Volume 2 Chapter 28: First Lord of the Admiralty

London, Great Britain

"Sigh... They really have snubbed us for months... All of them are moving blatantly without the regards of maintaining the status quo... they really want to see the world burn."

Prime Minister Richard Archibald is looking dumbly at the reports he has just received from the Ministry of Foreign Relations. The movements of all the European powers on the continent for the past few months have been aggressive and fast that causes tremors to be felt by all nations in the world.

Austria and Russia broke the treaty imposed to them after the Russo-Prussian war of 1832 and expands their military size in a rapid manner. The France actions in the far east is worrying for the British interest in that region. The Ottoman Empire continues to invade the small Principality of Montenegro. The Spanish also expanding their armies to crush the colonial rebellion in Cuba.