SILENCE AS A REPLY
GERMAN AMBASSADOR AND RUSSIAN MINISTER. FORMER FORGETS HIS NOTES. HYPOTHETICAL^ SURRENDER. ST. PETERSBURG, 2nd August. It is reported that when Baron cle Pourtales (German Ambassador), after pfesenthig the German Ultimatum, asked, in a voice trembling with emotion, if Russia agreed to Germany's demands. M. Sazonoff (Russian Foreign Minister) replied by a silence which meant refusal. Baron de Pourtales asked a second and fin 1 ' d * me > and Anally departed, crestfallen, leaving the text of his verbal notes overlooked In his hurry. These contained alternative replies, one recording German satisfaction at Russia's Hypothetical surrender
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1914, Page 7
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97SILENCE AS A REPLY Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1914, Page 7
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