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British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey as both Medusa and Dorian Gray. Pointed ears and a feather (quill pen?) behind his left.

Text:
Das Bildniss des Edward Grey
Nach dem Originalgemälde des Münchner Malers Jos. Felix Falkenbach.
After the original painting by the Munich painter Jos. Felix Falkenbach.

Reverse:
Kriegs Postkarte; Kriegspostkarte Nr. 67.
Logo:
CA & Co. (m.)

British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey as both Medusa and Dorian Gray. Pointed ears and a quill pen behind his left.

Image text

Das Bildniss des Edward Grey

Nach dem Originalgemälde des Münchner Malers Jos. Felix Falkenbach.

After the original painting by the Munich painter Jos. Felix Falkenbach.



Reverse:

Kriegs Postkarte; Kriegspostkarte Nr. 67.

Logo:

CA & Co. (m.)

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Friday, July 24, 1914

"The danger of a European war, should Austria invade Serbian territory, would become immediate. The results of such a war between four nations — he expressly emphasised the number four, and meant by it Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and France — would be absolutely incalculable. However the affair might come out, one thing would be certain: that would be total exhaustion and impoverishment; industry and trade would be ruined, and the power of capital destroyed. Revolutionary movements, like those of the year 1848, due to the collapse of industrial activities would be the result."

Quotation Context

Excerpt from a report from Germany's Ambassador to London Lichnowsky to German Secretary of State Jagow on July 24, 1914, the day after the delivery of Austria-Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia. Lichnowsky is reporting part of what British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey said during their meeting. French, British, and Russian ambassadors and Foreign Secretaries are telling their German and Austro-Hungarian counterparts that the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum means war, particularly given the 48-hour deadline for Serbian acquiescence.

In his marginal comments to Lichnowsky's report, German Emperor Wilhelm II observes that Grey 'forgets Italy', with Germany and Austria-Hungary, the third member of the Triple Alliance.

Source

July, 1914; the Outbreak of the First World War; Selected Documents by Imanuel Geiss (Editor), 183, 184, copyright © 1967 Imanuel Geiss, publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, publication date: 1967

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1914-07-24, Grey, Edward Grey