is great anxiety to know what England will do.
I fear that nothing can alter the determination of
Austro-Hungarian Government to proceed on their present course,
if they have made up their mind with the approval of Germany."

Ambassador Goschen telegraphed from Berlin:

"Orders have just been issued for the general mobilization of the
navy and army, the first day of mobilization to be August 2."

Later he telegraphed that Secretary of State von Jagow had expressed
annoyance at detention of British ships at Hamburg, and promised to
order their immediate release.

_France._ M. Viviani, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, informed the
ambassadors at London, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Vienna, and Rome of
the two _demarches_ made on the previous evening at Paris and St.
Petersburg--"the one rather vague, the other precise and
conciliatory."

"Unfortunately these [latter] arrangements which allowed one to
hope for a peaceful solution appear, in fact, to have been
rendered useless by the attitude of Germany [in presenting her
ultimatum to Russia].

"The attitude of Germany proves that she wishes for war. And she
wishes for it against France. [Here he recounted the interview
with the German Ambassador Schoen at the French Foreign Office.]

"This attitude of breaking off diplomatic relations without any
direct dispute, and although he has not received any definitely
negative answer, is characteristic of the determination of
Germany to make war against France. The want of sincerity in her
peaceful protestations is shown by the rupture which she is
forcing upon Europe at a time when Austria had at last agreed
with Russia to begin negotiations."

M. Jules Cambon, Ambassador at Berlin, reported Austria's
willingness to continue conversations with Russia.

"The ultimatum to Russia can only do away with the last chances
of peace which these conversations still seemed to leave. The
question may be asked whether in such circumstances the
acceptance by Austria was serious, and had not the object of
throwing the responsibility of the conflict on to Russia."

He told of the interviews of the British Ambassador with Secretary
of State von Jagow, in which Mr. Goschen vainly pleaded that Germany
use her influence with Austria in the cause of peace.

"Germany's ultimatum coming at the very moment when an agreement