Looking at the strike waves sweeping across the European Continent, Franz felt a shiver of dread. One couldn't understand this tension without having experienced the 1848 revolutions.
The first trouble arose in Rome, where the Italian Independence Organization seized the opportunity of the strike waves and managed to initiate an uprising.
More bizarrely, they actually succeeded. Hearing this news, Franz was dumbfounded, and he guessed that even the leaders of the Italian Independence Organization were likely bewildered.
With just a few shouts, Rome was liberated. Bear in mind that nobody was ready; the intent was only to declare the idea of national independence.
Reality is so nonsensical; the Roman police were locals, and their dissatisfaction with the French had been brewing for more than just a couple of days—so they simply shirked their duties and permitted the uprising to break out.
