1914 and the Collapse of the Third Republic
In June 1914, the world was at peace, with several major powers on the European Continent, there were military countries, economic countries, and cultural conuntryis. One was outstanding in every way, France, the Third Republic, in the midst of its golden age of culture, was totally ruined by a few years of war, at the end, being the poorest nation in Europe, all of its governments coffers empty and its people poor and destitute. How could this have happened?
In Late June 1914, Arch-Duke Franz-Ferdinand of Austria was killed by Serbian Nationalists in Sarajevo. The Austro0-Hungarians gave the Serbians an ultimatum of:
In June 1914, the world was at peace, with several major powers on the European Continent, there were military countries, economic countries, and cultural conuntryis. One was outstanding in every way, France, the Third Republic, in the midst of its golden age of culture, was totally ruined by a few years of war, at the end, being the poorest nation in Europe, all of its governments coffers empty and its people poor and destitute. How could this have happened?
In Late June 1914, Arch-Duke Franz-Ferdinand of Austria was killed by Serbian Nationalists in Sarajevo. The Austro0-Hungarians gave the Serbians an ultimatum of:
- Suppress all publications which "incite hatred and contempt of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy" and are "directed against its territorial integrity".
- Dissolve the Serbian nationalist organisation "Narodna Odbrana" ("The People's Defense") and all other such societies in Serbia.
- Eliminate without delay from schoolbooks and public documents all "propaganda against Austria-Hungary".
- Remove from the Serbian military and civil administration all officers and functionaries whose names the Austro-Hungarian Government will provide.
- Accept in Serbia "representatives of the Austro-Hungarian Government" for the "suppression of subversive movements".
- Bring to trial all accessories to the Archduke's assassination and allow "Austro-Hungarian delegates" (law enforcement officers) to take part in the investigations.
- Arrest Major Voja Tankosić and civil servant Milan Ciganović who were named as participants in the assassination plot.
- Cease the cooperation of the Serbian authorities in the "traffic in arms and explosives across the frontier"; dismiss and punish the officials of the at Shabatz Loznica frontier service, "guilty of having assisted the perpetrators of the Sarajevo crime".
- Provide "explanations" to the Austro-Hungarian Government regarding "Serbian officials" who have expressed themselves in interviews "in terms of hostility to the Austro-Hungarian Government".
- Notify the Austro-Hungarian Government "without delay" of the execution of the measures comprised in the ultimatum.
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