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The 1914 Revolution
The 1914 Revolution

The death of the Emperor Franz Joseph was perhaps the most catastrophic event to have taken Austria-Hungary in years.All European foreign royalty was invited(except the Balkan monarchs)A big parade took place in Vienna.The new emperor Franz Ferdinand attended the ceremony.As the new emperor of Austria hе had to say something about Franz Joseph.His relations with Franz Joseph were tense-the emperor's personal servant recalled in his memoirs that "thunder and lightning always raged when they had their discussions."This probably happened due to a difference in their political views.The former emperor gave power to the Hungarians because they revolted and he turned Austria-Hungary into a dual monarchy,the new emperor,however,wants has said multiple times that the the introduction of the dual system in 1867 had been disastrous and that, when he ascended the throne, he intends to re-establish strong central government: this objective, he believed, could be attained only by the simultaneous granting of far-reaching administrative autonomy to all the nationalities of the monarchy.He was against the aggressive towards the Balkan Nations and he thought that the Austrian intervention would only suppress the empire's influence over the nations and would lead to a conflict with Russia,who still officially support the Balkan nations,even when they didn't help them with weapons,money or,an idea that the old emperor didn't think might happen, direct intervention in the Balkan war.
He ended the speech,saying that he wants to include Austria in Germany,because they were excluded from German affairs ever since the Seven Weeks' war.Franz Joseph supported the same idea.However,the emperors' desire to retain the non-German territories of the Habsburg Austrian Empire in the event of German unification proved problematic.Two ideas formed-the idea of a greater Germany(Großdeutschland),which is the idea that the lands of Austria-Hungary have to be included into the German state.The supporters of Lesser Germany(Kleindeutschland)argued against the inclusion of Austria on the grounds that it was a multi-nation state, not a German one.
Franz Ferdinand wants to continue the friendly relations with the UK and abandon the alliance with Germany for one with the UK.In his first week as an emperor he went to London to meet the British king,George V.
While he was in London,riots for independence broke out in Budapest and various other places within Hungary,organized by the National Party of Work.The riots grew to an armed conflict when the military stated beating people from the rioting crowds and someone killed a soldier.
Many of the weapons which the Hungarians revolutionaries use are russian,because of the Russian pan-slavists,who supported everything that would cause instability in the empire(most of the weapons that are delivered are Mosin-Nagants,Nagant M1895 and PM M1910 or Maxim's machine gun).
In Bohemia the clashes between the bohemians and the Habsburg loyalists are still peaceful.
Austrians are afraid that this might be the end of Austria-Hungary.

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