British Empire rules one-third of five continents' territory? France rules world through finance.
First creditor nation to Italy, Spain, Russia, United States, Ottoman Empire, Serbia, Romania and holds over 20% of world overseas investment share.
Not satisfied with that, they recently extended hands even to South American countries.
If such massive financial nation gets caught in war? If they withdraw all overseas capital because of that war?
'Plus Frankfurt and London's funds will withdraw too.'
Unlike those Western European countries cultivating finance for centuries, Russian Empire's practical financial growth history isn't even 20 years.
This empire's fragile finance can't endure that great crash.
Both scale and shock.
'How can I let everything Witte built up die?'
Stock prices falling and sell orders piling up is natural market logic but must prevent financial system collapse from that fear.