Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria-Hungary was the son of Emperor Franz Josef and Empress Elisabeth.
Rudolph was a friend of Moritz Szeps, a journalist who edited a newspaper, the Vienna Morgenpost (Morning Post).
Rudolph contributed several articles to the Morgenpost anonymously.
Suppose the Crown Prince had not been friends with Moritz Szeps.
Would this have changed Rudolph's political beliefs?