1. Union or Death? It was a freaking motto, not a "terrorist league" (geez!!!).
2. Apis means wasp, not bee. It's an obsolete term nowadays.
3. Col. Dimitrievich is my idol! LOL! :-))))
Posted on 07/27/2002 11:33:34 AM PDT by swarthyguy
Austrian Emperor to Take Command at Vienna Headquarters War Fever at Capital
Crowds Cheer Outbreak of Hostilities and Demonstrate at Friendly Embassies Outbreak of Food Riots
Prices Soar as Hostilities are Declared and the Government Steps in to Regulate There
Manifesto From Emperor
Forced to Grasp the Sword, He Says, to Defend the Honor of His Monarchy
France Fears a Great War
Army Moves to the Frontier - Belief in Paris That Russia Will Not Desert Servia
VIENNA, July 28- Upon the issue of the formal declaration of war against Servia today Emperor Franz Josef gave orders for the removal of the Summer Court from Ischl to the capital. His entourage tried to persuade him that Vienna air would not suit him, but the aged Emperor replied:
"I do not want the air of Vienna. I want the atmosphere of headquarters." The opening of the war has caused the imposition of all kinds of restrictions upon public business. All the railways, of course, are under military control, and the telegraphs are being reserved entirely for the service of the State. The hope is still entertained here that the war will be confined to Austria-Hungary and Servia. The report that Russia and France have intervened in Vienna is incorrect. In official circles here it is maintained that any action by those powers must be supported by the third party to the Triple Entente, namely, Great Britain. It is known that Great Britain and France do not want a European war. Peace among the great powers or war among the great powers must depend on the action of St. Petersburg.
At the Foreign Office here it is freely stated that now that war has begun Austria-Hungary will be bound to no more conditions such as she propounded prior to the outbreak of hostilities.
Food Prices Up in Vienna.
There was an abnormal rise in the price of provisions today, which caused great indignation on the part of the public, who flocked to the markets to lay in stores in anticipation of a possible scarcity. Vegetables in many cases trebled in price. Feeling ran so high that in many instances stallkeepers in the markets were mobbed or assaulted, and the police and to be called out to restore order. The authorities declare that the sudden increase in the prices of provisions and vegetables is totally unwarranted.
A permanent committee appointed to deal with the question of provisioning the country, sat today to discuss the regulation of prices in order to prevent the public being cheated. A similar meeting with the same object also was held in the Diet.
It was officially asserted that there was no reason for apprehension with regard to the food supply, and that it was needless for citizens to start the accumulation of stores of provisions. The only effect of such procedure, it was added, would be to still further raise prices.
Official arrangements have been made to take care of families of reservists called to the colors. In the event of a reservist being killed or reported missing an allowance of about 25 cents per day for each adult and 12 1-2 cents a day for children will be continued for six months.
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what about 1878 and 1908!!!
Are you talking about Serbia and the serbian serb 'terrorists' or are you talking about the bosnian serb 'terrorists', or should I say freedomfighters!
Not necessarily. The Austrians didn't have a lot of luck against the Serbians when the war did get going. If I remember correctly, they had to be rescued by their big brothers the Germans, just as they did against the Italians.
Actually, A-H performance in WWI was remarkably similar to the Italian performance in WWII.
Hahaha, that was a good one!
By the way, I'm talking about 1914, too!
Bit I'm not sure.
I highly recommend it to those who are interested in the period.
The group of seven ranged in age from 19 to 27. Only one had a police record which was only for striking a teacher. They were all members of the secret Serbian nationalist movement Mlada Bosna ("Young Bosnia"). All had tuberculosis, a death sentence in 1914.
Nedjelko Cabrinovic
Vasco Cubrilovic
Trifko Grabez
Danilo Ilic
Mohammed Mehmed Basic
Cvijetko Popovic
Gavrilo Princip
Their training and arms came from Belgrade's "Union or Death" terrorist league. This faction of the Serbian "Black Hand" was under the leadership of a "Colonel Apis" (the bee), whose real identity was Colonel Dragutin Dimitrievitch, no less than the head of Serbian military intelligence.
The assassins returned to Sarajevo on Jun-3 with pistols, bombs and cyanide to await the visit of the Archduke.
I went to school in Germany, and in the the 6th or 7th grade we had history class about WWI. That was about 1987 and I will never forget this GERMAN history book. The composition of the population in Bosnia was, according to this GERMAN book, serbs,croats and "mohamedanische Serben"!
But that was the good old 80's! Nowadays it's not like that anymore. I came to the conclusion that german history sience is not very consistent.....
If anything more so. The Times in 1914 was rabidly Anglophile and distinctly racist in tone. It probably picked up these self-righteous habits denigrating the Confederacy.
1. Union or Death? It was a freaking motto, not a "terrorist league" (geez!!!).
2. Apis means wasp, not bee. It's an obsolete term nowadays.
3. Col. Dimitrievich is my idol! LOL! :-))))
I like the site because it has a pretty good timeline of the events. I think you should let them know about their errors. They are very interested in that era and always looking for new information.
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