Once again, but we hoped for the last time, we arrived in another time period - Britain 1923!
We arrived in an office from which we exited quite fast since we were scared that someone would come inside. When we were outside, we overheard a conversation between the writer of the French ambassador and a friend of his. He talked about his decision concerning the occupation of the Ruhr, the harsh sanctions and high reparations. We figured that if we could somehow manipulate that letter, France might not be that harsh with Germany. Frederike came up with the idea that we should somehow replace the writer with herself. Thus, we tricked the writer into a room and locked it, took his pen and paper and sent Frederike as the new writer to the ambassador. After he had dictated the original letter to her, we went and wrote a completely new letter, below you can see the two letters, we decided it would be a good memory to recopy them for later :)
The ambassador's original letter was this:
Dear Monsieur Poincare
I think your decision to occupy Ruhr has the potential. However, I talked to the British premier and he does not fully support my idea because he worries about the balance of power and that the occupation might create a political tension between the main European countries. However, I personally support the decision and think we must act as soon as possible. There is nothing else we can do in this situation. We cannot impose any sanctions because Germany will just ignore them. I know this is not so diplomatic, but even in the modern world brutal force is still use full political tool. We must seize the coal and steel mines and confiscate the raw materials as a repayment. Yes, this will have consequences, but everything can be regulated and dealed with later.
Commence to operation whenever you think is the right time Monsieur Poincare. You have my full support in this cause.
Yours,
French Ambassador in Britain
Frederike changed it to this one:
Dear Monsieur Poincare
In my opinion we must deal with this issue in a rather more diplomatic way. The occupation of Ruhr will obviously be profitable thus in a short term. Yet, I think that in a long term this is bad for France because by occupying Ruhr we shift the balance of power towards France. Now, that is also good because we will become the dominant nation on the continental Europe, yet this Will also produce unfavorable political tension. I talked to the British foreign minister and he said that Britain wants to put harsher sanctions on Germany. The British who favors the balance of power so much will obviously not support the occupation and do not forget that Wilson will be with the British in this case as well. The public opinion in Germany will promote nationalistic organisation and extremist groups that might threaten our national security.
In my opinion we must look at the core of the problem, if Germany cannot repay us because we are applying too much pressure then we must lower it to find an alternative. occupation will not solve the problem Monsieur Poincare that is for sure.
Best regards,
The French Ambassador of London
We thought that by changing the letter from the one encouraging the occupation of Ruhr to the one that discourages it by providing substantial support
We arrived in an office from which we exited quite fast since we were scared that someone would come inside. When we were outside, we overheard a conversation between the writer of the French ambassador and a friend of his. He talked about his decision concerning the occupation of the Ruhr, the harsh sanctions and high reparations. We figured that if we could somehow manipulate that letter, France might not be that harsh with Germany. Frederike came up with the idea that we should somehow replace the writer with herself. Thus, we tricked the writer into a room and locked it, took his pen and paper and sent Frederike as the new writer to the ambassador. After he had dictated the original letter to her, we went and wrote a completely new letter, below you can see the two letters, we decided it would be a good memory to recopy them for later :)
The ambassador's original letter was this:
Dear Monsieur Poincare
I think your decision to occupy Ruhr has the potential. However, I talked to the British premier and he does not fully support my idea because he worries about the balance of power and that the occupation might create a political tension between the main European countries. However, I personally support the decision and think we must act as soon as possible. There is nothing else we can do in this situation. We cannot impose any sanctions because Germany will just ignore them. I know this is not so diplomatic, but even in the modern world brutal force is still use full political tool. We must seize the coal and steel mines and confiscate the raw materials as a repayment. Yes, this will have consequences, but everything can be regulated and dealed with later.
Commence to operation whenever you think is the right time Monsieur Poincare. You have my full support in this cause.
Yours,
French Ambassador in Britain
Frederike changed it to this one:
Dear Monsieur Poincare
In my opinion we must deal with this issue in a rather more diplomatic way. The occupation of Ruhr will obviously be profitable thus in a short term. Yet, I think that in a long term this is bad for France because by occupying Ruhr we shift the balance of power towards France. Now, that is also good because we will become the dominant nation on the continental Europe, yet this Will also produce unfavorable political tension. I talked to the British foreign minister and he said that Britain wants to put harsher sanctions on Germany. The British who favors the balance of power so much will obviously not support the occupation and do not forget that Wilson will be with the British in this case as well. The public opinion in Germany will promote nationalistic organisation and extremist groups that might threaten our national security.
In my opinion we must look at the core of the problem, if Germany cannot repay us because we are applying too much pressure then we must lower it to find an alternative. occupation will not solve the problem Monsieur Poincare that is for sure.
Best regards,
The French Ambassador of London
We thought that by changing the letter from the one encouraging the occupation of Ruhr to the one that discourages it by providing substantial support
Wow pretty neat concept. Will be looking forward to more!
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