In the World War

In the World War

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In the World War by Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria

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1920

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345

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Count Czernin is one of the great figures of the World War and this record has teh intense interest of any frank revelation by a man who has been on the "inside" of great events. In addition it sets forth the tragic story of the part played by Austria as the pawn of Germany's ambition for world dominance. It is one of the half-dozen books of the World War which will appeal to thinking men and women as a book which must be read.

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rgument contained a series of errors; but it must be stated that, according to my convictions, Count Berchtold did not intend to incite war by the ultimatum, but hoped to the very last to gain the victory by the pen, and that in the German promises he saw a guarantee against a war in which the participators and the chances of victory were equally erroneously estimated.

Berchtold could not have entertained any doubt that a Serbian war would bring a Russian one in its train. At any rate, the reports sent by my brother, who was a business man in Petersburg, left him in no doubt on the matter.

Serbia's acceptance of the ultimatum was only partial, and the Serbian war broke out. Russia armed and joined in. But at this moment extremely important events took place.

On July 30, at midday, Tschirsky spoke in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and communicated to Berchtold the contents of a telegram received from Lichnowsky. This important telegram contained the following: He (Lichnowsky) had just re

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