Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia

Answer 1

This is totalkjgksgosnglsnhslhnsflhn/.Serbias response to the ultimatum sent by the austro Hungarian empire was through the royal government of Serbia which accused Serbia of participating in the events leading up to the killing of sarajevo.

The Royal Serbian Government condemns every Propaganda which should be directed against Austria-Hungary, i.e., the entirety of such activities as aim towards the separation of certain territories from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, and it regrets sincerely the lamentable consequences of these criminal accusations.

The Royal Government regrets that according to a communication of the I. and R. Government certain Serbian officers and functionaries have participated in this propaganda, and that these have there fore endangered the relations for the observation of which the Royal Government had solemnly obliged itself through the declaration of March 31st, 1909

Answer 2

The Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia and the Serbian ReplyAfter the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austia-Hungary on June 28, 1914, the Austrian government waited for over three weeks before it became clear what action it had decided to take. The bad feeling between the A-H empire and the kingdom of Serbia that had darkened the politics of Europe for several years now burst forth in earnest as A-H proceeded to make this tragic circumstance the occasion to settle accounts once and for all with Serbia, where the intense anti-Austrian nationalist agitation among Austria's Serb subjects in Bosnia found encouragement and support. To serve its purposes, therefore, the Austrian government chose to issue a list of demands (the ultimatum) to the government of Serbia where, it charged, the assassination plot had been hatched. In other words, without satisfactory proof of the complicity of the Serbian government, the Austrian government held Serbia responsible. As indicated in reference document ob16.doc, the ultimatum was delivered in Belgrade on Thursday, July 23 at 6 p.m. and required a reply by 6 p.m. on the following Saturday. The text of the ultimatum as well as the Serbian reply follows: The Ultimatum:(Preamble) The Royal Serbian Government . . . has[since 1909] tolerated the criminal machinations of various societies and associations directed against the [Austro-Hungarian] Monarchy, unrestrained language on the part of the press, glorification of the perpetrators of outrages, participation of officers and officials in subversive agitation, unwholesome propaganda in public education, in short tolerated all the manifestations of a nature to inculcate in the Serbian population hatred of the Monarchy and contempt for its institutions . . .

It is shown by the depositions and confessions of the criminal authors of the outrage of 28 June that the Sarajevo murders [of the Archduke and his wife] were planned in Belgrade [capital of Serbia], that the arms and explosives with which the murderers were found to be provided had been given them by Serbian officers and officials belonging to the Narodna Odbrana [a Serbia-based nationalist organization promoting the ideal of a Greater Serbia, i.e., the political union of Bosnia and Serbia] and finally that the passage into Bosnia of the criminals and their arms was organized and effectuated by chiefs of the Serbian frontier service.

. . . the results . . impose on [the A-H Monarchy] the duty of putting an end to the intrigues which constitute a permanent threat to the tranquillity of the Monarchy.

In order to give a formal character to this undertaking the Royal Government of Serbia shall cause to be published on the front page of the Official Journal [i.e., the Serbian government gazette] of the 26 July the following declaration:

[Serbia] condemns the propaganda directed against Austria-Hungary . . . and it sincerely deplores the fatal consequences of these criminal proceedings

[Serbia] considers it its duty formally to warn the officers, officials and all the population of the Kingdom that henceforward it will proceed with the utmost rigor against all persons who may render themselves guilty [of participating in anti-Austrian propaganda] . . .

The Royal Serbian Government further undertakes:

