To the left, caricatures of a fallen King Albert of Belgium, Tsar Nicholas of Russia, President Poincare of France, generic (?) caricatures of an English man and a Japanese soldier, Kings Peter of Serbia, and Nikola of Montenegro engaging in a tug of war, the rope being held on the right by a German (in gray) and an Austro-Hungarian soldier. Between the teams and behind the rope stands the diminutive caped figure of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, all hat, mustache, and chin.

Das Europaische Gleichgewicht 1914



The European Equilibrium, 1914

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Saturday, July 11, 1914

"As Vienna has so far inaugurated no action of any sort against Belgrade, the omission of the customary telegram would be too noticeable and might be the cause of premature uneasiness."

Quotation Context

Response of the German Auswärtiges Amt — the Foreign Office — on July 11, 1914 replying to Kaiser Wilhelm's inquiry whether his customary birthday greetings to King Peter of Serbia should be sent as the two countries might soon be at war. The Foreign Office did not want to make it appear that war was in the offing or that anything out of the ordinary was underway. The customary good wishes were sent on the King's birthday, July 11 (June 29, Old Style).

Source

July, 1914; the Outbreak of the First World War; Selected Documents by Imanuel Geiss (Editor), page 91, copyright © 1967 Imanuel Geiss, publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, publication date: 1967

Tags

King Peter, King Peter I, King Peter of Serbia