Istanbul - In a faithless and baseless act of perfidy, Turkey has broken ranks with its Eastern allies and launched a full out assault along a wide front against them. With strikes against Marseilles, Rome and Budapest the Ottoman Empire has turned the diplomatic world upside down, raising many questions as to what could motivate the Sultan’s government to violate its treaties and align with its one time enemy. Observers say the trouble all began when the power behind the Sultan’s throne, the Grand Vizier, shunned his harem to become the cuckold of a Welsh woman reputed to be an agent of the English First Lord. “A man can not have two mistresses, and the Welsh lady made it clear he could not court her and the Tsarina.” said one former harem attendant, on condition of anonymity. While some might chalk up the Vizier’s change of mood to love the Turk’s former allies were not so forgiving of his diplomatic wanderlust. Speaking at a rally in Trieste to troops bound for the front the Austro-Hungarian Archduke made a number of recriminations. “Do not be deceived, the English and Ottomans have made a common pact to subjugate Europa and divvy it up into mercantile colonies and vassal states. The Occident will never relent to the Orient though, Christendom will prevail, Europa will prevail!” For her part the Tsarina of all the Russias was more reflective when reached for comment, glancing through photos from a recent costume ball at the Winter Palace at which the Vizier had attended. “We all came dressed for merry-making, he wore a soldier’s garb. We should have seen this coming.”
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