various successive Governments of the kingdom, nor any of
its officers, has made an attempt to change the political
and legal conditions set up in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The
Royal Government is certain that the Austro-Hungarian
Government has made no representations of any kind along
this line except in the case of a textbook concerning which
the Austro-Hungarian Government received an entirely
satisfactory reply. Servia, during the Balkan crisis, gave
evidence in numerous cases of her pacific and temperate
policies, and it will be thanks to Servia alone and the
sacrifices that she alone made in the interest of European
peace if that peace continue.

"The Royal Government cannot be held responsible for
utterances of a private character such as newspaper articles
and the peaceful work of societies, utterances which are
quite ordinary in almost all countries, and which are not
generally under State control, especially since the Royal
Government, in the solution of a great number of questions
that came up between Servia and Austria-Hungary, showed much
consideration as a result of which most of these questions
were settled in the best interests of the progress of the
two neighboring countries.

"The Royal Government was therefore painfully surprised to
hear the contention that Servian subjects had taken part in
the preparations for the murder committed in Serajevo. It
had hoped to be invited to cooperate in the investigations
following this crime, and was prepared, in order to prove
the entire correctness of its acts, to proceed against all
persons concerning whom it had received information.

"In conformity with the wish of the Austro-Hungarian
Government, the Royal Government is prepared to turn over to
the court, regardless of station or rank, any Servian
subject concerning whose participation in the crime at
Serajevo proofs may be given to it. The Government pledges
itself especially to publish on the first page of the
official organ of July 26th the following declaration:

"'The Royal Servian Government condemns every propaganda
that may be directed against Austria-Hungary; that is to
say, all efforts designed ultimately to sever territory from
the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and it regrets sincerely the
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