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Thanks for the detailed outline of all the intervention ideas that Salisbury came up with and that got shot down. I could imagine Salisbury coming up with one more unilateral military option to present the Ottomans, and importantly, the powers, with a fait accompli, he would hope could jolt the...

------How might British policy and offers have developed had the Liberals and Roseberry stayed in power these years right after June 1895 rather than losing the election and returning Salisbury to power?

The Russian objections on the basis of logistical/geographical infeasibility of either the Sultan or outside powers, ending the violence quickly, may have been sincerely meant. I will demonstrate why: The Tsar signed right up with Britain, France, and Italy for a protective blockade and...

It is interesting that Austria Hungary and Italy were so agreeable to the idea from London. Makes me wonder why Germany didn’t follow its triple alliance Allie’s and what would have happened if Berlin did. I thought Italy was resentful at Britain at this time over perceived non support in...

What did PM Salisbury want to do to the Ottomans over the Armenian massacres circa 1895-96? Here's one way to think of the question: If he could have used three wishes from a genie he let out of a bottle, one to change parliamentary/domestic opinion on what to spend/risk, another to make one or...