Grey Wolf
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Continuing on from :-
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=3657
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=38989
1880
President Daniel W Voorhees is running for re-election in the United States, his record since the end of the war and the peace treaty being judged largely on issues of national self-confidence, relative British decline, and the rise of American influence in the Pacific. The early moves towards a formal Russo-American alliance is also judged by the electorate
Within Britain, Irish Home Rule has become a reality despite the Tory-backed rebellion which has brough King William V to the throne. The Radicals have been purged from government, and the newly-ennobled Radical peers are placed under attainder. Ruling under emergency decree, William and the Earl of Salisbury restore a sense of order after a turbulent year, whilst the Duke of Cambridge is sent to India to negotiate a settlement that is not entirely ruinous to British interests
Within France, King Louis Philippe II reigns over a country whose national interests seem to be on the ascendant. Major ally to the CSA, and heavily involved in the Mexican Empire, the decline of Britain has seen France negotiate a trade treaty with the empire of Brazil, and become a major ally of Spain as King Juan III attempts to shore up his position in the face of another deterioration of the situation in Cuba
Within Austria, Franz Josef has set upon a policy of Balkan alliances and understandings aimed at diplomatically shoring up the position of the empire, especially in the face of the Russian threat manifested in its client kingdoms of Hungary and Serbia. A large naval build-up has seen an outlet for Austrian policy upon the Western Mediterranean
The Russian Empire has taken advantage of British distraction and recent weakness. The absorption of Khiva, Bokhara and Khokand has been followed by the absorption of Kashgaria and penetration into Tibet which by 1880 is becoming more of a protectorate in the face of the weakness of the Chinese
Grey Wolf
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=3657
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=38989
1880
President Daniel W Voorhees is running for re-election in the United States, his record since the end of the war and the peace treaty being judged largely on issues of national self-confidence, relative British decline, and the rise of American influence in the Pacific. The early moves towards a formal Russo-American alliance is also judged by the electorate
Within Britain, Irish Home Rule has become a reality despite the Tory-backed rebellion which has brough King William V to the throne. The Radicals have been purged from government, and the newly-ennobled Radical peers are placed under attainder. Ruling under emergency decree, William and the Earl of Salisbury restore a sense of order after a turbulent year, whilst the Duke of Cambridge is sent to India to negotiate a settlement that is not entirely ruinous to British interests
Within France, King Louis Philippe II reigns over a country whose national interests seem to be on the ascendant. Major ally to the CSA, and heavily involved in the Mexican Empire, the decline of Britain has seen France negotiate a trade treaty with the empire of Brazil, and become a major ally of Spain as King Juan III attempts to shore up his position in the face of another deterioration of the situation in Cuba
Within Austria, Franz Josef has set upon a policy of Balkan alliances and understandings aimed at diplomatically shoring up the position of the empire, especially in the face of the Russian threat manifested in its client kingdoms of Hungary and Serbia. A large naval build-up has seen an outlet for Austrian policy upon the Western Mediterranean
The Russian Empire has taken advantage of British distraction and recent weakness. The absorption of Khiva, Bokhara and Khokand has been followed by the absorption of Kashgaria and penetration into Tibet which by 1880 is becoming more of a protectorate in the face of the weakness of the Chinese
Grey Wolf
