The Evidence in the Case: A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, RussiaBeck, James M. (James Montgomery)
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The Evidence in the Case: A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia
Beck, James M. (James Montgomery)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes
"'The Royal Government regrets that Servian officers
and functionaries participated in the above-mentioned
propaganda, and thus compromised the good neighborly
relations to which the Royal Government was solemnly pledged
by its declaration of the 31st March, 1909.
"'The Royal Government, which disapproves and repudiates all
idea of interfering or attempting to interfere with the
destinies of the inhabitants of any part whatsoever of
Austria-Hungary, considers it its duty formally to warn
officers and functionaries, and the whole population of the
kingdom, that henceforward it will proceed with the
utmost rigor against persons who may be guilty of such
machinations, which it will use all its efforts to
anticipate and suppress.'
"This declaration shall simultaneously be communicated to
the Royal Army as an order of the day by His Majesty the
King and shall be published in the '_Official Bulletin_' of
the Army.
"'The Royal Servian Government further undertakes:
"1. To suppress any publication which incites to hatred and
contempt of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the general
tendency of which is directed against its territorial
integrity;
"2. To dissolve immediately the society styled Narodna
Odbrana, to confiscate all its means of propaganda, and to
proceed in the same manner against other societies and their
branches in Servia which engage in propaganda against the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The Royal Government shall take
the necessary measures to prevent the societies dissolved
from continuing their activity under another name and form;
"3. To eliminate without delay from public instruction in
Servia, both as regards the teaching body and also as
regards the methods of instruction, everything that serves,
or might serve, to foment the propaganda against
Austria-Hungary:
"4. To remove from the military service, and from the
administration in general, all officers and functionaries
guilty of propaganda against the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
whose names and deeds the Austro-Hungarian Government
reserves to itself the right of communicating to the Royal
Government;
"5. To accept the collaboration in Servia of representatives
of the Austro-Hungarian Government in the suppression of the
subversive movement directed against the territorial
integrity of the Monarchy;
"6. To take judicial proceedings against accessories to the
plot of the 28th June who are on Servian territory.
Delegates of the Austro-Hungarian Government will take part
in the investigation relating thereto;
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