The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20

uknsc bN the CYar dated Two WonIH
after his meeting with the kaiser
In baltic port, stating that whom
mobilization was ordered Il was
meant to be mobilization against
GCrmauy.
Count Pourtalcs attempted tu
convince sasonoff that the Russian
measure would prccipitatc war" but
Sasonoff replied that Russia was I'M
able to pursue a different policy
without risking 5hc lie ot tho cznr
whcroupun Austria mobiliacs against
Russia.
Continuing. the kaiser writes
Tho belgian charge Il affaircs iu
st. Petersburg reported today that
everyone IN st Petersburg Is con
vlncod that England Will support
France" Meanwhile France or
dcrs the calling out uf her frontier
guards, whereby II infantry aud
three cavalry divisions viii bc mobi
lizcd Independently Of the order for
general mobilizatior. AN order
for a general mobilization was Ia
sued the afternoon In st. Peters
burg"
Thus ended that cycntful July 30.
l9li.
General Mobilization Order,
Between 7 and . o'clock on the
morning Of July 81 the general
mobilization order was placardod
throughout 81. Petersburg whereby
all tho beginnings uf friendly un
dcrstanding between Austria and
Russia. as between Germany and
Russia were destroyed" Tho rco-
ord continues "nlso IL the kaiser's
arbitration. aa was requested by the
czar, destroyed. \ telegram from the
Kaiser 20 the ear crosses ono from
the car to the kaiser. II Is tcchui-
cnlly impossible: military prepare
tions have gone too Tar says Nicholas
to the khlser's offer - prevent a
clash"
At the samc time the French pre-
micr roqueRts OF the government IN
81. Petersburg: I'm the higher in
torcst avoid everything on your part
which would hasten the crisis or
make II unavoidable" and mean
| while Count Pourtalcs tries unaVall-
| ingly To move the czar TO cancel the
| CRussian) mobilization orders
Count Fredcrioks tells Pourtalcs
| that Sukomlincff and Maklakoft
forced through the mobilization or
ders because Of Russis's inner stu
alton, which required decision"
| ntTtnuuN NtbblhEN.
IL was then, the record declares,
that Germany acted. The kdiacr'a
| quote follows: The chancellor
GIethmann-Hollweg) tclegrR7hed to
| pourtalos that Germany N forced
| by the mobilization 10 declare for
I the nations security, first. "A sta.e
Of war (brohonde kriegsgcfahrD
| Mobilization would have, to fol
low unless Russia, within 12 hours
ceases every war measure against
Germany and Austria.
| This tclegra m was laid before
| Sasonoff by pourtalos at midnight
that night. His impression was that
| Russia was determined TO lot mat
ters go to the limit. The German
government that evening asked
Paris whether Franco would re-
main neutral In Russo German
war. The answer was that France
would do what her own Interests
dictated.
AT the same time Gtry British
foreign secretary Instructed the
English minister In Rrusscia to ex.
(Britlsh) expectation that Belgium
would uphold her neutrality To th'
utmost OF her power"
Continuing under the date al
Judy 81, 1914, the record states tha
the French government feels II I,
dcsirable TO suppress the news ol
the Russian mobilization as long NJ
possible and that at y. m. the
| French foreign minister informs IN,
German bassador In Paris that no
is not Informed CT the alleged gen.
oral mobilization of the Russian
army"
The same day troops transports
from Algiera, Morocco. Senegal and
Madagascar arrive AZ Marseilcs and
the French frontier guards move
into place"
"On August ist Sir Edward Grey
informs tPauD Cambon, French am.
bassadOr In London that Great Brit
ain viii not tolerate n violation OF
Bclgium's neutrality and will hinder
every naval demonstration off tho
French coast" 49,
Grey meanwhile gives nm cqulvo
chi answer 10 "A question by the Ger
man Ambassador In London whether
England would undertake to romnii
neutral In case Germany promised
to respect Belgian neutrality
The Actual Outbreak.
AT 4:a0 o'clock that Afternoon
France ordered "a general moblliza
tion and at o'clock tho genera
mobilization OF tho German army Il
ordered. This is followed nj
O'Clock In the evening by n doclara
lion OF war against Russia whil,
. Russian troops cross the frontie
, and French frontier guards are re
J ported across the France e-German!
: frontier" Thus is the war begun
Germany and Austria Hungary oI
the one side and Russia on tn
other, while war with France an,
Great Britain hovers close by. tn
! next momentous dag, the rocor,
says: August Germany tell
tPauD Cambon, French ambassadO
In London. that ~ tho German flee
should cross the North sea with In
, tention OF fighting the English flee
ftwill offer all the protection at II
command ito FrancoD"
. The kaiser's reference 10 Augus
2. when the world was on tlpto
watching for the next move IN IN
: mighty game being played In Eu
, rope, is short August B. afternoon
A declaration OF war agains
France" Meanwhile Germany
eyes ere watching ENGLAND an
/ England IL alive 10 the DANCE
, which confronts her. Al this
shown IN the brief reference by tn
, kaise. TO the following day, whlc
,, was to see the world war launche
: with all It's fury
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