IN the last few years the traditional feelings of the United States about France have changed in a very striking manner. On the American side it may be said with some reason that the French people have similarly modified their customary attitude toward the American republic; there recently have even been noisy demonstrations of ill-will.
COUNT STEPHEN TISZA, whose hitherto unpublished letter is printed below, was one of the men who counted in the affairs of pre-war Europe. He was a thorough Magyar, a Calvinist, strong-willed and calculating, jealously watchful over the rights of his half of the Dual Monarchy against possible encroachments either by the Germans of Austria or by the Slavs and Rumanians who came within his jurisdiction as Premier of Hungary. These he openly despised, nor did he hold the Germans of Austria in much greater esteem.
The Infamy of Austria
How the War Was Engineered The Sinister Work of Count Berchtold
SINCE the revolution in Austria the archives of the Ballplatz have been rifled and interesting documents with reference to the origin of the war have come to light. They show that Austria deliberately plotted the conquest of Serbia hoping to “get away with it,” but prepared, with the knowledge that Germany was behind her, to fight a general European war, if necessary. Austria, moreover, considered an infamous plan to attack Serbia without the formality of a declaration of war. Behind this whole dark plan was the sinister figure of Count Berchtold.