In cahoots with a few others, Portugal directly became the biggest victim; not only that, Solzbury rejected the proposal from Allen Tal to reduce the compensation Portugal had to pay.
After all, eight million British Pounds is not a small sum. Anyway, the "bad guy" is East Africa, and the one receiving the money is the United Kingdom, so naturally, there's no need to let Portugal pay less. Solzbury even unscrupulously thought the initial demand from East Africa to Portugal was too low, and doubling it would truly benefit the United Kingdom.
This notion received contempt from Austria-Hungary and East Africa, proving that being an ally to the British truly has no good outcome.
It was Allen Tal who spoke up: "Forty-eight million British Pounds might be the limit of what Portugal can bear. If the amount is doubled, the Portuguese government might directly default. They are definitely not the once majestic Portuguese colonial empire anymore."
