[BoP:1910] Main Thread, Year 1912
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Official declaration from the Kaiser of the German Empire
From the personal hand of his imperial majesty, Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Preußen.
It is with great sadness that we see such unbecoming and reproachable barbarity in our own people.
We hereby officially issue a public apology on behalf of ourselves and the German people to our Jewish citizens. We would like to guarantee financial restitutions to those that have lost their homes and posessions. We will also make sure those who have committed such vile acts of blind hatred are punished to the full extent of the law.
The German people should take pride in such virtues as temperance, justice and sound judgement. And abstain from such reckless and unnuanced behaviour. I urge you all to take to your senses, and direct your hatred towards the person who committed these heinous murders that sparked this sad incident. Not the people who by happenstance share a common faith with him.
In lieu of the recent exodus of Jewish people from our cities. We would like to offer all those displaced by this hatred, and unwilling to accept aid in rebuilding their lives here, free travel and aid in beginning a new life in your ancestral homelands, the newly aquired protectorate of Palestine. Henceforth renamed The Trifold-Holy-Land Protectorate.
Creation of the neutral province "The Trifold-Holy-Land Protectorate"
The Kaiser has, in lieu of recent religious issues in the Reich, as well as rising tensions with the muslims in the east, to make the recently occupied territory of Palestine into a religiously neutral "shared holy land" under German protection. This shall serve as a protected land under German authority, where people of all the Abrahamic religions are free to settle, worship and coexist in a peaceful manner. We hope this will eventually show that there is no need for antagonistic sentiments between people of these faiths. And that we can all learn to coexist peacefully, and with mutual respect for each other. In this land, all faiths and ethnicities shall be considered unequivocally equal. And each one's rights to freedom of movement, settlement and protection from harm shall be enforced with equal ardour by the local German authorities. Signed
MaHuD said:
The Turkish governments showed no interest in their duties towards their citizens and turned a deaf ear to all complaints and suggestions. It became unbearable for the ethnic Bulgarians, Serbs, Greeks, and the Albanians, too. By the grace of God, I have therefore ordered my brave army to join in the Holy War to free our brethren and to ensure a better future. The Bulgarian army will meet not only upon Christian Bulgarians, but also upon Muslim Bulgarians, with whom our people have shared joy and sorrow at the hands of Ottoman oppression for centuries now. To all of them we bring freedom, brotherhood and equality.
S U P R E M E M A N I F E S T O
By the Grace of God,
We, Nicholas the Second,
Imperator and Autocrat of All-Russia, Tsar of Poland, Grand Prince of Finland
And so on and so on and so on...
By the Grace of God,
We, Nicholas the Second,
Imperator and Autocrat of All-Russia, Tsar of Poland, Grand Prince of Finland
And so on and so on and so on...
Our soldiers and sailors have been triumphant in our noble quest to save our Armenian and Orthodox brothers. Here, in the most ancient Christian land, where the first cross was erected by a sovereign King, we have driven out every last Muhammadan soldier, be he loyal to the High Porte suspended in Tsargrad or to the new Islamic Republic which strangles Anatolia. Now is the time to raise up the Armenian people and give them the dignity they have been denied for so many centuries!
The war is not yet over but with the whole of Armenia safely behind our brave and stalwart battalions, we have already begun work in establishing a provisional government comprised of Armenian men, conducting itself in the Armenian language, and swearing its oaths on the Gospel in their Apostolic tradition. It shall manage its own treasury, organize and officer its own armed forces, legislate its own laws, and conduct its own foreign diplomacy under our advisement. We will assume the title of Sovereign Protector of Armenia and the duties of Head of State until such time as a constitution can be drafted which would dictate an alternative structure of government. The first provisional government, to negotiate new positive laws left unresolved by the withdrawal of the Ottoman state and to consolidate disparate debts accrued by private citizens and previously public institutions, will be headed by Alexander Khatisian. This provisional state will however, in accordance with military necessity, offer quarters to Russian troops, grant docks to Russian ships, and deploy its own armed forces according to the directives of Stavka until such time as a stable peace can be negotiated with the High Porte or its successors.
Furthermore, we deign to elevate the merchant ensign first designed by our august predecessor PETER the GREAT, the horizontal tricolour of white, blue and red. Hitherto, this flag was only flown by our merchant vessels and as a result it became known abroad as the flag of our Empire, yet domestically it was obscure to all but the sailors, merchants, and learned servicemen. In the past few decades however, there have been increasing demands for a proper national flag, and We can think of no better banner than that which had so wise a designer and is so broadly known already to our allies and enemies alike and which is slowly gaining popularity with our lower classes in recent years. No more shall any citizen slander the white-blue-red as vulgar or contrary to our authority! They are the sacred colours of the Russian nation!
The national flag will be flown from all state properties and offices, including diplomatic missions abroad alongside the imperial flag (black, yellow and white). To prevent confusion and fraud, the flying of the coat of arms and its colours will be limited to only institutions with state authority, while the national colours will be free for private usage. The heraldry of Our armed forces will not change: Our Army will continue to fly its regimental banners and standards, and Our Navy will continue to fly its ensign, jack and all its subdivisional pennants. Our personal yachts will continue to fly the Imperial Standard with the Coat of Arms as will any ship of war when We are aboard. Ribbons in the national tricolour will be affixed to the finials of regimental banners during inspections and ceremonial parades in addition to any awarded ribbons already affixed.
The Provisional Armenian Government will fly a variation of Our national colours with yellow in place of white - as attributed to when Armenia was independent and ruled under the House of Lusignan - until such time as a national constitution dictates a new or altered design.
Быть по сему,
-Nicholas
As said in skype, mine'll be in over the weekend. Sorry for the delay. There should probably be a rule against people with kids playing BoP. 
Has Jhess even been on in the last, what....month or so?
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