A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great WarRowe, R. P. P.
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A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War
Rowe, R. P. P.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Chronology
'7. To proceed without delay to the arrest of Major Voija Tankositch
and of the individual named Milan Ciganovitch, a Serbian State
employé, who have been compromised by the results of the magisterial
inquiry at Serajevo;
'8. To prevent by effective measures the co-operation of the Serbian
authorities in the illicit traffic in arms and explosives across
the frontier, to dismiss and punish severely the officials of the
frontier service at Schabatz and Loznica guilty of having assisted
the perpetrators of the Serajevo crime by facilitating their passage
across the frontier;
'9. To furnish the Imperial and Royal Government with explanations
regarding the unjustifiable utterances of high Serbian officials,
both in Serbia and abroad, who, notwithstanding their official
position, have not hesitated since the crime of the 28th June to
express themselves in interviews in terms of hostility to the
Austro-Hungarian Government; and, finally,
'10. To notify the Imperial and Royal Government without delay of
the execution of the measures comprised under the preceding heads.
* * * * *
'The Austro-Hungarian Government expect the reply of the Royal
Government at the latest by 6 o'clock[4] on Saturday evening, the
25th July.
[4] In the copy of this Austro-Hungarian note communicated by Count
Szecsen, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at Paris, to the French Foreign
Office, the hour named for the reply is 5 o'clock, and the following
explanation is appended in the French Yellow-book (Y. 24):
'The Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, in a private letter on the 24th
July, sent to the Minister for Foreign Affairs the following
correction:
'"In the copy of the despatch which I had the honour to send to your
Excellency this morning, it was said that my Government expected
an answer from the Cabinet at Belgrade at latest by 5 o'clock on
the evening of Saturday the 25th of this month. As our Minister at
Belgrade did not deliver his note yesterday until 6 o'clock in the
evening, the time allowed for the answer has in consequence been
prolonged to 6 o'clock to-morrow, Saturday evening.
'"I consider it my duty to inform your Excellency of this slight
alteration in the termination of the period fixed for the answer of
the Serbian Government."'
'A memorandum dealing with the results of the magisterial inquiry at
Serajevo with regard to the officials mentioned under heads (7) and
(8) is attached to this note.'
APPENDIX II
SERBIA'S REPLY TO AUSTRIA
The Royal Serbian Government have received the communication of
the Imperial and Royal Government of the 10th instant,[5] and are
convinced that their reply will remove any misunderstanding which
may threaten to impair the good neighbourly relations between the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the Kingdom of Serbia.
[5] Old style.
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