[net.games.pbm] SQUIRES DIPLO: S1904 CORRECTIONS

squires@csd2.UUCP (Charles S Squires Jr) (11/25/85)

*** SQUIRES-DIPLOMACY NEWSLETTER ** Next move: FALL 1904 ***
(posted on net.games.pbm and sent to the players via e-mail)

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+   UPDATED NEWSLETTER:  THIS NEWSLETTER CONTAINS CORRECTIONS TO THE  +
+   PREVIOUSLY POSTED RESULTS FOR SPRING 1904.  PLEASE IGNORE THE     +
+   PREVIOUS POSTING AND USE THIS AS THE OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE  +
+   GAME AS OF THE END OF SPRING 1904.  THIS CHANGE WAS CALLED FOR    +
+   DUE TO LOCAL NETWORK FAILURES IN BERKELEY WHICH MADE MAIL COMMUN- +
+   ICATIONS WITH "ITALY" IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.          +
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To the players:
	I am sorry to inconvenience you by correcting the moves.  Since there
is ample time to continue Fall 1904 play, the deadline remains unchanged.
With the exception of Austria, players should not be effected.  The mail
I received from Tom Tedrick proved the network failure beyond a doubt.
His orders were date/time stamped well in advance.
	My apologies, especially to Charles Cooper.
					-Charlie Squires

Charles Squires	Gamesmaster	squires@nyu-csd2.ARPA

Charles Cooper	Aus/Hun		coopercc@ge-crd.ARPA
Terry Dougherty	France		fadoc@brl-tgr.ARPA
Jeff Hanes	Germany		jeffh@brl-vgr.ARPA
Lewis Jansen	England		lrj@lasspvax.ARPA
Kevin Knight	Russia		knight@harvard.ARPA
Daryll Strauss	Turkey		strauss@cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA
Tom Tedrick	Italy		tedrick@ucbernie.ARPA

Results of Spring 1904 orders: ========================================

Austria:	A-Ven-Tus		Conflict with ITA-A-Rom
		A-Tyr-Ven		Self-dislodgement prohibited
		F-Tri-S-A-Tyr-Ven	Self-dislodgement prohibited
		A-Vie-Tyr		Tyrolia not evacuated
		F-Gre-Ion		Conflict with ITA-F-Apu
		A-Ser-S-RUS-F-Bul	OK
England:	A-Swe-HOLD		OK
		F-Nth-S-F-Lon		Support cut
		F-Lon-S-F-Nth		OK
		F-Eng-Wal		OK
France:		F-MAO-NAO		OK
		F-Bre-MAO		OK
		F-Tun-TyS		OK
		F-Pic-S-A-Bel		OK
		A-Bel-S-F-Pic		OK
		A-Par-Bre		OK
		A-Mar-Gas		OK
Germany:	F-Bal-Swe		Insufficient support
		F-Kie-Hel		OK
		F-Hol-Nth		Insufficient support
		A-Den-S-F-Bal-Swe	OK
		A-Ruh-Mun		OK
		A-War-Sil		OK
Italy:		F-Apu-Ion		Conflict with AUS-F-Gre
		A-Rom-Tus		Conflict with AUS-A-Ven
Russia:		F-Nwy-S-ENG-A-Swe	OK
		A-StP-Liv		OK
		A-Mos-S-A-StP-Liv	OK
		A-Ukr-Rum		OK
		F-Rum-Bla		OK
		F-Bul/E-HOLD		OK
Turkey:		A-Con-Bul		Insufficient support
		F-Age-S-A-Con-Bul	OK
		F-Smy-EMd		OK

Announcements: ========================================================

Fall 1904 orders, press releases, and potential retreats are due on
Wednesday, December 4, 1985 at 6 pm eastern standard time.  Starting
in 1905, the pace of the game will pick up slightly.  I would
like to have 3 moves every two weeks.  I do not think that this will
be too difficult.  Things have been moving along well so far at the
currently rapid rate at which we are playing.  BTW, please include
projected builds, adjustments, retreats, and press releases with
your orders.  Press releases have been slacking off lately.  If I
don't start getting a little more input, I'll discontinue that
section of the newsletter.  Most net.people who care about the game
at all have been particularly interested in this section.

