Hrvatska i “hrvatsko pitanje” u korespondenciji Josipa Franka i Moritza von Auffenberg-Komarowa (1908. - 1910.)
Croatia and ‘the Croat Question’ in the correspondence of Josip Frank and Moritz von Auffenberg -Komarow (1908-1910)

Author(s): Marko Trogrlić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Diplomatic history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Summary/Abstract: The political activity of J. Frank, the leader of the Pure Party of Right, especially after the introduction of the “Rijeka Resolution” (1905), was characterized by the so-called Vienna orientation, that is, a policy directed toward the leading diplomatic and military circles in Vienna. This orientation was motivated by the hope that they could contribute to a positive resolution of ‘the Croat Question.’ M. Von Auffenberg-Komarow, a senior military officer and member of the so-called greater Austrian circle, occupied an important position in Frank’s “Vienna orientation.” It is indeed not unimportant that through this connection the leader of the “pure” Rightists had direct contact to the Austrian Chief of Staff, F. Conrad von Hotzendorf. In Auffenberg’s papers, saved in the War Archives in Vienna, some thirty letters from Frank to Auffenberg exist from the period 1908 to 1910. Frank’s correspondence with Auffenberg represents an interesting source of information about the political situation in Croatia. From them one can observe the political activity of not only Frank and his colleagues, but also about their political opponents. From the letters, one can glean Frank’s view of the dynasty and the Monarchy, his political attitude, as well as his expectations of the leaders of Dualist circles in Vienna and Budapest as regards the satisfaction of Croat interests and an acceptable solution to ‘Croat Question’ within the framework of the Monarchy. The question of Bosnia and Hercegovina, before and after its annexation, likewise found its way on to the pages of Frank’s letters to Auffenberg. The archived correspondence between Frank and Auffenberg also contains some letters to Auffenberg from Frank’s sons Vladimir and Ivo, as well as Count J. Drašković, who were also in contact with him.

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