The Origins of the War of 1914: The epilogue of the crisis of July 1914. The declarations of war and of neutralityOxford University Press, 1952 |
Contents
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KRIEGSGEFAHRZUSTAND IN GERMANY THE GERMAN ULTIMATUM TO RUSSIA I 1 The Chancellor and ... | 1 |
Bethmann confesses to his Cabinet colleagues that he has lost control of events | 3 |
his promise to the Generals p | 14 |
Sazonovs formula for mediation received in Berlin the Kaisers perplexities on the afternoon of 30 July p | 18 |
Haeftens revelations and what they amount to p | 24 |
How King George Vs telegram to the Kaiser was communicated to Vienna p | 27 |
News of the Russian general mobilization becomes known in Berlin p | 31 |
The Kaisers wrathful outbursts his ignorance of the real situation and his ground less optimism at the last moment p | 34 |
Italy England and the Triple Alliance p 343 | 343 |
Italys treachery disproved by the documents p 350 | 350 |
The Italian ruling classes and the Vatican in the crisis of July 1914 p 357 | 357 |
LAST ENGLISH EFFORTS FOR NEUTRALITY AND FIRST | 364 |
English warning to Germany against the violation of Belgium Grey refuses | 386 |
Paul Cambons despair on the afternoon of 1 August his request for at least | 392 |
The Cabinet decides that the violation of Belgium would oblige England to inter | 409 |
Moltke make bellicose speeches to King Albert p 437 | 437 |
Proclamation of the Kriegsgefahrzustand and the German ultimatums to Russia and to France p | 38 |
The Kaisers telegram to Francis Joseph and Moltkes startling proposals to Conrad p | 45 |
Bethmanns renewed approach to London Greys last urgent appeal to Berlin p | 50 |
A telegram from the Tsar to Wilhelm Sazonovs successive states of mind p | 55 |
Pourtalès hands Sazonov the German ultimatum with a twelvehour time limit p | 61 |
GENERAL MOBILIZATION IN FRANCE 66 1 French anxiety Poincarés letter to King George V Joffre presses for frontier couverture p | 66 |
Kriegsgefahrzustand p | 70 |
Schoens démarche to ascertain French intentions Vivianis evasive reply p | 73 |
Vivianis telegram to Paléologue of 31 July and the circumstances which gave rise to it p | 76 |
The reasons for French acquiescence in the Russian general mobilization p | 80 |
The assassination of Jaurès on 31 July and the atmosphere in which it took place p | 85 |
Berties inquiry as to the French attitude on Belgium Paléologues telegram con firming Russian general mobilization p | 88 |
Joffre on the evening of 31 July asks for French mobilization p | 91 |
The Szécsen incident and the Quai dOrsays manœuvres p | 92 |
The French Cabinet decides to order general mobilization p | 99 |
Vivianis manifesto and the thesis that mobilization is not war p 105 | 105 |
The last conversation between Schoen and Viviani on 1 August Vivianis tactics and two revealing telegrams from Izvolsky p 108 | 108 |
Austria accused of having been the first to mobilize in the Tsars reply to the supreme | 125 |
Buchanans belated telegram to London about the Russian general mobilization | 135 |
First doubts in France and first reactions the truth revealed in documents brought | 141 |
The exchange of letters between the President of the Ligue des Droits de lHomme | 151 |
fications in the Yellow Book p 157 | 157 |
THE GERMAN DECLARATIONS OF WAR ON RUSSIA | 166 |
The order to abstain from occupying Luxemburg confusion reigns at Berlin | 175 |
Pourtalès delivers the declaration of war to Sazonov Izvolsky asks France for | 181 |
Draft of a declaration of war on France breakdown of the political leadership | 193 |
The incidents on the FrancoGerman frontier on 2 and 3 August p 204 | 204 |
The Chancellors speech in the Reichstag on 4 August p 219 | 219 |
