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DULWICH EVENING DISPATCH

SUNDAY • JANUARY 6 • 1953​

AGDER SUCCESSION CRISIS​

THE QUEEN OF AGDER AND FEY CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE

Lord Grey addresses the House of Lords on possible subsidy engagements with the Queen of Østveg.

His Lordship, the Earl Grey, as the Queen-Empress’s Secretary of State of the Treasury, moved the House of Lords to grant the sums which her Grace the Duke of Nonsuch declared have been the subject of negotiation between her Majesty the Queen-Empress and her Majesty the Queen of Østveg. Lord Grey was, himself, content at first stating shortly, that her Majesty had authorised an emergency sum of one-million Engellexic Pounds, as permitted by the Constitution respecting the Rights and Privileges of the Heads of the Constituent Kingdoms of the Empire; the Queen-Empress of Great Engellex is, herself, the Queen of the Kingdom of Loyne. The Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Kingdom of Loyne dispatched a letter to their Lordships of the House of Lords confirming that that the sum made available for the urgent needs of the Queen of Østveg was released by the Exchequer of Loyne. Lord Grey then proceeded to deliver his statement to the House of Lords; his Lordships statement was divided into two parts. One, the measure of her Majesty’s Engellexic Empire acknowledging the unique position of itself within Europe through the subsidizing of a necessary number of Agder soldiers; the other, an advancement to the Queen of Østveg respecting subsidizing of other enterprises relating to the Succession Crisis, and a proposed treaty of subsidy with that Court at Jorvik. The necessity for an arrangement with the Queen of Østveg, which itself was deemed most proper to be communicated to the Imperial Parliament, and though payments are anticipated to be made upon it by her Majesty, as yet none had been made from the Treasury of Great Engellex, I should not enter into further than to state, that, in consequence of a determination to make a concerted effort with the aid of Frescania, Sylvania, and such assistance as could be afforded from this country, it was thought advisable to strangle the avenues in which assistance might be provided to enemies of the Queen of Østveg, by the Royal Engellexic Navy and the Royal Engellexic Air Force, permitting the resources available from Great Engellex to make greater achievement in Agderike and Fey. Previous to that time, while there was no appearance of any land service being rendered in that quarter by any of the three powers stated, no augmentation of the forces supporting the Queen of Østveg was thought of. But when the Kingdom of Danmark made bold statements, permitting the Nations of Europe to suggest a regular land force to be formed for Agderike, when a colonial regiment was also expected in that quarter under Danish command, and when it was declared that fascist nations contemplated deployments, an arrangement was found quite necessary to subsidize an Agder force for the consolidation of the Queens position in the kingdom; the Imperial General Staff have determined that finance to support thrity-two-thousand soldiers should be agreed by this parliament. As no money had yet been paid, by Great Engellex, in consequence of the parliamentary consideration, and with due to the sum deemed appropriate by the Imperial Cabinet, nineteen-millions, which could only be fully covered by the vote of parliamentary credit passed according to custom, Lord Grey did not think it necessary to look further into this point, as he was not prepared to give any explanation to the sum found that might be demanded. With regard to the advances to the Agder Queen, in consequence of the urgency of affairs, the advances in money by the Kingdom of Loyne would not have been made if the exigency of the case could have admitted of waiting, for the conclusion of parliamentary process. Lord Beeches stated that he was ready to admit that the noble Lord, Lord Grey, and her Majesty’s Imperial Cabinet acted from the best view they had of what was a proper course of Agderike Succession policy; and therefore could suppose them very ready to give every explanation that could be required of them. It had been stated on a former occasion, by a noble Lord, now absent, that though the advance of one-millions had been made for the particular purpose of providing for the defence of Agderike and Fey, which it was politic to provide for at this time, yet that there was no intention of entering into any formal engagement of subsidy, and that none would be entered unless parliament cautioned it due to past experience shown to be so necessary for the protection of the public interest. This House, which had voted away much larger sums for subsidies, with so little benefit, ought to be particularly jealous of any considerable expense on that head now. The first consideration in granting a subsidy was, what was to be got in return, and what possible means had the Queen of Agderike and Fey, at this time of subsidy, to perform any service adequate to the millions she is to receive? Lord Beeches thought it would be appropriate and possible for the House of Lords to frame an address to her Majesty the Queen-Empress, so as to cause the details of subsidy engagement to be laid before the House absolutely. FLANDERS-HAINAUT RIOTS The Duke of Huguenot rose against the Home Secretary, Earl of Onslow, on the riots in Lille. Lord Huguenot said, he wished to ask the noble Lord opposite, whether it was the intention of her Majesty’s Minister to give any explanation to this House, respecting the disturbances that existed in, and about the metropolis of Lille, disturbances which had now been going on for nearly two weeks, gradually increasing in the number concerned in them, and in the extent of the depredations committed, and exhibiting as they increased principles and objects of a most formidable character. He did not mean, uninformed upon the subject as he was at present, to impute blame to her Majesty’s Imperial Cabinet, but when disturbances of so formidable a nature, so dangerous to the peace and so injurious to the character of the Empire, had been going on for so long a period, and instead of diminishing, appeared to be increasing in violence, he thought it was due to parliament that some explanation should be given, as to what measures had been taken by the Home Secretary to suppress them. The Earl of Onslow stated that he had no hesitation in giving what explanation he could respecting the disturbances which unhappily existed to a considerable extent in Flanders-Hainaut, disturbances in which men were combined to destroy their own comforts, and even their own means of subsistence, and at the same time adopting a system which naturally excited alarm and aggression. There might be riots more alarming in appearance, but arising from a sudden ebullition of resentment, and therefore easily quelled in a short time; but the system adopted in the region of Flanders-Hainaut undoubtedly gave those disturbances a new character. It would not, of course, be expected, that on the present occasion he should enter into a detail of the circumstances attending these disturbances. Her Majesty was fully sensible of putting an end to these excesses, and whenever the subject came before the House, he was persuaded it would be found that they had not been inattentive or remiss in taking those measures which circumstances required. Two regiments of the Second Army had been deployed from Walssex-Battent to Flanders-Hainaut, with all the means and support of the parliament in Biden, in order to take such steps as might be necessary. Lord Onslow was not sure that it would not be necessary to apply to the House of Lords for some additional powers, in order the more effectually to repress these disturbances. Lord Waddon contended, that the riots and disgraceful scenes which had occurred in Flanders-Hainaut, might all be traced to the system and conduct of her Majesty’s Ministers, in reducing the protection of the commerce and industry of the country to a gambling speculation, for the benefit of free trade. Was it not to be expected that men thus reduced from appropriate wages to a state of poverty, would become discontented and riotous? Lord Onslow reminded Lord Waddon that Flanders-Hainaut could not be under the influence of any previous trade policy of her Majesty’s Ministers as the province was only recently annexed, and that popular press from Wantage speculates a political character to the riotous proceedings with excessive republican undertones.

