WI Lusitania brings US into War

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^^ So A-H would (still) get the worse of it?

Yes. They're the weaker partner and their prewar aims in the Balkans intersect with more of Russia's prewar aims.

Also, the Ausgleich with Hungary was due for renegotiation in 1917. An Austria defeated in 1915/16 might see substantial Franco-Russian interference in those postwar negotiations or the existing Austro-Hungarian compromise might be reworked/removed at the peace conference by Franco-Russian diktat.

Hungary operated a sort of mini-empire within the framework of the Astro-Hungarian empire complete with the usual grab bag of oppressed minorities. France and/or Russia might decide that the creation of a Hungarian nation, or even empire, which owes it's existence to France and/or Russia might provide a geopolitical advantage.
 
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