Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Some members of the government , such as Count Franz Conrad von HÃ tzendorf , had wanted to confront the resurgent Serbian nation for some years in a preventive war , but the Emperor , 84 years old and enemy of all adventures , disapproved .
Simplified: Some members of the government , such as Conrad von HÃ tzendorf had wanted to confront the Serbian nation for many years .