History of the World 2 (Part Three)

[Capo di tutti Capi]

Piazza Venetia, March 15th 1270 a.d....



The sea of humanity churned and rolled like the ocean, the many voices mixing into a soft hum. This had been far more than the five hundered he had initially collected here in this public square, things have changed since then. President Giuseppe Mazzini, who was accused of conspiring agianst the Axis alliance with Israel, was politically obliterated at home and abroad, the latest election was a sham. There was no way Mazzini could possibly be victorious.

He smiled as he looked out accross the people, he always worked towards his goals but my God! Did he ever actually think, truly think, he would accomplish them? The new President Benso Cavour would be tough to crack, he was a Hawk, a military man. He wanted to take a hardline, but his own brother was a Communist. He was a womanizer and a drunkard, surely he could remove this last President... yes this would have to be the last president he thought...

He approached the edge of the balcony and kicked the pedastle (sp?) to the floor. He stood atop an old box and fixed his black leather gloves...

"Fellow Italians! As you know many changes have come to pass since I last spoke before you here. Some of you were present at the inception of the National Socialist party. Some are new, tired of everything that has occured in our nation lately, our proud and glorious nation has been tarnished by politics. Our proud and glorious nations slaves on rail-lines, slaves in the fields and slaves in the factories while the politicians take our pride and our glory and mangle them for the sake of greed. We stand now at the crossroads of our history. Many years ago the Adriatic League was a mighty nation, a feared and respected nation. Our army was unequaled, our mettle was untested. In a few short years men like Giuseppe Mazzini and Benso Cavour have taken that past and torn it to peices! Their actions are deplorable. Their social programs are laughable, these men are not leaders, they are leaches. My fellow Italians, this government, the once great entity under the late Napoleon Bonaparte has fallen into the hands of pigs and vermin. Some say I have a few things in common with our great Corporal. I myself am a Corporal in this army, true the politicians have felt it necessary to remove my title as I have served in Parliament once upon a time. But any good soldier will tell you, I remain the man I was. I fought in the terrible Contessa Massacre in Scandinavia. My hands" he said as he held them high in the air "Are blackened and purpled by glorious stench of honor and pride. I now turn to you, my fellow Adriatics, to follow in the footsteps of those who have gone before. The great Giuseppe Garibaldi who would never surrender to the Australians! The great general Pagniacci who lead his men against Israel and Mongolia in the great war, and finally the great Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Napoleon knew that this nation needed a strong, military-bred, leader who didn't have to worry about the petty squabbles of these weak politicians! Napoleon knew that the power did not reside in Venice, the power resides in the factories, on the rail-lines, and in the fields. The power lies in you my friends, the people of this country. I do not want the rich and powerful merchants like my Dove counterparts, I do not want to woo the old money that is the royalty like my Hawk counterparts. I do not go after money, to me money is useless. You are my resources, the people of this nation, you must return to the old honor that once lit up the entire planet like the sun, you must achieve the glory and honor that this nations deserves. I ask you friends, countrymen, join our ranks. Become a blackshirt! One day you will tell your children, who are fat and happy, who are well educated, safe and free of fears, that you had the glory and the honor to save your nation." he said as he looked over the croud.

"SALUTO IL DUCE!!!!" yelled some random man, the entire crowd began chanting.

Benito Mussolini looked at the crowd and smiled, this was far more than five hundred people. This was far more than he expected... this was enough...

"Let us take back what is ours, let us save our nation!" he yelled...

[deity]

pedestal

pieces

[drake]

EASTHAVEN is a shrewd and wise leader. He and Saul had come up with an ingenious plan to maintain peace on Earth and be the first to colonise the planets!

Whew.......better not let the Axis hear about these plans....... That could be hazardous to ones health.

[Capo di tutti Capi]

March 15th, 1270. Venice...

"Would you look at this sir?" said Giacomo Timpano, the newly appointed Foreign Minister of the Adriatic League "This is going to kill us with Israel, Christ, this type of behavior should be deemed illegal!"

"Yes I know" said President Cavour with his hand gently massaging his forehead "Alright, make a release, a public release. Say that we frown upon this type of behavior but it can not be helped at this time."

"Sir they walk around with guns sir, they are fully armed and clothed in military garb. Certainly this type of action is illegal!" exclaimed Giacomo.

