o their Ambassadors at Vienna.

_Great Britain._ Sir Edward Grey, British Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, telegraphed to Sir Maurice de Bunsen, British Ambassador at
Vienna, that he had said to Count Mensdorff, Austro-Hungarian
Ambassador at London, that it was a matter for great regret that a
time limit, and such a short one at that, had been insisted upon at
this stage of the proceedings.

"The murder of the archduke and some of the circumstances
respecting Serbia quoted in the note aroused sympathy with
Austria, as was but natural, but at the same time I had never
before seen one state address to another independent state a
document of so formidable a character. Demand No. 5 would be
hardly consistent with the maintenance of Serbia's independent
sovereignty if it were to mean, as it seemed that it might, that
Austria-Hungary was to be invested with a right to appoint
officials who would have authority within the frontiers of
Serbia.

"I added that I felt great apprehension, and that I should
concern myself with the matter simply and solely from the point
of view of the peace of Europe. The merits of the dispute between
Austria and Serbia were not the concern of his majesty's
Government, and such comments as I had made above were not made
in order to discuss those merits.

"I ended by saying that doubtless we should enter into an
exchange of views with other powers, and that I must await their
views as to what could be done to mitigate the difficulties of
the situation."

Sir George Buchanan, British Ambassador at St. Petersburg,
telegraphed to Sir Edward Grey that M. Sazonof, the Russian Minister
for Foreign Affairs, had sought an interview with him, as the
Austrian step clearly meant war. At the interview M. Sazonof had
said Austria's demands were provocative and immoral, some being
impossible of acceptance. She would never have taken such action
unless Germany had first been consulted. He hoped Great Britain
would proclaim her solidarity with Russia and France. France would
fulfill the treaty obligations with Russia, besides supporting
Russia in diplomatic negotiations. Sir George said, that personally
he did not expect any declaration of this kind from Great Britain.
Direct British interests were nil in Serbia, British public opinion
would not permit Great Britain to enter war on her behalf. M.
Sazonof replie