In an open letter to HHIM Claude I of Reunion issued today, His Corvine Highness finally took the last step towards a total cessation of relations with Reunion.
The open letter stated the strong and personal indignation felt by His Corvine Highness at the continuing Reunian disregard for good behaviour. Sources at Court say that HCH has felt growing anger at the Reunian unwillingness to recant, and the latest statements in the RNA (by Reunian Maurice Bourbon, to the effect that Corvinia's efforts to reason with Reunion were merely providing free publicity for Reunion) were the last straw.
The full text of the letter reads:
From:
His Corvine Highness, Peter I Ravn, Prince of Corvinia,
Defender of the Islands, Keystone of the Realm,
Protector of the Public Weal, Grand Raven, KCTD,
Knight of the Grand Cross of the Crown of Falkenberg.
To:
His Holy, Imperial Majesty, Emperor Claude I of Reunion,
Supreme and Magnificent Ruler, Eternal Defender of the Faith,
Grand Duke of Dabliu and Straussia, Supreme Leader of the PIGD
Cc:
HRH, Prince Joshua von Falkenberg,
Royal Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Kingdom of Falkenberg
Premier P. Aguiar,
Holy Empire of Reunion
Chancellor Micah Kubic,
Holy Empire of Reunion
Chancellor Rick Harwood,
Choconia
HRM Remick Maximilian,
King of Merovingia.
Jan Havlis,
The Pentad Federation
Shawn C. Knight, Foreign Minister,
Triparia
Octávio Villarinho,
Chancellor of the Kingdom of Porto Claro
Press Copy to the Editor of the MicroWorld Monthly, Thomas Leys
Your Holy, Imperial Majesty,
The escalating level of unpleasantries taking place between our two nations has led me to a reluctant decision.
No longer can we with equanimity shrug off the continuing provocations of Reunion. The insults directed against our nation in general and my person in particular by former Chancellor Dabrowski, the rude demands issued by Gilbert Mollusk, the repeated and offensive public statements in the RNA by Maurice Bourbon, Gilbert Mollusk, et alii - these are all individually insulting, but collectively insufferable.
Thus, it seems clear that there is no hope of a rapprochement between Corvinia and Reunion - that Reunion has finally passed the bounds of honour and put itself outside the commonality of good behaviour.
Your behaviour is a blot on your honour - and we will have no truck with honourless nations. If we cannot reason with you, we must endeavour to ignore you.
Therefore, I hereby formally renounce the title of Duke of Logreb, granted to me by YHIM in November 1997.
We will no longer provide Reunion with free publicity - all references to Reunion will be removed from the Corvinian website, with the exception of the news services.
I strongly urge all free and peaceful micronations to follow suit. If Reunion cannot behave with courtesy, let Reunion be ostracized from micronational affairs.
Reluctantly but firmly,
Peter I Ravn
Prince of Corvinia.