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he answered, officially, several questions. The first question was: Did
Germany approve in advance the Austrian ultimatum to Servia? The answer
was: "Yes. Germany's reasons for doing so are the following, &c."

(10) The German Government has itself acknowledged that it was consulted
by Austria in regard to the attitude to be taken toward Servia, and the
possibility of ensuing war if Russia intervened to protect the life of
her little sister state. Germany accepted the responsibility and pledged
support. "With all our heart we were able to agree with our ally's
estimate of the situation, and assure him that any action considered
necessary to end the movement directed against the conservation of the
monarchy would meet with our approval." (German Official White Book, p.
4; Off. Dip. Doc., p. 551.)

This is a carte blanche of a kind which no great government could possibly
give to another without a definite understanding of what it involved.

Here the summary of the evidence that Austria was not playing "a lone
hand" ends--at least until further confidential documents and
information about secret meetings are dug up.

Meantime the Imperial German Government maintains its plea of "not
guilty." It still denies all previous knowledge of, and all part in, the
nefarious Austrian ultimatum to Servia which precipitated the world war.

The denial is both impudent and mendacious.

"Credat Judaeus Apella!"

III

THE RUSSIAN MOBILIZATION

It has been loudly asserted and persistently maintained by the Potsdam
gang that the cause of this abominable war was the mobilization of
Russia in preparation to maintain the sovereignty of her little sister
state Servia if necessary. "Germany," it is said, "earnestly desired,
from the purest of motives, to 'localize the conflict'"--which means
in plain words to let Austria deal with Servia as she liked, without
interference--rather a one-sided proposition, considering the relative
size of the two parties in the benevolently urged single combat. "But
Russia rashly interfered with this beautiful design by declaring that
she could not remain indifferent to the fate of a small nation of
kindred blood, and by calling up troops to prevent any wiping out of
Servia by Austria, to whom Germany had already given carte blanche and
promised full support. This was a wicked threat against the life and
liberty of Germany. This was an action which rendered the grea