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The Conspirators at Work already been approved of, and the opening of which was being urged on.

Not till July I7th did Jagow telegraph to Tschirschky:

"As Your Excellency is aware from reading the Memorandum of Count Hoyos with reference to his conference with the Under-Secretary of State, Count Hoyos has here declared that Austria must proceed to a complete partition of Serbia.

"Count Berchtold and Count Tisza have remarked in this connection that this declaration only expressed the personal view of Count Hoyos, and they therefore have expressly not identified themselves with it; on the other hand, they have not apparently explained themselves any further as to their territorial plans.

"For the diplomatic treatment of the conflict with Serbia, it would not be unimportant to know from the beginning what the ideas of Austro-Hungarian statesmen are as to the future conformation of Serbia. This question will be of essential influence on the attitude of Italy, and on the public opinion and attitude of England.

"That the plans of the statesmen of the Monarchy of the Danube may be influenced and modified by the march of events can be looked upon as self-evident; nevertheless, it should be assumed that the Vienna Cabinet, after all, has in its mind a general picture of the aims striven after, not forgetting the territorial aspects of the question. Will Your Excellency be so good as to try in conversation with Count Berchtold to get enlightenment in this matter, but at the same time to avoid