Sa Zeiding - Nationalist electoral victory

[Avondland]

1954 June 2​

Is absolutism on the rise?
Several previously-splintered far-right factions have merged into one parliamentary organization, the National People's Party. Some leftists have decried the decision as a move by illegal, unsanctioned groups which could have wide-reaching political repercussions. Others, such as a Conservative Party member of the Vulketing, Devad Ventsin, dismiss it; "These groups come and go," said Ventsin, "There's nothing to be worried about. The democratic political order has been sustained in this country for hundreds of years, and it will continue to do so." Others, including a spokesperson from the People's Labour Party, claim the move may set the precedent for extremist right-wing movements to enter the mainstream political sphere. Prince Saller, nephew to the King and cousin to the Crown Prince, was recorded on the 28th of May among widespread criticism saying that he "wasn't worried" about the National People's Party, and that they were "in fact, not a bad sort".Policeman shot dead by tribal Celtic radical
Yossen Ellner, 34, member of the Wellerland Police Department was murdered on the evening of the first of June, allegedly by a political extremist registered with an indigenous tribal reservation. The police department, along with the Minister of Justice, have refused comment. Ellner's death is the fourth killing of a police officer in the last 5 years, and the second in Wellerland. Plans for crackdowns and harsher policing have so far not been considered by the Ministry of Justice.Prince August visits the Republic of Togoku
Prince August Sigurdr has embarked on a state visit to the Republic of Togoku in western Occidentia. He was photographed greeting the Togokan delegates in the capital of Tochu. The republic is a populous former colony of the nation of Touzen, and gained its independence only 20 years ago in 1934. The mission statement of the visit has been defined as fostering cultural and diplomatic exchange between the nations of Togoku and Dietsland, both with a history of seafaring and naval tradition. The Prince and his advisers plan to stay in Togoku for five days.

 

[Avondland]

1954 June 3​

Electoral victory for liberals and nationalists
The parliamentary general election took place last weekend, and the results have been tallied and reported, showing huge gains for the Liberal Party and National People's Party at the expense of the Conservatives, Christian Democrats and Labour Socialists. The Liberal Party gained 38 seats and the National People's Party gained 25. The Conservatives lost 39 seats, the Christian Democrats 13, and the People's Labour Union 11. The Conservative-Christian Democrat coalition has refused to form a coalition with the National People's Party, and consequently the Liberal Party will form the new government.

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Vulketing seats after the general election

 

[Serenierre]

Government of Belmont

We congratulate the Liberal Party on its electoral success and good luck as they form the new government.

 

[Avondland]

1954 June 4​

Protests over emergency resolution
The Kuningstag passed 232-83 a resolution to ban the far-right National People's Party, which was approved by the upper house unanimously, vacating an enormous 57 seats from parliament -- just a day after the signing in of the new parliament. Additionally, a Conservative member of Parliament and former Minister of State, Tomas Kohlr, resigned over the move, vacating an additional 58th seat. By-elections are scheduled to take place in early July.

Protesters against the resolution have taken to the streets of Haraldburh and Rorakse overnight, and police authorities have warned that the protests may escalate into riots if not contained due to their scale. "This is not the democracy my ancestors fought and died to protect," said Haren Wilkammer, one of the protestors in the plaza of Haraldsburh. Wilkammer is 23 years old, and was recently laid off from his office job due to cutbacks. When asked how he felt about the National People's Party, he replied "I think they have some good ideas."

To some, people like Wilkammer represent a large group of politically-motivated citizens, regardless of age, that who feel discontent with the political establishment and especially the extensive legislative powers of the royally-appointed upper house (Kuningsrad). Koelen Atter, a well-known political analyst for the University of Rorakse, warned about similar populist demonstrations. "You must be careful when it comes to this. Eager hands can quickly turn 'revitalizing democracy' and 'emergency powers' into suspending elections, and from there on and on the rabbit hole goes. We saw this plague spread to Europe once before, let us not allow it again."

