English Translation

93 -7- Also the shooting of the Prime Minister, Count Stürgh, by Dr, Adler on the 21st. In October 1916, no change of system occurred, because his office was occupied by the equally German-feeling basket wurdc, Dio shortly afterwards, on 4, Novomber, orlasseno announcement, the special position Ga- liziens betoffond, var cin clear Boveis for the revealed na- tional German program, the Czech national party failed in the Mni 1916 already in the request to explain itself in public and compromise for the Hapsburg politics; so far viole of its members did not want to hear. For this reason: in Horbst - mainly through Švohlas - ci anderor Versuch undoommen, in order to veroinlichlichon the politics of the Chechian urban and rural population. He led on 19 October 'to the formation of dos "Ischechische Verbandos", which united the Czech already Reichstag members with Stančk as chairman and Tusar ale managing director. At the same time vurdo in Prague the "National Committee" with Dr, Mattuš as Vorşitzendom and Švchla as managing director gogründot. Both Organisationon united all Chechnya parties, except the state-reohtlich-progressive and the roclist. Even later, in the Vienna Parliament, both state-law-progressive deputies Kalind and Pruner stayed away from the Vorbande and all seinon actions for a long time. A great and the Czechish striving for untimely importance would be in the development of the. All Austrian states can orroich the changes of the throne, to which cs cm 21, November 1916 came by the death of Franz Joseph I and by the accession of Charles. On the one hand, since the dictic period, the attempts for a conclusion of peace, partly with the consent of the allies, toils ohnc repeated the same (for the first time on 12, December 1916), but immorally ferocious; partly, great changes also occurred in internal political affairs by the fact that successively on 12.12.1916 instead of baskets Count Heiniich Clam-Martinitz as Ministor President, cm 22,12.1916) Burian Otokar Count Czornin appointed as Foreign Administrator väurdon and on 11.2,1917 Archduke Frederick of the Supreme Heoreskomando, on 2.3.1917 Fr. Conrad v. Hötzendorf the direction of the Goneral Staff were ont- hofen,