New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-19
RUSSIAN ORANGE BOOK
SHOWS GERMANS GUILT
Diplomatic Correspondence Given Out Reveals Germany
Refusal to Take Any Steps to Prevent
the Outbreak Of the War.
LEY cnhlc 10 Tho Trlhnne. !


been received in London a copy Of the
Russian Orange Book, giving the Rus
sian diplomatic correspondence from
the time of the issue Of the Austrian
ultimatum to Scrvia TO the outbreak
of war. This correspondence shows
I clearly Russia's efforts to prevent waE
and Gcrmany's determination that war
should follow the Austrian ultimatum
and not only Germany's failure, but
f. her refusal to take any steps thai
might prevent war.
The .irst dispatch in the book is from
the Russian Charge d'Afairs in Bel
grade to the Foreign Minister in st.
( Petersburg, telling of the ultimatum
and saying that Servia solicited the aid
OF Russia, as no Servian government
could accept the Austrian demands
This was on July IS.
The next day NJ. Sazonof, the For
cign Minister, instructed the Russian
/ Charge d'Afaircs at Vienna to tell
/ Count Bcrchtoid that it was indIspen-
sable that the forty-eight-hour time
limit TO Servia should be prolonged,
in order 10 give the powers time TO
smooth out the complications. The dls-
: patch said that as Austria was Wiling
TO inform the powers of the results OF
! the inquiry upon which the ultlmatum
WAS based, "Sho ought. therefore, to
give them time to consider them add
/ ING that ~ refusal to prolong the term
Of the ultimatum would deprive OF all
weight the proceeding of the Austro-
! Hungarian government toward the pow
! crs, and would be in contradictions with
! the very bases of international IeIa"
( tons.
Russian representatives in England,
( Germany, Italy and France were told
to urge these countries TO make similar
representations at Vienna.
Welcomed in Berlin.
: The same day the Russian charge Ia
! Berlin telcgraphed that all the Berlin
/ papers welcomed with great sympathy
the energetic tone Of Austria, while
the official "Lokal-AuZelger was par
. ticularly aggressive and stigmauzed rs
supcrfuous the appeals OF ScrTla to st.
Petersburg, Paris, Athens and buchar-
est.
/ The charge at Paris tclcgraPhed that
. the German Ambassador had visited
me French Foreign Minister and told
him that T. SCrv!a refused the ultima
tlm Austria would be obliged 10 nave
recourse TO military measures. ne
ambas sador told the minister that Ger
r,any thought the scttlcm,i. ci the
question should BE let to Austria and
Sc;yia.
On July - the Russian charge at
Vienna tclcCraphcd that Count h'rch-
told WIS away, but his representative
said he could predict win certainty
the counts categorical refusal 81 Rus
yi"s proposal for delay. and a e."
bnlrs later this refusal was formally
gwen by Austria
on the same DAY the charge in Der
lin telegraphcd that he was unable I"
..,ducc Germany 20 b'ng pressure OF
Austria Tor delay.
ENGLAND, on the other hand, As shown
h. a telegram from the ambassador III
London. not only worked hard for al
. extension Of the ultimatum, but SuE-
! rested that If the time limit was no'
+ extended the same result might he Sc
cured by Austrian delay IN beginning
bostiliticS if ScrvIa refused the ult.-
nahum.
Russia Relies on England.
Fy this time Russia considered the
situation 80 serious that Vi. SaZonoH
. tc'CgrGphcd TO the Russian Ambassador
in London on July %:
On case Of q fresh aggravatlon u
the situation provoking corresponding
acts on the pat OF the great powers,
we rely uDon England not delaying 20
take her stand clearly with RUSSIA ana
France, 50 as to maintain the european
equilibrium in support o. when SRI
hay constantly interviewed in the past
and which would undoubtedly be COM
promised i'm the event Of the TRIUMPH
OF Austria
Anbas sador BcnckendorH replied:
"Sir Edward Grey has told me tho GC'-
man Ambassador declares Germany
.nsoIutpIv sustains the Austrian de-
mard. asking at the same time II Eng
land you'll consent TO act at 81. PETERS
burc in y spirit Of Cancellation.
"Sir Edward Grey replied II would be
cbsolutcly impossible. and England re.
sorvcd for herself complete liberty OF
action il Austrian mobilization com
pclled Russian mobilization, and there
BIZ all the great powers became IN
Ambassador Bcnckendorf tele-
rraphed again, later the same day:
"Sir Edward Grey has told the Ger
man Ambassador that in his OPINION
Austrian mobilization would lhVolFe
mobilization Of Russia, and tnat tnei
would arise an acute Danger OF y GER
oral war, and that he saw only one
means Of pacific solution-th2t IN inc
presence of Austrian ana huSSI4l
md ENGLAND should abstain from I'M
mediate mobilization anu 'eHuei '''''
good Offices at once. -.
9 "Si,. Edward Grey told me that TINS
plan neccssitatcd above all the agree
mont Of Germany and the undertaking
If that mower not TO mobilize. Conse-
Gucntlv he has sent an immediate
question to Berlin on this subject.
Italy Urged to Act.
con July &c NJ. LII off te!egraphcd
the Russian Ambassador IN laIE 70
urge her TO attempt TO exercise her IN
aucnca over Austri" and adopt an attl-
tude strictly unfavorable TO conilcI'
for this latter cannot be iocaii|ec
III is desirable" said this dispatch
",l,at Won Cypress the conviction it is
impossible for Russia hOV 10 coI"e W
the aid of SeIvia.'
The same day Russia learned that
Austrian mobilization had bCcA o.
Io"ed and n. Sazonof tclcgraphed the
rhargi in Vienna TO urge the Austrian
GOVERNMENT 70 authorize the amoaSSa-
dor in st. Petersburg 20 enter INTO an
exchange OF views for mutua! revision
- ono oc the provisions Of the ulti-
I-atum 70 Scryia. The dispatch say:
"plcae, explain the sense. o. 'hlS
.ornororn yrudently and amicabty to
No Minister of Foreign Affairs"
Germany was asked 10 advise vienna"