squires@csd2.UUCP (Charles S Squires Jr) (10/23/85)
*** ARPANET-DIPLOMACY NEWSLETTER ** Next move: SPRING 1902 *** (posted on net.games.pbm and sent to the players via e-mail) Gamesmaster: Charles Squires 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 Fall 1901 orders: ========================================== Austria: F-Alb-Gre Successful A-Ser-S-F-Alb-Gre " A-Tri-Tyr " England: A-Yor-Nwy " F-Nth-C-A-Yor-Nwy " F-Eng-Bre Cancelled by FRA-A-Par-Bre France: A-Par-Bre Cancelled by ENG-F-Eng-Bre A-Spa-HOLD Successful F-MAO-Por " Germany: F-Hol-Bel " A-Kie-Den " A-Mun-Ruh " Italy: A-Pie-Ven " A-Apu-Tun " F-Ion-C-A-Apu-Tun " Russia: F-Sev-Rum " A-StP-Fin " A-Ukr-S-F-Sev-Rum " F-GOB-Swe " Turkey: A-Bul-Gre Defeated by AUS-F-Alb-Gre F-Ank-Con Successful A-Smy-Ank " Post-1901 Builds and adjustments: ===================================== Austria: BUILD-F-Tri BUILD-A-Bud England: BUILD-A-Lon France: BUILD-F-Mar BUILD-F-Bre Germany: BUILD-F-Kie BUILD-A-Mun Italy: BUILD-F-Nap Russia: BUILD-F-Sev BUILD-F-StP/N Turkey: BUILD-F-Smy Announcements: ======================================================== Spring 1902 orders and press releases are due by Monday, Oct. 30, 1985 at 7 pm eastern time. If you are having difficulty with mail to/from another player, please check your system tables (/etc/hosts) or contact your system administrator to find out the address you should use. Another approach is to mail a second copy via the USENET routes. Your system also has a table for this. Builds will be conducted as a part of the FALL season in the future, so, you may wish to send pre-selected, prioritized builds and adjustments with your orders. If you do not, I will contact you by private e-mail and ask for your builds, as I have done this year. This will be explained in a bulletin I'll send out during after the Spring moves. News from around the world: =========================================== (Unless otherwise noted, all remarks are those of the Swiss gov't.) GENEVA, Fall 1901 - War has broken out in two parts of Europe, and tensions are rapidly mounting on a global scale. The BALKAN war began in Fall 1901 when Russia declared war on Turkey following a skirmish in the Black Sea. AustriaHungary immediately followed suit, declaring war on Turkey in response to the Turkish invasion of Bulgaria. Many sources report, however, that negotiations are already underway in an effort to halt this war, and there have not yet been any further attempts to move into the Black Sea or to jeopardize enemy home territories. In the West, England began the Fall by declaring that Belgium and Norway were under imminent English invasion, and warned other European powers not to intervene. This announcement was not well received internationally, and the brief German/Italian/English moves to surround France were immediately broken off by both Germany and Italy. England then unilaterally declared war on France in the Fall of 1901 (THE CHANNEL WAR) attacking Brest instead of Belgium. The war was declared in response to France's invasion of Spain and moves against Portugal. England also invited Italy and Germany to join in the war against France, but neither country has done so yet. While the attack was repelled by the Parisian garrison, Germany moved into Belgium. It is not known whether this was a direct move against English interests or a coordinated move with England, or neither, as Berlin is the only capital maintaining a news blackout. In other news from the England, the Prime Minister of England reaffirmed his country's neutrality in the Balkan War. France issued a statement reaffirming its friendship with Germany in spite of the Spring conflict in Burgundy. Paris also announced having met with Italian officials to coordinate regional policies, and to see what could be done to aid the cause of restoring peace to the Balkans. France also claimed its move into Spain was at the invitation of the Spanish to aid their alleged fight against Portuguese terrorists. In Scandanavia, while England invaded Norway, Russia has moved into Sweden and moved troops into her own Finland in an effort to eliminate the Swedish insurgency. Germany has also moved into the region by taking Denmark. Turkey claims that Austria declared war as a nervous response to a lack of communications between their two countries, and claims that the war between their two nations need not have been declared. Turkey also vows to do whatever is necessary to stop Russia from dominating the region. Holland stands alone as the one remaining independent non- aligned nation, and has filed protest in Geneva against the invasions of the other nonaligned capitals. The arms race took off in 1901 with each nation building additional armies and fleets. Interestingly, a large number of fleets have been built, threatening a very complicated naval scenario in the near future in all waters. The arms race has also widened the scope of both the BALKAN and CHANNEL wars making the need for diplomacy and realignment necessary for the survivals of all nations. Current Positions: ==================================================== A/H Eng Fra Ger Ita Rus Tur --- --- --- --- --- --- --- A-Ser A-Nwy A-Par A-Den A-Tun A-Fin A-Bul A-Tyr F-Eng A-Spa A-Ruh A-Ven A-Ukr A-Ank F-Gre F-Nort F-Por F-Bel F-Ion F-Swe F-Con F-Tri A-Lon F-Bre F-Kie F-Nap F-Rum F-Smy A-Bud F-Mar A-Mun F-Sev F-StP/N Existing Wars Between the Powers: ===================================== BALKAN WAR - Declared Fall 1901 - Austria/Russia vs. Turkey. CHANNEL WAR - Declared Fall 1901 : England vs. France. Current Supply Center Ownership: ====================================== Ctry 1901 1902 Cities ---- ---- ---- ------ A/H 3 5 Vie, Bud, Tri, Gre, Ser Eng 3 4 Lon, Liv, Edi, Nwy Fra 3 5 Par, Mar, Bre, Por, Spa Ger 3 5 Ber, Mun, Kie, Bel, Den Ita 3 4 Rom, Ven, Nap, Tun Rus 4 6 Mos, War, StP, Sev, Run, Swe Tur 3 4 Con, Smy, Ank, Bul /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Charles Squires, Rm 619 WWH, | ARPA: squires@nyu-csd2.ARPA | | Courant Institute of Mathematical | UUCP: ...cmcl2!csd2!squires | | Sciences, New York University | CSNET: squires@nyu-csd2@csnet-relay | | 251 Mercer St, NY, NY, 10012 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/