1) The Austro-Hungary empire seeks to resolve tensions with Serbia over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand through negotiation rather than war. 2) They demand £1.5 million in reparations for the death and for the murderer to be tried under their laws. 3) They also propose concessions to Russia including ceding 20% of their territory and establishing beneficial trade agreements to appease them and ensure they do not support Serbia, hoping this will avoid war.
1) The Austro-Hungary empire seeks to resolve tensions with Serbia over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand through negotiation rather than war. 2) They demand £1.5 million in reparations for the death and for the murderer to be tried under their laws. 3) They also propose concessions to Russia including ceding 20% of their territory and establishing beneficial trade agreements to appease them and ensure they do not support Serbia, hoping this will avoid war.
1) The Austro-Hungary empire seeks to resolve tensions with Serbia over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand through negotiation rather than war. 2) They demand £1.5 million in reparations for the death and for the murderer to be tried under their laws. 3) They also propose concessions to Russia including ceding 20% of their territory and establishing beneficial trade agreements to appease them and ensure they do not support Serbia, hoping this will avoid war.
Firstly, I would like to thank you all for this invitation and appreciate the claim of this conference: avoid war. As I am representing the Austro Hungary empire, we believe in peace, peace is in our thinking a priority for all of us. Even though we have been attacked, which could be grounds for war, we don´t believe that war is the solution. Among these, Serbia attacked our archiduque Franz Ferdinand and we would like to talk about our terms and conditions to resolve this situation. To begin with, we want 1.500.000 (one million five hundred thousand) pounds of remuneration for the death of Franz Ferdinand. We will never get our Archduke back, but we believe this is the appropriate amount of money to repair the loss of our archiduque. We have decided that this amount will be a big help for the poor people of our country. Apart from that, we want the murderer to be processed and punished in our country according to our laws. Because this crime can not go unpunished. Taking into account the history, Serbia had an alliance with Russia. That's why we are going to propose the following things, because they are necessary to avoid the war. Russia, we are going to offer the perfect way to avoid war and give Serbia what they deserve. ● We are going to redraw the European map giving you 20% of our territory. You will have more land, power and possibilities. ● Offer a commerce agreement that benefits both of us. We are wide open to future agreements and to help increase your economy. ● We will suspend taxes for Russia when you are in our territory, which will benefit both of our economies. Up to now, we were having good commercial agreements with other countries and we are convinced this will be another success for both sides. War is something terrible that we have to avoid over here. That's why we hope you will accept our proposal. Thank you all for listening, and hope peace will become a priority above all.