Seite - 802 - in THE FIRST WORLD WAR - and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1914 – 1918

802 Camps against Bulgaria and Turkey at the same time. Roosevelt spoke of a cherry that was being attempted to be eaten in four bites, and that this was nonsense. A cherry was popped into the mouth all at once. However, on 7 December, Congress voted unani- mously for a declaration of war against Austria-Hungary alone. Once again, the dice had been thrown. In Austria-Hungary, only very few people were aware of the significance of the American declaration. The victory at the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo and the Bolshe- vik Revolution in Russia, which had now finally led to armistice and peace negotiations in the East, had lulled many into a sense of security. America was not important. Josef Redlich did not even think it worth noting this event in his otherwise so detailed diary. Yet, just one month later, there was a rude awakening.