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-In Paris, the famous pro-Napoleonic playwright, Victor Hugo produced a counter leaflet to Frederick Wagner’s Rise and Fall of the Teutonic People, this one from the French perspective. Looking to impress the Empress and the Napoleonic court, Hugo wrote his leaflet as a raise of France and her culture, culminating in the rise of Napoleon, the great champion of French culture against German barbarism. Using much of the terminology used in Wagner’s work, Hugo presented the ‘Latinos’ as being the bringers of culture in all Europe, only to be dragged down by the Teutonic Race who also tried to stop the spread of culture to the Slavic peoples, only for them to overcome this difficulty by creating their own culture, superior to the Germanic one despite the difficulties against it (A nod to the Polish Empress).
+In Paris, the famous pro-Napoleonic playwright, Victor Hugo produced a counter leaflet to Frederick Wagner’s //Rise and Fall of the Teutonic People//, this one from the French perspective. Looking to impress the Empress and the Napoleonic court, Hugo wrote his leaflet as a raise of France and her culture, culminating in the rise of Napoleon, the great champion of French culture against German barbarism. Using much of the terminology used in Wagner’s work, Hugo presented the ‘Latinos’ as being the bringers of culture in all Europe, only to be dragged down by the Teutonic Race who also tried to stop the spread of culture to the Slavic peoples, only for them to overcome this difficulty by creating their own culture, superior to the Germanic one despite the difficulties against it (A nod to the Polish Empress).
-The success of Hugo’s pamphlet, The Rise and Rise of the Latino People, was greeted with great sales and reading in France, Italy and Poland. It was also a great joy for the Empress to read and she subsequently made sure her son, Napoleon III read it, wanting him to be a good friend to Poland and Slavs in general. As the War of Tribulation would show, it would be a catastrophic mistake.
+The success of Hugo’s pamphlet, //The Rise and Rise of the Latino People//, was greeted with great sales and reading in France, Italy and Poland. It was also a great joy for the Empress to read and she subsequently made sure her son, Napoleon III read it, wanting him to be a good friend to Poland and Slavs in general. As the War of Tribulation would show, it would be a catastrophic mistake.
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 Although the Liberal Government tried to hush the whole affair up, it soon leaked out from people within the Balmoral Estate that the King had fled and the Conservative Opposition ate it up tremendously, howling down Lord Russell in Parliament. The rising star of the Conservative Party, Algernon Percy, the Duke of Northumberland harshly denounced the Liberal Party for being unable to bring the King under control. Such sentiment was echoed throughout the country and the famous author and political commentator, Benjamin Disraeli penned the famous rhyme:
-//Lord Russell is grand, our Minister of State.
+//Lord Russell is grand, our Minister of State.//
-But when he wants to be rid of our King
+//But when he wants to be rid of our King//
-He could never seem to wait!
+//He could never seem to wait!//
-Lord Russell, that man of dignity and means
+//Lord Russell, that man of dignity and means//
-Hardly ever met the King
+//Hardly ever met the King//
-Or never at all it seems//
+//Or never at all it seems//
 The simplistic and rather bad ditty captured the mood of the country as it rose up to mock the Prime Minister for being unable to keep an eye on the King. With the disappearance of the King, it placed Parliament in a constitutionally awkward position as there was no King to give consent to any laws passed. A loophole was exploited in this as Alfred had left a note giving his consent to whatever Parliament passed in his absence. Several were tempted to take this as a way to get rid of the Monarchy but this wasn’t the most politically realistic of issues.