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Show CZAR NICHOLAS IS BLAMED German Government Places Responsibility for War on Shoulders of Russian Emperor. WHITE BOOK ISSUED Kaiser Claims He Has Done Everything Possible to Avert General Conflict. Rerlln Ai,c A DaannnalhlKiv fnr the war in which Germany, Russia and France are now engaged, is plac ed squarely on tho shoulders of Emperor Em-peror Nicholas in the White Book issued is-sued by the German government and given prominence in the press today. While negotiations looking to a peaceful way out of the difficulties, were pending, Russia, it is charged, invaded Germany and a few hours later France opened hostilities The German emporor it is set forth, in response to the suggestion from London and the appeal of the Russian monarch, was U6lng his Influence In-fluence at Vienna to satisfy Russia regarding the intentions or Austria in Servia, but in that very hour Rus sla waa mobilizing her army. Made Fruitless Appeal. After a fruitless appeal to Emperor Nicholas to abandon his warlike preparations prep-arations and so avert a peril to civilization, civ-ilization, the German government on the afternoon of July 31. instructed its ambassador at St Petersburg to give notice that Germany would mobilize mo-bilize unless Russia suspended her military measures InBida of twelve hours. At the some time France was Riven 18 hours In which to declare de-clare whether sh would remain neu tral In a war between Russia and Ger many The White Book continues "The imperial ambassador in St Petersburg made the communication entrusted to him to M Sazonoff (the Russian minister of foreign affairs i n't midnight on Julj 31. After the time set for Russia had expired with out the recelpr of an answer to our question, his Majesty, the emperor, at P in., on August 1, ordered the mobilization of the whole German ar m and the imperial navy Ultimatum to Russia. "The Imperial ambassador in St Petersburg had meanwhile received a commission to communicate to tlu Russian government a declaration 5f I ment should not give a satisfactory I answer In the period allotted it. Be-' fore a report of the execution of this commission had arrived: Russian I troops crossed our frontier on the af j tcrnoon of August 1, and advanced on German territory From this time on, Russia has furthered the war against us In the meantime the imperial am Ho COO -..- In r-, r-i r Kr.,1 smA 1, In. ! quiry which he w-as commissioned b1-fore b1-fore the French cabinet at 7 p m.. j OH Inly 31 On August 1 at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the French prime minister communicated an ambiguous and unsatisfactory answer which gave I no clear idea regarding the attitude I of France as the author confined j himself to declaring that France I would do what her interests bade her to do. "A few hours later at 5 p m.. tho mobilization of the entire French ar-m ar-m and navy was ordered On the nmrning of the next day France opened open-ed hostilities." |