Volt egyszer a Monarchia... – Éljen sokáig a Brit Birodalom! Az etnikai világosság brit bajnokai és nacionalizmusuk ellentmondásai
Once upon a Time in Austria-Hungary… – Long Live the British Empire! The Controversial Nationalisms of Notable British Justice Warriors

Summary/Abstract: The earliest and most devoted British supporters of the nationalities were historian Robert William Seton-Watson and Vienna correspondent of The Times, Henry Wickham Steed. In October 1916 these gentlemen founded the Serbian Society of Great Britain to promote the cause of the unified Yugoslav state, and Lord Evelyn Cromer, the former consul general of Egypt was appointed as honorary president. October 1916 could also witness the first issues of a weekly, The New Europe which championed the rights of nationalities founded by again SetonWatson, Steed and former secretary of Churchill, Sir Alexander Whyte. The paper's aim is not to elaborate on the gradual success of Czech or CroatSerb propaganda. It sets out to investigate instead the ambivalent nationalisms of its four British supporters: the relationship between their apparent liberalism as champions of European small nations and their attitudes to nationalism or nation building as citizens or officers of a vast colonial power. The paper will discuss how different standards are applied to Austria-Hungary and the British Empire to harmonize contradictory loyalties.

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