September 11, 1890, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Greece, and Montenegro simultaneously closed their trade routes with France, and the embargo officially began.
At that moment, the European Continent was filled with an ominous tension, as everyone knew that this was a harbinger of a gathering storm, and a European war seemed inevitable.
Advise the French to make concessions?
The embargo by the Anti-French Alliance had backed the Paris Government into a corner. Stepping back was not a path to freedom and vast prospects but a plunge into an abyssal hell.
Advise the Anti-French Alliance to remain calm?
This was even less acceptable. The Anti-French Alliance was the victim. If it weren't for the French's ambitious desire to invade Central Europe, none of this would have happened.
The concerns of bystanders were just fears that the war in Europe would impact the innocent. It was not because they loved peace so much—the real pacifists couldn't seize power anyway.
