The good news is that, during this era, media battles could only be conducted through newspapers. Due to inconvenient transportation, the influence of newspaper propaganda was limited at this time, and very few newspapers could achieve nationwide publicity, even in countries with relatively small territorial areas like Belgium and the Netherlands.
Achieving nationwide coverage was impossible, let alone cross-national publicity and pressure.
When the newspapers of the UK and Germany reported this event, the French Government and the Spanish ambassador to France were already engaging in related negotiations.
Spain was, of course, willing to see the French initiative to resolve this dispute through negotiation.
France's proactive concession could not only quickly resolve this dispute but also ensure that Spain would not suffer any losses in it. For Carlo and Spain, this was indeed the most suitable solution.
