parations if Austria
eliminated from her ultimatum to Serbia all points which endanger
Serbian sovereignty.

"Sir E. Grey thinks that, if Austria stops her advance after the
occupation of Belgrade, the Russian Government could agree to
change their formula in the following way:

"That the powers would examine how Serbia should give complete
satisfaction to Austria without endangering the sovereignty or
independence of the kingdom. In case Austria should declare
herself ready, in the interests of Europe, to stop her advance
and to discuss how an arrangement might be arrived at, Russia
could also consent to the discussion and suspend her military
preparations, provided that the other powers acted in the same
way."

M. Viviani telegraphed to the Ambassadors at London, St. Petersburg,
Berlin, Vienna, Rome, and Constantinople that negotiations had begun
again between Austria and Russia, the latter having accepted the
formula advised by Great Britain.

"Nevertheless ... Germany ... has not ceased to encourage the
uncompromising attitude of Vienna; the German military
preparations continue; the immediate opposition of Germany to the
Russian formula was declared at Berlin inacceptable for Austria
before that power had even been consulted; in conclusion, all the
impressions derived from Berlin bring conviction that Germany has
sought to humiliate Russia, to disintegrate the Triple Entente,
and if these results can not be obtained, to make war."

Ambassador Dumaine telegraphed from Vienna:

"General mobilization for all men from nineteen to forty-two
years of age was declared by the Austro-Hungarian Government this
morning at one o'clock.

"My Russian colleague [M. Schebeko] still thinks that this step
is not entirely in contradiction to the declaration made
yesterday by Count Berchtold [Austro-Hungarian Minister for
Foreign Affairs]."

Ambassador Jules Cambon telegraphed from Berlin that Secretary of
State von Jagow had informed him that, in the face of total
mobilization by Russia, Germany had declared _Kriegsgefahrzustand_
(imminence of war). German Ambassador Schoen had been instructed to
ask France what attitude she intended to adopt.

M. Viviani informed Ambassador Paleologue at St. Petersburg of the
Schoen interview and the ultimatum he had delivered, to be replied
to on the morrow