Section I, Nos 1-19, Appendices 1 and 2, 1914
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Introduction.
Since the dynasty of the Kargeorgevic ascended the blood-stained throne of Servia, andsurrounded itself with those who had conspired against the life of King Alexander, theKingdom has continually, though by different paths and with varied intensity, pursued the aimof undermining by hostile propaganda and revolutionary plots, those territories of Austria-Hungary which are inhabited by the Southern Slavs, in order to tear them away from theMonarchy, whenever the general political condition might be favourable to the realization ofthe Great-Servian claims.
To what a pitch the hopes of the kingdom on the Save had been raised, and how near shethought herself to the attainment of their aspirations, appeared in the embittered animosity andthe deep disappointment which were created in this crazy and deluded country by theannexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and which brought her to the verge of war.
Left in the lurch by Russia, the protecting Power, who did not at the moment considerherself sufficiently prepared, in the spring of 1909 the Servian Government found themselvescompelled to give a solemn declaration before Europe, that they recognized the new politicaland international conditions which had been created by the annexation, and to acknowledgethat the interests of Servia had not been affected thereby. They were also compelled todissolve the gangs of armed men which had been raised against the Monarchy and toundertake for the future to maintain friendly relations with Austria-Hungary.
The expectations were not fulfilled that it would now be possible for the Monarchy tolive in peace and good neighbourly relations with Servia, as she had lived during the rule ofthe Obrenovic, and, as was then the case, to show good will to, and further the interests of thisState, which owes to Austria-Hungary the recognition of her independence at the BerlinCongress. The Servian Government who, by their promise, were under an obligation tomaintain friendly and neighbourly relations with Austria-Hungary, permitted their press tofoment hatred against the Monarchy in an unprecedented way; they permitted associationsformed on Servian territory under the leadership of high officers, civil servants, teachers andjudges, publicly to pursue their aims with the object of stirring up revolution in the territoriesof Austria-Hungary; they did not prevent prominent members of their military and civiladministration from poisoning the public conscience in such a way that common assassinationwas regarded as the best weapon in the struggle against the Monarchy. From the atmospherecreated by this malicious agitation there sprang up a whole series of murderous attacks onhigh functionaries of the Monarchy, which ended in the execrable crime against the exaltedperson of the heir to the throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which had been carefullyprepared in Servia. However, the sacrifice of his life for the Fatherland, by which our enemiesin their mad folly expected that the downfall of the Monarchy would be accelerated, broughtall the peoples of Austria-Hungary together in fiery unanimity around the dynasty. The wholeworld learned how unshakable were the foundations on which the Monarchy rests, and howfirmly and loyally her sons cling to one another. All felt it; there was no room for any doubtthat our honour, our self-respect and our deepest interest peremptorily demanded that weshould deal with the criminal conspiracies of Servia and obtain guarantees for the security ofAustria-Hungary.
The unhappy experience which the Imperial and Royal Government had had with thisdishonest neighbour showed us the only way by which our interests could be secured.
