anity that it demands
the extermination of the cursed Serbian race."

On July 16, 1914, Dr. Yovanovitch, Serbian Charge d'Affaires at
Berlin, telegraphed to M. Pashitch, Prime Minister at Belgrade,
that Secretary of State Von Jagow had informed him that reports of
the German Minister at Belgrade pointed to the existence of a great
Serbian propaganda, which should be energetically suppressed by the
Serbian Government in the interest of good relations with
Austria-Hungary.

On July 17 M. Boschkovitch, Serbian Minister at London, telegraphed
to M. Pashitch that the Austrian Embassy there was endeavoring to
favor the idea that Austria must give a good lesson to Serbia.
Despite peaceable official statements by Austria-Hungary the way was
preparing for diplomatic pressure upon Serbia which might develop
into an armed attack.

On the same day, July 17, M. Ljub Michailovitch, Serbian Minister at
Rome, telegraphed to M. Pashitch that the Marquis di San Giuliano,
Prime Minister of Italy, had stated to the Austro-Hungarian
Ambassador:

"Any step undertaken by Austria against Serbia which failed to
take into account international considerations would meet with
the disapproval of public opinion in Italy, and that the Italian
Government desire to see the complete independence of Serbia
maintained."

On July 19, 1914, M. Pashitch telegraphed a long notice to the
foreign Serbian legations, telling of the accusation of the Austrian
press from the time of the Sarajevo outrage that the crime was the
direct result of the great Serbian idea, propagated by various
associations such as the Narodna Odbrana, which were tolerated by
the Serbian Government. The notice detailed the attitude of the
Serbian Government toward the Serbian press, presented in the
preceding correspondence. In regard to its attitude toward
Austria-Hungary it said:

"The Serbian Government at once expressed their readiness to hand
over to justice any of their subjects who might be proved to have
played a part in the Sarajevo outrage. The Serbian Government
further stated that they had prepared a more drastic law against
the misuse of explosives. The draft of a new law in that sense
had already been laid before the State Council, but could not be
submitted to the Skupshtina [Serbian Parliament], as the latter
was not sitting at the time. Finally, the Serbian Government
stated that they wer