Inside the Prime Minister's office on Downing Street, the atmosphere was especially eerie.
Prime Minister Gladstone roared, "What is the Police Department for? How could something like this happen?"
There was no way around it, just a few hours ago, Russian Envoy Whight-Nicholas was attacked on his way to the UK Foreign Office and had since met his God.
It goes without saying that even if Britain and Russia had not officially gone to war, at most the British government could only expel the Russian envoy and had to ensure his personal safety before he left.
According to the rules of the game, every government had an obligation to guarantee the personal safety of foreign envoys. With the accident of the Russian envoy, the British government could hardly shirk its responsibility.
Minister of Police Rogers replied bitterly, "It was a complete accident. Envoy Whight was on his way to the Foreign Office when he encountered a protesting crowd.