 

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The bilateral friction between the Grand Duchy of Potenza and the Imperial State of Sikandara is an opportunity par excellence inviting the committed use of mollifying tones and acts together with the immense efforts of the softening of the anger and injustices felt by both sides with the ultimate aim of the restoration of relations as best as possible between those two nations. The continuing rumbling of the conflict is undesired by this Realm as it involves two close, friendly and allied nations and causes us diplomatic disappointment over the fact that this dispute continues to smolder.

Therefore, at this time which requires the helpful assistance, guidance and reconciliatory bringing together of both nations we see a certain high degree of swaggering hauteur and pomposity as the Empire seeks to take upon itself all the traits and acts more in the realm of thuggish, loutish, and reprehensible arrogance, certainly not of grand benevolence and grace, towards a nation of the East but also towards the very region it inhabits itself ~ Gallia, the Scanian Archipelago and all nearby nations via a system of patronage, flattery, exploitation and club-wielding. This is increasingly an Empire that has the distinct hallmarks of having become distinctly unbalanced and heady with power and imperial megalomania.

The excessive measures undertaken, and the intentions published, are the unbecoming acts of a brutish bar-room brawler but dressed up in the dandyish flummery and language of frilly lace curtains, smoking rooms and the delivered whilst reclined on a chaise-longue. The acts of some within Dulwich over this issue seem more the result of having become dizzy having had their noses stuck in their bottles of smelling salts or shoving snuff up their nostrils for far too long and causing a leave of the senses.

It would have been better to have taken the necessary support for the Grand Duchy, which we understand and support, but in a more conservative, sensible and decorous fashion rather than upsetting an already sensitive situation for both of those countries.

As such, we urge a more level-headed approach to this issue from those quarters within Dulwich that advocate the crazed notion as stated by the Duke of Nonsuch.


UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE KING

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HR. HENRIK JOACHIM WESTERVELD

FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE GREAT DANISH IMPERIUM

 

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An Extension of The Queen-Empress' Statement in Council.
DULWICH, SUNDAY, 6th JANUARY 1953​

TO THE KING, LORDS AND COMMONERS OF THE KINGDOM OF DANMARK
I am instructed to EXPRESS on behalf of her Imperial and Royal Engellexic Majesty;​

The appeal which the Danish Secretary of State, Mr. Westerveld, has just made to me at this very moment undoubtedly places the Kingdom of Danmark in a situation of no ordinary embarrassment, because on the one hand there are circumstances and facts which require at the present moment, and without delay, explanation from his Danish Majesty’s Government and from the government of the Empire of Sikandara; and there are also occurrences which seem to have a serious aspect, and which threaten to add another element of difficulty to the complication in which we are now placed by the ill-judged, and unfortunate conduct of his Danish Majesty’s Ministers.

But, on the other hand, it is impossible that I should not be sensible to the appeal which Mr. Westerveld, standing as he does in a situation of high personal responsibility, has made to her Majesty’s First Lord of Aldwych d’Evercy House respecting the possible injury to diplomatic relations, and, above all, to that great and primary object of which we are all desirous – I mean the amicable settlement of the disputes between the Grand Duchy of Potenza and the Empire of Sikandara, which, beginning from a very slight and trivial cause, have been permitted to arrive at a magnitude by which they seriously threaten the free trade and enterprise of Europe. It is impossible that I should not feel sensible to such an appeal so made to me; for though I shall not now express any opinion, personal or formal, on the conduct of his Danish Majesty’s Ministers toward Potenza and Sikandara, even Great Engellex, I am still desirous to offer my own view of the matter which is now before her Majesty’s attention, and which contain, I believe, very imperfect information.

I am sure that Mr. Westerveld will not misunderstand me, and will not attribute it to any hesitation on mine or her Majesty’s part, or to any want of confidence in the strength of the Engellexic case, if I now confine myself strictly within the limits which I have myself laid down, and abstain from offering any opinion on the conduct of the Danish Kingdom.

Her Majesty’s Minister to the Court of Christiansborg will recollect to you that on the first instant of the negotiations respecting the Sikandaran foreign-financed infrastructure projects, I dispatched a letter to her Majesty’s Ministers to the capital metropolises of Danmark, Potenza, and Sikandara requesting a keen observation of their proceedings – her Majesty was naturally intrigued by the initiatives demonstrated for such investments, it was announced to me that the Danish Kingdom, December twenty-seven two-thousand-twelve, in a spirit of sincerity which I don’t dispute, had offered to the governments of Potenza and Sikandara the good offices of Christiansborg. I had previously understood that the negotiations respecting Sikandaran investments was accompanied with positive understanding and transparency of competition. I have since learnt with great regret that such expectations has been so far set at nought that a situation of simplicity has been permitted to escalate excessively, greatly to the detriment of European trade, and to the credit and reputation of the Grand Duchy of Potenza which the Kingdom of Danmark has indirectly encouraged the Empire of Sikandara to pursue against. For Mr. Westerveld had stated numerously, and these statements have been understood by Dulwich and the international community, that the Kingdom of Danmark pursues neutrality with respect of the Potenzan-Sikandaran crisis in accordance the friendship equality Danmark insists it has with those two countries. Her Majesty does not agree with the assessment from Mr. Westerveld, and has quite observed more of an inclination toward the investments and strategic interest of Sikandara to Danmark, than the historical and traditional friendship of the Grand Duchy of Potenza.

Now with the ineffectual policies of Christiansborg respecting this matter underlined, I would like to deliver the position and reasoning of her Majesty’s Empire on this matter.

In documents, which have not indeed been laid before the other governments, but which are nevertheless open to all capitals of Europe, you will find it stated, on the faith of a letter which had been written by her Majesty the Queen-Empress on January second two-thousand-twelve, that a conversation took place between her Majesty and the Imperial Cabinet, and that in that conversation I, the First Lord of Aldwych d’Evercy House, promised that her Majesty’s instructions would be instantly forward to the Sikandaran Empire for the suspension of all coercive measures against the Grand Duchy of Potenza.

The proposals, as part of her Majesty’s instructions, were commended as a positive deliverance of justice in Europe; and when Aldwych d’Evercy House has drawn up letters to be presented to Potenza and Sikandara, the ill-judgement and misfortune of Danish foreign policy can be swiftly corrected and free trade resumed in Europe.

