CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH OF CRISIS 65
fcrence.

German Secretary of State refuses the proposal of

a ' co nfere nce ',
Russian Minister for F oreign Affairs proposes direct conversation
be twee n Vienna and St. Pe te rsburg.

British Fleet kept assembled after manc:euvres.
S ir E. Grey in th e House o f Co mmons makes a statement concern ing the attitude of Great Britain .
The Times Be rlin correspondent repo rts that the K aiser returned
th is a fternoon from Kiel to Po tsdam.
July 28. Tuesday. Aus tria-Hungary declares war on S e rvia.
Rus sia s ays the key of the situation is to be fo und at Berlin.
Austria declines any s uggestion o f neg otiations on basis of the
Scrvi an r eply.

The Kaiser telegraphs to the T sar.
July 29. Wednesday. Russia n m obilization in the four military
districts o f Odessa, Kiev, Moscow, and Kazan .
Ge rmany offers, in re turn for British neutra lity, to promise territorial integrity of France, but will no t extend the s ame
assi.irance for Frenc h colonies.
S ir E. Grey w arns the German A mbassador that we s hould not
n ecessarily s tand aside, if all the efforts to mainta in the peace

failed.
A us tria at last reali zes that Russia w ill not remain indifferent.
The T sar te legraphs to the Kais er ; the latter rc p1ies .
July 30. Thursday. Bombardme nt of Belgrade by Austro-1-lungarian fo rces.
The Prime Minis te r speaks in the H ouse of Commons on the
gravity of the s ituation, and postpones discuss ion of the

Amending Bill.
The Tsa r telegraphs to the Kaiser.
July 31. Friday. Ge ne ral Russian mobilization ordered.
Sir E. Grey asks France and Germany whether they will respect
neutrality of Belgium.

France promises to respect Belgian neutrality; Germany is
d oubtful whether any answer will be re turned to this request.
Aus tria declares its readine ss to discuss the substance of its
ultimatum to S e rvia.

Fres h telegrams pass between the K aiser and the Tsar.
Germany presents ultimatum to Russia demanding that her
m obilization should cease within

12

hours.

Germany presents an ultimatum to France asking her to define
h er attitude in case of a Russo-German war.
English bankers confer with the Government about the financial
situation.
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