Re: CHAT: Nov 11th
| From: | Roland Hoensch <hoensch@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 17, 1999, 18:14 |
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The Austrian-Hungarian empire did not fell apart by any means.
It was savagely cut up into various pieces which were used to
apease allies, I believe. In the process Hungary lost 2/3 of its
land, and most of its mines, railways, farms, all connection to the
sea/ocean, etc. Not to mention millions of Hungarians be thus
tossed into foreign, and at times rather hostile governments.
Austria, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Romania
received portions of Austrian-Hungarian Empire, I believe.
Thank the West.
---- Original Message -----
From: Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Nov 11th
> >If history shows us anything, it is
> >that multi-linguistic or multi-cultural states are inherently
fragile--eg,
> >Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia.
>
> Hang on - these are not all the same and the causes for their
> disintegration are/were by no means the same.