Well said. Watching the Austria-Hungary and United Kingdom delegates tearing into each other like dogs, the various people in the hall were all secretly delighted—after all, it's human nature to enjoy a spectacle and never think the trouble is too big.
Fromm, for his part, was thoroughly infuriated by Mautendorf's words—after all, this "bastard" had actually chosen to poke at the United Kingdom's territorial issues, which just happens to be Britain's soft spot.
However, you really couldn't find fault with what Mautendorf said, because in essence Austria-Hungary's territorial problems are no different from the United Kingdom's territorial problems.
The only issues Austria-Hungary has with Serbia are over Bosnia and Croatia, and for Austria-Hungary those two regions are no different from what Scotland and Ireland are to the United Kingdom.
