Editing Jozef Tiso (section)

=== Collapse of Austria-Hungary ===
In the autumn of 1918, Tiso recognized that the Austro-Hungarian monarchy was unsustainable. He also understood that the historical [[Kingdom of Hungary]] could not be preserved anymore.{{sfn|Kamenec|2013|p=32}} Regardless of the formal [[Czechoslovak declaration of independence]], the incorporation of Slovak territories into the new Czechoslovak state was not straightforward. Tiso and many citizens of Nitra suspected that Czechoslovak forces would invade; in these conditions, he began to prepare his readers for the new state and political regime.{{sfn|Kamenec|2013|p=32}} The primary enemy of Tiso and his Slovak Catholic allies were the [[Anti-clericalism|anticlerical]] [[Social Democratic Party of Hungary|Social Democrats]], whose leaders, such as László Matyuga, called for [[Proletarian revolution|class revolution]] and an active resistance against Czechoslovak occupation.{{sfn|Ward|2013|pp=42-44}} Tiso, in turn, would attack the leadership of the "godless" Social Democrats as "genuine, unadulterated [[Jewish nose|hook-nosed]] Jews."{{sfn|Ward|2013|p=50}} On 8 December 1918, the [[Hungarian National Council]] in Nitra delegated him to negotiate with the [[Czechoslovak Army]]; two days later, the troops occupied the city. Tiso was named secretary of new [[Slovak National Council]] and embraced politics as a career, where he would frequently clash against [[Hungarian irredentism|Hungarian irredentists]].