possess no proof, nor does the note of the
Imperial and Royal Government furnish them with any, that the
'Narodna Odbrana' and other similar societies have committed up
to the present any criminal act of this nature through the
proceedings of any of their members. Nevertheless, the Royal
Government will accept the demand of the Imperial and Royal
Government, and will dissolve the 'Narodna Odbrana" Society and
every other society which may be directing its efforts against
Austria-Hungary.
"3. The Royal Serbian Government undertake to remove without
delay from their public educational establishments in Serbia all
that serves or could serve to foment propaganda against
Austria-Hungary, whenever the Imperial and Royal Government
furnish them with facts and proofs of this propaganda.
"4. The Royal Government also agree to remove from military
service all such persons as the judicial inquiry may have proved
to be guilty of acts directed against the integrity of the
territory of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and they expect the
Imperial and Royal Government to communicate to them at a later
date the names and the acts of these officers and officials for
the purposes of the proceedings which are to be taken against
them.
"5. The Royal Government must confess that they do not clearly
grasp the meaning or the scope of the demand made by the Imperial
and Royal Government that Serbia shall undertake to accept the
collaboration of the organs of the Imperial and Royal Government
upon their territory, but they declare that they will admit such
collaboration as agrees with the principle of international law,
with criminal procedure, and with good neighborly relations.
"6. It goes without saying that the Royal Government consider it
their duty to open an inquiry against all such persons as are, or
eventually may be, implicated in the plot of June 28, and who
happen to be within the territory of the kingdom. As regards the
participation in this inquiry of Austro-Hungarian agents or
authorities appointed for this purpose by the Imperial and Royal
Government, the Royal Government cannot accept such an
arrangement, as it would be a violation of the constitution and
of the law of criminal procedure; nevertheless, in concrete cases
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