This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...a confederation with only certain common departments--foreign affairs, army, commerce and customs. If this is not done, Austria will become a second Balkan peninsula. A president of the confederation from any one of the nationalities would always be a thorn in the side of the others. Only the Dynasty, standing ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...a confederation with only certain common departments--foreign affairs, army, commerce and customs. If this is not done, Austria will become a second Balkan peninsula. A president of the confederation from any one of the nationalities would always be a thorn in the side of the others. Only the Dynasty, standing above the nations, can assume this position. Do not believe that I have proposed the third point for selfish reasons; but I regard any other solution as disastrous for the peoples entrusted to me by God. Another consideration is that Bolshevism has by this time spread widely in Germany, where an operation is already hardly possible, while in our part of the world it is just raising its head and can be stifled by quick action. I could give you many examples showing that my fears are justified, but here are a few small ones. In Baden, which you know, a Soldiers' Council collects its own taxes while the Government looks calmly on. In Hungary, many of the great estates which constitute the wealth of the country have been socialized, which means confiscated by the state and put under the administration of some Socialist or other. The lord receives no income from his estate, but must bear all the expenses of its operation. In Bohemia there is a Bolshevik by the name of Muna who predicts a universal overturn on the first of May. Wages are extravagantly high. In Budapest, one must pay a common private coachman 300 crowns a week; the street-cleaner receives 150 crowns a day; while university professors are obliged to carry sacks in their free time in order to make a living. The Hungarian government has just expended, in time of peace, 3 milliards of crowns in a month and a half; whereas a threefold greater Hungary spent only 400 millions a month in...
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