ORIGIN OF THE WAR.
CENTRAL POWERS ACCUSED.
PLOTTING AT OUTBREAK. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Eecd. 6.10 p.m.) PARIS, Mar. 16. The Journal des Debats, publishes, on Servian authority, despatches sent by the Austrian Ambassador to Berlin prior to the war, showing that Germany counted on Servia refusing to comply with the terms of the Austrian ultimatum. Germany warned Austria against accepting British offers of mediation. Berne messages state that a priest, formerly confessor to the wife of the murdered Archduke Francis Ferdinand, has published a pamphlet accusing Count Tisza, former Hungarian Foreign Minister, of direct complicity in the Serajevo assassination. Ho points out that no inquiry was ever held, and there was "a notorious lack of precautions for the safety of the Archduke.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17112, 18 March 1919, Page 7
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