July 7th 1914
The anti Serb demonstrations have spread to Dalmatia. On Saturday and yesterday at Ragusa a good deal of property belonging to the Serbs suffered at the hands of a Catholic and Croatian crowd, and finally the military had to be called in to restore order.
In Bucharest the stock market suffers.
Count Leopold Berchtold, the Imperial Foreign Minister, chairs a meeting of the joint Ministerial Council in Vienna to examine the significance of the Sarajevo assassinations and continue pondering Austria-Hungary's response. Later, the Telegraph's correspondent in Vienna hears a fuller account of what was discussed. There is clearly a tension between the monarchy's 'love of peace' and the need to do something to 'root out agitators' – Austria-Hungary 'will turn to the sword if she is forced to do so'. The Hungarian Prime Minister Tisza voices reservations on these plans.
And representatives of the Army, led by Lt Gen Sir Douglas Haig, have been in France, inspecting training and artillery practice
Information sourced from the following sites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/richardpreston/100278993/ww1-28-days-to-go-austria-hungary-will-resort-to-the-sword-if-necessary-douglas-haig-watches-artillery-practice-in-france/
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