English Translation

49-5 do not change anything. Now I think that if you can't change anything about a state and you have to accept the disadvantages of that state anyway, then you would be foolish if you did not want to secure your advantages. If, anyway, you have become part of the Empire, I do not see why the Czech people should stand in an internal opposition position to the Empire and not prefer to take advantage of the advantages of the Kingdom for themselves. They certainly have had to make a whole series of political concessions. I know that this may not have been pleasant to you, no one can understand it better than I do. I know you have had to give up certain things that you have loved and done in the past, and I know there is no way of adjusting to such a new state of affairs from today to tomorrow, so to speak, overnight. There are certain friction surfaces, which look much harder and sharper on the spot than from the perspective of the empire. But again: If you have to accept the disadvantages for yourself, I think that you should also take advantage of the advantages. I would like to explain this in an example: