help of Russia,
declaring that no Serbian Government could accept the demands of
Austria-Hungary. M. Patchou at the same time telegraphed to the
foreign Serbian Legations the news of the delivery of the note, and
informed them that he was in a position to state that no Serbian
Government could accept its demands in their entirety.

TEXT OF THE NOTE

The following are the contents of the note:

"On March 31, 1909, the Royal Serbian Minister to the court of
Vienna made the following statement, by order of his Government:

"'Serbia declares that she is not affected in her rights by the
situation established in Bosnia, and that she will therefore
adapt herself to the decisions which the powers are going to
arrive at in reference to Article XXV of the Berlin Treaty. By
following the councils of the powers, Serbia binds herself to
cease the attitude of protest and resistance which she has
assumed since last October, relative to the annexation, and she
binds herself further to change the direction of her present
policies toward Austria-Hungary, and in the future to live with
the latter in friendly and neighborly relations.'"

Here follow the charges with which the reader is already familiar:
That there is in Serbia a movement to separate certain territories
from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, which, developed under the eyes
of the Government of Serbia, has found expression beyond that
kingdom in a series of acts of terrorism and assassination.

The Serbian Government has done nothing to suppress the movement,
its violent propaganda in public education and the press, or the
participation in its intrigues by public officials.

"It becomes plain from the evidence and confessions of the
criminal authors of the outrage of June 28 that the murder at
Sarajevo was conceived in Belgrade, that the murderers received
the arms and bombs with which they were equipped from Serbian
officers and officials who belonged to the Narodna Odbrana, and
that, lastly, the transportation of the criminals and their arms
to Bosnia was arranged and carried out by leading Serbian
frontier officials.

"These results impose upon the Imperial and Royal Government the
duty to terminate intrigues which constitute a permanent menace
for the peace of the monarchy.

"In order to obtain this purpose, the Imperial and Royal
Gover