The announcement of the special investigation team's personnel appointments instantly caused a sensation. The domestic anti-Jewish public was satisfied; those at the top were all hard-liners.
As the head of the special investigation team, Count Witters had, at a recent press conference, publicly called for the courts to severely punish criminals, certainly not intending to be lenient.
The Jewish capital forces, which had narrowly escaped disaster, were also satisfied. Although they had not made direct contact, everyone vaguely knew these were their own people.
Ledyard, who was responsible for mediating, also breathed a sigh of relief. Since their own people were leading the investigation, he expected the matter would soon pass.
The only thing he found strange was that there were too many of their own in the investigation team, and many unrelated department officials had also been pulled in. This did not conform to the Vienna Government's consistent governance model.