News from around the world: ===========================================

(GENEVA, Summer 1904) -
Highlights of Spring 1904:
1) FRENCH NAVY DOMINATES ATLANTIC.  COAST OF ENGLAND THREATENED.
2) GERMANS RETREAT FROM WARSAW.  RUSSIA REPATRIATION EXPECTED.
3) RUSSIANS TAKE BLACK SEA AS TURKISH ATTEMPT TO RETAKE BULGARIA IS
	REPELLED WITH AUSTRIAN SUPPORT.
4) AUSTRIAN ADVANCES IN ITALY REPELLED. FRENCH NAVY MOVES TO ITALIAN COAST.
5) RUSSIANS AND ENGLISH REPEL GERMAN ATTACK ON SWEDEN.
6) UNREST REPORTED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ITALY, AS ITALIAN STATE SPENDS
	THE SPRING IN CIVIL DISORDER.
News from the major European capitals was scarse in this season of drives
by the four more powerful nations against the three weaker.  With English
and Turkish home territory threatened, and half of Italy under Austrian
occupation, only Moscow released any statements.  The single Russian
press release is not viewed as having major significance.
(quote)
MOSCOW, Apr. 20, 1904.  The Czar formed a solid alliance with the United 
States of America during last week's meetings with the U.S. President in 
Geneva.  The Russian nobility expressed delight over the agreement, which
stipulates that both nations continue arms buildups and pursue imperialist 
foreign policies.
(end quote)
Swiss authorities are not aware of any such negotiations held in Geneva in
'04, and suggest that such negotiations may not be likely for as many as
eighty-one-and-one-half years.  If such negotiations did take place, the
Russian diplomats would have had to have been smuggled across the border from
Tyrolia, Austria into Switzerland.  Swiss authorities are not in the
habit of permitting such international trickery.

Current Positions: ====================================================

A/H	Eng	Fra	Ger	Ita	Rus	Tur
---	---	---	---	---	---	---
A-Ser	A-Swe 	A-Bre	A-Ruh	A-Rom	A-Mos	A-Con
A-Tyr	F-Wal	A-Bel	A-Den	F-Apu	A-Liv	F-EMd
A-Vie	F-Nth	A-Gas	A-Sil		A-Rum	F-Aeg
A-Ven	F-Lon	F-Pic	F-Bal		F-Nwy
F-Tri		F-NAO	F-Hol		F-Bla
F-Gre		F-MAO	F-Hel		F-Bul/E
		F-TyS

Existing Wars Between the Powers: =====================================

	BALKAN WAR - Declared Fall 1901 - Austria/Russia vs. Turkey.
	ADRIATIC WAR - Declared Spring 1902 - Italy vs. Austria.
	GREAT WAR OF NORTHERN EUROPE (England, France, Germany, Russia) -
		- Baltic war declared by Eng/Rus on Ger F1902-Pres
		- Normandy War decl. by Fra against Eng F1903-Pres
		- Currently, Fra/Ger vs Eng, Eng/Rus vs Ger

Current Supply Center Ownership: ======================================

Ctry	1901 1902 1903 1904   Cities Owned
----	---- ---- ---- ----   ------------
A/H	  3    5    5    6    Vie, Bud, Tri, Ven, Ser, Gre
Eng	  3    4    5    4    Lon, Liv, Edi, Swe
Fra	  3    5    5    7    Par, Mar, Bre, Por, Spa, Bel, Tun
Ger	  3    5    5    6    Ber, Mun, Kie, Hol, War, Den
Ita	  3    4    5    2    Rom, Nap
Rus	  4    6    6    6    Mos, StP, Sev, Rum, Bul, Nwy
Tur	  3    4    3    3    Con, Smy, Ank

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