Though the First Lord of the Admiralty bore responsibility for this incident enough for General Kitchener to rage and demand his dismissal.
Winston Churchill hadn't turned completely anti-Russian without any thought.
His choice wasn't just for the British Empire's long-term future, but also for the immediate political crisis.
'If I stay still like this, I'll just be abandoned. Just be cut off like a tail!'
Rather, Churchill had known things would turn out this way from the moment the Tsar stepped forward.
While Kitchener was agonizing between two choices.
Churchill also had two choices before him.
Either be cut off as a sacrificial tail of the pro-Russian faction, or live as the head of the anti-Russian faction.
His view of the nation. The future he foresaw.
'This country... cannot fundamentally coexist with Russia.'
Along with the surrounding circumstances, his mindset made him choose the latter.
