C2616 forced ultimatum (2/2)
”War!” France needs a war! ”
”What is our Emperor doing? Why did you retreat in front of the Prussian!? ”
”Warriors of the France, blow your horn and march on Jena!”
Under Xiao Letian's continuous heating, the pot of hot water finally boiled. After a month of chaos in May, the mainstream media outlets in France could no longer sit still.
They did not care about the warning given by the Paris Police Department and directly stood on the side of the nationalist.
The proud France finally could not hold it in anymore and everyone was painfully questioning the Emperor!
”Our France clearly has military strength, industrial strength, financial scale, and economic foundation … ”They are better in every way than Prussia, so why can't we teach these rude barbarians a lesson?”
”The balance of victory is clearly on our France's side, why did we still have to endure the humiliation in the end?”
”How dare the Prussian lay his hands on the inheritance right of the Spanish throne? ”This is unacceptable!”
”Prussian actually went against his words and refused to give up the land west of Rhine? This is intolerable! ”
”The Prussian is actually pressuring the Four Great States s of the south in an attempt to unify it? Absolutely forbidden! ”
”Prussian is actually allied with France's nemesis, the Chinese? It must be punished! ”
”Prussian actually framed France for assassinating a Chinese leader? It's a huge lie! ”
The newspapers started to take action, this was even more effective than Xiao Letian getting 10,000 pieces of information from the underground. This time, it was not because the people from Paris were confused, but the people from France were completely confused.
Faced with the pressure from almost all the newspapers, Napoleon could no longer sit still. On June 10th, he gave an interview to twenty newspapers, and made an overbearing declaration.
”The Empire is a peace-loving country. We are not willing to allow Europe to be embroiled in the flames of war. However, some countries have regarded the benevolence of the Empire as weakness. This is also not allowed!”
”I warn those ambitious people! France's sharp sword was still as sharp as ever! No one can even think of humiliating the people of France! ”
The tough speech encouraged the people in Paris. Amidst the cheers of the people, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 12th strongly requested that the Prussian expel the Chinese delegation.
”The France welcomes Her Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qing to Europe and hopes that Her Majesty will consider visiting Paris!”
”But France will never recognize the Chinese as an independent nation! It's just an organization of warlords in Asia, an alliance of ambitious people! ”
”Prussian choosing to ally with the Chinese would only bring disaster to himself!”
”I hope Prussian can be aware of this point and stop him in time!”
”I hereby convey Napoleon III's greetings to His Majesty. I hope that on the eve of the French National Day on July 14th, both of us will be able to reach a consensus!”
The French ultimatum had finally been issued, giving Prussia only a month to quell the chaos before the French National Day!