The plans for this Commission were broken up by the outbreak of war, Count Karoli's party ceasing for the moment to be of much importance. The reverses sustained by the Austrian Army, and the invasion of Hungary by Russian troops, materially assisted Count Karoli in his endeavours to revive his project and he succeeded in obtaining the support of 137 Parliamentary representatives out of a total of 413, irrespectively of the representatives of the Southern Slavs, while at the same time, discord arose in the pro-German party, one section of which favours the passing of the Hungarian throne to son of the German Emperor.
In view of the dangerous internal situation created by this cleavage, the Ausrian Government tried to induce Servia to conclude a treaty of peace, on terms very favourable to Servia, but the negotiations came to nothing.
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