Given the frequent suggestion FF disliked his Italian subjects, it seems odd he would advocate war (which he also disliked) to get even more Italian subjects. It does however sound like something Conrad would say. In an attempt to get context, I placed the above quote in Google, but this quote does not register, so I assume it is actually another one of your alternative facts...
So let me get this straight:
1) It "seems odd" (to you) so it can't be true.
2) I posted two sources - Sosnosky's book and Conrad's memoirs. But since googling a quote didn't get you anywhere, you're going to pretend they don't exist.
The fact FF was intending to remove Conrad appears regularly on the forum without debate, but for your benefit...
According to The Assassination of the Archduke, a recently published biography of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie sponsored by their descendants, Franz Ferdinand was actively pushing to remove Conrad from his post and was prepared to expose the general’s affair to achieve it. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/...-never-was-why-World-War-I-was-NOT-inevitable
Full disclosure, while I have little doubt FF would have removed Conrad, Conrad may have needed a stake through the heart to stop him being reappointed at some future date...
So, a "popular history" book, which
doesn't use a single primary source, and instead relies on a random mixture of popular accounts with one or two respectable historical summaries;
and also happens to be sponsored by the Archduke's descendants?
Not one of the major works by Jean-Paul Bled or Kann, not even Beatty's mediocre counterfactual (which, in spite of falling over itself to praise FF and predict a bright future for him,
doesn't mention this alleged plan to fire Conrad at all).
I have to echo the doubts already expressed by Magyarorszag.
Because there is a distinction between criticism and hate speech - something you do not appear to be able to grasp.
Yes, there is, although you seem to have trouble acknowledging this distinction. Ethnic or religious groups suffer
hate speech, governments suffer
criticism. And this government was openly demanding the ban of any information that might inspire "contempt" or "hatred" of the government in question - or anything that
potentially "might serve" (<=direct quote from the ultimatum) as "propaganda" against it.
More alternative facts? - references please.
Since you didn't specify what you're asking a reference for, I can only assume you're asking about the state-sponsored pogroms carried out by Austrian authorities against the Serbian population in several cities.
Reference: Hans Hautmann -
Princip in Theresienstadt.
(The events were referred to as "pogroms" even by elements of the Austro-Hungarian government, such as Leon Bilinski, and the Hungarian Prime Minister Tisza; unfortunately, Tisza was the only one in the government who actually didn't support them, and quite powerless against the rest.)
Serbian irredentist claims were frequently based on Serb ethnicity (and dubious historical claims) to the extent Serbian propaganda often sought to claim other ethnicities/cultures as Serbian, including Bosniaks, Croats, Bulgars and Macedonians. The Serb identity and leadership was promoted ahead of other ethnicities, for example the Serbian Crown Prince Alexander striking a 7 year old girl because she identified herself as a Bulgar instead of a Serb.
I was going to request a source for this alleged event, but I took the liberty of tracking it down myself. The alleged event is first mentioned in... Kiril Purlichev, Сръбският режим и революционната борба в Македония
(Sofia, 1917). In other words, you're parroting a piece of
literal Central Powers' wartime propaganda.
A book written by a card-carrying Bulgarian nationalist while the Tsarist-Radoslavov regime was was fighting the Entente (and trying to wipe out the Serb ethnic identity in the entire eastern half of Serbia by means of mass murder and forced assimilation).
If there is an actual reputable source predating this, please post it. Otherwise...lol.
No contradiction. To restate what has already been said, Józef Piłsudski as a/the leader of the Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party (a revoluntionary/terrorist organisation) set up a training base in Galicia, close to the border with Russian Poland. There is a suggestion the creation of the training base required some level of contrivance with Austrian authorities. I am not aware of the extent of this contrivance (i.e. was it financial support, registration or simply looking the other way) or the level of authority. I am not aware of any involvement in of Austrian authorities outside Galicia or any Austrian involvement in the activieties of this organisation in Russian Poland (significant levels of terrorist activities predated the construction of the Training camp in Galicia).
From 1908 the above revoluntionary organisation converted to the ZWC, which had the stated purpose to prepare Polish forces for a future conventional war with Russia (i.e. not terrorsim). It is this reformed organisation that ultimately received the full support from the A-H administration, not the precursor revolutionary organisation. After 1908 the membership of the revolutionary organisaton declined rapidly. From what I understand, the activities of the ZWC were not of a terrorist nature, but details of its activities were still kept from the A-H authorities, so subsidiary organisations were set up that could be subject to improved A-H oversight.
Again, do you have references for all those alternative facts?
No, the PPS Combat Organization and the ZWC (which was a split-off, not a direct successor, of the first organization) both operated with the support of Austrian authorities and Austrian military intelligence from 1906 onwards.
The purpose of the ZWC was not just conventional warfare, but also spying on behalf of Austria and preparing an uprising in Russian Poland when the opportunity arises. The ZWC and its daughter-organizations also developed cells in Russian Poland as well as other regions of the Russian Empire.
Reference: The History of Poland since 1863 by Leslie, Polonsky, Ciechanowski, Pelczynski. Alongside what can be found on Wikipedia.