Chapter 589 Austro-Hungarian Empire

Archduke Ferdinand, who was assassinated, died on his way to the hospital. As for his wife, he was also unable to be rescued in the hospital.

For the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, all European countries expressed their concern. They unanimously condemned the assassination of the crown prince.

As for Austria-Hungary, the killing of the crown prince was definitely a tragedy for the empire. Because Archduke Ferdinand is the heir carefully cultivated by Austria-Hungary, many people and nations in Austria-Hungary regard him as hope. Especially for those ethnic minorities, the benevolent crown prince can fight for their interests in the future.

Now that the crown prince has been assassinated like this, what do you ask them to do? In addition, the same is true for the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Habsburgs.

So after the news that Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated, the empire fell into anger.

Of course, for the assassination of the crown prince, Austria-Hungary also stepped up the interrogation of the two murderers who were arrested. Although Austria-Hungary guessed who was behind the scenes, considering the extensive involvement behind it, Vienna needed to produce impeccable evidence so that the other party had nothing to say.

With this aim in mind, the interrogation of the captured Chabrinovic and Princip is also intensifying.

As for what methods Austria-Hungary used to deal with these two junior high school students, it is unknown, but the two did not support them for long. On the third day, the two explained everything. The results of the interrogation were also sent to Vienna on the same day, just in time for the convening of the Austro-Hungarian cabinet meeting.

“Everyone, before you is the testimony of the murderer of Archduke Ferdinand, which describes in detail how the murderer was trained in Serbia, how he obtained weapons from his intelligence officers, and how with the help of many Serbian military and political officials. , the whole process of arriving in Sarajevo. I think that the murderer who killed the crown prince must be severely punished, and we must not let go of the conspiracy and promoters behind it.’

The meeting was presided over by Foreign Minister Berchtold, who, together with Archduke Ferdinand and Chief of General Staff Admiral Herzendorf, were also known as the three major hawks of Austria-Hungary, and advocated that Austria-Hungary needs to express its attitude strongly to the outside world. .

But now that the murder of Archduke Ferdinand, Berchtold believes that the attitude of Austria-Hungary must be expressed at this time. And the best way to express your attitude is, of course, to launch a war of revenge against Serbia. Let this kingdom be destroyed with its vile means.

The words of the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister immediately attracted everyone’s approval.

“Berchtold is right, we must not let those behind the scenes go unpunished, we must let these people who only use despicable methods know that Austria-Hungary will not let them go.”

This is General Crobatine, the Minister of the Army, the old man who has served in the Army for most of his life. At this time, he used his own language to express the attitude of the Army.

“That’s right, we shouldn’t let those behind the scenes go unpunished and must be punished.

“Erase Serbia from the map to restore the dignity of the empire.

At this time, this secret meeting was like a war mobilization meeting, and all the ministers present expressed their naked remarks that they wanted to meet the Serbs.

However, in this secret meeting, not all of them agreed with the remarks of using force against the Serbs. That person was the Hungarian Prime Minister Count Tisza.

Prime Minister Tiza comes from a prestigious family, and his family is very famous in Hungary. He has also served as the Prime Minister of Hungary for many years and is a leader in Hungarian politics.

After everyone had finished speaking, the Hungarian Prime Minister spoke up. “Everyone, I and the subjects of the Kingdom of Hungary are also extremely saddened by the assassination of Crown Prince Ferdinand, but if we declare war on Serbia, I hold an objection. Because we cannot be carried away by hatred, we need to consider the empire’s safety.

Having said that, Prime Minister Tissa gave his reasons. “The Russians and Serbia all know that if a war breaks out between our country and Serbia, Russia will never sit idly by, so how should we deal with the Russian threat. In addition, the attitude of our allies is very important, if because of the war with Serbia, Pulling the Russians in, we cannot solve a two-sided enemy without the help of our allies.”

Well, Prime Minister Tissa’s last sentence is purely for himself. Austria-Hungary can’t solve the enemy on both sides, and he can’t solve it on the Russian side.

