Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-20
WHO'S WHO IN THE
GREAT EUROPEAN WAX
Rulers.

figure in modern history, whose DO
years on the throne have been one
long succession of family and ma
tioncl tragedies. The assassination
of his heir presumptive, the Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, at Sera~
jevo on June 2Sth last, was the
immediate cause of the present war
KING PETER OF SERVIA, whose
kingdom, owing to his ill-health, is
now governed by the Crown Prince.
Ascended the throne after the as
sassination of King Alexander and
Queen Draga in 1903.
THE CZAR, Emperor of all the Rus
sias, cousin of King George, and
nephew of Queen Alexander.
1HE KAISER, King of Prussia and
German Emperor. Cousin of King
George.
KING VICTOR EMMANUEL OF
ITALY, son-in-law Of the King Of
Montenegro, Who is an ally of
Servia and possible opponent of Au-
str;a, Italy's ally.
KING GEORGE OF ENGLAND, re-
lated by blood or marriage to nearly
every royal house in Europe.
PRINCE ALEXANDER OF SERVIA,
the Regent, who leads one of the
Servian armies in person.
Diplomats.
COUNT BERCHTOLD, the Austrian
Foreign Minister, who has been in
charge of the Vienna Foreign Office
since 1911, was ambassador at st.
Petersburg for five years before
that, and is a personal friend of
the Russian Foreign Minister.
COUNT STURGKH, the Austrian
Premier, to whom the Emperor sent
his manifesto to his people A mem
ber of an old German aristocratic
family, who was in the confidence
of the late Archduke Francis Fer
dinand. Has held office since 1911.
COUNT TISZA, Prime Minister of
Hungary, and son of the man who
ruled the country with a rod of
iron for fifteen years. A man of
striking individuality.
NJ PASITCH, the Servian Premier and
Foreign Secretary. Is IS years old,
ana has been in control of Servia's
foreign policy for the past ten
years.
NJ. SERGE SAZONOFF has been Rus
sian Foreign Minister since 1910,
and has been called the "Pillar of
the Triple Entente" Was formerly
in the Russian Embassy in London.
HERR GOTTLIES Won JAGOW has
been German Minister for Foreign
Affairs since 1913. Spent many
years in the German Embassy in
Rome.
SZAPARY is the Austrian
Ambassador in st. Petersburg.
NJ. n. SCHEBEKO is the Russian
Ambassador in Vienna.
THE MARQUIS DI SAN GIULIANO,
Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs,
was formerly Italian Ambassador
in London. Born in 1852. A lawyer.
NJ. RENE VIVIANI, Prime Minister
of France and also Foreign Minis
ter. A radical-Socialist, but firm
supporter of the Triple Entente.
SIR EDWARD GREY, British Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs,
whose offer of a conference of the
Powers in London to settle the dis
pute between Austria and Servia,
though favorably received by most
Of the Powers, was not accepted
by Germany.
SIR GEORGE BUCHANAN, British
Ambassador in st. Petersburg since
1910. Has served in Vienna, Sofia
and Berlin.
SIR MAURICE DE BUNSEN, Brit
ish Ambassador in Vienna since
1913. Has been in diplomatic serv-
ice since 1877, and has been Am
bassador in Lisbon and Madrid.
COUNT MENSDORFF, Austro- Hun
garian Ambassador in London since
1904.
COUNT BENCKENDORFF, Russian
Ambassador in London since 1908
COUNT DE POURTALES, German
Ambassador in st. Petersburg. A
noDleman of Bohemia. Has been in
st. Petersburg since 1908.
M. DE SVERBEEW, Russian Ambas-
sador in Berlin.
Naval and Military Officers.
BARON CONRAD Won HOETZEN-
DORF, chief of the General Stall
of Austria.
MARSHAL PUTNIK, chief of the
Servjan General Staff, who was ar
rested while passing through Au-
stria. A noted strategist.
GENERAL NORTH Won AUFFEN-
RERG cornpoapdor of 4ba Auetr;o,,