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June 16th, 1904
Berlin, Germany
1402 Hours
A terrified young man from the Reichstag approached General Schlieffen's aide with the telegram from Washington. The aide looked down at the jittery man before him, and signalled that he should put the telegram in General Schlieffen's mailbox.
An Hour later, Schlieffen returned to his office after a meeting. He checked his mailbox, and opened the telegram. He clicked his tongue as he read it. He found the Kaiser in his office, and notified him of the American response to the ultimatum. The Kaiser merely smiled.
"Alfred, you know this was what I intended?"
"Yes, mein Kaiser, you told Admiral Tirpitz and I this a week ago."
"Yes, Alfred, I did."
Later that day, the German Far East squadron was dispatched to the Philippines, and the Baltic squadron was sent south. It would refuel at the Canaries, then continue on to the Caribbean. Thirty Divisions were moved onto ships in the Baltic ports, and German marines prepared for an assault on Subic bay.