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[English "White Paper," No. 46.]
Germany's refusal to have Servia's case submitted to the powers even for
their consideration is the more striking when it is recalled that the
German Ambassador at London quoted to Sir Edward Grey the German
Secretary of State as saying
"that there were some things in the Austrian note that Servia
could hardly be expected to accept,"
thus recognizing that Austria's ultimatum was, at least in part, unjust.
Sir Edward Grey then called the German Ambassador's attention to the
fact that if Austria refused the conciliatory reply of Servia and
marched into that country
"it meant that she was determined to crush Servia at all
costs, being reckless of the consequences that might be
involved."
He added that the Servian reply
"should at least be treated as a basis for discussion and
pause,"
and asked that the German Government should urge this at Vienna, but the
German Secretary of State on July 27 replied that such a conference "was
not practicable," and that it "would practically amount to a court of
arbitration," and could not, in his opinion, be called together "except
at the request of Austria and Russia.
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