 

[Avondland]

1954 June 5​

Nationalist riots in the capital
The pro-nationalist protests in Haraldsburh over Wednesday's emergency resolution banning the far-right National People's Party have spilled over into fully-fledged riots. Riot police and gendarmes have been deployed to cordon off the city hall and parliament buildings which surround the city hall where the protests are taking place. 3 police officers have been wounded, and property damage to offices and storefronts as well as public property has been reported. Some police officers have refused to join the blockade, and in some instances have defected to the protesters.

Liberal party member Jakob Volef made an impassioned speech to the Vulkestag, demanding emergency powers for Chancellor Kalsten Bower and the authorization of military force to dismantle the protests. An emergency motion is being drafted, although it is not expected to pass due to its opposition by all parties still represented in the Vulkestag other than the Liberal Party. The former Conservative Party Minister of State, Tomas Kohrl, has reportedly defected to the banned National People's Party.

Representatives of the armed forces have not issued a statement, and no members of the royal family have been available for comment.

 

[Tyvia]

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
344 Everett Avenue, Scarburh, Capital Territory
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June 5th, 1954​

To whom it may concern,

The Union State and its diplomatic apparatus have been monitoring the situation in Haraldsburh since it first began to unfold, hoping all the while that cool heads would prevail. While we will of course offer appropriate congratulations to our brothers and sisters in Dietsland for another successful, peaceful, and fair election, we must nevertheless condemn the Parliament for its actions with regard to the National People's Party.

It is frankly the position of the Union State that the widespread public outcry against the banning is perfectly justified, with a large sub-strata of the Diets population's votes having effectively been rendered invalid and meaningless by the party's abrupt banning. It represents in the eyes of the Union State a concerted effort at limiting the political franchise of a particular ideological group; an attempt to assert an oligopoly on legislative power by the reigning political regime. It is the considered opinion of the Union State that though casualties as a consequence of rioting and other unrest are unfortunate, unnecessary, and lamentable, that the Parliament of Dietsland has even so brought this state of affairs upon itself by vacating 57 entire seats. It certainly isn't democracy when the greater half of a legislative body can simply do away with the lesser, and the Union State cannot in good conscience do anything but act emphatically against this measure.

Thus, it is with the approval of the Grand Presidium of the Union and Chancellor Dallas Forsythe, that the Union State will now enact limited trade sanctions against the Diets Kingdom until such time that full franchise is restored. The details of the restrictions can be found in the attached document, and will be published for public consumption tomorrow morning. It is our sincerest hope that this situation will be resolved swiftly, amicably, and satisfactorily.

Forward Remembrance; thereunto with all Perseverance​

SIGNED & SEALED
Silas James Kysford,
Minister of Foreign Affairs

 

[Josepania]

OFFICE OF THE KOMISARZ OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS​

Despite our deep and fundamental differences with the Kingdom of Dietsland, we in the Rzeczpospolita Wendziema must express our moral support with government forces in their fight against the nationalist thugs that threaten the livelihoods of innocents, a fight we Wendowie are well acquainted with. Although we believe in never silencing the voices of the people, when those voices threaten the safety and stability of others in their dogma, it is the breaking of an agreement that cannot be tolerated, and so we believe the banning of the National People's Party under such circumstances is justified. It is our hope that peace and stability is restored before further innocent lives are lost to the madness that is ultra-nationalism.

Sincerely,

Boleslaw Zaleski
Komisarz of International Affairs

 

[Saaremaa]

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Välisministeerium

6 Juuni 1954 ​

We are shocked to see that the image we had over the Kingdom of Dietsland, being literally shattered by by the latest emergency resolution. With this, the Diets regime shows to the world that pluralism is limited only to the said parties or factions that know how to stand in line, how to keep their mouth shut, without starting to ask annoying questions. While we are declared enemies against nationalist and fascist political movements, we cannot simply accept the destruction of the Diets democracy. We hope that the government will come to senses and will care for the people that votes for the banned parties and movements.

