Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
AUSTRIAN IRON HAND
FORCED NATIONS TO
WAR, SAYS EXPERT
lmperious Demands, Follow
ing Archduke's Assassina-
ton, Fire Mine Underlying
Continental Diplomacy.
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPPARD
LONDON Snnt ..

LONDON, Sept %.
The bullet fired by Gabriel Prinzip into
the brain of Archduke Ferdinand. of Ans
tria-HunGary, came almost straight from
the Servian Government Itself. insisted
the Austro- Hungarians.
twenty-five days after the assassination
Austrla-Hungary sent note of demands
to Servia. Servia had countenanced crlti-
cism OF Austria Hungary, the note de-
clared. 1t had permitted its newspapers
and its people to carry on movements in
behalt of Slavs in Austro- Hungarian de-
pendences. 1t said that the assassination
OF Archduke Ferdinand had been planned
at the Servian capital. Officers in the
Servian army had helped Gabriel Prinzip,
the Servian school boy, to get revolver
and ammunition with which to perform
the deed. Servian Government officials
along the border had helped Prinzip to
cross into Bosnia on his journey to Sara
jcvO. Austria Hungary demanded that
Servia, within Is hours, must print in the
official Servian paper these exact words
AUSTRIA'S IMPERIOUS DEMAND.
The Royal Government of Servia
condemns the propaganda against Aus
tria- Hungary, which has the aim Of
separating Austria Hungary from
some of her dependencies.
The note also demanded that Servia
curb its free press and its speech in or
dor to stop criticism of Austria Hungary
and change its system Of education So
that in the schools nothing should he
taught the children that would cause
them 10 hate Austria Hungary. Servia
must also discharge from IT'S army certain
officers who the Austro- Hungarians would
name, and who had spoken too freely in
regard to the crime of June y.
Servia was given IS hours In which to
comply with all these demands.
Prinzip's bullet flew directly toward IT'S
target. 1t soon cut the string which
held European civilization hanging over
the precipice Of war. II soon reached
the powder magazine over which Europe
had been resting these many years.
The night of July q the statesmen Of
Russia, in distant st. Petersburg, re-
celved a CableEram from Se!via,
Help" 1t said.
The Russian statesmen talked for four
hours about II In the country home of
NJ Goremyku. They reached some de-
cision secretly. About Z O'Clock In the
evening they dashed of in their auto
mobiles 10 their various offices, each man
to do his own work i'm connection with
what was at hand.
BY this time the armies ~ Europe were
mobilzing,
SerNia'S " hours were up on July ~
at s i'm the evening. But before that
time the Russian army was moving
toward Germany and m" German army
was moving toward Russia and I'm
dozen other different directions.
CHARGED NINE IS FIRED,
Prinzirs bullet mad reached its tlr-
get.
II had struck the mine under Europe
and this mine will probably Kin mil
lion men and create more havoc than
anything else that has ever happened 10
humanity
What Prinzip really said or Thought
after he committed tl" a=saEs nation is
not known publicly The Serviau Govern
ment in a note said that No. said.
was not influenced p, amy other
nerson or parsuus Tho r,adms Of
auarchlstIc literature made mo believe
that there could he ucthi0- fnnr iu
the world than ~ he am ASSASSIN
When In Belgrade 7 read that the
Archduko was "0Iug 10 S9ruleyu AMI
so bought "a revolver ana went There.
But what he said OF tNoUCht matters
LITTLE now Eurou" is NOT hEhtu- h.-
cause Priuzlu was q murderer. hut b0-
cause tho louE and ancient quarrel fnr
"a place I'm tho SUM- place fnr zach
nation 10 put It's feet U the crowded
land has suddenly h7en turned from "a
contest or words and diplomacy into COM
bat ON the hat0ef",as.
some Jolt would have set o0 tho Euro
peau miae some time
II happened that NrDziD'z bullet Hf5 It