With the arrival of 1914, East Africa's New Economic Policy had, in its initial form, become compatible with the Planned Economy System. According to the East African government, this was an East African-style economic path that required both the guidance of a planned economy and market freedom. Amid criticism and rebuttals, the New Economic Policy landed smoothly.
While East Africa was undergoing major reforms to its national economic system, new storms were brewing on the European continent, ready to drag Europeans into the abyss.
"In Greek mythology, the Siren used her song to lure sailors. Any ship that heard her song and could not resist the temptation would crash into the reefs along the shore. Today, the leaders of European nations are like those who have heard the Siren's song, unanimously pulling Europe toward the brink of war." Thus wrote an East African journalist in the February 1914 issue of the Rhine People's Newspaper.
That Europe would march toward war had become the consensus of most countries around the world. Yet no one could imagine the sheer destructive power this war would possess.
In truth, war was no unfamiliar word to Europe. Throughout European history, they had often engaged in great brawls—such as the Thirty Years' War, the Seven Years' War, and the Napoleonic Wars—wars involving numerous nations and lasting for long periods.
But when those wars had occurred, weapons had still been quite limited in their lethality. After nearly fifty years of peace, Europeans had forgotten the pain of past wars and overlooked the terror of modern weapons' increased killing power.
The last war in Europe to draw widespread attention had been the Franco-Prussian War. Though it had been sizable, it was short-lived. Germany had held the advantage from the very beginning, so neither side had suffered overly