Signed,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Alvar Kuusk

 

[Avondland]

1954 June 6​

Nationalists declare parliament dissolved

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Rioters in Haraldsburh

The nationalist protesters have declared the current parliament invalid and demanded its immediate dissolution, via Waldim Siegmund and Mittas Kueler, the chiefs of the National Syndicalist and National People's Party respectively, and de-facto leaders of the protests; the first time that the protesters have declared outright lack of parliamentary recognition. Siegmund and the National Syndicalist Party have risen to prominence in the wake of the emergency degree and subsequent protests, a syncretic far-right party that espouses a nationalist form of non-Marxist socialism.

The military has yet to be deployed either by parliamentary mandate or royal decree, and it is expected that the military will decide the fate of the nationalist riots. However, unconfirmed reports have been made of several armoured divisions mobilizing at an army barracks just outside of Haraldsburh. Three police officers have died as of the 6th of June, along with eleven protesters. The circumstances of the deaths are not clear and the Haraldsburh police have not commented, nor the city council.Socialists arm militant wing
The Worker's Socialist Union and other socialist-aligned political parties have begun to arm militant wings in response to the nationalist riots. While these units reportedly operate outside the auspices of the police, they aim to restore order and legitimacy of the post-emergency-decree parliament.Senecan sanctions hit consumer goods industry
Senecan sanctions over Wednesday's emergency decree have harmed the import industries, especially in the realm of tea, coffee and tobacco, none of which are grown natively in Dietsland. Rationing is expected and the current private and national stockpiles are not expected to last more than several months.

 

[Josepania]

RZAD RZECZPOSPOLITA WENDZIEMA URZAD KOMISARZA SPRAW MIEDZYNARODOWYCH wydany pod wyższą sferę Klasyfikacja: nie sklasyfikowane 6 czerwiec 1954 Official Statement of the Komisarz of International Affairs​ The Rzeczpospolita Wendziema looks upon the growing crisis in the Kingdom of Dietsland with increased concern, and our condolences go out to the friends and family members of those who have perished or have been injured in this incident. We hope that the governmental forces of Dietsland are able to reestablish peace in their capital and, subsequently, the nation before the ultranationalists and social nationalists bring further death and destruction upon the heads of innocents. ​ ​ Signed, Boleslaw Zalenski Komisarz of International Affairs Zairsk, Wendziema Pokój. Dobrobyt. Partnerstwo. ​

 

[Avondland]

1954 June 7​

Armoured division general declares intent to 'crush the Marxists'

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Nationalist volunteer troops manning one of many makeshift barricades

Generalmajor Tojen fon Lellefried issued a public statement declaring that he has mobilized his troops with orders to 'break the Marxist tyrants'. Whether the declaration refers to the militant Socialist anti-nationalists or the forces loyal to the parliament is unclear, although movement of troops and armour has been reported on the outskirts of Haraldsburh. In the city center, reports of property damage remain prominent, as makeshift barricades are erected by nationalists, socialists, and police alike. Defections by police and gendarmes to the nationalists have continued over the course of the week, as well as military veterans.

Firefights between armed socialists and the nationalists are breaking out across the city proper, although no heavy armament has been used and most of the damage to the city has been caused by makeshift firebombs which spread rapidly between wooden buildings which make up the vast majority of residential buildings in Haraldsburh. Waldim Siegmund and Mittas Kueler, ultranationalist leaders, have declared their intent to 'storm the parliament' and 'bring the rotten edifice crashing down'. The total death toll has risen to 23, 7 of which are police officers or gendarmes.Socialist leader slain in Haraldsburh
Willem Atkerssen, leader of a militant socialist faction, the People's Chamber of Workers, was fatally shot in a rioting area of Haraldsburh while attempting to negotiate a ceasefire between nationalists, socialists, and the police. While approaching a nationalist barricade with his rifle slung, the nationalist forces ordered him to drop his weapon, which he refused, and he was promptly shot dead by a protester armed with a rifle. The leaders of the Worker's Socialist Union and People's Labour Party have decried Atkerssen's death as an affront to peaceful resolution.

