on the open sea.
Now, the astute among you may wonder what Kumosenkan may have to claim in response to this. I cannot claim to know much for certain in this chaotic period Franerre finds itself in, but Kumosenkan has no moral footing to stand on in this matter. ‘But what about Franere’s military buildup in the disputed region?’ they may try to claim. My nation was simply preparing for the worst possible outcome - one that has sadly come true. ‘But what about past crimes committed by the Kingdom of Franerre?’ It is true that my nation cannot entirely be called blameless. The Kingdom did forcefully expel Elenrians out of their newly conquered territory four centuries ago, but four centuries have past since then. The Kingdom did treat its Inselni citizens as unequal, but that was eighty years ago. You will hardly be able to find a Franerri citizen alive who can remember the Inseni being anything but equal to them. And yes, with the long lives the Inselni live, there are those who can viscerally remember every single thing that past Franerri governments have done to them, often bearing the scars. I am deeply sorry for what has been done to them, and can think of any number of ways that Franerre may begin to repay them. But none of those could come to pass without Kumosenkan sitting down at the table to negotiate, which they have shown by now that they are not willing to do.
I hope the above illustrates a central truth about the war - no matter what excuses Kumosenkan may give, they are nothing but a bully preying on those they see as weak and helpless, wrapped in a flimsy veneer of righting pasts wrongs.’ Two wrongs, however, do not make the world right. What is right is the defense of one’s homes, one’s brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, and sons and daughters behind them. What is right is to act, to condemn Kumosenkan’s invasion and blockade, and to assist Franerre in this desperate struggle to defend ourselves when all we wanted was peace. Thank you.
