Chapter 1148: Great Inflation
Good news kept coming, but it brought no shortage of trouble with it. More allies meant more roads to travel—and more disputes as well.
The Continental Alliance's internal contradictions had already been severe. With the addition of more member states, the situation only grew worse.
If the Vienna Government had not mediated from the middle, the great brawl taking place in Europe might well have been reenacted in the Americas.
Foreign Minister Leo said, "Your Majesty, word has come from the embassy in the Far East. The Japanese Government has sent representatives bearing state credentials and requested ceasefire negotiations."
It had to be admitted that the Japanese of this era truly knew when to bend and when to stretch. With no neutral nation daring to step forward to mediate, they had simply come knocking themselves.
Though doing so meant surrendering the initiative in negotiations, the Japanese Government had no initiative to begin with under the current international situation. There was hardly anything to lose.
What they truly needed to pay extra was nothing more than the elusive thing called "face," along with "dignity," which was worthless to the weak.
Though the Continental Alliance had many member states, few of them carried any weight. As for anyone willing to speak for the Japanese, there simply was none.
No matter what, the Japanese had indeed offended three great bosses. Who knew whether helping them at this time would bring disaster upon one's own head?
The Japanese Government's only remaining choice was to find a new master to shelter under before the British were finished.
Looking across the entire world, apart from the Holy Roman Empire, there was no second power with that capability.
Politics did not speak of sentiment. Even with the conflicts between them and the Holy