"There is nothing illegal about anything they are doing, all of this weaponry is registered. The demonstrations are perfectly within the parameters of our constitution-"

"The public square, come now sir! There were thousands upon thousands, that was a detriment to public safety and order. Surely you can find a way to end this, Mr. President you know full well that this will grow out of hand!"

"Well Giacomo, as you know I have a meeting with Mr. Mussolini in a few days, hopefully I can allay any issues we have with eachother I'm sure there was a miscommunication here or there. Besides you know full well I can't afford to jeopardize my relationship with the Military, Benito has that in his hand, they love him." he said as he stood and looked out of the window.

"This man is a racist sir, a blatant racist-"

"What do you mean?"

"You didn't read the paper this morning?"

"No time, why what happened?"

"Look at this" said Giacomo as he handed the paper to President Cavour "Front page, like I said Israel is going to take this seriously. The people sir, they love it, they want this type of action they want to stir the broth with the Jews."

"My God" said the President as he looked at the newspaper "Exile the Hebrews? Is he insane?"

"I know sir, and the sad part is the people love it, we conducted a poll and as of right now he would hardly lose to you, I think there would be only a three percent difference, and you were just recently elected. We have to handle Israel just right sir, if they are angered at us, this bigot, il duce, he'll win." replied Giacomo.

"This is ridiculous, what about the United Nations?"

"Well, its going to be in Amsterdam. This much we know, I suggest you appoint Antonin Rossi as the chairman of the UN. It will be quite bi-partisan, it will show that our government is strong in the face of this Mussolini and his Socialists."

"Christ, this is something I was totally unprepared for. How can you fight the people? If they want Il Duce they shall have him." he said as he slowly turned from the window "The world is entirely unprepared for this, this will change everything..."

Meanwhile just five miles down the street....

"So do we understand eachother?" asked the brother of President Benso Cavour, and leader of the Communist Party in Mali.

"I believe so, everything shall be put into effect. They won't suspect a thing." replied Benito Mussolini "The Jews, God bless their hearts, will take the blame for everything. By the way, nice work with the Chinese, quite the coup de etat as the French would say."

"Ah yes, the Chinese were quite accomodating."

"Hah, I bet they were. Have you spoken with your brother Benso?" asked Il Duce.

"I haven't spoken with him since I was a small child Benito, we don't seem to agree on anything, while he sits on his fat ass in his little palace, I am here in the desert starving to death and spreading the word of the people, with your support I'd like to spread the revolution a bit further though..."

"I have a meeting with him"

"Benso?"

"Yes, in a few days I believe, I'm not quite sure. By the way, I visited Mexico and Nuova Italia, the word has spread from China. Socialism and Communism, they are generally the same Camillo. The transition won't be too hard." said Benito.

"Yours is nationalism, ours, ours is a global revolution. Yours is very specific, other than that the differences are hardly noticeable." said Camillo as he held out his hand "I must depart now, my ship is leaving for Naimey within the hour, tell your wife I said hello."

"Yes yes, I shall, she may still have a thing with you Camillo, I might have to kill you" said Benito as he smiled and shook Camillo's hand "Have a safe trip, write to me when you arrive in Naimey, I'll let you know how things went with your brother."

"I shall, hey, come with me."

"To Naimey?"

"No no, to the harbor, I have some fine cigars from Sydneyago-"

"Santiago."

"No the Australians call it Sydneyago."

"The Australians can call it whatever they'd like, they call a peice of sh*t Paul Keating, so what makes you think they'd get Santiago right?" laughed Benito.

"Makes sense, join me though, they are very fine."

"Hmm, alright I've got nothing better to do, except that little thing where I run for President, but who cares?" smiled Benito as he stood up and exited the door with Camillo....

[Capo di tutti Capi]

History of the World; Week 14.



The next session of the History of the World Diplogame is only days away (like the banner?) and things seem to be heating up...

Will the United Nations create a kinder gentler Adriatic League? With the signing of the Judeo-African non-aggression treaty has world peace finally been achieved? Isn't it lame that I could only come up with two of these rhetorical questions?

Well, the answers to these questions y mas will be, uh, answered, yeah, in the upcoming session of the History of the World Diplogame!

