The Parliament was all a bustle. The Kaiser and Kaiserin were brought back from their stay in the Kaiserin's home country of Fenexia. The seats of Parliament were filled. Chancellor Yuri stood up among the crowd. "Ladies and Gentlemen of Parliament, You Serene Majesties, we have a crisis on our hands. One that will spark a second civil war. For years, we have worked to create a new Canada. We have extended our hands to the needy and the helpless; we have aided allies in war; we have built our country to our designs and dreams. But today, all that might be for nothing. This "Republic of Canada" is threatening everything that we stand for. We must act immediatly. I propose that we send the Fourth Army north to battle this threat. I have fought as a partisan and a gurellia. I have fought the man that sits on the throne next to me. But I saw that between his idea of tradition and honor, and my idea of creation and wonder, we could make a better world. I will not have that threatened. It is up to this Parliament to fight with all our might. We must destroy this so-called Republic before it spreads." He sat down. Kaiser Paul looked at him. Yuri never spoke with that much passion, not since the civil war. Selene smiled at her husband and held his hand as Parliament voted.
The vote came in. 90 to 10 in favor of battling the Republic of Canada. Yuri smiled and glimmed. Kaiser Paul went down to meet his friend. "Chancellor, wait for a minute." Yuri bowed. "Yes my lord."
"I have decided to join in the fighting." As Paul said this, Selene came up to him to reinforce what ever objection that the Chancellor had.
"My lord, if you go, your putting yourself in risk of death."
Selene spoke up. "If the Kaiser doesn't fight, then the people will know that this monarchy isn't worth fighting for. But if the Kaiser himself is fighting to defend the country, then people will rally and hail him."
Yuri thought on that for a moment. "What are you going to do?"
Paul replied. "I will be in a Spectre gunship that the War Department built for me. A massive 747 armed with howitzers, missiles and gatling guns."
The Chnacellor bowed to the Kaiser. "Then so be it."