Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-06

highly grati6ed at his conversations
with Wilhelm H., in which they
had discussed in detail every con-
ceivable question" and established
perfect agreement upon all points.
Eleven days later the archduke
was asssasinated at Sarajevo.
Tisza Opposes Police.
Meanwhile Count Tisza, the Hun
garian premier, according to Tsch-
irsehky's report to the German gov
eminent, was persistently refusing
to make any territorial concessions
to Roumania in Hungary.
On the margin of a report to this
effect from Tschirschky the kaiser
wrote:
"He (Tisza) must not endanger
the foreign policy of the triple ALI
ance, which, in the case of the Rou-
manian question, is influenced by his
domestic policy"
Count Tisza, who has been assas-
sinated since, was a thorn in the
side both If the Berlin and Vienna
governments in the early stages of
their aggressive plans against Ser
bia. He opposed these plans obsti-
nately, until finally, on July IA, he
was won over to their policy and to
Tschirschky's report on this the
kaiser annotated the remark, there
nova man for all that.")
Then followed the completion of
the memorandum on the Balkan pol
icy which Berchtold about mid June
had instructed the officials at the
Ballplatz (seat of the Austrian for
eign ofice) to draw up for presenta-
ton to Berlin. On July 18 Con-
stantinople was informed regarding
the presentation of this memoran-
dunn. ...
Threaten Kaiser's Life.
This is some of the secret diplo-
macy that preceded the assassina-
ton of the Austrian heir June %.
Emperor William was, expected to
attend the archduke's funeral, but,
as shown in a previous chapter, he
was warned to stay away because
II assassins were reported ready to
murder him if he came to Vienna.
On July l, still expecting the kai-
ser's attendance at the funeral,
Count Won Berchtold submitted to
Emperor Francis Joseph his memo
randum on the Balkan policy and
urged the Austrian ruler to seize the |
of the kaiser's visit for
the latter's active support.
The chief of the Austro- Hungarian
general staff, Baron Conrad Won
Hoetzendorff, was instructed to
draw up for the kaiser's information |
an estimate of the prospective mill
tary consequences to Austria OF
secession from the triple |
alliance in the event of an Austrian
war with Russia. "
(Roumania, it should be explained,
was regarded by Berlin and Vienna
as a sort of silent partner" of the
triple alliance, on the strength Of
certain prewar agreements.)
u Italy in Dark.
Under date of July II there is a
document which proves conclusively |
that ali the aggressive plans against |
Serbia were Matched and executed
behind the back of Italy, member
of the triple alliance. Indeed, as
previous documents have shown,
everything was done to prevent the
slightest inkling of the Austro-Ger-
man Vaccinations from filtering
to Rome. This deliberate
secrecy was later cited by Italy as a
proof of its former allies bad faith. !
The document of July II is note /
from Count Berchtold to the Aus
trian ambassador at Rome telling
him that the proposed action against
Serbia was being timed for about the
end of July and that Italy was to
be confronted with the fat accom-
pli accomplished fact).
This was obviously done for the
iual purpose of preventing Italy
from registering protest and keep
ing it from directing its own pollti-
.al orientation in accordance with
what was happening.
On July II Won Jagow (then Ger
nan foreign minister) sent note to
Tschirschky at Vienna asking him
10 obtain from Berchtold defni-
ion of the fatter's plan for the par
.ition of Serbia. ..0