Ali's proposal won the support of quite a few people in the family. Unless they had no other choice, no one wanted to leave their homeland behind.
Clan Chief Hussein said, "This is a good suggestion. We'll first make contact with the Italians ourselves. If we can't reach an agreement, we'll use our connections with the Ottoman Empire and see if they can act as a go-between for us and Italy."
"Besides that, we aren't the only ones with headaches over the current situation. We can also communicate with the various forces in Tripoli and see what they think."
The local forces in the Tripoli colony were actually rather "loosely assembled," much like the countries and regions on the Arabian Peninsula had been before. Families and tribes were important forms of organization.
This became even more pronounced after the French colonization. In the Early 19th century, at least the Karamani family, as the ruling dynasty, had served as a core of authority.
But after the French arrived, they kicked the Karamani family off the stage and seized power for themselves.
Now that the French had left, the people of Tripoli could not even find a backbone to rally around. As for the "new master," Italy clearly could not yet win popular acceptance.
The members of the Karamani family then discussed further details at length. Under Clan Chief Hussein's arrangements, they began preparing and carrying out the family's various plans. At the same time, similar scenes played out among Tripoli's other families and tribes.
However, these major forces had clearly all deliberately avoided one point: regardless of everything else, directly choosing to confront Italy.
Governor's Mansion of Tripoli.
At this time, security inside and outside the Governor's Mansion was exceptionally tight. Italian soldiers in khaki cotton uniforms, equipped with standard-issue Italian