Published in Special Edition of Official Gazette, Vienna, July 28.
The Royal Government of Servia not having given a satisfactory
reply to the note presented to it by the Austro-Hungarian Minister
in Belgrade on July 23, 1914, the Imperial and Royal Government of
Austria-Hungary finds it necessary itself to safeguard its rights
and interests and to have recourse for this purpose to force of
arms. Austria-Hungary, therefore, considers itself from this moment
in a state of war with Servia.
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"DAYS OF WORLD'S HISTORY."
Congratulatory Telegram to Kaiser Wilhelm II., Aug. 27.
Victory after victory. God is with you. He will be with us also. I
most sincerely congratulate you, dear friend, also the young hero,
your dear son, the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince Rupprecht, as
well as the incomparably brave German Army. Words fail to express
what moves me and, with me, my army, in these days of world's
history.
"FRANZ JOSEPH."
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