Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-27 | Page 22 | French 'Peace' Note Misread by Russians

FRENCH PEACE NOTE MISREAD BY RUSSIANS Moscow v Interpreted Message as Indicating Full Support Speeded World War WarThe The fifth fUth of The Tragic Anniversaries of or the eventful days just before the Ute start of the World war warS By lIy MORRIS l GILBERT NEA Service Staff Stall Writer July 27 1914 and 1914 and Europe's harried statesmen though they continue to utter words of ot peace know in their hearts heart that war grim and terrible terrible ter ter- must come Aboard the The The kaiser learning of Serbia's answer to Austria writes It Itis Itis Itis is a brilliant moral l success for Aus Aus- h Aus-h V.-V V. trIa Iria But it banishes ban ban- ban tt all reason for t V VV J JV h i I V w a r r. r and 1 y should have stayed i quietly in Beld Bel Bel- r gra grade d e. e After t that h at t. t I should never W r have ordered mo mo- The f kaiser falser means that It if f he had been B Berchtold ere h t 0 I d he would never have ordered Austrian mobilization Churchill Paris Von Paris Von German ambassador am am 1 of whom Poincare later wrote He worked sincerely on his own part for the maintenance of 1 peace returns to the Quai dOrsay to o say that he heis is read ready to insist personally personally per per- per 1 V to his government gov gov 1 that the V V I same plea for restraint restraint re which he asked Paris to send rV St. St Peter s bur u r rA g should be sent A from Berlin to toV I V 4 Vienna Berlin The Berlin The German Ger Ger- Ger 1 man ambassador in inV V V 1 London tele telegraphs V i that Sir Edward Grey finds the V 4 Serb reply most gentle and asks the German for for- YI Viviani elfin alga ministry to tour ur urge e Vienna by telegraph to be mod mod- erate The telegram is sent scat but arrives arrives arrives ar ar- rives too late At sea sea Frances Frances France's premier Viviani accompanying Poincare on the cruiser France returning from Russia telegraphs telegraphs tele tele- graphs to Russia that France is ready to second entirely in the interests interests interests inter inter- ests of peace the action of ot the Imp impe imperial impe 1 rial government This message has great Importance since it is interpreted interpret Interpret- ed in Russia as meaning that France would back Russia unconditionally I This interpretation later seems to the French to be unjustified London Winston London Winston Churchill tel telegraphs tele graphs high naval officers a warning to be ready to follow foreign warships and to prepare all aU ships for orders as asa asa a simple measure of precaution