The day will come then when, fortunately, all that has hitherto been hidden will be made clear.

As, however, I do not know when all this will be made public, I am grateful for the opportunity of lifting the veil to-day from certain hitherto unknown events.

In treating of this theme I will refrain from touching upon those constitutional factors which once counted for so much, but which do so no longer.

I do so because it seems to me unfair to import into the discussion persons who are now paying heavily for what they may have done and who are unable to defend themselves.

And I must pay this honourable tribute to the Austro-Hungarian Press, that it has on the whole sought to spare the former Emperor as far as possible.