Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-22
MINIATURE ALMANAC

Austria would necessarily embark upon
sucn d war in the most unfavorable
circumstances
Tisza ,hcn asked permission to see
TO Vienna thcn expected bur later
cancelled to combat Wilheln,'s ..pro-
serbian prcpossession." The kaiser's
visit. for the purpose OF attending rho
funeral or the murdered Archduke vas
prevented in the eleventh hour and
mus II vas Impossible for the two En-
'"Tprs 10 nave personal discussion.
Inc text OF the Austrian uitlrna,um
I" Serbia Tas agreed upon at a second
ministerial council on July "a: Count
IIsza had consented TO ii only after
STIMULATING the condition OF a unani
nous declaration that there vas no in
'eh'lon OF conquerng Serbia.
litimntum Held Up.
ms ultirnatum was delivered at Bel
struggled the Austrian ambassador a.,
Eeriln not TO deliver the text 10 ,he
l ~ IN F,oTi,ernn.nt until the forenoon
also be handed TO the other powers.
When the Austrian ambassador al
nr.ad mrst heard OF the ultinatum he
cabinet ought 10 be made coEnizant az
KS tcAt before the other powers. This
n mnS On ;. 'u, G, -: The ambassador sup
!aso* Chen German Foreign Minis.
teri. 10 the effect that Germany. as
the COW can,c souid expect 70 be advised OF
than the other powers The anbassa
u n, anded 10 this communication TO his
au, . hnriy. n,mlsicF that he was awaiting
n- -.,,ot -" non 10 give the German gov.
1rhment the text immediately Won
.snEo" mad heard about the uitimatum
IRON the German arm bassador a. 49,
text. AIN tue
Reply to Amba..ndor.
,n Seercfh,oid. on July %, replied to the
of Hia le am nassador at Berlin that the
mus be made at the same time - III
levers put that the German ambassa.
'.I,. AZ VIENNA had been conidentialIy
idElscd OF 1t on the 2lst
Or. Coos comments on tbIs 10, :.
$500 roncs heriin did not participate in the
;i iT:n.ns OF OF me shs Aus'ro- Hungarian ul-
Rcrd are singular role played by Conn,
hcrchtold is shown by his s,atene,, NJ
a.e russian charge daffaires on luz ~
Nothing is further from yion,s :,
SSnt,Hiohs IMAM the desire to humIljane
the siirbinns me AUSTRIAN Cabinet has not
ESQ assured the Russian dinlomat =,
IL rnaeaVor not TO put anvthinr IN
Inc $500 i,"ne 20 Serbia that might create
49, -. ;;;iipTession that Austria wisbaa ~
huiniliate Serbia "ishea 10
49, Demands Refused.
neh, the afternoon of .J,,v DC
~, eicn'o!d officially told Berlin. tbrourS.
S Snr aus s ambassador there TIA, !,
and ,sa. d;, lusen Austria's demands
'.u ma diplomatic relations had hnen
| severed He gave no details oeeh
Not until the German nmbass
a. VIENNA requested to see Tho ,e1,
her!in At the same time the sns,ria y y
d'Hoassador at Berlin had wired ~ 49,;
soVernHent that Won Jagow wants -
see the text of Serbie's answer in ~
~ prove the incorrectness OF
EnEish claims that Serbia had gram
ca tho principal demands of the Eicnna
government. Emperor William roco,,,ni
me serbian text on the morninp ~
e ie'h. 2nd this is what he wrote
ment: soiia4 com
"A brilliant ACCOMPLISHMENTS to- -
elihe unit or forty-eight hours: great
moral success for Vienna. With tb;s
ecers cause for war is gone and Giesi
sador at Belgrade) should have -
NAMED quietly at Belgrade. Inon ~.
would reserve (reyerse?) the ordered
mobilization" :"
TOD to Emperor Franz Josenh &C No
tiHatinE the declaration OF war w.s
the claim that Serbian ,roops had fred
kubin.
When he received the rmnero-,.
| proVal of war, he INFORMED him that
therc was no confirmation Of this FIR
| ing. but he eliminated this paraprnnh
m n n "
| there was paragraph in the Aus
| TRAN declaration of war basing il upon
this alleged firing by the Serbians
which Berchtold seems to have known
was fction.)
The documents further show that
contrary TO the general belief. while
Berlin rejected Sir (how LordD Edward
Grcy's proposal for a conference. the
German government strongly support
cd the suggestion that the Austrians
suspend hostilities after taking Bel
grade and other points and then ac-
ccpt mediation.