Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph, in the Secessionist style. Kaiser Wilhelm is wearing the uniform and shako of the Death's Head Hussars.
Völkerkrieg (people's war)1914; In Treue FestPeople's WarFirm in Loyalty
". . . it wounded the sensitive soul of Conrad to beg the Germany ally for reinforcement, or indeed to see his beloved Monarchy dependent upon Berlin in any way. Each Ally suspected that the other might seek a separate peace with the Russian bear. Before long Conrad wondered what 'our secret foes, the Germans are doing? And what of that comedian, the German Emperor?' German military specialists, the Austrian complained, 'sniffed about like spies.'"
After twin defeats in the Battles of Gnila Lipa and Rava Russka, the Austro-Hungarian Army was being driven from Galicia in northeastern Austria-Hungary and back against the Carpathian Mountains as Austro-Hungarian Commander in Chief Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf fretted. He was forced to beg for assistance from Germany, something he would do for the rest of the war.
The Passing of the Hapsburg Monarchy, 1914-1918 2 Volumes by Arthur James May, Vol I, p. 98, copyright © 1966 by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, publication date: 1966
1914-09-15, 1914, September, Dreikaisersecke
