tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post505205193133334379..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: The Stumble Toward War, July 1914MadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-31678407935028987862017-07-24T16:04:40.894-05:002017-07-24T16:04:40.894-05:00I'm not an expert on his family tree and this ...I'm not an expert on his family tree and this is a common problem with polyglot Austria-Hungary. He's from Moravia, Czech is what I remember. He may have been an ethnic Austrian in Czech lands or he may have been a Czech who took an Austrian name, I don't know.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-22300689181863846652017-07-24T09:52:21.612-05:002017-07-24T09:52:21.612-05:00Are you sure the count is a Czech aristocrat? His ...Are you sure the count is a Czech aristocrat? His name sounds austrianAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09220370438302441083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-70210245767032750872017-07-24T07:08:06.801-05:002017-07-24T07:08:06.801-05:00Sir Edward Grey was a Liberal not Labour.Sir Edward Grey was a Liberal not Labour.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059928564925404062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-31746639311089690382017-07-24T00:04:33.483-05:002017-07-24T00:04:33.483-05:00I've heard that but assume the same could prob...I've heard that but assume the same could probably be said for most diplomatic notes. Personally, I don't see how it would matter. Even if the Serbs were not serious, as long as war was avoided the likely result would have been a conference of sorts to settle things. Preferable, I would think, to the calamity of 1914-18.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-42159087710014595732017-07-23T18:30:23.865-05:002017-07-23T18:30:23.865-05:00Richard Bassett in his book 'For God And Kaise...Richard Bassett in his book 'For God And Kaiser' states that the note sent to Serbia was not technically an ultimatum but instead a "démarche with a time limit". He also quotes Baron Musulin who called the Serbian reply "the most dazzling specimen of diplomatic skill I have ever witnessed" due to it feigned acceptance of the notes demands while eluding commitment to fulfilling them. Thoughts?Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248110528412887659noreply@blogger.com