Title | Documents respecting the negotiations preceding the War published by the Russian government |
Alternative Title | Documents respecting the negotiations preceding the War published by the Russian government. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of his majesty October, 1914. |
Series Title | Miscellaneous (Great Britain. Foreign Office), 1914, no. 11; Cd. (Great Britain. Parliament), 7626 |
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Publisher | H.M. Stationery Office |
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Date | 1914 |
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Language | English; French |
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Original Item Extent | 60 pages; 25 cm. |
Original Item Location | D505.R8 1914 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b8320002~S11 |
Original Collection | Socialist and Communist Pamphlets |
Digital Collection | Socialist and Communist Pamphlets |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections |
Use and Reproduction | This item is in the public domain and may be used freely. |
File Name | index.cpd |
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Transcript | ■■■■■■■■». 15 No. 22. Russian Ambassador at London to the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs. London, July 12 (25), 1914. (Translation.) (Telegramme.) Grey a dit a FAmbassadeur d'Allemagne qu'a son avis la mobilisation autrichienne devait entrainer la mobilisation de la Russie, qu'alors surgirait le danger aigu d'une guerre gene- rale et qu'il ne voyait qu'un seul moyen pour une solution pacifique : qu'en presence des mobilisations autrichienne et russe, FAllemagne, la France, l'ltalie et l'Angleterre s'abstiennent d'une mobilisation immediate et proposent tout d'abord leurs bons offices. Grey m'a dit que ce plan necessitait avant tout Fagrement de FAllemagne et Fengagement de cette Puissance de ne pas mobiliser. En consequence il a adresse tout d'abord a Berlin une question a ce sujet. (Signe) BENCKENDORFF. (Telegram.) Grey has told the German Ambassador that in his opinion Austrian mobilisation must lead to Russian mobilisation, that grave danger of a general war will thereupon arise, and that he sees only one means of reaching a peaceful settlement, namely, that, in view of the Austrian and Russian mobilisations, Germany, France, Italy, and Great Britain should abstain from immediate mobilisation, and should at once offer their good offices. Grey told me that the first essential of this plan was the consent of Germany and her promise not to mobilise. He has therefore, as a first step, made an enquiry on this point at Berlin. No. 23. Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Russian Ambassador at Rome. St. Petersburg, July 13 (26), 1914. (Telegramme.) L'Italie pourrait jouer un role de tout premier ordre en faveur du maintien de la paix, en exergant F influence neces- saire sur FAutriche et en adop- tant une attitude nettement defavorable au conflit, car ce dernier ne saurait etre localise. 11 est desirable que vous expri- miez la conviction qu'il est (p 1394) (Translation.) (Telegram.) Italy might play a part of the first importance in favour of preserving peace, by bringing the necessary influence to bear upon Austria, and by adopting a definitely unfavourable attitude towards the dispute on the ground that it could not be localised. You should express your conviction that Russia B |