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The genius remembers the address of this site in one second: (Top Chinese), the fastest update! No ads! The news of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand spread quickly in Austria on the same day.

One of the first government officials to be informed was Konrad, the Austro-Hungarian chief of staff, who had left Sarajevo hours before the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. He had arrived by train from Sarajevo to Croatia at 10:30, to oversee military exercises there.

Shortly in the afternoon, as the train passed Zagreb station, Baron Leimen, a cavalry general, entered Conrad's box and told him the terrible news. When Conrad's train arrived at Karlstadt, the last station, the official telegram had arrived, and the telegram officially announced that the heir to the Habsburg crown prince and his wife had been assassinated by a Bosnian Serb.

Conrad made the right judgment, this was not the isolated operation of some lunatic, but organized crime. He believed that, in effect, the murder of Archduke Ferdinand was Serbia's declaration of war on Austria-Hungary. Such acts of war, he believes, can only be responded to with war. He immediately sent a telegram to Franz Josef I, who was on holiday at the Villa Bad Ischl in the Alps, asking if he should interrupt the Croatian military exercise program and return to Vienna. The emperor replied, yes. The next night, Conrad drove straight to Vienna overnight.

Conrad's character determined that he could deal with the news of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand with a calm and belligerent attitude, because he had the same stubbornness as Archduke Ferdinand. The chief of the general staff of the Austro-Hungarian army was a soldier by nature, and the assassinated Archduke Ferdinand helped him twice (1906 and 1912), and only when the emperor did not like him . It can be said that Ferdinand single-handedly contributed to his chance to become the first person in the army.

More to the point, the reason the Emperor didn't like him was because in November 1911 the bellicose Conrad proposed to attack Italy, which at the time was an official ally of Austria-Hungary and at the time was fighting the Ottomans. This suggestion made Conrad. Ladd was in a bad situation.

However, he is most hostile to Serbia. During the outbreak of the Bosnia and Herzegovina crisis, he kept asking his colleagues to "completely solve the Serbian issue". Thanks to Germany's support, Vienna resisted Russian opposition and won European approval for the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary.

And Serbia, without being able to stop it, got a breakthrough from elsewhere. In the First Balkan War, acquired a large amount of Ottoman territory. In the Second Balkan War, Bulgaria was also defeated because of Romania's participation. And with the support of Russia, some new territories in Bulgaria were acquired, the population of the territory increased by nearly half, and the prestige of Serbia was greatly increased.

Austro-Hungary, on the other hand, also suffered a slump in popularity for its failure to intervene in the Balkan wars. Not surprisingly, Serbs in Bosnia believed not only in national unity but also in political terrorism.

When Conrad saw that Serbia was capable of not only defeating the Ottomans, but also deterring Austria from intervening (for fear of Russian intervention), he began to fear that the Austro-Hungarian Empire had run out of time to solve the problems of the Slavic minority that had accumulated over time .

In the first Austro-Hungarian cabinet meeting after the assassination, numerous high-ranking officials considered the report sent by Sarajevo. In the end, everyone agreed that many of the assassinations in Epique Street seemed to be carried out by Serbs in Bosnia. These people are all connected to the black hands in Serbia, but there is clear evidence that "the root of the conspiracy is Belgrade." That quote, which Foreign Secretary Bertold told German Ambassador Cherschki, was repeated over the next few weeks.

The Foreign Minister said this because the Austro-Hungarian Charge d'Affaires in Belgrade had observed and sent it to him. He found out locally that after the news of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the Serbian nationalists who were celebrating the festival were so excited that they were close to madness. Some people fainted in the arms of others because of their excitement.

And someone said. "We've been waiting too long for this moment."

After this cabinet meeting, everyone's opinions were almost unanimous. Prime Minister Count Steger supported war, War Minister Crobatin and Finance Minister Bilinski also supported war, plus the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Chief of General Staff seemed to be Austria-Hungary. The upper echelons have decided to go to war. However, there is a high-level clear attitude against the declaration of war, that is, Hungarian Prime Minister Tiza.

Tisza was a feared figure in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a ruthless indifference, a man of few words but a heavy weight. Of course, it is not only the prime minister's post that gives him such power, but also because of his family's huge influence in Hungary, not to mention Hungary's status in the dual empire of Austria-Hungary. His father, Tisza Kalman, served as the Prime Minister of Hungary for 15 years (1875-1890), and even after he held the post of Prime Minister, the Hungarian government had to ask his opinion on many decrees.

In fact, Tisza has no good feelings for Serbia. He hopes that Austria-Hungary will not intervene too much in the affairs of the southern Balkans. If Austria-Hungary expands there, it will eventually only weaken Hungary's special status, because it will introduce more Slavic minorities. This will eventually transform the Austro-Hungarian Empire from a binary structure (Austrians and Magyars) to a triple structure.

The attitude of Emperor Ferranz Joseph I is very interesting. He does not care which kind of policy the government uses, but insists on a principle that no matter what kind of countermeasures the government adopts against Serbia, it must have the consent of Tiza, and strive to obtain The full support of Hungary.

Tissa was approached by Foreign Minister Berthold in hopes of his support, and the Hungarian prime minister told the foreign minister. I oppose war because Russia behind Serbia will send troops to intervene, and it is unacceptable to declare war on Serbia without the support of its ally Germany. To this end, Tiza prepared a "peace plan" for the foreign minister to hand over to Germany.

In this "peace plan", its center is to pull Romania, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire into the Triple Alliance, thereby preventing Russia's ambitions in the Balkans. On the surface, this is Tissa playing with the politics of the Balkans with diplomacy, but in fact, it is to strengthen relations with Germany, let it be more deeply involved in the affairs of Austria-Hungary in the Balkans, and turn the Balkans into Austria-Hungary and Austria-Hungary. German common cause.

In the face of the assassination in Sarajevo, Austro-Hungarian politicians could not formulate their own countermeasures without the consent of Germany. This reflects the strategic incompetence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The reason why Austria-Hungary could not make a countermeasure is also the internal political structure of the empire. The high-ranking Hungarians have the ability to veto a policy on behalf of half the empire. However, Austria-Hungary consists of 15 nationalities, and it is almost impossible to separate domestic and international policies.

Tiza's pacifist posture is also inseparable from his commitment to maintaining the status of the Magyars. Conrad and Berthold wanted to crush Serbia in order to weaken the tide of national independence within the Empire. But if the two want to achieve this goal, they must first suppress the Magyars represented by Tiza. In this strange situation, Germany became not only the arbiter of Austro-Hungarian foreign policy, but also the solver of the institutional predicament of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Now Austria-Hungary is waiting for Germany's attitude.

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