Austria was more than anxious to form a Balkan Confederation in which her influence would predominate.Her success would render null and void the rights of small peoples to determine their destiny.

• 奥地利极其渴望成立一个由它占压倒优势地位的巴尔干邦联，它的企图一旦获得成功，这些弱小民族决定自己命运的权利将全部化为乌有。