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RV 101 neither of them constitutionally became King of Bohemia, did not submit to the ceremony of coronation, and because otherwise they did not comply with the ancient Bohemian constitutional usages. Apart from this, the whole world now knows that Austria brought about the war not only to subjugate Serbia, but also to enable her to suppress her own non-German and non-Magyar nationalities. Any Czechs who might have fought for Austria would have been guilty of treason to their own nationality, treason both morally and legally.

In any event, these invectives against the Czechs afford an interesting illustration how our German language press never misses an opportunity to support the Hohenzollern and Hapsburg cause.