It would have been against Hawthrone treaty and had brought war again on their lands.
http://wiki.battlemaster.org/wiki/Cagilan_Empire/The_Treaty_of_HawthorneIV.d. Eston and Hawthorne will adopt a diplomatic status of peace or better with Talerium, Tara, Strombran, Coria, Rieleston, and the Cagilan Empire, for a period of at least nine (9) months.
Nobody does nothing without having approval from the puppet mastah at center.
-Jaune