Império do Brasil (Empire of Brazil)
Independência ou Morte!
"I stand on the floor of Parliament today as I'll give my thoughts about the reason events, that happened in Europe. So today, I got a newspaper for Prussia from a dear friend of mine, and he said, 'Read it. It's important if you do.'. So I read it, since I know how to read what the Prussias write out. They have dropped out of the Treaty of Constantinople and made a 'new one' and it'-... You know what I'll read it to you guys, it's important if the guys would listen to what I have to say. 'The following treaty is in accordance with the agreements between the Concert of Europe' the countries who went to the Conference of Constantinople. It goes on, but as soon as I read Article One, I know where this new treaty was going.
Article One says the following: 'It is hereby agreed that ‘Europe’, within its broader definition as encompassing Western Russia and Asia Minor, as well as all the integral lands of the signatories, shall be a region kept free of all war'. Which means that Europe must be kept a free war zone, which will never happen. Then I got the Section One and I was upset by it.
Section One says the following: 'All wars between the signatories shall hereby take place outside of Europe'. It means that they can't attack in Europe, but, they can attack in the Americas, Asia, anywhere in the world by not in Europe! I didn't want to read before I gave myself a heart attack, but I have to keep going. Then when I got to Article Two, I could of felt my blood temperature rising.
It says the following: ' It is hereby recognised by all the signatories that each signatory has undisputed authority and jurisdiction over particular regions of the world, and whose say in issues which arise in said regions is final'. It keeps going! But, I'll give you the short vision for the four sections.
Section One: Northern Europe is British Isles and France, North-Western Russia, and the Scandinavian nations is Prussia. Section 1.1: Southern Europe is Austria. Section 2: North America is France and Britian. Section 3: Eastern Asia is Russia. and lastly Section 4: North Africa, Congo Basin territories, as well as the Balkans and Caucuses, the Arabian Peninsula, Persia and Central Asia is Ottoman Empire. These areas are under the sphere of influence for every Major European power, but they didn't talk about South America.
I'm happy that we aren't under any influence for any European nation. But, the other nations that are, I feel sorry for them. This Treaty is now a paper, that can tell a faith of a nation, that isn't a 'great power'. I'm sick by this treaty, but I got one question to Prussia, the makers of this sorry of a treaty: What are you going to do to South America? Put us under the 'sphere of influence' for Spain or Portugal? You better have an answer in forty-eight hours or we stop trading our coffee beans and rare stuff to the European nations. That is all I have to say.'
~ Emperor Pedro II, King of Brazil.