Of course, Prime Minister Tiza has another reason why he can’t say it. The Kingdom of Hungary absolutely does not want to see the Empire annex Serbia.

Yep, that’s it. Hungary opposed the conquest of Serbia with Vienna. Because if Serbia is conquered, the Serbs in the empire will be on par with the Hungarians, and it will be difficult to do. The Austro-Hungarian Empire will very likely change from a dualistic to a ternary empire. This would greatly reduce Hungary’s power in the Empire and would be detrimental to Hungary.

However, although there is another reason not to be mentioned, Prime Minister Tisza is still very good. The two questions raised are very crucial for Austria-Hungary. Without the support of its allies, Austria-Hungary would have no way to fight this war of punishment against Serbia.

“Prime Minister Tissa is right, the attitude of the Russians must be taken into account.”

The speaker was the Austrian Prime Minister Count Sturk, who agreed with Tissa, also taking into account the Russian threat.

“Actually, for the Russians, we have a solution.”

Seeing that the wind of the meeting was about to change, Berthold, the foreign minister, also gave enough weight. “During my visit to Berlin with the crown prince last year, the crown prince and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany discussed the issue of Serbia. His Majesty Wilhelm personally promised the crown prince that as long as our country attacks Serbia, Germany will support it.”

Berthold’s remarks made others present only feel a shock.

“Berthold, Kaiser Wilhelm promised to support Serbia by force, why haven’t I heard you talk to the Crown Prince?”

At this time, Count Tissa felt bad, and in order to restore the situation, he said the above words, which almost said that Berthold was lying.

“Because this matter is very important, the crown prince and I don’t want too many people to know about it, and we didn’t talk about it.

“Agreed at the time, doesn’t mean it’s okay now. What should we do if the Kaiser doesn’t want to, do we have to fight against Serbia and Russia alone?”

This is the last resistance of Count Tissa. Of course, if Berthold dares to say a rebuttal, it is not to say that the Hungarian Parliament will never pass the proposal for war in the future.

And without the support of Hungary, this war would not break out.

Yes, the Kingdom of Hungary under the dual system is so arrogant.

“Although now I don’t know if the attitude of the Germans has changed, but as long as we send people to inquire.”

Berthold did not dare to offend the Hungarian Prime Minister, and chose the steps to make everyone look good.

Despite the opposition of Prime Minister Tiza at the meeting, all but this one agreed to wage a war of punishment against Serbia.

After the meeting, Bertold took the results of the meeting and went to meet the old emperor Franz Joseph I.

The founder of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is in his 80s. After experiencing the tragedy of his wife’s murder and his son’s suicide, this Joseph I is now watching the murder of his heir and the tragedy he experienced. Too much.

But no matter what, regarding the murder of his nephew, he would have to look at the results from the government.

The result of this meeting was a bit long for Old Joseph, it took him more than an hour to read it, and he took a break in between.

After reading the document, the old emperor spoke slowly. “Bell Told

“Your Majesty, I am here.”

“I have one request for whatever the Empire takes against Serbia.

“Your Majesty, please speak.”

“That would have to be Tissa’s consent.”

“what!’

“Okay, I’m tired, you go down.”

This is the wisdom of an old man, because he knows that if Hungary is not willing to agree, then Austria-Hungary can only play half of its strength, how can this be against Serbia, and the Russians behind it.

After getting the emperor’s request, Berthold had to go to Count Theza.

Tisza had his own residence in Vienna, and when Berthold knocked on his door, Tisza knew he was about to make a concession. Although Hungary has a lot of power in the Austro-Hungarian government, in the end, it can’t hate the Austrians.

The two then began a frank and open exchange of interests, which they eventually negotiated. Austria-Hungary first offered Serbia a less strict diplomatic ultimatum, and if Serbia agreed, it would not declare war on it. If the other side disagrees, then declaring war becomes the only option.

Of course, before this, Austria-Hungary needs the support of the allies that it takes first, which is a prerequisite for Tisa and a condition that many Austro-Hungarians believe that they can start a war.

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