Shire casually handed the telegram to Albert I.
Albert I took the telegram and was taken aback: "You're short on fuel?"
Shire didn't say anything, just glanced meaningfully at the telegram, signaling Albert I to look more carefully.
Albert I, with puzzlement on his face, turned his gaze back to the telegram.
Soon the puzzlement turned to shock and then to anger.
"Who sent this telegram?" Albert I asked in a deep voice.
"General Winter," Shire replied. "But I believe this is the intention of the 'Minister of the Navy'."
Albert I nodded slightly and asked, "Do they mean that if you don't go to the Dardanelles Strait, they won't provide us with fuel?"
Colonel Edison looked at Albert I in astonishment, seemingly unable to believe that such a thing could happen, using fuel to coerce Shire into submission?
Tijani, who was reviewing documents, also stopped what he was doing. He looked at Albert I, then turned his gaze to Shire, awaiting his response.
