. The Great war. manys final demand. replied that the silence of the Russian governmentimplied a refusal. Count Pourtales repeated his question,and again M. Sazonoff replied in the negative. The Ger-man ambassador asked a third time, with similar Count Pourtales, unable to control his emo-tion, handed M. Sazonoff the written memorandum of thewords of Germanys declaration of war, forgetting appar-ently that the same paper contained, as an alternative com-munication, written on the reverse, the expression of thesatisfaction of the German government at Russias hypo-the
. The Great war. manys final demand. replied that the silence of the Russian governmentimplied a refusal. Count Pourtales repeated his question,and again M. Sazonoff replied in the negative. The Ger-man ambassador asked a third time, with similar Count Pourtales, unable to control his emo-tion, handed M. Sazonoff the written memorandum of thewords of Germanys declaration of war, forgetting appar-ently that the same paper contained, as an alternative com-munication, written on the reverse, the expression of thesatisfaction of the German government at Russias hypo-thetical surrender. News of Germanys declaration of war spread throughthe capital like wildfire on the evening of August thronged the Nevsky Prospect, where receptacleswere set up for beneficent and patriotic contributions,into which many ladies threw the gold and gems of theirpersonal adornment. The British ambassador motored into St. Petersburg fromhis summer residence in post haste to present an urgent. The Moral Forces in Russia 189 message from King George offering mediation, but arrivedafter war had been declared. On Sunday, August 2d, the imperial family attended asolemn Te Deum in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg,and it is estimated that fully 300,000 people stood waitingin the vast open place which extends in front of the build-ing. Doubtless many who had defied the Cossacks frombehind the barricades only ten days before were now await-ing the conclusion of these religious ceremonies in a spiritof fervent devotion to the dynasty. The Grand-dukeNicholas, recognized by the black and yellow striped pen-nant of the commander-in-chief flying from his motor-car,was greeted upon his arrival at the palace by a storm ofenthusiastic applause. The thunder of cannon announcedthe completion of the religious service, when the Tsarappeared at the central balcony of the palace, clad in khakifield-uniform, the sky-blue ribbon of the decoration ofSt. Andrew, the most distingu
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