His Grace, the DUKE of NONSUCH,
By the Grace of GOD, of the EMPIRE of GREAT ENGELLEX, CHARLOTTE, the QUEEN-EMPRESS,
through the FIRST LORD of ALDWYCH D'EVERCY

 

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His Grace The Duke of Nonsuch
Dulwich
Great Engellex

12e Januar 1953
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Sir,


As Statsminster of His Majesty's Loyal Cabinet, with supreme responsibility for the affairs of this Realm on behalf of His Illustrious Danic and Agderic Majesty, it has been increasingly drawn to my attention that there is a comprehensive fall-out between my country and your own over the Crisis of the Agder Succession which places us both in a situation of difficulty not only over that issue, but also over the far greater and enduring Godt Naboskab or Good Neighbourliness between us.

It is clear to me that a striking of accord, resurrection of bonds and crystality in ventures between our two nations be brought forth in a manner of conducivity and bilateral agreement.

As Head of the Cabinet, I take it with great seriousness that this Realm, Empire and otherwise, seek a mutual understanding and commensurable faith in what our two Realms undertake, practice and believe in the greater tapestry of mankind.

However, I must deliver the belief that this Realm acts in sincerity and clearness of deliverance in a manner observed by some extraneous nations as belligerence when in fact it is a deeply ingrained culture of directness and clarity, perturbing to many but honest nonetheless.

I can state clearly with no equivocation, that the Government of His Danic and Agderic Majesty feels no disconnect between our positions aside from the unfortunate blockade ordered by your nation, either through you or the relevant Imperial Ministers. Upon that, we believe there has been a misunderstanding of immense misfortune that has led to a situation I feel and believe that has led to a diminutation of traction.

I sincerely believe that this Realm and that of Engellex can readily read between lines of communiques that other nations take at a face value with no comprehension of nuance leading to a situation of miscomprehension from many nations with obvious results in the sphere not only of belligerency but also of linguistic inexactitudes.

In short, I believe there is a bounty to be gained in dialogue and a reaching beyond the straitjacket of hostile acts that not only benefits both nations but ensures the continuance of the Order of Peace that is an overarching aspect. I personally do not believe that there is a sliver of difference on that and I am sure this is both comprehended and believed by most in the government in Dulwich.

Her Danic Majesty The Queen Dowager Benedikte, also Her Majesty The Queen Mother, the widow of His Majesty King Henrik XIII and mother of His Majesty the King, recently undertook a visit to visit Her Imperial Majesty the Queen Empress in person within which to lay forth the position of this Realm in directness. We believe that the visit was a grand act that was conducive to greater relations to some degree, and certainly in this situation, delivered beyond mere government but via monarchy.

Following the visit of Her Danic Majesty The Queen Dowager, The Queen Mother, I call upon a conference between myself and the nominated opposite in order to garner peace and understanding.

In accord,

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Hr. Asbjørn Schneider-Krogsgaard

PRIME MINISTER AND HEAD OF THE LOYAL CABINET TO REX DANUM MAGNUM

 

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DULWICH EVENING DISPATCH

SATURDAY • MARCH 1 • 1954​

ADDRESS OF THE QUEEN-EMPRESS​

EXTRA-ORDINARY SITTING OF THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

The Queen-Empress Charlotte addresses an extraordinary session of the Imperial Parliament at Dulwich.