And as always visit our website at www.geocities.com/history_of_the_world for all of the latest and greatest from the Adriatic League, Zulus, Israelites, Mali, Chinese, Aussies and Mongols, or skim through this thread to find out what's been going on.

Thanks for watchin, PEACE!

[deity]

Originally posted by drake


Whew.......better not let the Axis hear about these plans....... That could be hazardous to ones health.

That's the point! It's all nations health we are concrerned for...

[Rasputin]

Jerusalem Temple

" ... and so you see we are concerned with this information Raz, if these fascists come to power in AL they have sworn to our destruction"said Judah Abrams the Israelis secretary of state

The Great Raz jsut smiled knowingly " there is more to the world than just fear of these fascists my friend "

"But we must at least warn our border patrols to be alert"

"I have already done that Jude. As part of our banning of all AL movement in our territorys. If the fascists should take power , which they probably will, these Europeans are known for their swings in leadership style, we will be prepared to encounter them"

"but at what cost Raz, surely we should re think our policy on AL exclusion, they may feel pressured to break through a path through us to the African nations"

"they are free to sail across the mediteranean Jude, its jsut their past does not justify complete trust in them, perhaps in time this will change"

"You have not led us wrong before Raz "
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[Capo di tutti Capi]

Letter to Israel...

Office of the Foreign Ministry
United Adriatic Republics
Adriatic League


TO: Israeli Foreign Attache
FROM: The honorable Giacomo Timpano, Adriatic Minister of Foreign Affairs


It should be known that a new President, Benso Cavour, has taken office and is prepared to begin new relations with our Israeli neighbors. The Cavour Administration, as you know, is the first Hawk Administration in the history of the Adriatic League, and as such feels that we must establish new relations with our neighbors.

We understand that recent events, such as the border disputes, the trade negotiations, the breakdown of the railroad discussions, and the declassification of incriminating documents against the Mazzini Administration have severely deteriorated our already lacklustre history together. However, we are more than prepared to begin improving relations with Israel.

We note the latest treaty with the Mali and Zulu States as an indicator of Israel's intended path. Which is one of peace and understanding, we feel that now would be the best time to begin repairing relations between Israel and the Adriatic League. We would also like to improve upon our terrible past with the entire Pacific Pact, we understand the Adriatic League has yet to hold a positive relationship with the Pacific Pact, this we feel must change.

There may be concern on your part about the popularity of our former Corporal and Member of Parliament Benito Mussolini. These stories are mere propoganda on the part of the Falange, or Nazzi, party. The often racist and degrading iconography utilized by Mr. Mussolini are quite horrible. As most of his degrading words are directed towards people of Hebrew descent the chance that this man will assume power can not sit well with your Israeli citizens. I can assure you that the policies Mr. Mussolini intends on implimenting are very illegal and against the Adriatic Constitution, thus an insurrection by the Nazzi party is quite out of the question.

We hope that this transmission will begin a long strain of discussion that will finally yield a positive relationship between our peoples.

Thank you for your time.

G. Timpano

[Rasputin]

Israeli Reply

Foriegn Affairs Office,
Democratic Republic of Israel,
Jerusalem

To: Giacomo Timpano, Adriatic Minister of Foreign Affairs
From : Deborah Judah, Secretary of Foriegn Affairs


It was with some trepidation that we received your latest letter , but after a full translation was done, we rushed it to TGR3 for his immediate perusal.

I have been informed to tell you that TGR3 was saddened to see the passing of the Doves from the AL parliament as he held many of their goals in high esteem. From what little we have researche dof the history of the Hawk party , TGR3 was very surprised to see such policies as contained in your letter espoused. Normally we would expect such peace talk form a Dove parliamnent, not one controlled by the Hawks.

However, the Israeli people under the Raz dynasty have shown to the world that we are a peace loving people; as evidenced by our recent proposal to the Axis allaince, (this is just a proposal as at present the Mali have not responded to our offer) and TGR3 wishes to continue on this same path. But we wish to advise the AL via your office that whilst we will agree to work together with the AL foreign office to come up with some form of proposal for sustained peace in our area, we feel that it may be too soon for our people to forget the Vilification used by the leader of Fascist party in AL and the amount of support he seemed to have from the populace.

