He was also in favour of territorial sacrifices, but seemed to think that Germany would not allow it.

The great difficulty lay in the contrast between the actual military situation, the confident expectations of the generals, and the fears entertained by the military laymen.
Besides, it is not only Alsace-Lorraine.

The suppression of German militarism spoken of in London means the one-sided disarmament of Germany.

Can an army far advanced on enemy soil whose generals are confident of final victory, can a people still undefeated tolerate that?
"I advised the Crown Prince to speak to his father on the question of abdication, in which he fully agreed.

I then invited him to come to Vienna on behalf of the Emperor, which he promised to do as soon as he could get leave." On my return the Emperor wrote him a letter, drawn up by me, which contained the following passage: My Minister for Foreign Affairs has informed me of the interesting conversation he had the honour to have with you, and it has been a great pleasure to me to hear all your statements, which so exactly reflect my own views of the situation.