Her Imperial-Engellexic Majesty went in Imperial State to the House of Lords the day previous, Friday, to address an extra-ordinary session of the Imperial Parliament for the despatch of the business of the Empire of Great Engellex. She was attended on entering the House - her right, by the Lord Chancellor, with the Purse and Seals; the Duke of Nonsuch, as Engelleux-at-Arms; the Duke of Cholmondeley, bearing the Cap of Maintenance; and the Prince of Middlesex, as President of the Council of State: and supported on the left by Earl Grey, bearing the Sword of State; the Duke of Grafton-Ormonde, as Deputy Great Chamberlain; and the Prince of Hessex, as High Lord Steward of the Royal Realms. Her Majesty, on taking her place, commanded, your Lordships will be seated. Her Majesty then delivered the following most gracious Speech. My Lords and Gentlemen; The period being now arrived at which the business of this Imperial Parliament is extra-ordinarily summoned, I have called you together for the discharge of the important duties with which you are entrusted. Never, at any time in the last three years, did subjects of greater interest and magnitude call for your attention. I have still to lament the continuance of the great and destructive distresses of the Himyari Continent, which has for the last two months existed between the free realms and republics of Europe with the unshackled tyranny of the God-less revolutionary States. From the commencement of this contest I have abstained from all interference, except such as was required for the protection of Engellexic subjects resident in the various commercial ports around Himyar; but you may be assured that I shall not fail to avail myself of any opportunity that may be afforded me to assist in restoring peace to a part of that great continent with which the interests of my dominions are so intimately connected. I have also to regret that my anxious endeavours to effect a definitive arrangement between the occupied territories of Bantyr have hitherto been unsuccessful. I found myself at length compelled, in conjunction with the advices of the Engelleux-at-Arms, to take measures for the construction and execution of a most honourable, peaceful Treaty of the future commercial and cultural prosperity of the Bantyric realm with the Republic of Frescania. The capturing of the peaces of the metropolitan cities and towns in Engellexic Bantyr has in part accomplished that object, but the Anarchists, remain still refusing to evacuate the rest of the territories assigned to the protection of the Empire of Great Engellex, the sustenance reliefs which I had directed to be provided for the populations has been continued for the years nineteen-fifty-four and nineteen-fifty-five. Negotiations are again commenced, and you may rely on their being conducted on the part of his Grace the Duke of Nonsuch, as they have uniformly been, with the single view of ensuring to Engellexic Bantyr and Nationalist Bantyr a separate existence, on principles of mutual security and independence. The good faith and honour with which the Nationalist Government of Bantyr has acted in these transactions, and the assurances which I continue to receive from the President of that Republic are of an acceptable disposition, give me confidence in the success of his Grace's endeavours to preserve the general peace. I have given directions that the various papers which are necessary for your information, on the affairs of the Bantyric Territories, should be laid before you. Your attention will also be directed to the state of the Tiburan Catholic Church, more particularly as regards its position within Preuti-Borussia, and the Conclave for introduction of a new Pope. The complaints which have arisen from the expanding domestic and foreign affairs of the Tiburan Catholic Church and Tiburtina appear to require a change of the Engellexic position, which, without diminishing the spiritual position of the Empire in Great Engellex and Throughout, may prevent the collision of interests, and the consequent disagreements and dissatisfaction which have too frequently prevailed between the Tiburan Catholic Church and the Realms of Preuti-Borussia. In relation to the Grand Duchy of Wantage, most especially the metropolitan city of Lille, with a view of removing the causes of complaint which had been so generally felt, and which had been attended with such unfortunate consequences, an Act was passed during the last Session of Parliament for carrying into effect a general direction of commercial and cultural liberty. To complete that salutary work, I recommend to you, in conjunction with such other amendments of the law as may be found applicable to that part of my dominions, the adoption of a measure by which, upon the principle of a just commutation, the possessors of land may be enabled to free themselves from the burden of labouring unions from the agricultural and industrial sectors. In the further reforms that may be necessary, you will probably find that, although the Tiburan Catholic Church is, by law, permanently sponsored by the Grand Duchy of Wantage, the peculiarities of their respective circumstances will require a separate consideration for the metropolitan area of Lille. There are other subjects hardly less important to the general peace and welfare of Lille, as affecting the administration of justice, and the local taxation of that city, to which your attention will be also required. I have directed the Estimates for the service of the year to be laid before you; they will be framed with the most anxious attention to all useful economy. Notwithstanding the large reduction in the Estimates of the last year, I am happy to inform you that all the extraordinary services which the exigencies of the times required have been amply provided for. The state of the revenue, as compared with the public expenditure, has hitherto fully realized the expectations that were formed at the close of the last Session. My Lords; In this part of the Empire of Great Engellex, with very few exceptions, the public peace has been preserved; and it will be your anxious but grateful duty to promote, by all practicable means, habits of industry and good order amongst the labouring classes of the community. On my part, I shall be ready to cooperate to the utmost of power in obviating all just causes of complaint, and in promoting all well-considered measures of improvement. But it is my painful duty to observe that the disturbances in Lille, to which I adverted at the close of the last Session, have greatly increased. A spirit of insubordination and violence has risen to the most fearful height, rendering life and property insecure, defying the authority of the law, and threatening the most fatal consequences if not promptly and effectually repressed. I feel confident that to your loyalty and patriotism I shall not resort in vain for assistance in these afflicting circumstances, and that you will be ready to adopt such measures of salutary precaution, and to entrust to me such additional powers, as may be found necessary for controlling and punishing the disturbers of the public peace, and for preserving and strengthening the union between Lille and Wantage, which, with your support, and under the blessings of Divine Providence, I am determined to maintain, by all the measures in my power, as indissolubly connected with the peace, security, and welfare of my people. Her Imperial-Engellexic Majesty then withdrew.