The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . time Prince Lichuowsky wasthe ambassador from Berlin to three years of silence, the diplomatpublished his version of the diplomaticparleys which preceded the war and hisrevelations caused a sensation, even inBerlin. The Prince then stated that itwould have been an easy matter to smoothover the differences between Austria andSerbia in two sittinj^s of the conferenceproposed by Great Britain. He furtherstated that a hint from Berlin to Count Berchold, Austrian minister of foreignaffairs, the one indi
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . time Prince Lichuowsky wasthe ambassador from Berlin to three years of silence, the diplomatpublished his version of the diplomaticparleys which preceded the war and hisrevelations caused a sensation, even inBerlin. The Prince then stated that itwould have been an easy matter to smoothover the differences between Austria andSerbia in two sittinj^s of the conferenceproposed by Great Britain. He furtherstated that a hint from Berlin to Count Berchold, Austrian minister of foreignaffairs, the one individual, whom with theKaiser, has been most blamed for the war,would have been sufficient to make himacquiesce in Serbias concessions. What happened? writes Prince Lich-nowsky. This hint was not given; on thecontrarj^ we pressed for war. Sir EdwardGrey besought Germany to make a pro-posal of her own; we insisted upon Russian foreign minister made urg-ent appeals and definite declarations, andlater the Russian emperor sent positivelyhumble telegrams in vain. Berlin went on. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his wife and children. The Archduke and wife were assassinated. HISTORY OF THE WAR 35
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