cooperation of the
Servian authorities in the illicit traffic in arms and
explosives across the frontier, to dismiss and punish
severely the officials of the frontier service at Schabatz
and Loznica guilty of having assisted the perpetrators of
the Serajevo crime by facilitating their passage across the
frontier;

"9. To furnish the Imperial and Royal Government with
explanations regarding the unjustifiable utterances of high
Servian officials, both in Servia and abroad, who,
notwithstanding their official position, did not hesitate
after the crime of the 28th June to express themselves in
interviews in terms of hostility to the Austro-Hungarian
Government; and finally,

"10. To notify the Imperial and Royal Government without
delay of the execution of the measures comprised under the
preceding heads.

"The Austro-Hungarian Government expects the reply of the
Royal Government at the latest by six o'clock on Saturday
evening, the 25th July."

"The Royal Servian Government is of the opinion that it is
mutually advantageous not to hinder the settlement of this
question, and therefore, in case the Austro-Hungarian
Government should not consider itself satisfied with this
answer, it is ready as always to accept a peaceful solution,
either by referring the decision of this question to the
international tribunal at The Hague, or by leaving it to the
great Powers who cooperated in the preparation of the
explanation given by the Servian Government on the 17th-31st
March, 1909."

THE SERVIAN REPLY

"The Royal Government has received the notification of the
Austro-Hungarian Government of the 10th inst., and is
convinced that its answer will remove every misunderstanding
that threatens to disturb the pleasant neighborly relations
between the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the Servian
Kingdom.

"The Royal Government is certain that in dealing with the
great neighboring monarchy these protests have under no
pretexts been renewed which formerly were made both in the
Skupshtina and in explanations and negotiations of
responsible representatives of the State, and which, through
the declaration of the Servian Government of March 18, 1909,
were settled; furthermore, that since that time none of the