Interest sways the heart, and Austria was unwilling to concede to the British over the South American issue, just as France was equally averse to seeing its own interests harmed.
After Peru and Bolivia decided to continue the war, the Paris Government agreed very briskly.
As time passed, the French Empire kept growing stronger, and nationalism within the country flourished.
Emerging nationalists naturally disliked being inferior to the British, and with the power of centuries-old animosity and conflicts of interest, the French populace held great antipathy towards the pro-British faction within the government.
In the era of Napoleon III, his achievements in annexing the Italian Area could suppress these contradictions.
By the time of Napoleon IV, however, the situation had changed. He had just ascended to power when he faced a tumultuous struggle within the government, with the pro-British faction, which held a dominant position, being attacked from all sides.
