[center][h2] [color=ed1c24]The Xian Clique [/color][/h2][/center] [center][img]http://www.worldstatesmen.org/ch_1915.gif[/img][/center] [center][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PpvxMoMeTQ][b]Our Empire is emblazoned by light[/b][/url][/center] The bubble had popped. In August of 1904 the Soroyan King, Hann-Riechmanus II, declared the Xianese claim to the Southern Soroyan Faresia colony to be void and false, regardless of it's legality. The Liberation Council hastily sent a venomous retort boasting of it's status as the official successor state to the Xianese Empire and the Yong dynasty. However, nationalist radicalism was a growing corruption within the government body. In December it finally popped. 'The Night of the Tiger' it was called by many Varian news outlets. In the late hours of December 23rd, 1904, White Tiger nationalists in Changtan poured into the homes and churches of the Soroyan missionaries who had been preaching in the urban centers for the last few years. The churches were burned and nationalists destroyed and looted anything they could grab with Varian influence. The missionaries in question would have been ripped apart had it not been for a swift and brutal NRA intervention in the chaos. By the end of the night, twelve White Tigers and three NRA officers lay dead in the streets of Changtan and three buildings had been turned to ash. The incident caused uproar for both the moderates and radicals who held seats on the Liberation Council, one side calling the other cowards and traitors to the revolutionary ideal. However, a agreement was found. By official decree of the Liberation Council, all foreign nationals of Varian descent were to be expelled from the Republic of Xian for their own safety. The missionaries sent from the Soroyan colonies were personally escorted by NRA soldiers across the border. Hundreds of men, women, and children were forced from the nation or detained for refusing to go. [center][img]http://www.harunyahya.com/image/darwinizm_kanli_ideolojisi_fasizm/ispanyada_savas.jpg[/img] [i]Families of unknown national origin marching to harbors offering safe passage home, circa 1905.[/i][/center]