1. To suppress any publication which incites to hatred and contempt of the Monarchy . . .
2. To dissolve immediately the society styled Narodna Odbrana . . and to proceed in the same manner against the other societies . . which engage in propaganda against [Austria]
3. To eliminate without delay from public instruction in Serbia, both as regards the teaching body and the methods of instruction, all that serves or might serve to foment the propaganda against Austria-Hungary
4. To remove from the military service and the administration in general all officers guilty of propaganda against [Austria--names to be given over by the Austrian govt.]
5. To accept the collaboration in Serbia of organs of [A-H govt.] in the suppression of the subversive movement directed against the territorial integrity of the Monarchy
6. To take judicial proceedings against the accessories to the plot of 28 June who are on Serbian territory; Organs delegated by [A-H] will take part in the investigations relating thereto
7. To proceed without delay to the arrest of [two named persons implicated according to the preliminary investigation undertaken by Austria]
8. To prevent by effective measures the cooperation of [Serbia] in the illicit traffic in arms and explosives across the frontier . . . .
9. To furnish [Austria] with explanations regarding the unjustifiable utterances of high Serbian officials both in Serbia and abroad, who . . .have not hesitated since the outrage of 28 June to express themselves . .in terms of hostility towards [Austria]
10. To notify [Austria] without delay of the execution of the[se] measures . .

[Austria] expects the reply of [Serbia] at the latest by Saturday 25 of this month [July] at 6 p.m.

Annex--attached to the ultimatum: (conclusions of the court of investigation):

1. The plot . . . was formed at Belgrade[Serb capital] by [five persons named]
2. The 6 bombs and 4 Browning pistols and ammunition . . were delivered . . at Belgrade
3. The bombs are hand grenades from the munitions depot of the Serbian army
4. [Instruction on the use of weapons was given on Serbian soil]
5. To enable [the perpetrators] to cross the frontier[into Austria] . . a secret system of transport was organized [by the named Serbian State employee]

The Serbian Reply: When the ultimatum was delivered at Belgrade on July 23, the prime minister, Nicholas Pasitch, was out of the capital on an election tour and did not return until the following day. On reading the Austrian note, the Serbian Regent, Prince Alexander, exclaimed . . ."compliance . . an absolute impossibility for a state which has the slightest regard for its dignity"

(Preamble)

. . .[Serbia] cannot be held responsible for manifestations of a private character, such as articles in the press and the peaceable work of societies . . .[The Serbian government] have been pained and surprised at the statements, according to which members of the Kingdom of Serbia are supposed to have participated in the preparations of the crime . .[However, Serbia is] prepared to hand over for trial any Serbian subject . .of whose complicity in the crime of sarajevo proofs are forthcoming [as well as officially condemn all propaganda against A-H]

1. [Serbia will] introduce . . a provision into the press law providing for the most severe punishment of incitement to hatred and contempt of the [A-H] Monarchy . . .
2. [The Serbian govt.] possesses no proof . . that the Narodna Odbrana and other similar societies have committed up to the present any criminal act of this nature . . Nevertheless, [Serbia] will . . dissolve the Narodna Obrana and every other society which . . .
3. [Serbia will] eliminate without delay from public instruction . . everything that serves or might serve to foment the propaganda against [A-H], whenever [Austria] furnish them with facts and proofs . .
4. [Serbia] also agree to remove from the military service all such persons as the judicial inquiry may have proved to be guilty of acts directed against the integrity of the territory of [A-H], and they expect [Austria] to communicate . .the names and acts of these officers for the purpose of the proceedings which are to be taken against them
5. [The Serbian govt. does] not clearly grasp the meaning or the scope of the demand . . that Serbia shall undertake to accept the collaboration of the representatives of [A-H], but they declare that they will admit such collaboration as agrees with the principle of international law, with criminal procedure, and with good neighborly relations
6. . . . As regards the participation in this inquiry [which Serbia intends to hold] of Austro-Hungarian agents.......... [Serbia] cannot accept such an arrangement, as it would be a violation of the Constitution . . .
7. [states it has not yet been possible to arrest one of the persons named; request proofs of guilt from Austria]
8. [ agrees to reinforce measures against illegal trafficking of arms and explosives across the frontier with Bosnia-Herzegovine]
9. [offers explanations of anti-Austrian comments by Serb officials if Austria sends examples of their actually having been made]
10. [Serbia will duly notify the measures taken, but if Austria is not satisfied with the reply] the Serbian government . . are ready . . to accept a pacific understanding, either by referring this question to the decision of the International Tribunal of the Hague [i.e., the World Court], or to the Great Powers . . .

Answer 3

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