. The Great war. or had already sent adispatch to St. Petersburg with the startling announcementthat Germany had ordered mobilization. He straightwaysent a second telegram to recall the statement contained inthe first; but it is doubtful whether the impression whichhad been produced was entirely neutralized. From thistime the Russian officials insisted that the German govern-ment was mobilizing secretly. On this same day Herrvon Zimmermann, Under Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs informed one of the foreign ambassadors that themilitary authorities were urging mobilization, but that upto th
. The Great war. or had already sent adispatch to St. Petersburg with the startling announcementthat Germany had ordered mobilization. He straightwaysent a second telegram to recall the statement contained inthe first; but it is doubtful whether the impression whichhad been produced was entirely neutralized. From thistime the Russian officials insisted that the German govern-ment was mobilizing secretly. On this same day Herrvon Zimmermann, Under Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs informed one of the foreign ambassadors that themilitary authorities were urging mobilization, but that upto that time the haste of the General Staff had been suc-cessfully counteracted. M. Sazonoff declared on the 30th that absolute proofwas in possession of the Russian government that Germanywas making military and naval preparations against Russia,more particularly in the direction of the Gulf of and similar statements are too vague to be taken seri-ously. They are in a class with the evidence for Germanys. German fleet anchored in Kiel Bay.
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