Poincarés message and Vivianis speech to the French parliament p 225 | 225 |
Moltke opposed to the violation of Dutch neutrality modifications of the Schlieffen | 238 |
ITALYS ATTITUDE AFTER THE FIUGGI CONVERSATION | 254 |
How Italy supported the prolongation of the ultimatum to Serbia and the holding | 264 |
Berchtold desirous of postponing the discussion of compensation to Italy Merey | 271 |
Italian silence on the demand for the Trentino Tschirschkys views and activities | 279 |
The concession of compensation to Italy in the formula of 28 July p 286 | 286 |
Compensation conceded in the TschirschkyBerchtold formula of 31 July | 292 |
San Giuliano on 29 July allows the possibility of Italian intervention on the side | 299 |
The Austrian Emperor and the Kaiser appeal to Victor Emmanuel the Italian | 310 |
San Giulianos letter of 3 August to Avarna and Bollati p 321 | 321 |
Victor Emmanuels telegram to Francis Joseph San Giuliano drops a hint about | 331 |
The gravity of the Italian decision and the part played in it by Salandra p 337 | 337 |
The behaviour of the German Minister at Brussels the content of the German | 448 |
BRITAIN AT | 476 |
Greys speech in the House of Commons on the afternoon of 3 August p 484 | 484 |
The delivery of the ultimatum p 495 | 495 |
English reluctance to send troops to the Continent p 502 | 502 |
The Council of War on 5 August decides to send the Expeditionary Force to France | 508 |
Greys ideas on the Belgian question and English intervention p 517 | 517 |
Greys share of responsibility for the war p 523 | 523 |
France and England declare war on AustriaHungary p 542 | 526 |
ROUMANIAN NEUTRALITY | 546 |
The equivocal Roumanian first reaction to the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia | 555 |
Bratianus final manœuvre the German promise of Bessarabia p 564 | 564 |
The Roumanian Crown Council of 3 August decides on neutrality p 572 | 572 |
BULGARIA BETWEEN TRIPLE ALLIANCE AND TRIPLE | 582 |
p 600 | 600 |
Germany at first refuses to ally with Turkey p 610 | 610 |
Turkey does not go to war she declares neutrality and makes a feint of negotiating | 617 |
THE NEUTRALITY OF GREECE | 624 |
MONTENEGRO MAKES COMMON CAUSE WITH SERBIA 646 1 Russian distrust of Cetinje King Nicholass feelers for an agreement with Austria ... | 646 |
King Nicholass proAustrian attitude after the Sarajevo outrage p 650 | 650 |
Berchtolds anxious telegrams to influence Montenegros decision p 653 | 653 |
King Nicholass telegram to Prince Alexander Montenegro mobilizes p 655 | 655 |
Berchtolds final appeal the Montenegrin Skupština decides on intervention on the side of Serbia the King dragged into the war p 658 | 658 |
THE ATTITUDE OF THE OTHER STATES 662 1 Swedish hostility to Russia and tendencies towards alliance with Germany p 662 | 662 |
English Ministers p 666 | 666 |
The Swedish declaration of neutrality p 669 | 669 |
Norways sympathies for the Entente the Anglophil character of Norwegian neu trality p 672 | 672 |
Danish fear of Germany and declaration of neutrality p 673 | 673 |
The Dutch Governments firm stand towards Germany p 676 | 676 |
German assurances at The Hague Dutch neutrality p 678 | 678 |
The German invasion of Luxemburg p 681 | 681 |
The neutrality of Switzerland p 685 | 685 |
The ancient ties of alliance between England and Portugal Lisbons solidarity with London p 690 | 690 |
The neutrality of Spain p 691 | 691 |
Japan intervenes on the side of the Entente p 693 | 693 |
The United States and Wilsons last effort to save peace p 699 | 699 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 703 |
Ministère des Affaires Étrangères Lalliance francorusse Origines | 704 |
Barnes Harry Elmer The Genesis of the World War An introduction | 710 |
MAP ILLUSTRATING SCHLIEFFEN AND MOLTKE PLANS following | 730 |
INDEX | 731 |