by
the assurance of the Chancellor; he declares:

In spite of this [the Austro-Hungarian Government having remarked
with full appreciation of our action that it had come too late] we
continued our mediatory efforts to the utmost and advised Vienna to
make any possible compromise consistent with the dignity of the
monarchy.--(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. Petersburg for peace. Of this no trace whatsoever can be
found. The French Government thus far has not published any series of
documents concerning its activity during the crisis, and neither in the
Russian "Orange Book" nor in the English "Blue Book" is anything
mentioned of the mediating activity on the part of France.

On the contrary, the latter power, wherever she puts in an
appearance--as for instance in the conversation of the English
Ambassador in St. Petersburg with his French colleague and M. Sazonof,
as mentioned above--appears as fully identical with Russia.

It is also stated on July 24:

The French Ambassador gave me to understand that France would
fulfill all the obligations entailed by her alliance with Russia if
necessity arose, besid