It was necessary to present to Servia all such demands and to require from her suchguarantees as would ensure the punishment of the accomplices in this shameful outrage andthe suppression of the Great-Servian projects. Since the unparalleled patience of Austria-Hungary had been interpreted as weakness by Servia, the Belgrade Government must be madeto understand that the Monarchy was determined if necessary to go to the utmost limit inorder to maintain her prestige and the integrity of her territories; and that she could nottolerate any longer the intrigues of the Save Kingdom, which were meant to deceive thePowers, by an apparent agreement to the demands of Austria-Hungary, while at the same timeshe kept open the possibility of continuing her underhand attack against the Monarchy as shehad done after the solemn promise of 1909. Against the usual Servian tactics of using the mostreprehensible means to work for the separation of the Southern-Slav territories of Austria-Hungary, and then, when the Monarchy called her to account, of seeking protection andimpunity from the Powers, there was only one way open to the Imperial and RoyalGovernment of protecting their territory, and making an end of the injury done to theircommercial life by the constant repetition of the intolerable attacks engendered by Servianaspirations, if they were to avoid endangering the peace of Europe. From the beginning, theImperial and Royal Government met the apprehensions of the Powers with the assurance thatthe Monarchy would not go beyond what was necessary for the protection of her owninterests, and did not propose any annexation of territory. Within these limits, which she hadimposed upon herself, she must, however, insist that the controversy with Servia should becarried through as a question directly concerning Austria-Hungary and this State. The requestmade by Russia for an extension of the time given to Servia for answering our demands wouldhave given the Belgrade Government an opportunity for new subterfuges and for furtherprocrastination, and would have opened the door to the interference of single Powers in theinterests of Servia. It was therefore necessary to refuse any prolongation of the time limit.Although before sending her crafty and evasive answer, Servia had ordered generalmobilisation, and thereby publicly proclaimed her hostility, the Monarchy waited two daysbefore proceeding to a declaration of war. The suggestion of the British Government that thesettlement of the Servian controversy should be entrusted to a conference of the Powers didnot reach Vienna until after the opening of hostilities, and was therefore outstripped by events.This proposal was, however, in itself, not well suited to securing the interests of theMonarchy. Nothing but the integral acceptance of the Austro-Hungarian demands on the partof the Belgrade Government would have given a guarantee for a tolerable relationship withServia. The Entente Powers, however, were guided by the desire of substituting for theeffective demands of Austria-Hungary, which were painful to Servia, a method ofcompromise, by which every security for a future correct attitude on the part of the SaveKingdom would have been lost, and Servia would have been encouraged to continue herendeavours to bring about a separation of the Southern territories of Austria-Hungary.

When the Imperial and Royal Government demanded from Servia that she should punishthose accomplices in the crime of Serajevo who were in Servian territory, and fulfil the dutieswhich are a necessary condition for friendly relationship between neighbouring States, theironly object was to protect our dynasty from outrage and the territory of the Monarchy fromcriminal intrigues. They were representing the common interest of the civilised world thatmurder and outrage should not be used with impunity as a weapon in political controversy,and that Servia should not continue incessantly to menace the peace of Europe by heraspirations.
The Entente Powers were guilty of a serious wrong when, under the spell of their ownpolitical interests, they closed their ears to these postulates of public morality and humanity,and ranged themselves beside the Kingdom with its load of guilt. Had they listened to theassurances of the Monarchy which, by her conservative policy and her love of peace duringthe violent changes which had taken place in the Balkan Peninsula, had gained full right totheir confidence, and had they maintained a waiting attitude towards the Servian conflict, theworld-war would have been avoided. It is they who must be made answerable before historyfor the immeasurable suffering which has come upon the human race.
There can be no doubt that the small Servian State would never have ventured, with ananimosity which was scarcely concealed, to work for the separation from the greatneighbouring Monarchy of the territories which were inhabited by Southern Slavs, if she hadnot been sure of the secret approval and protection of Russia, and if she had not been able todepend on the powerful pan-Slavist tendency in the Empire of the Czar forcing the RussianGovernment, if necessary, to come to the aid of the Kingdom in her struggle for the realisationof the Great-Servian projects.
In the course of the two last centuries the Russian Empire has; extended over giganticareas with the elementary force of a glacier, and has, again and again, subdued fresh racesunder the Muscovite rule, suppressing their culture, region and language. As the supreme andinflexible aim of this restless pressure towards universal dominion there stands before her thepossession of the Dardanelles, which would secure to the Russian Empire predominance in thenear East and in Asia Minor, and gain for Russian exports an opening independent of the willof other countries.
As the realization of these plans would injure important interests of Austria-Hungary andGermany, and as it was therefore bound to encounter the inevitable opposition of thesePowers, it was the endeavour of Russian policy to weaken their power of resistance. The powerful central European union which barred the way to the universal dominion of Russiamust be shattered, and Germany must be isolated. The first step was to hem in the HapsburgMonarchy by the creation of the Balkan Union, and to undermine its authority by the pan-Slavist and Servian intrigues in its frontier territories. A necessary condition for carrying outthis plan was the overthrow and expulsion of the Turks in order that the increased power ofthe Christian Balkan States should be available against the two central Powers.
