NEGOTIATORS AND NEGOTIATIONS 105
On July 25th the Servi an reply' was presented to the
Austro-Hungarian Government. Even to a reader with
Austrian sympathies this reply _seems to go a long way
towards meeting the demands. The Servian Government
agreed
A. that Servia should, as demanded, publish a declaration
(1) condemning all propaganda \Vhich may be directed
against Austria-Hungary;
(2) regretting that, according to the communication from
the Imperial and Royal Government, Servian officers
and officials participated in the propaganda ;
(3) promising to proceed with the utmost rigour against
all persons who are guilty of such acts.
B. That Servia would undertake
(1) to introduce a provision into the press law providing
for th e most severe punishment of incitement to
hatred and contempt of Austria-Hungary and to
introduce an amendment to the Constitution providing for the confiscation of such publications;
(2) to dissolve the Narodna Odbrana and similar
societies ;
(3) to remove at once from their public educational
establishme nts all that se rves or could serve to
foment propaganda, whenever the Austro-Hungarian
Government furnish them with facts a nd proofs of
this propaganda ;
(4) to remove from military service all such persons as
the judicial inquiry may have proved to be guilty of
acts directed against the territorial integrity ot
Austria-Hungary;
(5) though they do not clearly gras p the meaning or the
scope of the demand, to accept the collaboration of
Austro-Hungarian officials so far as is consistent
with the principle of international law, with criminal
procedure and with good neighbourly relations ;
1 Correspo11de11ce, No. 39. Communicated by the Scrvian Minister,
July 27. See also German 'Nhite Book (pp. 23- 32), i11fra in
Appendix I.