 

[Újország]

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ÁVH-Nemzetbiztonsághivatal
National Security Head Office​

9 június 1954​

Statements from the Interior Ministry,

It is with great elation that we welcome the events unfolding in Dietsland as being within the greatest interests of mankind and forwarding the National Syndicalist goal of worldwide human liberation. Marxism has claimed the lives of entire nations on an international scale and has left nothing but suffering and destruction in its unending hunger for self-serving corruption and murder, the endless catalog of bestial atrocities committed by those under the Red Banner shows it to be an inherently destructive ideology adopted by the dissatisfied and dysfunctional members of society at the expense of the nation as a whole. Let it be known that Carpathia still remembers the Red Terror, the Zalău Massacre, the Gyula Incident, the butchery at Siklós and the Mélykút slaughter and we pray that Dietsland will never have to experience such events so long as a strong force remains to keep order and justice alive.

Long live the National Syndicalist Revolution!

Signed,
Kálmán Kalocsay
Belügyminiszter & Országvezető-ÁVH
Felszabad, Carpathia

 

[Avondland]

1954 June 9​

Lellefried's troops enter Haraldsburh

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Troops of the 6th Panzergrenadiers outside Haraldsburh

Generalmajor Tojen fon Lellefried's armour and mechanized infantry has entered the the limits of the capital and have begun to engage Socialist forces in the outer edges of the city proper. Tanks from the 6th Armoured Grenadiers division have begun shelling the government buildings surrounding the parliament building. One person, an aide to a member of parliament, was killed in the shelling. It is believed that fon Lellefried's troops have the intent to dissolve the current parliament through force.

The police force in Haraldsburh has been crippled through desertions and overwhelming numbers of pro-nationalist protesters and militias establishing barricades in the centre of the city, including the National Syndicalists and Social Nationalists. The office of the Ministry of State has been besieged and subsequently occupied by protesters, forcing out the government officials and workers present in the building, many of whom were arrested by the nationalist volunteer militias.

 

[Free Cities League]

Freie Städte Bund Vrije Stede Verbond Free Cities' League Frëe Staeden Bound	You must be registered for see images ​
	Allgemeine Verwaltungsrat - Generaldirektion für auswärtige Angelegenheiten​ Algemene Administratieve Raad - Directoraat-generaal van Buitenlandse Zaken​ General Administrative Council - Directorate-General for Foreign Affairs ​ Allmëners Fervaltingsrad - Direktorat-General for Autlandishe Zake​

Öffentliche - Openbaar - Public - Openlish​

On the Unrest in Dietsland

The Free Cities' League is extremely concerned with the instability in Dietsland. We urge all sides to respect parliamentary sovereignty and abstain from unproportional violence. Whilst the Army, under the command of Generalmajor Tojen fon Lellefired, has the constitutional responsibility of quelling rebellions in order to protect its citizens, it should not go beyond and abstain from politicization - both the Marxist and Nationalist rebels seem to be dangerous and, as such, should be dealt with proportionally. The parliament must remain sovereign. Moreover, the Free Cities' League offers itself as a possible mediator between the various factions.


The Director-General for Foreign Affairs,
Thomas Buddenbrook

 

[Josepania]

RZAD RZECZPOSPOLITA WENDZIEMA URZAD KOMISARZA SPRAW MIEDZYNARODOWYCH wydany pod wyższą sferę Klasyfikacja: nie sklasyfikowane 10 czerwiec 1954 Official Statement of the Komisarz of International Affairs​ The confusion and destruction that grips Haraldsburh brings sadness to the Rzeczpospolita, much of that confusion and destruction now emanating from the military forces of Generalmajor Tojen fon Lellefired. It is with this in mind that we once again urge all parties in Dietsland to refrain from violence towards their fellow citizens, lest the bloodbath in the capital of Dietsland continue and bring the people further from peace, prosperity and partnership. ​ ​ Signed, Boleslaw Zalenski Komisarz of International Affairs Zairsk, Wendziema Pokój. Dobrobyt. Partnerstwo. ​

 

[Avondland]

1954 June 12​

Troops and nationalist militias enter Vulkestag building

Generalmajor Tojen fon Lellefried's troops, alongside nationalist volunteer militias, have entered the parliament building and forcefully dissolved the parliament after three days of continued shelling, killing 12 people and injuring 76 in the bombing. No deaths have been reported from the storming of the building, but several hundred Members of Parliament have been ushered out of the building and put into protective custody.

