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Bohemia-Moravia
Bohemia-Moravia
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The negotiations between the emperor and the king continue. On the next day the king decided to give weapons to the Austrian army. Both of the countries are constitutional monarchies and while the monarchs have absolute power in theory their power was limited in practice. The Westminster system is a ceremonial figurehead who is the theoretical, nominal or de jure source of executive power within the system.This system is quite different from the Austrian system. The ministers of war,the foreign minister and the finance minister ultimately answer only to the monarch, and he had the final decision on matters of foreign and military policy and this means that Franz Ferdiand has more executive power than George That isn't good for the Austrians,because Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon,the Secretary of State for Foreign thinks that the Anglo-Russian Alliance is better for the empire than an alliance with the Austrian empire.Even with the new army law of 1912 and the population of the country,the Austrian army(without the Hungarians)was only 200,000 men,very small compared to the Russian army,which has almost two million men(115 infantry and 38 cavalry divisions),but has outdated equipment and many generals want to reform the army,while the Austrian army is one of the more modern armies in Europe. Neither of the two countries is very aggressive,but Austria's intervention in the Balkan war happened two years ago.The UK,however,(secretly)supported it.Grey was part of the London Conference and he knows that an alliance with Austria will help Britain than analliance with Russia,which didn't agree with the decision of the other Great Powers.He decided that he will strengthen the relations between the two empires.
1st June 1914
The Hungarian Képviselőház(House of Representatives)offered Mihály Károlyi to become the 48th King of Hungary(The Austrian rulers aren't recognized as Hungarian kings).The Kàrolyi family is one of the most popular noble families who had played an important role in Hungarian life since the 17th century.He accepted and this created a very big problem in the Hungarian nobility,because Gyula Andrássy the Younger was part of a big noble family,which is as important as the Károlyi family.Some people support Andrássy and others think that Kàrolyi should be the king.None of the dynasties before the Habsburgs have survived and now both of them have a claim to the throne.

Ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary:
  • Minister-Regent:Gyula Károlyi
  • Minister of Finance:Janos Teleszky(National Party of Work)
  • Minister of Agriculture:Imre Ghillány(National Party of Work)-Ban of Croatia in the late nineteenth century.
  • Minister of War:Samu Hazai(National Party of Work)-Military officer
  • Minister of religion and education:Béla Jankovich(National Party of Work)
  • Interior Minister:János Sándor(National Party of Work)
  • Foreign Minister:Gyula Andrássy The Younger(In 1912, he represented Austria-Hungary in the diplomatic endeavor to prevent the outbreak of the Balkan War.)
  • Minister of Justice:Jenő Balogh
The Hungarians don't want the Romanians to join the war on Austria's side and they created one new ministry:
  • Minstry of Romanian affairs of Hungary:Iuliu Maniu(Romanian National Party)-One of the only Romanians that support the the federalist solution
While the emperor is in Britain and the Hungarians are organizing the new country,the war is still going on.The hungarian army is poorly organized,even when most of the Hungarian officers chose to defend Hungary from Austria.The army was split in two parts-Hungarian and Romanian.The Romanian Part is led by Gheorghe Flondor,because there aren't many Romanian military officers in Hungary.The Hungarian army's commander-in-chief is the Minister of War.The main army(1.hadsereg)is led by Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas,who(as many other Hungarians),decided to return to Hungary.The 1st army attacked the city of Sopron and after a few days of fighting they will take it.This is the start of the war.
The people from Bohemia and Moravia decided that it would be better if they were independent from Austria,because they didn't give them any special rights.On the 15th of June,a few days agter the Battle of Sopron,Bohemia-Moravia is formed.

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