[Footnote 119: _Correspondence_, No. 148. Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, August 2.] [Footnote 120: _Correspondence_, No. 147. Minister of State, Luxemburg, to Sir E. Grey, August 2.] [Footnote 121: _Ibid_. No. 153. Sir E. Grey to Sir E. Goschen, August 4.] [Footnote 122: _Ibid_.] [Footnote 123: _Ibid_. No. 155. Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Villiers, August 4.] [Footnote 124: _Correspondence_, No. 157. German Foreign Secretary to Prince Lichnowsky, August 4.] [Footnote 125: _Ibid_. No. 159. Sir E. Grey to Sir E. Goschen, August 4.] [Footnote 126: _Correspondence_, No. 116, July 31.] [Footnote 127: _Ibid_. Nos. 130, 143, 145.] [Footnote 128: _Ibid_. Nos. 149, 150, August 2 and 3.] [Footnote 129: _The Times_, August 11, p. 5, col. 1.] [Footnote 130: _Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting_ (October, 1706).] [Footnote 131: p. 6.] [Footnote 132: _Correspondence_, No. 5. Sir E. Grey to Sir M. de Bunsen, July 24.] [Footnote 133: _Ibid_. No. 10. Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 24. Cf. No. 24, Sir E. Grey to Sir G. Buchanan, July 25: 'The sudden, brusque, and peremptory character of the Austrian _démarche_ makes it almost inevitable that in a very short time both Russia and Austria will have mobilized against each other.'] [Footnote 134: _Ibid_. No. 12. Sir E. Grey to Mr. Crackanthorpe, July 24.] [Footnote 135: _Ibid_. No. 6. Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 24: 'I said ... direct British interests in Servia were _nil_, and a war on behalf of that country would never be sanctioned by British public opinion.'] [Footnote 136: _Correspondence_, No. 24. Sir E. Grey to Sir G. Buchanan, July 25.] [Footnote 137: See note at the end of this chapter.] [Footnote 138: _Correspondence_, No. 36. Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 26.] [Footnote 139: _Ibid_. No. 87. Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 29.] [Footnote 140: _Ibid_. No. 91. Sir E. Grey to Sir M. de Bunsen, July 29.] [Footnote 141: _Ibid_. No. 13. Note communicated to Sir E. Grey by the Russian Ambassador, July 25.] [Footnote 142: _Correspondence_, No. 6. Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 24.] [Footnote 143: _Ibid_.] [Footnote 144: _Ibid_. No. 99. Sir F. Bertie to Sir E. Grey, July 30. Cf. No. 119, Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 31.] [Footnote 145: _Correspondence_, No. 80. Sir R. Rodd to Sir E. Grey, July 29.] [Footnote 146: _Ibid_. No. 6. Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 24.] [Footnote 147: _Ibid_. No. 44. Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 27: 'Their (sc. the German) attitude would merely be stiffened by such a menace, and we could only induce her (sc. Germany) to use her influence at Vienna to avert war by approaching her in the capacity of a friend who was anxious to preserve peace.'] [Footnote 148: _Ibid_. No. 87. Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 29.] [Footnote 149: _Correspondence_, No. 47. Sir E. Grey to Sir G. Buchanan, July 27.] [Footnote 150: _Ibid_. No. 116. Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 31.]