Europe could take up a detached attitude.
He did not express himself more definitely and used very reserved
language to the Serbian Minister [M. Boschkovitch]. The
communication made on the evening of the 25th by the Austrian
Ambassador makes Sir Edward Grey more optimistic; since the
diplomatic rupture does not necessarily involve immediate
military operations, the Secretary of State is still willing to
hope that the powers will have time to intervene.

"At Berlin the language used by the Secretary of State [Von
Jagow] to the Russian Charge d'Affaires [Broniewsky] is
unsatisfactory and dilatory; when the latter asked him to
associate himself with a _demarche_ at Vienna for an extension of
the time limit, he replied that he had already taken action in
this sense but that it was too late; to the request for an
extension of the time limit before active measures were taken, he
replied that this had to do with a domestic matter, and not with
a war but with local operations. Herr von Jagow pretends not to
believe that the Austrian action could lead to general
consequences.

"A real explosion of chauvinism has taken place at Berlin. The
German Emperor returns direct to Kiel. M. Jules Cambon thinks
that, at the first military steps taken by Russia, Germany would
immediately reply, and probably would not wait for a pretext
before attacking us.

"At Vienna, the French Ambassador [Dumaine] has not had time to
join in the _demarche_ of his Russian colleague [Schebeko] for
obtaining an extension of the time limit fixed for Serbia; he
does not regret it, this _demarche_ having been categorically
rejected, and England not having had time to give instructions to
her representative about it.

"A note from the British Embassy has been delivered to me: it
gives an account of the conversation between the British
Ambassador at St. Petersburg [Buchanan] and M. Sazonof and M.
Paleologue. Sir Edward Grey thinks that the four powers who are
not directly interested ought to press both on Russia and Austria
that their armies should not cross the frontier, and that they
should give time to England, France, Germany, and Italy to bring
their mediation into play. If Germany accepts, the British
Government has reason to think that Italy also would be glad to