Petersburg."
[English "White Paper," No. 11.]
Germany had only to intimate to Austria that "a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind," as well as common courtesy to great and friendly
nations, required that sufficient time be given not only to Servia, but
to the other nations, to concert for the common good, especially as the
period was one of Summer dullness and many of the leading rulers and
statesmen were absent from their respective capitals.
Under these circumstances was it not natural that Russia should announce
on July 24
"that any action taken by Austria to humiliate Servia would
not leave Russia indifferent,"
and that on the same day the Russian Charge d'Affaires at Vienna
suggested to the Austrian Foreign Office
"that the Austrian note was drawn up in a form rendering it
impossible of acceptance as it stood, and that it was both
unusual and peremptory in its terms"?
To which the only reply of the Austrian Foreign Minister was that their
representative in Servia
"was under instructions to leave Belgrade unless Austrian
demands were accepted in their integrity by 4 P.
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