ainst us, in which case, of course, we will
also at once cancel the defensive military countermeasures in
Galicia, which are occasioned by the Russian attitude."

Ambassador Szapary telegraphed from St. Petersburg:

"The order for the general mobilization of the entire [Russian]
army and fleet was issued early to-day."

Count Berchtold notified the Austro-Hungarian representatives
abroad:

"As mobilization has been ordered by the Russian Government on
our frontier, we find ourselves obliged to take military measures
in Galicia.

"These measures are purely of a defensive character and arise
exclusively under the pressure of the Russian measures, which we
regret exceedingly, as we ourselves have no aggressive intentions
of any kind against Russia, and desire the continuation of the
former neighborly relations.

"_Pourparlers_ between the Cabinets at Vienna and St. Petersburg
appropriate to the situation are meanwhile being continued, and
from these we hope that things will quiet down all around."

Ambassador Szecsen telegraphed from Paris that the German Ambassador
had officially declared to France

"that if the general mobilization ordered by the Russian
Government is not stopped within twelve hours, Germany also will
mobilize. At the same time Baron Schoen has asked whether France
will remain neutral in the event of a war between Germany and
Russia. An answer to this is requested within eighteen hours. The
time limit expires to-morrow (Saturday) at one o'clock in the
afternoon."

Ambassador Szapary telegraphed from St. Petersburg that he had
resumed conversations with M. Sazonof, Russian Minister for Foreign
Affairs, but that the "points of view on the two sides had not
materially approximated to each other."

"Meanwhile, however, it has appeared from the conversations
between the German Ambassador [Count Pourtales] and M. Sazonof
that Russia will not accept as satisfactory the formal
declaration that Austria-Hungary will neither diminish the
territory of the Serbian Kingdom nor infringe on Serbian
sovereignty, nor injure Russian interests in the Balkans or
elsewhere; since then, moreover, a general mobilization has been
ordered on the part of Russia."

FURTHER EXCHANGES BETWEEN WILLIAM AND NICHOLAS

_Germany._ The Czar sent the following telegram to Will