farthing.

Concurrently with Sazonof's plea for a little time to preserve the peace
of the world, Sir Edward Grey had seen the German Ambassador on July 24
and had suggested to him that the only method of preventing the
catastrophe was

"that the four powers, Germany, France, Italy, and ourselves,
(England,) should work together simultaneously at Vienna and
St. Petersburg."

[English "White Paper," No. 11.]

Germany had only to intimate to Austria that "a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind," as well as common courtesy to great and friendly
nations, required that sufficient time be given not only to Servia, but
to the other nations, to concert for the common good, especially as the
period was one of Summer dullness and many of the leading rulers and
statesmen were absent from their respective capitals.

Under these circumstances was it not natural that Russia should announce
on July 24

"that any action taken by Austria to humiliate Servia would
not leave Russia indifferent,"

and that on the same day the Russian Chargé d'Affaires at Vienna
suggested to the Austrian Foreign Office

"that the Austrian note was drawn up in a form rendering it