Chapter 55, Double Standards

While the Russians were busily wreaking havoc on France, trouble brewed across the channel in Morocco. A Spanish immigrant town fell to the assault of a native tribe, and thousands were slaughtered to the last.

The news sent shockwaves through the entire European world. It wasn't clear who started it, but media outlets competed to brand it with the sensational headline "The Moroccan Tragedy."

Countries' governments joined the fray, each making strong statements, and before long, calls for battle filled the air in the European world.

Backed into a corner, the Spanish Government had no choice but to bite the bullet and announce a retaliatory military deployment.

While Russian soldiers could slaughter in France and get away scot-free, the Moroccan native tribes' attack on Spanish colonists incited a rallying cry for war throughout the European world.