Zweibund — the Dual Alliance — Germany and Austria-Hungary united, were the core of the Central Powers, and here join hands. The bars of Germany's flag border the top left, and those of the Habsburg Austrian Empire and ruling house the bottom right.
Schulter an SchulterUntrennbar vereintin Freud und in Leid!'Shoulder to shoulderInseparably united in joy and in sorrow!
"The hostility of public opinion in Germany towards us is growing and is being fostered by false reports coming from Vienna and Budapest. Such reports are being diligently spread in spite of the contradictions issued by some newspapers and new agencies."
M. Yov. M. Yovanovitch, Serbian Minister at Vienna, to M.N. Pashitch, Serbian Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs
Collected Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War, 371 (The Serbian Blue Book, No. 4), publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, publication date: 1915
press, public opinion, Germany
