The first day of negotiations was destined to be difficult, and it seemed that the Portuguese side had no intention of negotiating, with their demands even more shocking.
Despite being the losing side in the war, the Portuguese insisted on war reparations from Australasia and demanded an apology from the Australasian government and people for starting the war.
Moreover, Australasia must release all captured Portuguese prisoners without any compensation and provide high compensation for all killed Portuguese soldiers.
This did not even take into account the property losses in the occupied Portuguese colonies. If these were included, the Portuguese would demand at least 40 million Australian dollars in compensation from Australasia.
These conditions were met with sneers from Chief David and silence from the representatives of the British, German, and Russian countries.
It was unknown how confident the Portuguese were to make such an astronomical offer in this situation.
