German
Under-Secretary of State, in which von Zimmermann had expressed the
hope that Serbia would satisfy Austria's demands with regard to the
investigation and prosecution of the accomplices in the crime of
Sarajevo. Otherwise she would be condemned by the whole civilized
world.

"The German Government do not then appear to share the anxiety
which is shown by a part of the German press as to possible
tension in the relations between the Governments of Vienna and
Belgrade, or at least they do not wish to seem to do so."

Two days later (July 6, 1914), M. Paleologue, French Ambassador at
St. Petersburg, reported to M. Viviani, Prime Minister at Paris, a
recent interview which M. Sazonof, Russian Minister for Foreign
Affairs, had had with Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian Charge
d'Affaires at the request of the latter. The Count intimated that
the Austro-Hungarian Government would perhaps be compelled to search
for the instigators of the crime of Sarajevo on Serbian soil. M.
Sazonof interjected:

"No country has had to suffer more than Russia from crimes
prepared on foreign territory. Have we ever claimed to employ in
any country whatsoever the procedure with which your papers
threaten Serbia? Do not embark on such a course."

On the same day (July 6, 1914), M. Yov. M. Yovanovitch, Serbian
Minister at Vienna, telegraphed to M. Pashitch, Prime Minister at
Belgrade, that the excitement in military and government circles
against Serbia was growing, owing to the tone of the press, which
was diligently exploited by the Austro-Hungarian Legation at
Belgrade. On the same date he informed the Prime Minister in detail
of the press agitation against Serbia. By headlines the people were
led to infer, on the date of the crime of Sarajevo, that the two
perpetrators were Serbs from Serbia proper. In later reports there
was a marked tendency to connect the crime with Serbia. Belgrade was
indicated as the place of its origin by the visit to that capital of
the assassins, and by the bombs originating there, which facts had
been elucidated at the trial of the assassins in Sarajevo. The
Hungarian press claimed that there was evidence to show:

"1. That the perpetrators while in Belgrade associated with the
_comitadji_ [revolutionist] Mihaylo Ciganovitch; and (2) that the
organizer and instigator of the outrage was Major
Pribitchevitch....

"Further ... the latest a