Chapter 863: Envoy Incident Erupts
Inside the Prime Minister's office on Downing Street, the atmosphere was unusually strange.
Prime Minister Gladstone roared, "What the hell is the police department for? How could something like this happen?"
There was no helping it. Just a few hours earlier, White Nicholas, Russia's envoy to London, had been attacked on his way to the British Foreign Office. He had now gone to meet God.
Never mind that Britain and Russia had not officially gone to war—even if they had, the British Government could at most expel the Russian envoy, and it would still have to guarantee his personal safety before he left.
By the rules of the game, every government was obligated to protect foreign envoys. Now that the Russian envoy had met with an accident, the British Government could not escape blame.
Police Minister Rogers answered bitterly, "This was entirely an accident. Envoy White encountered civilians holding a protest march while on his way to the Foreign Office.
"A reporter among the crowd stepped forward to interview him. Envoy White's reply was somewhat excessive, provoking public dissatisfaction, and a conflict broke out between the two sides.
"The police assigned to protect him stopped the crowd, but no one knows who took the lead in throwing debris at Envoy White. A stone happened to strike him in the head. Rescue efforts failed, and he died on the spot."
An explanation was a disguise. The incident had already happened, and the police's failure to provide adequate security was a fact. No amount of explanation could wash it clean.
It looked like an accidental clash, but could things truly have lined up so perfectly?
Prime Minister Gladstone was deeply skeptical. He sneered, "They were all accidents and coincidences. The police department bears no responsibility whatsoever.
"Then