The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-07
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Rotterdam, Holland, Dec. a. tTiais
was obviously done for the dual pur-
( pose of. preventing Italy from regis
/ tering protest and of keeping her
! from directing her own political oren-
tation In accordance with what was
! happenlns,)
On July II, Won 1agow. ttnen Ger
I man foreign minister. sent note
| TO Tzchirschky at Vienna asking him
! to obtain from Berchtold a definition
Of the lat.ors plan for the partition
OF Serbia
i ut Is necessary" Won Jagow said
= in that note for the German gov
( eminent to be in possession of the
Austrian views regarding the future
I of Serbia. since the question would
materially influence the attitude Of
+ Italy and public opinion in England. -
! While disclai inning any desire TO
impede and limit Austrian action Won
1agow repeated Il would he valuable
to us "to have some idea Of the
eventual direction in which the road
IS to lead"
/ The following day. July g. the
Bavarian legation In Berlin scnt tho
report TO Munich, previously publish
/ ed in part. This document, the full
. text Il which is now at hand said
< further that Germany VIII seek tn
restrict the coufict 10 Austria ana
/ Serbia It is assumed England and
France will endeavor TO pacify Rus
sia. who In any case is regarded as
/ leing prone 10 bluff
Germany the Bavaria report add
ed. would not n billie and the Aus
+ triau would be urged not TO mpAi!ize
their troops in Galieia since this al
toUatically would involve a counter
3 f,ntiization by Russia and thereafter
by Gernls ny and France, and would
lead to a European war.
On July 81, Count Szcegye1y aus
trisn ambassador in Bcrliul. tele-
graphed ia the Vienna government
( urging it to communicates IN Berlin
/ at the ear -esi possible moment tn
I austrian nct tt1 Serbia on tho
ground that from the very nrst mo-
raert all competent German quarters
( II m the k2lser down. had pledged
I ghcir unconditional support % the
! proposed action against Serbia
| CHANCELLOR WAS ALARMED
! Chancellor Won Bethmaun- Holt
weg's anxiety with regard to the dis
I position Of the German feet has al
/ ready beon shown by previous quo
| tations from documents as has the
! contemptHous indignation OF the kat
! ser at these warnings from his civ
.iian chancellor an additional doc
| unent sheds further light on this
| subject The chancellor telegra phed
! from his country seat to Won JaEow:
! His Majestys order to the feet
. not 10 dispense until July rs makes
! me apprehend the possibility that II
! the auditorium of Austria 10 Serbia
! is rejected attention might he ex-
4 laF saMt xta ,Ta-s I
/ from Malmooe. tOff which place
/ the kaiser was cruising at the timel
/ Az the same time, in the event Of
I crisis it would be fatal II the fleet
were at wrong place"
! On July 20 the chancellor sent his
i telegram to Count Won Wedel with
/ the kaiser on his cruise in which in
addition to what has been previously
( Gnuted. he said: only the interven-
/ tion of other powers Will draw us in
/ to the conflict, and Il is not to be as
| sunled that any such (power) can
| make up It's mind Immediately TO in
! tvrvene.
"Poincare's (presiAeal OF France)
| voyage of itself is such as to delay
I decision since he leaves Kronstadt TO-
! night is due TO visit Stock holm on the
-. Copenhagen on the 9th. Chris
/ tianan, the 2ath. to arrive at Dun
KIRK on the 31st-
According 10 tirc aimiralty's H.
/ formation the British fleet dispersas
ard proceeds 10 home ports on thu
27th. Any Premature recall ~ orr
, feet might excite general uneasiress
especially on the part cf Epgleud
who may regard iSwith suspicion"
II Is this Mosaic that the kaiser
defnitly answered. My feet has re-
ceived marching orders 10 Eiel and
that's where its going."
At Ave O'Clock that afternoon
July q, the night Of which the AUS
TRAN ultimatum was presented to
I'D of the character ~ the proposed
Austrian action toward serbia, The
Italian and RumariaH governments
were similarly advised
To the Austrian apbasseb Dor at
/ Rome, Count Gerchtnid IN notify NJ
/ him of the action against Serbia, dis
, cussed 81 detailed ey ,nSf. Of tsvt
| tBorchtold's) policy which ne con-
Guided thus For the moment | feel
l have been selected ny Providence
to ioin the ranks OF those ministers
who declared 40 pursue policy or
| peace hu, we're corHpelled 10 pursuc
n policy Of war They range from
( Cardinal Floury 10 Lam nardorfr
/ but | hope chat I will at aay ratr
have better luck Than the last
namod."
/ july II
] on July "a tho Csernnn anbassa-
/ dnrs 81 Paris ami Petersburg pet
/ rocr4d>, !ntiIratcd (to tho French
/ mud Russian foreign oftlcesl respect
: fully thar II any outside power
( should seek to Intervene between
( Austris end ss.,-bia crrr~anv ~'~oti1d
! hc found ON the side of her ally
/ The Following day Count S2aegyGny
/ talegrn ahee t0 has fAustrian) gov
. eminent: IN IS generally assumed
j here Gin rcsIinl tina. an eventual
, negative reply by Gerbts viii be fol
! lowed irnrn ediately n declaration
| Of war combined with war Ike op-
| o"ations. AIRY delay In beginning
! wsrilse operations would he regard
| cd as danger from the point Of
w"w OF Intervention by other pow
ers.
We ere most urgently advised To
nroceei NJ once and place before the
\ world at felt accompu"
One OF the most important docu-
ments in the Kautbv complication is
the report Count Syoegyeny the Aus
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