Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-19
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VAR ATTITUDE
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ed.
/ added very earnestly that at
the present moment the Austro-
Servian affair was secondary to
the danger of European confiag-
ration, and made every effort
10 show the minister the great
ness of this danger.
1t was impossible to change
Sazonof's mind on the point that
Russia could not desert SerYia
now
Similarly the military attaches a
st. Petersburg reported by TELEGRAPH
on the 18th as follows. regarding al
interview with the chief of the ger
eral staff of the Russian army:
The chief of the general staff
asked me TO call and Informed me
that he had just come from His
Majesty. He stated that he had
been instructed by the minister
for war to assure me again that
everything had remained the same
as il had been explained to me
by the minister two days ago. He
offered me a written confirmation
and gave me his word of honor in
the most formal manner that mo-
Utilization had begun nowhere,
that is to say, not a single man
or horse had been levied up to
that hour, three O'clock in the af-
terno0n. He stated that he could
not answer for the future, but he
could declare most emphatically
that no mobilization was desired
by His Majesty in the districts
touching on our boundary. How
ever, many reports have reached
here and also Warsaw and Wilma
of the levying of reseryists in va
rioIis parts of the empire I there
fore told the general that was
confronted with riddle as the
result Of his announcements to
me. On his word as an officer he
repeated, however, that such re-
ports were untrue; that a false
alarm may have been raised here
and there.
In view Of the positive, numer
GUS reports before me of actual
levying, am compelled to consid-
er the conversation as an attempt
to mislead us with regard to the
extent of the measures that have
already been taken.
InRsfnuch as the Russian govern
ment. in reply to the several inquir-
les regarding the reasons for its
threatening attitude, several times
alluded to the circumstance that Aus
tria- Hungary had not yet begun any
conversations in St Petersburg. the
Austros Hungarian ambassador, at our
request. was directed on July 29 to
begin the conversations with Mr.. Sa-
zonof. Count Szapary was authorized
to make known to the Russian min
lister the contents of the note to Ser
via which had been, as it were, over
taken by the declaration OF war, and
to receive any suggestions that might
still come from the Russian side, as
well as to discuss with Sazonof all
questions touching directly on the
Austro-H Hungarian relations.
Shoulder to shoulder with England
we continued to work without cessa-
ton for mediation, and supported ey-
cry suggestion in Vienna which We
believed showed hope of the posi-
bility of a peaceful settlement of the
conflict As late as the Both We trans
mitted an English proposal to Vienna
which established this basis of nego-
Liation, that Austria-H Hungary, after
succeeding in marching into Servia,
should dictate her terms there. We
had to assume that Russia would ac-
cept this basis
While these efforts of ours for me-
iiation, supported by English diplo-
macy, were being continued with in
urgency in the time from
July 20 to the 31st. there constantly
came new and increasing reports con-
corning Russian mobilization meas
ures. The assembling of troops on
The East Prussian border and the de-.
claration of state of war in all inn
portant places on the Russian west
srn boundary M longer left any doubt
Of the fact that Russian mobilization
vas actively going on against us,
while at the same time all such meas.
ares were denied anew on word OF
honor to our representative at st.
Petersburg Even before the reply
10 the last English German mediation
the basis of which must
nave been known in st Petersburg,
could reach Berlin from Vienna, Rms
sia ordered general mobilization. On.
he same day an exchange of tele-
grams took place between his maj
ssty the Kaiser and King and Car
Nicholas in which his majesty called
he Cars attention to the threaten
ng character of the Russian mobili-
safion and to the continuance of his
1wn activity as mediator
On July 81 the Car directed the
telegram to his majesty:
/ thank you from my heart for
your mediation, which permits a
gleam of hope that everything can
vet be settled peaceabIy. 1t is
technical 9npossibility for us to-
halt our military Preparations
which became necessary through
Austria's mobilization We are
far from DESTROYS of war. So long
as the negotiations contine with
Austria concerning Servia, my
troops viii not undertake any
challenging action solemnIy
pledge you my word as IS that
am trusting IN the grace Of God
with al my hight and hope ||[