President Wilson asked for a Danubian Confederation to replace the monarchy and wanted to draw the internal borders within it, on the basis of self-determination through plebiscites, but his views were disregarded.
當時在位的美國總統威爾遜，主張以「多瑙邦聯」取代奧匈帝國，並希望基於「民族自決」的原則，以公投來釐訂邦聯內部的疆界，然而他的提議卻被丟在一邊。