rbia and Austria-Hungary they gave proof of
a great readiness to oblige, and thus succeeded in settling the
majority of these questions to the advantage of the two
neighboring countries.

"For these reasons the Royal Government have been pained and
surprised at the statements, according to which members of the
Kingdom of Serbia are supposed to have participated in the
preparations for the crime committed at Sarajevo; the Royal
Government expected to be invited to collaborate in an
investigation of all that concerns this crime, and they were
ready, in order to prove the entire correctness of their
attitude, to take measures against any persons concerning whom
representations were made to them. Falling in, therefore, with
the desire of the Imperial and Royal Government, they are
prepared to hand over for trial any Serbian subject, without
regard to his situation or rank, of whose complicity in the crime
of Sarajevo proofs are forthcoming, and more especially they
undertake to cause to be published on the first page of the
'Journal officiel,' on the date of July 26, the following
declaration":

[Here follows the declaration required by Austria-Hungary, with
alterations intended to lessen the humiliation, which changes will
be noted in a following criticism by the Austro-Hungarian Foreign
Office.]

"This declaration will be brought to the knowledge of the Royal
army in an order of the day, in the name of his majesty the king,
by his Royal Highness the Crown Prince Alexander, and will be
published in the next official army bulletin.

"The Royal Government further undertake:

"1. To introduce at the first regular convocation of the
Skupshtina a provision into the press law providing for the most
severe punishment of incitement to hatred or contempt of the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and for taking action against any
publication the general tendency of which is directed against
the territorial integrity of Austria-Hungary. The Government
engage at the approaching revision of the Constitution to cause
an amendment to be introduced into Article XXII of the
Constitution of such a nature that such publication may be
confiscated, a proceeding at present impossible under the
categorical terms of Article XXII of the Constitution.

"2. The Government