TGR3 feels that as part of our reconciliation, that that mad man Benito Mussolini, should be arrested and thence put on trial for Race Hate Crimes. We would of course provide plenty of evidence that our 'Tourists' to the European holiday spots have gathered on their visits.

Once this mad man has been incarcerated, we will once again consider opening up our borders to AL trade. But TGR3 feels strongly that whilst that madman is at loose, he will stir up the radicals within your nation and perhaps conduct some form of terrosist activity within our borders.

Deborah Judah; SOFA

[Capo di tutti Capi]

Headquarters of the National Socialist Party...



Benito Mussolini, head of the National Socialist Party, stared outside of his window in Venice at the Colossus of Carlo D'Medici. He thought of how things must have been back in those days, the golden age of the Adriatic League. A loud knock was heard at the door, Benito quickly nodded to his guards to open it.

"Sir, President Cavour has arrived." said the soldier who entered.

"Yes, send him up, I am prepared." replied Benito.

The soldier nodded and quickly exited to fetch the President. Benito realized his day was finally here, it was just a matter of time before everything he had worked for had come to fruition, the President of the Adriatic League was waiting for him, a slight smile grew accross his face.

"Oh Benito" he said to himself as he lit a cigar "You have made it my friend..."

The doors then opened and in walked four soldiers in Adriatic uniform. They were flanked by two armed Black Shirts, Benito's private army. Behind them were two men in suits and the portly Benso Cavour.

"Mr. President." said Mussolini as he stood and saluted.

The President half-heartedly saluted back "Corporal Mussolini."

"Please, have a seat Mr. President" said Benito as he slowly sat in his chair and puffed his cigar.

"A pleasure Corporal" said Benso.

"Gio, please, escort all of these gentlemen out, I wish to speak with the President in private." President Cavour turned slightly and seemed worried, all of the men exited.

"I have quite a few issues I'd like to discuss Mr. Mussolini, primarily your-" said the President, he was interrupted.

"Would you like a cigar? They are very nice, from Cuba." asked Mussolini.

"No, I don't smoke, but thank you. As I was saying, your comments as it concerns Israel are not helping matters with the Adriatic League. Israel feels dispariaged-"

"Israel? Israel feels dispariaged? President Cavour, I must say, you seem to have lost your sack!" said Mussolini with a smile.

"What do you mean?"

"Israel, of all nations on this planet, has the least right to feel dispariaged, degraded, belittled any word you want to throw into it, they have the LEAST right to feel! This nation, throughout history mind you, has been able to cause the most problems internationally with little credit for it, the Jews are masters of deception President Cavour!" said Benito in a harsh tone.

"Ugh, Benito, spare me your racist propoganda, it may work on the factory workers and the farmers, but not on me. I'm a politician, I've got tough skin." smiled Cavour.

"Don't be so arrogant, do you know your history?"

"I like to think so."

"The first Adriatic King, Carlo D'Medici. He had to handle a situation, well, attend to one concerning Israel, do you remember what it was?"

"The um, Egypt, it was the situation in Egypt. What does this have to do with anything, that was thousands of years ago."

"We nearly went to war with our African neighbors Mr. President, and that is just the begining. The Great War, surely that can't be too vague in your recollection."

"Yes yes, what about it?"

"Well, you know how it started-"

"Yes yes, Ausralian ship, is there a point to all of this?"

"Temper temper Mr. President, the people can't possibly like that."

"Ugh, you cocky bastard, on with it man!"

"Well in order for the ship to have navigated to northern Africa, it would have had to navigate the Seuz, no?"

"If my geography serves yes" replied the President.

"Israel, they control the Suez, how is it possible that a fleet of Triremes went unseen through the Suez canal? It lies right between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, two of Israel's greatest cities." said Benito.

"Well, that does seem quite suspicious, but Mr. Mussolini, we both know that Israel went on to join Australia so it isn't that strange." retorted Cavour.

"Mr. President, how can you be so naieve. Israel not only allowed Australia to provoke the war, and thus capture Cuba from which this cigar comes, as well as Panama and the Yucatan, but also convinced us to fight Mongolia so they can recieve India, and turned on us while we did so. This state, Israel, it can not be trusted, the Jewish people can not be trusted."

