Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph, in the Secessionist style. Kaiser Wilhelm is wearing the uniform and shako of the Death's Head Hussars.
Völkerkrieg (people's war)1914; In Treue FestPeople's WarFirm in Loyalty
"Tschirschky has just left me, who told me that he had received a telegram from Berlin, by which his Imperial master instructs him to declare emphatically that in Berlin an action of the Monarchy against Serbia is fully expected and that Germany would not understand why we should neglect this opportunity of dealing a blow."
Excerpt from a private letter of July 8, 1914 from Austro-Hungarian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Berchtold to Hungarian Premier Tisza. Tisza had been the sole opponent of war against Serbia at the meeting of the Austro-Hungarian Council of Ministers for Common Affairs the previous day. Berchtold is trying to overcome Tisza's opposition. Tschirschky was the German Ambassador to Austria-Hungary.
July, 1914; the Outbreak of the First World War; Selected Documents by Imanuel Geiss (Editor), page 102, copyright © 1967 Imanuel Geiss, publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, publication date: 1967
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