Lex Anteinternet: Monday, July 6, 1914. War warning.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Monday, July 6, 1914. War warning.

German Ambassador to the United Kingdom Karl Max provided warning to British Foreign Minister Sir Edward Gray that war with Serbia was likely. Gray remained optimistic that it could be avoided.

Kaiser Wilhelm II, against his judgment, went on his annual cruise of the North Sea.

The British Columbian Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that it had no authority to intervene in immigration officials' decision to tow a Japanese vessel with Indian immigrants on board out to sea.

Christian Lautenschlager of Germany won the French Grand Prix.

Uruguayan poet Delmira Agustini whose brief marriage to Enrique Job Reyes had ended in divorce was murdered by Reyes, who then took his own life.

Last edition:

Sunday, July 5, 1914. The Blank Check

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Austro Hungaria, German, July Crisis, Monarchy, Serbia, World War One

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