Decorations, casualty compensation, post-war settlements.
While I was wrestling with paperwork on all sorts of issues - from Korean administration, Manchurian reconstruction, taking over Qing Dynasty's rights, to establishing East Asian diplomatic relations after the Russo-Japanese War.
My cousin Willy didn't seem to be an emperor who took state affairs seriously.
"Last time he toured Tangier riding a white horse with the sultans, and now it's a military parade?"
Was it after mother's birthday? I wondered why Minister Giers, already old and unwell, had become even more gaunt, and it turns out they were doing such brazen things while we were preoccupied with the Qing Dynasty.
The Morocco Crisis.
The subject: Morocco.
The content: The sovereignty of the sultans.
Germany's true intention: Provoking France.
France, naturally, strongly objected.
