Willard - who should knighthoods be restricted to then? Just corporate, governmental and military elite? Do tell.
Lots of complicating factors but I think Austro-Hungary felt that a brief suppression of the Serbs would be a quick slap on the wrist that would take no longer than the Balkan wars of the preceding two years. Didn't turn out that way though because of the LEAVE MY MATE ALONE aspect.
Gove really shouldn't have opened his mouth. Totally unnecessary and likely to lead to more bigoted anti-European sentiment that UKIP will just lap up.