Source A The Austrian government was not much concerned to punish the crime of Sarajevo. They wanted to punish a different crime - the crime that Serbia committed by existing as a free national state.
AJP Taylor, Europe - Grandeur and Decline (1967)
AJP Taylor was a respected, but outspoken, historian
Source B
The [Serbian] Government considers it its duty as a matter of course to begin an investigation against all those persons who have participated in the outrage of June 28th and who are in its territory. As far as the cooperation in this investigation of specially delegated officials of the [Austro-Hungarian] Government is concerned, this cannot be accepted, as this is a violation of the constitution and of criminal procedure.
Serbian Response to the Ultimatum, 25 July, 1914
Source C An unjust war has been declared on a weak country. The anger in Russia shared fully by me is enormous. I foresee that very soon I shall be overwhelmed by the pressure forced upon me and be forced to take extreme measures which will lead to war. To try and avoid such a calamity as a European war I beg you in the name of our old friendship to do what you can to stop your allies from going too far. Nicky
Telegram, Tsar Nicolas to Kaiser Wilhelm, 29 July
Nicholas and Wilhelm were cousins, and had been great friends
Source D The nations slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay... The nations backed their machines over the precipice ... not one of them wanted war; certainly not on this scale.
David Lloyd George, War Memoirs (1934)
Lloyd George was a minister in 1914 and Prime Minister during the war.
Source E
5. What does this source suggest as reasons for the start of World War I?
The caption read: “If Austria attacks Serbia, Russia will fall upon Austria, Germany upon Russia, and France and England upon Germany.”
This cartoon - 'A Chain of Friendship' - appeared in the American newspaper the Brooklyn Eagle in July 1914.
Sources from John D. Clare's excellent site: http://www.johndclare.net/causes_WWI1.htm
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