The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-15
Blames Russian Ambassador
to France for the War
individual Responsibility Rests Wholly on iS'olsk|' '"e
Time Foreign Minister. Says DR.. flScheiauei.
AUSTRIAN Vice-( onsul in New York.

nomlcal grounds, to modify the friendly
attitude toward he Triple Alliance and
more and more to approach the Double
Entente.
An understanding entered into with
France was followed by one with Rus
STA. The number of political interviews
of the crowned ormanophohc increased
i'm an uncomfortable manner In the at
tempt to make Spain Join the western
Powers. Italy was ensnared and Aus
tra Hungary was showered with tokens
OF love and friendship.
Each year Edward appeared In the
! imperial summer resort at Ischl in order
| to assure the dean Of European SOW
| ereigns in fervent words Of his unfal-
| tering friendship. The sympathies for
the English were great in those
| DAYS in the dual monarchy and tho
| value ot the political friendship with
the United Kingdom was also highly
appreciated in leading circles. Thu.
friendship Of course had its natur; u
tations. II was naturally never n.".
to serve as basis for the atteu a.
iSolata Germany.
Yet those al the helm of EnL
foreign policy regarded II IN this sens
And when they learned that an un,.
standing between Austria Hungary ana
? the insulHr empire would naturally have
to end where il was directed against
| Germany, tn" formerly so warm English
sentiments for Vienna suddenly became
a cold This was i'm the ycaI 1900 In the
!. summer OF this year King Edward left
. the imperial residence at lschl filed
= With anger
( Soon "" were made TO feel I.ondon's
lie disaffection in remarkable manner.
2 First il was shown in the ioi>i inter-
70 vention of the great Powers In Mace
be. donna. in which England suddenly ar
3. rayed herself on the side of Russia and
Il fully supported the most eNtravagant
claims of the car which We're wholly
= unacceptable to the Turks. But the
-, anger OF the English over the good faith
- I Of Austria Hungary TO her ally broke
80 ont with almost elemental force when
= in January. 1908. Count Aerenthal OBJ
tanned from the Turks the concession
FOR the construction of tho Sanjak rail-
way.
'li The attacks OF the English press We'd
p n their violence and rudeuess with those
nd Of their Pan-Slavc colleagues AT Petro-
he grad and Moscow. to say nothing of the
Ms French press. which like French diplo-
to macy had for years been accustomed 10
in obey blindly all orders coming from
ed ST Petersburg and To follow every sign
'cs from the Russian ally even as sub
VS. altern.
nd The convention Of Murz- Steg. or mors
In correctly the programme Their" agreed
ol- upon between Austria-IIungary and
bo Russia n 1908 for the reform OF Euro
,La pcdu Turkey was only a temporar,
OH deviation from the general purpose o
90 the Russian policy influenced by Pan
Slavic tendencies, whose ultimate ain
ICY was to impress the Balkan peoples int
gh the service of her efforts for territorial
m expansion; that is, to use them as a bat
)rd terng ram AKA INST Austria-Hungary
ant whose existence in her present strength
os- constituted an obstruction OF Russia
Get plans Of expansion toward CONSTANT
lSs nope.
the Murz-SteP therefore constituted onl
asst a pause in the furtherance of Russia
territorial lust; besides, it was intende
we'll 10 cover the rear Of the Cars empr
will during the then impending accountin
9th with Japan and to protect It from sur
Will, pr!ses In the Balkans at time when
re- was about to engage all its force
the against he yellow race In the Far Eas
has And this aim was actually accompIsht
OF by il. Austria Hungary, which has eve
wise labored for the free development of Il
nan Balkan peoples, consCientiously FUTILE
the the obligations assumed by her at Muir
was SteG and maintained such correct a
lluue ludl IL WAS poSNlbIc iot fNuso
ctlv during her war with japan TO ieave h
,or,. western frontier unprotected.
90 II is certainly not Austria Hungary
80 fault that Russia did not succeed
s,d winning glory for her arms IN that wa
~ The reason therefore must he souG
-. In conditions which are pretty general
known and whose discussion would lei
,,ri Va FAR beyond the limitations OF 4
, subject at hand. lie, II therefore
""' asserted here only that when Russ
after her defeats in MauChuria and I
total annihjiatou Of the Russin Ne
off Tahuchna secured peace "
Japan For some time 20 come, lsvolsl
the Foreign Minister, graspcd the H.
opportunity which offered itself 10
clare tho MUIR Stog understanding n
and void and to free himself Of
fctters assumed only under the pr'
sure Of the Japanese danger and
obtain an absolutely free hand in I
) Balkans.
y The occasion for this was the afo
mentioned Austrian concession ohtalf
from Turkey for the construction Of
SanjaE railway. which with hair sp
ting arguments was declared violat
Of the status quo.
IsNulSky had thus obtained T
hand and thereby advynced a s
nearer his rorvcu am of combating
dual monarchy. n, predecessors pol
eff friendly rapprurhcmcnts with y
ir.a-Uuugary was 'hruNa Ia the VII
- and Russia now under the inllu"ncs
tr,e dauCcrous man proceeaed uT.?:'
path which aS its ultimate ann
hound t. head to the present horr
war. The disastrous defeats in MI
rhuria and tho Russian pride thcr
woundcd ~ tho quick lncNoo
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