Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, The World War

File No. 763.72/3

The Chargé d’Affaires in Russia (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

American Embassy,
St. Petersburg, July 26, 1914, noon.

[Telegram]

Minister of War tells me that he considers war between Austria and Russia almost inevitable and same opinion seems generally current in diplomatic and political circles. Russian Government has ordered complete army mobilization to begin immediately.

Wilson