Lellefried has declared a military interim Majesty's Government led by the military, and announced that a general election will take place on Sunday of 15 June. Waldim Siegmund, chief of the National Syndicalist party, has announced a 'victory for justice' and for 'the people of Dietsland'.

 

[Avondland]

1954 June 18​

Nationalist parties find electoral victory

The National Syndicalist Party and National People's Party have seized the election, the former taking 98 seats and the latter taking 137, mostly at the expense of the Conservative and Liberal parties. The two parties have entered a coalition government with Waldim Siegmund, National Syndicalist Party leader, as Chancellor, and Mittas Kueler, the chief of the National People's Party, as Vice Chancellor.

The interim military government under Generalmajor Tojen Lellefried has been dissolved. Whether this spells an end to the Liberal-Conservative alternating bloc is yet to be seen, but the nationalist parties have pushed the traditional candidates out of the limelight for the time being.

 

[Tôgoku]

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DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
DAI TÔGOKU KYŌWAKOKU
REPUBLIC OF TÔGOKU​

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一つに結ばれて一緒に進もう!​

1954年6月01日

To the: Vulkestag,
Kuningaz Dietsland


The nation of Tôgoku would like to convey its sincere congratulations to the Chancellor Siegmund and his Vice Chancellor Kueler in the recent electoral victory. The principles set in place by these events cannot be ignored, and should be held up to the surrounding nations as a beacon to follow. It is with great anticipation also, that the government of our great nation seeks greater camaraderie between the governments of Újország, Dietsland and Tôgoku. Now as a strong nation, with an unwavering belief in the governing bodies that lead it, Dietsland and her people are truly free. Long live the Kingdom of Dietsland. Long live the King.

Our heartfelt wishes,

Kita Kiyoshi
MAGISTRATE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
REPUBLIC OF TÔGOKU

[MENTION=1646]Dietsland[/MENTION]

 

[Josepania]

Biuro Nadzorcy Spraw Międzynarodowych
Pałac Rewolucyjna - Zairsk, Wendziema

Rzeczpospolita Wendziema W Najwyższej Godności • In the highest dignity

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Ograniczony (Restricted)

z 1954

Oznaczenia są w kolorze czerwonym. Dokumenty nieoznaczone są niesklasyfikowana. • Markings are in red. Unmarked documents are unclassified.

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Sirs,

The Rzeczpospolita Wendziema looks upon the so-called "victories" of the National Syndicalist Party and National People's Party with great despair, for it promises nothing to the people of Dietsland but a new era of the loss of peace, prosperity, and partnership, ideals already limited by the Dietlander monarchist system of government. We hope that the Dietlanders soon see the terrors they are about to unleash on themselves and the world and rise up against it, for their power is such that will make any government, be it in Dietsland or in other states, quake in fear. In the meantime, we will express our deepest regrets at this unfortunate turn of events.

Sincerely,
Boleslaw Zalenski
Overseer of International Affairs

Spokój. Dobrobyt. Współpraca.

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[Rheinbund]

Aussenministerium
Trier, Eiffelland

Our congratulations to the winners of the elections, and to the new Chancellor Siegmund. We will follow the events in Dietsland with interest. We also want to point out that a government has the right to stop riots and rebellions, but given the large size of the riots in Dietsland, it is absolutely necessary to investigate the reasons behind the riots.

Rudolph Kögler, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Vice-Chancellor