Show HOW GERMANY J I THRUST WAR ALLIED il NATION a i J Events vents Leading Up to Break Be Between fl Be- tween Huns and the Po Powers ers of Europe w King George Sent Appeals for Peace but Kaiser Decided That Sword Had Been Forced Into His Hand and nd Hostilities Began On June Jule 28 1914 1014 Archduke Frank Frank- Ferdinand heir hell apparent to Austria Austria- Hungary was assassinated with his his- consort the Duchess of or Hohenberg Hoh by Bosnian con conspirators at the capital of Bosnia where Pan Slavic feeling ran high On July Tuly 23 the Austro minister at Belgrade presented to the- the ors Serbian government a drastic ultimatum ulti ulti- ultimatum mutum de demanding punishment of the the- alleged Serbian instigators df the tragedy trag- trag 1 edy and amI imposing along with many many- other humiliating demands the condition condition con con- con that Serbia accept the collaboration copal t oration of Austrian officials In the sup of the Serbian Pan-Serbian movement movement move m ment nt and und giving her weaker neIghbor neighbor neigh neIgh- bor hor forty eight hours In which to com coo ply jt It J was openly the tile aim of Austria In accord with Germany not only only- to i deprive Serbia of or Its political 1 in independence independence In In- depe dependence but also to inflict a check to Russia Hussla From then on e events moved rapidly Serbia on Juli 25 23 Aa gaVe gage way avay to 10 all ill the Austrian demands demands but denied the right of Austria to exercise exercise ex ex- se judicial authority in Serbia Italy before the expiration of ot the the- ultimatum made ft tt t known that she she- was not in sympathy with the Hungarian note to Serbia r rAt At once diplomatic exchanges began began be- be bey y gan between the various powers to avert the war that was Impending but on July 2 27 Austria issued Issued a note C to the powers stating that Serbia's acquIescence acquiescence acquiescence ac ac- quiescence t to her demands wa was was was' unsatisfactory un an- J 1 satisfactory and filled with the spirit of dishonesty dIshonest and und on the following following- day July 28 28 Austria dec declared war on Oil Serbia Serbia 1 at once began to mobilize and notified the powers that she would n not t permit the invasion of Serbia The The- 1 nex next day Sir Edward Grey British secretary secretary for foreign affairs sent peace proposals for a council of Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope tope to both the kaiser and the czar s HIs action w was s supported by France I nce- nce v 1 and md Italy taly The kaisers kaiser's reply was a general order order order or- or i der of mobilization and an ultimatum with a twelve-hour twelve limit to Russia t to to- stop mobilizing Of France Germany dema demanded e 1 to be he informed of her ber attitude attitude atti attl- 1 tude In case of a Russo-German Russo war was on July 30 and same on the same same- day Austria Invaded Serbia i iOtt IS ISOn On Ott 09 July 31 military law aw was proclaimed proclaimed pro- pro claimed d throughout Germany and dItus- dItus Rus- Rus Russia sia ordered a general mobilization Personal messages were ex exchanged hanged j between the czar and the kaiser to j i both i t of whom King George sent appeals appeals ap- ap peals penH for peace but on August Augustl 1 Ger- Ger Germany Germany i many suddenly decided that the sword had been forced Into her hand i 1 i and declared war on Russia while while- t J i Austria was still actually negotiating negotiating- t with the czar 11 j France at ut once ordered a general mobilization and Italy fon formally fie fie- de- de i clued her neutrality It w was s p plain tb that 3 a n general war was inevitable in III 1 The rhe kaiser sent sem an ultimatum German to King Albert Alhert of of- Belgium nel um on j J August Augut 2 demanding free passage for his armies The same da day q German forces force crossed the frontiers of f I m- m ou August t I 3 and and burg France on p Germany declared war o on ra N i iOn J JOn On the the morning of August 9 j German army Invaded 11 Belgium C England tf o had Already ready appealed to Erl r rish the the-Bru- her neutrality and th the K preserve Ish a ambassador In Berlin dema demand of the the the Immediate withdrawal 4 kaisers kaiser's forc forces s from Belgium and amI anable unable un- un I able to obtain satisfaction I l n J u d l'- l' Glared d war on Germany the same an e evening evenIng even even- 4 dismay pf of f the e b Ing t 19 the unaffected German chancellor who could not believe ber be r o lieve pu that t just for a a scrap a-scrap scrap of p paper pcr l I was g going n to lo mal make war t tj i i |