Day 7 - July 4th 1914
In Britain, whatever the emotional impact of Franz Ferdinand's murder, it is still Irish Home Rule that was the paramount political issue in the papers and the issue that politicians believed would most likely to lead to war.
Count Hoyos (Austrian foreign ministry official) was sent to Berlin to ascertain German policy. The German military were in favour of early aggressive action by Austria while Russia was unprepared. Note the influence on German government of Kaiser Wilhelm's written comment: "Now or never ... matters must be cleared up with Serbia, and that soon"
More details of the Archduke and Duchess's funeral are published in The Telegraph
In London, the King and Queen (who were not invited to the Archduke's funeral in Vienna) were at the Hurlingham Club for the Inter-Regimental Polo Tournament
Information resourced from the following sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/richardpreston/100278749/ww1-31-days-to-go-sir-edward-carson-renews-the-assault-on-home-rule-more-detail-emerges-from-the-archdukes-funeral/
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