Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
RUSSIA IS ACCUSED
OF FONENT|NG WAR
Vienna Analysis Lays Respon-
sibility for Struggle Is Due
to Plots at Petrograd.
DREAM OF PAN-SLAVISM
A REVOLUTIONARY FORCE
That Agitation Described as Menace
to Peace and Order in the
Dual Monarchy.


Written Expressly for The Star
By CoNsTANTIN THEODOR DUMBA.
Ambassador of Austria Hungary at WASHINGTON.
Russian an-SIavism is a revolution
airy force. 1t first undermined Turkish
rule In the Balkan peninsula and then
1t turned its activities toward foment-
ing disaffection among the Austrian
Slavs. The racial and religious kim
ship OF Russia with the Slavs in Aus
tria makes this agitation a menace to
peace and order in the duel mona -chy
The advanced posts Of the Pan-Slavist
movement in the Balkans are Servia
and Montenegro The relations between
Russia and Montenegro are particularly
close. Two daughters of the King of
Montenegro are married to Russian
grand dukes, one of them being Nikolai
Nikoiaievitch, the present command
in-chief of the Russian armies and
head of the war party in St Peters
burg.
The annexation Of Bosnia Herzegov-
ina, although it was expected by every
body. aroused the Servian national pas
sions to a frantic pitch. The Servian
press INDUCED in venomous attacks
upon the Hapsburg monarchy. The
whole attitude of the Servian nation
was insolently provocative to the peace
of Austria.
Sir Edward Grey Quoted.
The aggressiveness of servia toward
her neighbors was condemned, shortly
before the outbreak of the present crisis.
by Sir Edward Grey, who said in con-
wi q
''Servia is perpetual danger to Euro
pean peace; its gToundless asp rations
continually threaten the tranquility Of
the word. The practical dynasty must
have external success to remain in
power"
On the eve of the crisis the British am
bassador in Vienna. Sir M. de Bunsen.
observed to the edit of the Wiener AL
legemeine Zeitung: BE assured that the
entire English nation CO. 3enins the
crime Of Serajevo. No single Englishman
has any sympathy left for Servia. We are
thoroughly wca-y of Icing thrown into
disquietude by this little country. and
there Is TO Engliscr;an who does not wish
heartily that Servia receive a rough.
sound lesson
The Demands of Austria-Hungary.
The government of Emperor Francis
Joseph followed this advice and demand
ed from Servia a discontinuance of her
intrigues and her violent attacks upon the
integrity of the dual monarchy. 1t asked
for the cooperation of the Austrian and
Servian police with a view to the detec-
ton and punishment of the moral au-
thors Of the dastardly crime Of Serajevo !:
but it never made an attempt to estab-
lish Austrian control over Servian law
courts, as has been represented by the
Servian press and reiterated by the
nglo-French chorus.
It is equally untrue that the Servian
government accepted almost all the con-
ditions in the Austrian ultimatum. A mis-
leading presentation of the case was
given out by Premier Pashitch to the
whole world. and was published in good
faith by the American press. Servia's ac-
ceptance of almost every point was con-
ditional and amounted to yelled re-
fusal. Nothing was left to the dual
monarchy but to declare war upon
Servia, who. under the influence of regi-
cidal officers, had resorted to assassina-
tion as a political method. This drastic
step Austria undertook, in spite of the
danger that was looming up in the
north.
The Championship of Russia.
Indeed, Russia, which had quietly
looked on in 1913 when Bulgaria, an
other Slavic nation. was being attack
ed simultaneously by four countries. at
once ANNOUNCED her championship of
Servia, the deadly foe of the dual mon
archy, on the ground that the car
could not look on with Indifference
while Slavic nation was being men
aced. as it was explained in st. Peters,
burg. Gar NIcnuias mad 0 dared the
mobilization while negotiations were
going on in st. Petersburg. In spite of
Austria's promise to Russia to respect
the territorial integrity of Servia-a
iv Of
mons by Sir Edward Grey emperor
Nicholas forced the conflict upon
Kaiser Wilhelm by refusing to stop the
mobilization on The German frontier.
The Russian alliance auto
matically brought France into the held.
One of the greatest tragedies in his
tory was enacted when the French ma
ton, governed by a half-socialistic and
half-radical cabinet, profoundly pacific
in it's tendencies, found itself invoiyed
in a conflict which originated in the
Outrageous conspiracy of Belgrade. The
inaoiIity of Frenchmen to reconcile
themselves to the loss Of Alsace, a
German province stolen rom Germany
in a time of complete peace by Louis
XIV, made them subservient to the
vast ambitious sche.acs of the north
ern selni-Asiatic empire.
Action of British Cabinet.
Unlike France, Great Britain had no
treaty engagement to assist Russia In
the war now raging in Europe; but the
fact that the military and naval au-
thorities of Great Britain and France
had come to an agreement On the dis
.ribGtlon of their respective fleets in
the event of a conflict, left no choice
to the cabinet of St. james but to side
with France. Sir Edward Grey de-
clared in the most soie:an manner in
the house of commons that parliament
was free to determine Great Britain s
course. Then, almost in the same
breath, he asked the question: Are we
not in honor bound to defend the
French coasts of the North sea against
an attack by the German fleet, having
advised the French government to send
all it's battleships to the Mediterra-
nean?" Did not Sir Edward, by putting
this question, involuntariiy admit that
Great Britain was no longer free, and
that the military and naval arrange
menss made had prejudiced the political
future?
Germany was compelled by strategic
necessity to advance reluctantly
through Belgian territory. But she
offered solemn pledge to respect the
integrity of Belgium and to compensate
the Kingdom for all dana ges. The vio-
lat:on of Eelgium's neutrality gave