Time flew by. Over the issue of debt allocation, the governments of the nine nations had argued for over two months, yet still no result had emerged.
Every government stood by its own position, putting forward all manner of bizarre proposals, with scarcely any that were reliable.
The previous year's debts had yet to be repaid, while the following year's debts were about to come due again. The creditors' patience was gradually running out, and the representatives of the United Kingdom, France, and Bulgaria were growing ever more hard-line.
This time, the nations of Europe stood together to demand payment from them. During the Tsarist Government's era, bonds had repeatedly been issued across continental Europe.
Now that it was time to repay the debts, one glance revealed nothing but creditors. Regardless of the amount, every debt would have to be repaid this time.
Though they did not owe money to the various governments, they owed money to the people. Even for the sake of votes, the governments had to put on the appearance of debt collectors.
Historically, these personal debts had been the first to be repudiated. After all, those individuals had no means of collecting them, and this had become one of the reasons why the nations of Europe collectively shunned Russians.
Only during Alexander III's reign had the Russian Empire finally been fully accepted by the nations of Europe. Yet barely over twenty years later, the Tsarist Government's century of efforts had gone up in smoke.
"Gentlemen, there is no point in continuing to quarrel like this. After deliberation by our League of Nations Executive Committee, and after taking all parties' demands into account, we have decided: based on the three factors of population, economy, and land area, we shall conduct a comprehensive assessment and fairly allocate the