14. Serbia was given till 6 p. m., July 25,
1914, to comply with the ultimatum, which read as follows:

"On March 31, 1909, the Royal Serbian Minister in Vienna, on the
instructions of the Serbian Government, made the following
statements to the Imperial and Royal Government:

"'Serbia recognizes that the _fait accompli_ regarding Bosnia has
not affected her rights, and consequently she will conform to the
decisions that the powers will take in conformity with Article XXV
of the Treaty of Berlin. At the same time that Serbia submits to the
advice of the powers she undertakes to renounce the attitude of
protest and opposition which she has adopted since October last. She
undertakes on the other hand to modify the direction of her policy
with regard to Austria-Hungary and to live in future on good
neighborly terms with the latter.'

"The history of recent years, and in particular the painful events
on June 28 last, have shown the existence in Serbia of subversive
movement with the object of detaching a part of Austria-Hungary from
the monarchy. The movement which had its birth under the eyes of the
Serbian Government, has had consequences on both sides of the
Serbian frontier in the shape of acts of terrorism and a series of
outrages and murders.

"Far from carrying out the formal undertakings contained in the
declaration of March 31, 1909, the Royal Serbian Government has done
nothing to repress these movements. It has permitted the criminal
machinations of various societies and associations, and has
tolerated unrestrained language on the part of the press, apologies
for the perpetrators of outrage and the participation of officers
and functionaries in subversive agitation. It has permitted an
unwholesome propaganda in public instruction. In short, it has
permitted all the manifestations which have incited the Serbian
population to hatred of the monarchy and contempt of its
institutions.

"This culpable tolerance of the Royal Serbian Government had not
ceased at the moment when the events of June 28 last proved its
fatal consequences to the whole world.

"It results from the depositions and confessions of the criminal
perpetrators of the outrage of June 28 that the Sarajevo
assassinations were hatched in Belgrade, that the arms and
explosives with which the murderers were provided had been given to
them by Serbian officers and functionaries belonging to the Narodna
Obrava, and, finally, that the passage into Bos