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
'The Royal Government of Serbia condemn all propaganda which may
be directed against Austria-Hungary, that is to say, all such
tendencies as aim at ultimately detaching from the Austro-Hungarian
Monarchy territories which form part thereof, and they sincerely
deplore the baneful consequences of these criminal movements. The
Royal Government regret that, according to the communication from
the Imperial and Royal Government, certain Serbian officers and
officials should have taken part in the above-mentioned propaganda,
and thus compromised the good neighbourly relations to which the
Royal Serbian Government was solemnly engaged by the declaration
of the 31st March 1909,[8] which declaration disapproves and
repudiates all idea or attempt at interference with the destiny of
the inhabitants of any part whatsoever of Austria-Hungary, and they
consider it their duty formally to warn the officers, officials, and
entire population of the Kingdom that henceforth they will take the
most rigorous steps against all such persons as are guilty of such
acts, to prevent and to repress which they will use their utmost
endeavour.'
[8] New style.
This declaration will be brought to the knowledge of the Royal Army
in an order of the day, in the name of His Majesty the King, by His
Royal Highness the Crown Prince Alexander, and will be published in
the next official Army bulletin.
The Royal Government further undertake:
1. To introduce at the first regular convocation of the
Skupshtina[9] a provision into the Press law providing for the
most severe punishment of incitement to hatred or contempt of
the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and for taking action against any
publication the general tendency of which is directed against the
territorial integrity of Austro-Hungary. The Government engage at
the approaching revision of the Constitution to cause an amendment
to be introduced into Article 22 of the Constitution of such a
nature that such publication may be confiscated, a proceeding at
present impossible under the categorical terms of Article 22 of the
Constitution.
[9] The Serbian Parliament.
2. The Government possess no proof, nor does the note of the
Imperial and Royal Government furnish them with any, that the
'Narodna Odbrana' and other similar societies have committed up to
the present any criminal act of this nature through the proceedings
of any of their members. Nevertheless, the Royal Government will
accept the demand of the Imperial and Royal Government, and will
dissolve the 'Narodna Odbrana' Society and every other society
which may be directing its efforts against Austria-Hungary.
3. The Royal Serbian Government undertake to remove without delay
from their public educational establishments in Serbia all that
serves or could serve to foment propaganda against Austria-Hungary,
whenever the Imperial and Royal Government furnish them with facts
and proofs of this propaganda.
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