After the Strasbourg Bombing Incident, German radio stations and newspapers had hounded France like a pack of rabid dogs that had caught the scent of blood.
Meurthe-et-Moselle, a French border province, could easily receive German radio signals. In Nancy city, the provincial capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, the Kohl family was listening intently to the German news on the radio.
His two children were playing noisily at home, and Kohl scolded them, "You two little brats, settle down."
At their father's rebuke, Kohl's children immediately quieted down. With the disturbance gone, the radio's voice became much clearer.
"...Mr. Manheimer, the entire nation's attention is now fixed on the Strasbourg Bombing Incident. As an analyst of international affairs, do you believe the organization behind this bombing was truly connected to foreign forces?"
"That is an excellent question. Regarding the Strasbourg Bombing Incident and the details of the official investigation, I personally believe that this bombing is indeed riddled with suspicious points. It truly seems as though a great hand was behind it, deliberately pulling the strings."
"For example, why was this terrorist organization able to operate in Strasbourg for so long? Nearly half a century has passed since the Franco-Prussian War. Since the Alsace and Lorraine regions returned to the Empire's embrace, they have enjoyed long-term, stable development."
"The people's hearts have long since become completely one with the Empire, and separatist organizations have lost the soil in which to grow. Therefore, I believe one important reason these separatist groups could still survive was that they had received long-term backing from external forces."
"If an organization wishes to operate in another country over the long term, it must have a stable source of funding."
"Furthermore, the organization behind this Strasbourg Bombing Incident managed to obtain military explosives and evade Imperial oversight. That also