The Story of the Great War, Volume 1: Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers
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The Story of the Great War, Volume 1: Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers
World War, 1914-1918
On the same day (June 30, 1914), Herr von Storck, Secretary of the
German Legation at Belgrade, telegraphed to Count Berchtold that he
had asked Herr Gruic, General Secretary of the Serbian Foreign
Office, what measures the Royal Serbian police had taken, or
proposed to take, to follow up clues to the crime which notoriously
were partly to be found in Serbia, and that the reply was that the
matter had not yet engaged the attention of the police.
On July 1, 1914, M. Pashitch, Serbian Prime Minister was informed by
telegraph from the Serbian Minister in London, M. S. Boschkovitch,
that, basing their conclusion on Austrian reports, the English press
attributed the Sarajevo outrages to Serbian revolutionaries. He was
informed by telegraph on the same day, by M. Yovanovitch, Serbian
Minister at Vienna, of popular hostile demonstrations in front of
the Serbian Legation, which were quelled by the police. A Serbian
flag was said to have been burned.
"Hatred against Serbians and Serbia is being spread among the
people, especially by the lower Catholic circles, the Vienna
press, and military circles. Please do what is possible to
prevent demonstrations taking place in Serbia, and to induce the
Belgrade press to be as moderate as possible in tone.... It is
expected that decision as to the attitude to be adopted toward
Serbia and the Serbians will be taken after the funeral [of the
archduke]."
Thereupon, on the same day (July 1, 1914), M. Pashitch warned all
the Serbian legations at foreign courts of the evident purpose of
the Austrian and Hungarian press to take political advantage of the
act of a "young and ill-balanced fanatic." All ranks of Serbian
society, official and unofficial, he said, condemned the act,
recognizing that it would be most prejudicial not only to good
relations with Austria-Hungary, but to their coreligionists in that
country.
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