Great Engellex
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An Extension of The Queen-Empress' Statement in Council.
DULWICH, SUNDAY, 9th DECEMBER 1952
TO THE KING, LORDS, AND COMMONERS OF THE KINGDOM OF AGDERIKE & THE HIGH KINGDOM OF IVERNIA
I am instructed to DELIVER on behalf of her Imperial and Royal Engellexic Majesty;
I am instructed to DELIVER on behalf of her Imperial and Royal Engellexic Majesty;
Unfortunately the gloom cast over this diplomatic proceeding by the continuation of the disturbance of political systems in Saamiskavia, under which the region had enjoyed the highest tranquillity and happiness, was by no means either novel or extraordinary:- a disturbance, which sufficient experience had ascertained, went to the complete destruction of ancient and venerable estates, at least to a degradation of them so humiliating as to leave little choice between that and their abandonment. But, although every successive disaster prepared the mind in some measure for the present state of affairs which draws exceedingly dire; yet it was not without the utmost awe and inquietude that we could behold the period, so long menaced, at length arrived:- a period when the power of our foe was predominant and unlimited over the greater part of Europe, and when Great Engellex, with the exception of one other nation, was left unsupported and compelled to rely for its security on those resources, on which, it was confident, we might rely implicitly – the natural courage and the unparalleled spirit of the Engellexic people.
It was impossible, therefore, not to consider the possibilities of co-operation between Dulwich, Kristiania and Ban Dair Cathrach, under such trying and arduous circumstances, as a most important event.
The deliberations, which we hope to commence, would be looked to by Great Engellex, Agderike and Ivernia, by our European foes, and by our partners, with the utmost anxiety. Our nations, with the expectation that our proceedings would be distinguished by consistency and resolution; by our foes, with the hope – disappointed I believe it would prove – that in our councils might be detected an auspicious prognostic of alarm, wavering, and disunion; by our partners, with the anticipation of increasing confidence and co-operation.
In her Majesty’s letter to me, her attention was principally drawn to two topics. The first was the fruitless negotiation with the government and rebellious factions of the Bantyric State. Nothing could be further from her Majesty’s intention than to touch on any subject which in the remotest degree might tend to revive political differences; but the metropolis of Great Engellex now does consider whether the pacific system so strongly desired for the territories of Bantyr and the Gothic Sea, recommended during the closing stages of the Great Continental War, was practicable or not, this is at a time when the advocates of an independent Engellexic system for the Gothic Sea have seen their hopes for carrying that system into effect considerably diminished. In the event of peace with Bantyr, and a true return to regional tranquillity, to produce such an event, it is necessary, indispensably necessary, that Great Engellex remain strong itself, and most significantly backed by strong and formidable allies in the region, to whom her Majesty’s empire might make an effectual appeal, and from whom it might expect effectual assistance in maintaining security and prosperity.
If I may be permitted to direct your eyes to another quarter, it would reasonably be permitted for us to fear, that although the Kingdom of Franken might not be able to reconquer kingdoms, and re-establish thrones; Franken might yet have the power of setting a boundary to the noble ambitions of the civilised and democratic realms of Saamiskavia and Preuti-Borussia within its reach. From that contemplation of what seems now so distant but was in actuality so recently, which was certainly painful, I would turn to that which had ever afforded our two continents, which did afford, and which I trust, Great Engellex ever would afford, a most pleasing picture; a picture, which the contrast rendered more pleasing:- I mean the internal state of Great Engellex. On the blessings which we enjoyed, it was unnecessary to expatiate; they were justly understood, they were fully appreciated, they were warmly and enthusiastically beloved, not by her Majesty alone, or by the superior classes of society, but by a great majority of the meanest and most illiterate of her Majesty’s Crown Subjects. Dearer did the menaces of our enemy render these blessings; notwithstanding that the acknowledged superiority of her Majesty’s Royal Engellexic Navy, the unrivalled bravery of the Royal Engellexic Air Force, and the high and united spirit of our population, warranted us in setting those menaces at defiance. As to the enemy’s attempts to destroy or injure the commerce not only of Great Engellex but of Saamiskavia, Preuti-Borussia and Europe as a whole, it should be understood that we certainly flatter ourselves, that those hopes were to be completely disappointed; and that, secure in our capital and our credit, the Empire of Great Engellex did deride the vain efforts of an implacable foe.
Directing to that part of her Majesty’s letter, in which the point and purpose of this intercourse is made, I extend a sincere and most generous invitation to your Majesty’s the King of Agderike and the High King of Ivernia to make senior representations at her Majesty the Queen-Empress Charlotte's Court of Battent Palace with the determination to explore and negotiate the possibilities of formal arrangements between our three great nations respecting security and commerce of the principal region surrounding the Gothic Sea.
His Grace, the DUKE of NONSUCH,
By the Grace of GOD, of the EMPIRE of GREAT ENGELLEX, CHARLOTTE, the QUEEN-EMPRESS,
through the FIRST of LORD of ALDWYCH D'EVERCY
