--(German "White Paper," Page 17, of NEW YORK TIMES
reprint.)
Grey well knew that Germany was doing all it could to mediate in Vienna.
He expressed his recognition and his joy over it on July 28 ("Blue
Book," Page 67):
It is very satisfactory to hear from the German Ambassador here
that the German Government have taken action at Vienna in the sense
of the conversation recorded in my telegram of yesterday to
you.--(British "White Paper" No. 67.)[02]
Neither has Grey been left in the dark by the German side concerning the
difficulties, which by the Russian mobilization made every attempt to
mediate in Vienna abortive. Even on July 31 the British Ambassador in
Berlin telegraphed:
The Chancellor informs me that his efforts to preach peace and
moderation at Vienna have been seriously handicapped by the Russian
mobilization against Austria. He has done everything possible to
obtain his object at Vienna, perhaps even rather more than was
altogether palatable at the Ballplatz.--(British "White Paper" No.
108.)
England and Russia.
How, on the other hand, about Grey's action with Russia? From the very
beginning one should have had a right to expect that, as Germany acted
in Vienna, thus France, if it was active in Grey's spirit, would be
working in St.
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