Correspondence in the matters of honourCzernin-Polzer-Hoditz and Czernine- Sternberg

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Vienna, 5th Kai 1924 1 An Sr. Exzelleng 3, How different, however, would the publication have only taken place in a later time,where there would have been no Uebar living of that intimate Kraise Franz Fardinanda to punish them lies anymore? !In this lies the very special Perfidie to attack the memory of a dishonest dead in such a way, that also every Varteidigung from another side the possibility is cut off. I don't want to claim that the memoir-screamer actually had such a perfidy in mind.The fact of betrayal suffices me.Let others say and judge, I believe for the main part that no crime on the eternal vial weighs more than the betrayal of the woman; because only for the sake of mortals, janer has given his soul to the life, the friendship afar. But if for my personal feeling Varrat at the friend also sets the summit point of all meanness, it will not be lacking in such,dia the recently arising, or at least me little known, shameful blackmailer letter of the previous ministar, after traitors, and as we should now also say, blackmailers, still deeply represent. Without going into the content of that blackmail letter of the Ntharen, it was stated the following ! A vialfach and that is as a k.u.k. officer, as k. u.K. caregiver, as a K.u .k. secret council, as K.U.k . In order to preserve the secret of the Office, and even to the grave, and beyond the grave of former highest dignitaries of the Empire, the Minister said that he would be able to place "requests" in the hands of defenceless lords and emperors living in exile, while at the same time supporting these of his demands, the threat of refusal to the detriment of that alhabene Durders./. 4 322