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Everything, in our opinion, must depend upon how strongly Austria

expresses this wish, if she does express it, To reject an unmistakable popular demand on the part of Austria to join her fellow-Germans in Germany would be opposed to the principle of Self-Determination. If we arbitrarily decided the destinies of the Austrians for them, we should be sowing dragons' teeth. Nor, probably, should we even nominally gain the end in view, because if Austria felt that she was too weak to stand alone she would seek alliances outside Germany, and this might be even more embarrassing to us than the junction of Germany and Austria. For a decision upon this important matter, however, we must wait for events to shape themselves and for the Austrians to express their opinion.

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