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own. France accused Communist China of border violations and attacks on the
French coastal garrison of Mon Cay in mid-November.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 23, 1950. End Date changed
from November 23, 1950.
MID#1452
Started in June 1956. See the narrative in the 713 Taiwan/840 Philippines dyad dis-
pute list.
220 FRANCE/740 JAPAN
MID#106
Started in April 1895. See the narrative in the 365 Russia/740 Japan dyad dispute
list.
MID#337
Started in June 1939. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/740 Japan dyad dispute
list.
255 GERMANY/300 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
MID#154
Dispute Number: 154
Date(s): September 12, 1850 to November 29, 1850
Participants: 255 Germany/220 France, 245 Bavaria, 271 Wuerttemburg, 273 Hesse
Electoral, 300 Austria-Hungary, 365 Russia
Outcome (and Settlement): Compromise (Negotiated)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: Prussia occupied Hesse Electoral in order to neutralize Austrian influ-
ence in the German states, and, through November, it had threatened war with other
Austria-friendly German states like Bavaria. Hesse-Kassel Elector Friedrich Wilhelm
appointed the Austrian-backed Ludwig Hassenpflug as prime minister. The legislature
responded by refusing to pass a budget. After dissolving the legislature, the new leg-
islators still refused to pass a budget.
Friedrich Wilhelm temporarily abandoned his post in disgust and declared a state
of emergency. The state of emergency was to be enforced by the notorious Carl von
Haynau. When the Diet of the German Confederation convened in September 1850,
the Elector made an urgent request for assistance with his situation. Citing Articles 25
and 26 of the Vienna Final Act of 1820, the Diet agreed to this request on October 25.
Bavaria and Austria were charged with restoring the Elector in Hesse-Kassel. Prussia