"Well, your logic makes a lot of sense but things just aren't, well, we can't allow our bad blood to run for centuries Mussolini, someone must start the peace process."

"Argh, you and your peace, you and your politics. Its hell to my ears. They're doing what they've been doing since the days of the great King Carlo D'Medici. They are doing underhanded things Mr. President, and allowing the blame to be on the shoulders of another." said Benito as he stood up from his chair, and began pacing behind his desk.

"What do you mean?"

"Let's see, our friend Giuseppe Mazzini. You remember President Mazzini right?" asked Benito.

"Certainly, what about him?"

"I'm sure you've been briefed, so spare me your 'oohs' and 'aahs' when I tell you this. Israel lied to the world, Israel released some fake documents to the Axis just because Mazzini wouldn't be forced into buying railroad from them. The money-grubbing Jew loan sharks! And you, you and your Hawk party, allowed it to happen!" said Mussolini.

"Benito, first of all those documents, you have no proof at all that they are fake. Secondly we didn't allow it at all, we have no control to allow or disallow anything. The fact is, Parliament remains in Dove hands, but the Presidency is all we've got-" he was interrupted.

"The only reason you have the Presidency is becuase you allowed an Italian, a brother, to be destroyed by the Jew. You used that to your advantage, politically, instead of binding together in a harsh time, you used this Jew propoganda against your brother and allowed him to fall." barked Mussolini.

"Christ Benito, you actually believe your own rhetoric. When was it? Contessa? Did that make you so bitter? You could have been President right now Benito, you had everything in your favor. The people loved you, you were a folk hero. The criminal turned soldier, turned patriot. Now you're just some old bald man in a Corporal's uniform. An insane bigot, bent on power. You want to make the Jew out to be a scapegoat so you can seize control of our great nation. I can't allow it Benito."

"What are you going to do Benso? Arrest me? That'll just help the cause, that will show that you are a Jew-loving anti-Italian. The people will loathe you. Keep in mind, the Jew ruined Mazzini, they will ruin you. They want to see our nation in shambles, they only hate me becuase they know I am strong, I will stay strong for the people of this country." he said as Benso stood up.

"You don't think any of the anti-semitism has anything to do with Israel hating you Mussolini?" asked Benso.

"They know all of what I say is the truth, history is on my side President Cavour. Your days, their days, are numbered..."

[The Capo]

Houston, we have a problem...



Well, hopefully this is nothing we can't handle. But Prometheus' grandfather has suffered a heart attack and thus Prometheus will not be able to join us tonight for our session.

We should be fine getting a substitute for the Chinese tonight, but if anyone would like to make a bid for the spot they may do so now.

As usual we have a starting time of 8:00pm EST (US), however it would be nice if anyone could be a little early to try to get more time in the session.

I hope I speak for everyone when I wish Prometheus' grandfather a full and speedy recovery.

Peace.

[Rasputin]

OOC

Yes you are right, all our best wishes and prayers go out to him.

[Rasputin]

Turn up

As usual I am first on the scene and no one else turns up early !!!!

Apparently everyone thought it optional to turn up early.. the posts above re early start time were obviosuly not meant to be taken seriously

East running very late too....

[The Capo]

Serious OOC message here...



Alright, tonight was a bad night for HOTW, but definitely something we can bypass without much problems.

Easthaven, you are one of the best opponents anyone can have. Unfortunantly, you have been quite unreliable in the past few weeks and as founder of the game I have to let you go. Its nothing personal, but I am quite sure you'll take it that way. You've been a really great player.

With that said, we are now looking for a replacement for Mongolia. I would like to personally extend an invitation to Dangime, who despite his best attempts, was not able to really play tonight. But I could tell that he was dedicated to the task, so Dangime you've got the Capo's blessing if you'd like to take over for Mongolia.

Otherwise, anyone else out there please try your hand at HOTW, its a great game, so hopefully next week everything will work out. Let's try to start an hour earlier this time, so instead of 8:00 pm EDT (US) we play at 7:00 pm EDT (US), so hopefully everyone can make that time and we can (try to) make up for this past week.

Peace.

[SunTzu]

Capo if you need a sub for prom or east next week i should be available, i'd like to be permanent but i've been banned from diplogames throughout the internet