Peshawar Lancers Redux: Asia

The British MI-5 working with the Royal Hawaiian Constabulary and the Royal Hawaiian Intelligence Agency and the Police carried out a series of raids in India, Hong Kong and British Isles capturing several suspects in bomb plots.
 
The War between the Empire of the Rising Sun and the forces fighting for the liberation of China had reached a stalemate. The Imperial Army had managed to stop the advance of the Chinese and the situation was looking a lot better. Secret talks were held in India between the two sides in an attempt to end the fighting.
 
Talks were also held at the Royal Hawaiian Consulate in Hong Kong between the Empire of the Rising Sun and the newly proclaimed Republic of China. The Chinese expressed a willingness to reach a peaceful settlement provided that the Empire withdrew from certain parts of China. The rising star of the Chinese Military was Chaing Kai Shek.
 
Hawaii and Britain helped to broker a cease fire agreement between the two parties. The Empire if the Rising Sun acknowledged the existence of the Republic of China in North western China and in some other parts of western China.
 
The Empire of the Rising Sun had decided that it also would need to build more powerful warships so as to not be dominated. Below their new capital ship
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The Empire of the Rising Sun has continued to prepare itself for a possible war with the Russians. It has been building its Navy to protect from any seaborne threat. For now the Conflict with the Republic of China has stopped as both sides honor the cese fire and try to work out problems.
 
The Emperor was satisfied that Hawaii was in fact supporting a policy that He the Emperor had promoted. He did however inform the Imperial Prime Minister that he would support the construction of 4 additional capital ships.
 
The Empire of the Rising Sun was quite busy on a massive naval construction program. This program touch of concern within the British Empire and also with the Netherlands. The Netherlands had signed an agreement with the German government for help in the construction of 2 modern fast Battle cruisers. It appears that a naval arms race had begun
 
The Republic of China was prepared to exchange Ambassadors with Hawaii. It had requested that its agents in Hawaii get busy constructing the Chinese Embassy so that it would be ready when the Ambassador arrived.
 
Ambassador Charles Kim Lee was passed by the Foreign Relations Committee to the Full house . He was confirmed overwhelmingly by the house and a week latter he arrived in Hong Kong and was then taken Northward by a Royal Hawaiian Naval airship to the Republic of China capital in Chungking.
 
Hawaii's Deputy foreign Minister and his wife traveled to the Empire of the Rising Sun and had an audience with the Emperor. George spoke with the Emperor and managed to convince him that Hawaii was not seeking to undermine the Empire but to promote peace. He informed the Emperor that he would also visit the Republic of China and seek to promote peace. The Emperor wished him good fortune.
He traveled to India where he met with both the British Imperial Prime Minister and the King Emperor. He informed King/Emperor Edward that he would be retiring from public service in two years. It had been a lot of years.
 
The Empire of the Rising Sun was conducting a serious intelligence mission to try to figure out what is happening in Hawaii. There was still a lot of concern about what the Prime Minister was up to in the field of foreign policy. The Imperial Government was reassured that the Deputy Prime Minister George Kamehameha would be able to prevent the Prime Minister from doing anything radical. But there were some rumors that he was about to retire from the House.
 
The Foreign Minister of the Empire of the Rising Sun was enroute to Hawaii to meet with the Hawaiian Secatary of State. They were to make arrangements fro a visit to Hawaii by members of the Empire's Royal Family.
 
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