The pistol shot at Serajevo was the occasion, not the cause of the war.
Stud had never heard of the Archduke Ferdinand nor of Serajevo.
From the very next day the tone of the Berlin Press, in commenting on the Serajevo tragedy, was full of menace.
Another Austrian army corps had its base at Serajevo in Bosnia.
I did not want to have any doubt upon the matter, and that was why I cabled to our Consul at Serajevo.
