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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Sunday, July 5, 1914. The Blank Check

Referred to as the "blank check", Kaiser Wilhelm II pledged Germany's unconditional support of whatever action Austro Hungaria may take in regard to the crisis with Serbia.

A war council between the countries was held at Potsdam to discuss possibilities of war with Serbia, Russia, and France. It concluded that eliminating Serbia was a necessity, with Emperor Franz Joseph claiming war was necessary to preserve the dual monarchy.

So, a war was deemed necessary over the murder of a man he didn't like, and the Austro Hungarians didn't either.

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Saturday, July 4, 1914. Independence Day.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Butte Montana, Germany, Holidays, Horse Racing, Independence Day, July Crisis, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Montana (Butte), panoramic, Serbia, Terrorism, the spoken word, Woodrow Wilson, World War One, Zaian War

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Thursday, July 2, 1914. The military recommendation.

The German military recommends to Kaiser Wilhelm II that Austro Hungaria attack Serbia as soon as possible, as Germany could mobilize quicker than Russia or France.

It is announced that Kaiser Wilhelm will not attend Ferdinand's funeral. He had planned to go and use the occasion as an informal peace conference, but Austro Hungaria had disinvited much foreign presence.

Bosnia and Herzegovina were placed under martial law.

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Wednesday, July 1, 1914. Fighting assurances.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Aircraft, Austro Hungaria, Germany, July Crisis, Royal Navy, Serbia, U.S. Navy, World War One

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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