As for the situation in the Caribbean Sea, British newspapers had already reported frequent riots there last year, so at this point, no one doubted that war would lead to a disastrous crop failure.
Well, an eight-tenths truth mixed with two-tenths lies is always the hardest kind of rumor to dispel.
That very day, Earl Spencer published clarifications in several of London's highest-circulation newspapers, but sometimes, the more you deny something, the more the public senses a problem.
Moreover, there were always those eccentric newspapers that insisted on going against the government, heavily offsetting the news of denial. Naturally, some of these were controlled by the United Irishmen Association.
Another week passed, but the sugar-buying frenzy in England showed no signs of cooling; some sugar shops, seeing booming sales, began to discreetly raise their prices.
This further confirmed the content of the rumors.