When the Balkan Union broke up owing to the quarrel over the territory which had beentorn from Turkey, and the Russian plans were threatened with failure, "the Protector of theSlavs" allowed Bulgaria to be overthrown, humiliated and deprived of the largest share of theterritory which she had won. The Balkan Union which, after the overthrow of the Turks,could now be directed rather against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and could be used byRussia and France for changing the relations of the European Powers, was to be set on footagain by the prospect of the acquisition of fresh territories, planned at the cost of theMonarchy, through a successive pushing forward of frontier from east to west. In this criminalgame of Russian diplomacy, which threatened the existence of the Monarchy and the peace ofthe world, Servia was a catspaw which Russia would not give up even in order to avoidgeneral war.
The Imperial and Royal Government -- and the documents provided in this collectiongive ample evidence of this -- again and again almost up to the outbreak of war assured theCabinet of St. Petersburgh that they would not violate any Russian interest, would not annexany Servian territory, and would not touch the sovereignty of Servia, and that they were readyto enter into negotiations with the Russian Government on Austro-Hungarian and Russianinterests. Russia, however, had not expressed herself as satisfied with the solemn declarationsof the Imperial and Royal Government; as early as the 24th July, in the communiqué of thatdate, she assumed a threatening tone, and on the 29th July, although Austria-Hungary had notmobilized a single man against Russia, she ordered the mobilization of the military districts ofOdessa, Kieff, Moscow and Kasan; this was a threat to the Monarchy; on the 31st July sheordered general mobilisation, disregarding the repeated warnings of the Imperial and RoyalAmbassador, and the declaration of the German Government, which had been made on the26th, that preparatory military measures on the part of Russia would force Germany tocounter measures which must consist in the mobilization of the arms, and that mobilisationmeant war.
On the 24th July the Imperial and Royal Ambassador in conversation with the RussianMinister for Foreign Affairs, laid stress on the peaceful disposition of the Monarchy. Her onlyobject was to make an end to the menace to our dynasty from Servian bombs, and to ourterritory from the revolutionary machinations of Servia.
The attainment of this end was a vital question to the Monarchy. She could not, therefore, allow herself to be terrorised by the possibility of a conflict with Russia, in the eventof that country taking Servia under her protection; she must make an end of the intolerablesituation, that a Russian charter should give the Servian Kingdom continued impunity in herhostility to Austria-Hungary.
On the 30th July the British Secretary of State again suggested that Austria-Hungary, inher conflict with Servia, should avail herself of the mediation of the Powers. Guided by theirdesire to do the utmost in their power to maintain general peace, the Imperial and Royalgovernment declared themselves ready to accept this mediation. The honour and the interestof Austria-Hungary, however, required that this should not take place under the pressure ofthe threatening measures of Russia. It was, therefore, a paramount necessity for her torequire that the hostile measures of mobilization in the Empire of the Czar should, first of all,be revoked. This demand the St. Petersburgh Cabinet answered by mobilising the whole of theRussian forces.
In alliance with the self-seeking policy of Great Britain, and the desire for revanche ofthe French Republic, the St. Petersburgh government disdained no means of securingpredominance in Europe to the Triple Entente and paving the way for their boldest schemes.Russia*s unscrupulous hands tried to weave the threads of her policy into a snare to becast over the head of the Monarchy. When Austria-Hungary, following the dictates of self-preservation, determined to tear the web to pieces, Russia attempted to stay the hand of theImperial and Royal Government and to humiliate the Monarchy.
Exposed to the greatest danger in their vital interests, Austria-Hungary and Germanysaw themselves confronted with the choice of protecting their rights and their safety, or ofgiving way before the threats of Russia.
They took the road pointed out by honour and duty.

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