Of the Quendi wrote:Seljuq Kyiv wrote:Since an IC conference has failed the intended objective (quick discourse regarding the matter while at the same time professing the stances of each respective nation), I must begin the negotiations OOCly.
1. Rules of the colonisation of Africa are as per the Conference of Berlin (effective occupation, etc.)
2. Spain's claim on Morocco is confirmed; Portugal's claim on Angola and Mozambique is confirmed; Britain's claim on the Guinea is confirmed; Sweden's claim on New Stockholm is confirmed
3. Egypt's claim on Habesh-Punt is confirmed.
4. A nation can only partake in de facto and de jure occupation on their respective legitimate spheres of influences (which shall be discussed)
Once this is done we can settle the French business. Savvy?
Thats not fair. One of Russia's principal goals in the scramble for Africa has been to derail the conference, if IC negotiations cannot reach a conclusion then that means that said goal is reached, then it can't simply be undone by OOC decisions. In any case Russia doesn't recognize British claims on Guinea, Spanish claims on Morocco Egyptian claims on any Somali territory.
To be fair, that is a part of Egypt's plan too; behind a smokescreen of pointless arguments, get their claims recognised, make it harder for Europe to begin colonisation of Africa without eliciting the ire of angry natives (which Egypt will happily arm) or rival European powers a la Fashoda, curtail European interests by having them conform to arbitrary borders, while at the same time appeasing their associates and friends (especially Austria, which wants to usurp the position of France).
And Egypt gets a huge prestige boost not just as a mediator of Western powers, but also by hosting cultural exhibitions (linking the Khedivial line to the Pharaonic Dynasties and 5,000 years of history, for example), and the premiering of Giuseppe Verdi's
Aida (or an equivalent thereof), prompting a huge Egyptomania buzz in Europe and elsewhere — all which I plan to put into my first post of the Conference soon.
All the while no actual partition happens, and no territory is actually handed to any one state. The 'sphere of influence' I speak of is more or less 'dibs'.
But what I refer to when I mean the failure of the IC conference I refer to the slovenly inactivity that has struck its blow repeatedly. It is an OOC deadlock rather than an IC deadlock; the whole French discourse has only occurred in the span of one morning where it should last a whole day or more, for example.
Of the Quendi wrote:Seljuq Kyiv wrote:The Boxer Rebellion.
That ship has sailed. By the time we get to the Boxer Rebellion (and that won't be for ages) China will be so firmly in the Russian sphere of influence that any such rising will be a matter handled by Russia and the Qing Dynasty. Come summer of 1871 Russia will kick the Japanese out of Manchuria returning it to China in exchange for enormous concessions, from then on any entry of a third power into China will required Russian consent, or immense amounts of resources.
I would expect that Egypt will press its de facto claims on bridging the gap between Dai Nam and Kwangchowan while this occurs.
EDIT: By the way, if Algeria belongs to France it falls to the Ottoman Empire automatically.