[Footnote 119:  Correspondence, No. 148.  Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, August 2.]

[Footnote 120:  Correspondence, No. 147.  Minister of State, Luxemburg, to Sir E. Grey, August 2.]

[Footnote 121:  Ibid.  No. 153.  Sir E. Grey to Sir E. Goschen, August 4.]

[Footnote 122:  Ibid.]

[Footnote 123:  Ibid.  No. 155.  Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Villiers, August 4.]

[Footnote 124:  Correspondence, No. 157.  German Foreign Secretary to Prince Lichnowsky, August 4.]

[Footnote 125:  Ibid.  No. 159.  Sir E. Grey to Sir E. Goschen, August 4.]

[Footnote 126:  Correspondence, No. 116, July 31.]

[Footnote 127:  Ibid.  Nos. 130, 143, 145.]

[Footnote 128:  Ibid.  Nos. 149, 150, August 2 and 3.]

[Footnote 129:  The Times, August 11, p. 5, col. 1.]

[Footnote 130:  Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting (October, 1706).]

[Footnote 131:  p. 6.]

[Footnote 132:  Correspondence, No. 5.  Sir E. Grey to Sir M. de Bunsen, July 24.]

[Footnote 133:  Ibid.  No. 10.  Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 24.  Cf.  No. 24, Sir E. Grey to Sir G. Buchanan, July 25:  ’The sudden, brusque, and peremptory character of the Austrian demarche makes it almost inevitable that in a very short time both Russia and Austria will have mobilized against each other.’]

[Footnote 134:  Ibid.  No. 12.  Sir E. Grey to Mr. Crackanthorpe, July 24.]

[Footnote 135:  Ibid.  No. 6.  Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 24:  ’I said ... direct British interests in Servia were nil, and a war on behalf of that country would never be sanctioned by British public opinion.’]

[Footnote 136:  Correspondence, No. 24.  Sir E. Grey to Sir G. Buchanan, July 25.]

[Footnote 137:  See note at the end of this chapter.]

[Footnote 138:  Correspondence, No. 36.  Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 26.]

[Footnote 139:  Ibid.  No. 87.  Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 29.]

[Footnote 140:  Ibid.  No. 91.  Sir E. Grey to Sir M. de Bunsen, July 29.]

[Footnote 141:  Ibid.  No. 13.  Note communicated to Sir E. Grey by the Russian Ambassador, July 25.]

[Footnote 142:  Correspondence, No. 6.  Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 24.]

[Footnote 143:  Ibid.]

[Footnote 144:  Ibid.  No. 99.  Sir F. Bertie to Sir E. Grey, July 30.  Cf.  No. 119, Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 31.]

[Footnote 145:  Correspondence, No. 80.  Sir R. Rodd to Sir E. Grey, July 29.]

[Footnote 146:  Ibid.  No. 6.  Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 24.]

[Footnote 147:  Ibid.  No. 44.  Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 27:  ’Their (sc. the German) attitude would merely be stiffened by such a menace, and we could only induce her (sc.  Germany) to use her influence at Vienna to avert war by approaching her in the capacity of a friend who was anxious to preserve peace.’]