CZECHOSLOVAK INDEPENDENCE
Czechoslovak and Jugoslav movements will abate with anything short of an independent Bohemia and a united, independent Jugoslavia. Should these revolutionary movements be continued after final conclusion of peace, as I believe they would, the world’s peace would still be jeopardized.
10. In a federated Austria, foreign policy would have to remain in the hands of a central authority, just as with us it is not a matter for the various states of the Union. Such control would necessarily remain in the hands of the Magyar and Austrian Germans, the present and future tools of Berlin, who would continue to be at the command of Berlin. This Austro-German-Magyar foreign policy would still menace the peace of the world.
11. Assuming a complete Allied victory, it is easier to meet the desires of the various Austro-Hungarian nationalities than to force upon Austria-Hungary a federal constitution. As soon as the peace conference adjourned, and Allied armies disbanded, what would there be to force Austria-Hungary to carry out a peace treaty demanding federalization? Nothing! The world would not go to war for this purpose again at once, and thus the germ of a future catastrophe would be kept alive.
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