[h1][center][b][u]The World as We Know It[/u][/b][/center][/h1]
[center][[b]Turn 6[/b] -- April, 1900 to June, 1900][/center]
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[center][h2][b][u]June, 1900[/u][/b][/h2][/center]

[b][u]June 19th to June 21st[/u][/b]

[b][u]June 19th[/u][/b]
[list][*]The [b]Second Liubeth Conference[/b] in Liubeth, Kalpia is set to start. The [b][color=lavender]Empire of Violette[/color][/b] aims to bring an end to the Zello-Osladian War, though international observers are hopeful that they can finally negotiate an end to a terrible war.

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[i]Dignitaries on the first day of the Second Liubeth Conference[/i].[/center]
The Conference begins with a rousing speech from the Osladian Minister of Security, Srdjan Orlovy on the issue at head. "We have come, once again, to resolve the issue of sovereignty in the straits of water between two empires." With agreements from all sides and only hushed mumbles from the Zellonian side of the table, the conference begins. Kent Benson, the Zellonian Minister of Military Production brings to the table the future of the Memoital Commonwealth, citing their strength and loyalty in the war and as well as an official invitation to the Marnish Kingdom, who joins via Foreign Minister Sven Nidling.

Hanke Weber, Assistant to President Reimund Braun of Kalpia presents a letter from the Kalpian Parliament indicating it's interest in reparations for the cost of the war as well as possibilities of discussing the long term peace. Why no interest in war crimes is brought up, considering the loss of 3,000 Kalpian prisoners of wars at the hands of Zellonians, few can tell.

Lastly, Thierre Carré, Aide of the Foreign Minister of the Empire of Violette offers up "the demilitarization of the Zello-Osladian Strait, and the need to address the atrocities committed during the conduct of the war." The mention of war crimes draws cold stares from the Osladian delegation.

In the closing hours of the agenda, the Osladians managed to press as a claimant the question of the Zellonian Navy, something few paid attention to.[/list]

[b][u]June 20th[/u][/b]
[list][*]On the first day of the Conference, Aaron Reeves, Junior Economics Minister of Zellonia personally met with the Marnish Foreign Minister before the conference started for the day and offered his condolences on the the "Great Mistake" the Royal Army took in invading Marnish land.

Kalpian Economist Edmund Feldt offered up a written report: "The Cost of War in the North Sea," detailing not only the loss of Kalpian, Zellonian and Osladian life but the cost of labor in the war and the strain on the already fragile Kalpian economy. Estienne Rodin, Military Advisor to the Gendarmerie Nationale spent his allotted time arguing for a demilitarized zone in Zellonia, the "ZDZ" as it were called, citing Zellonian foreign ambitions as a reason why.[/list]

[b][u]June 21st[/u][/b]
[list][*]On the second day of the conference, Niko Shklovsky, Head of Osladian National Finances & Banks continued to pressure the other nations on the importance of a "freely owned" Osladian strait, by which of course he meant "Osladian owned." Caleb Newman, Economic Advisor to King James gave a presentation on planned reforms for 1901 to increase trade relations with the Marnish Kingdom as a "mutual promise to rebuild a nation deeply affected by a war in which it had no part."

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[i]Second Liubeth Conference, Day 2, June 21st, 1900[/i][/center]

While inspiring, the Kalpian Minister of the Interior Metody Wojda refuted Newman, underscoring some of the progress when Wojda attacked the Zellonians for trying brutish war time tactics and making a promise only in defeat, saying: "You apologize because you have lost, something no one does in victory."[/list]