Organization
British government
The government of the United Kingdom.
Connections 2
people who worked here
- Edward Goschen ambassador in Berlin Primary record 1
- Edward Grey Foreign Secretary Primary record 12
Proof 2 sources
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Collected Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War (British Blue Book, French Yellow Book, Russian Orange Book, Belgian Grey Book, Serbian Blue Book, German White Book, in English), His Majesty's Stationery Office, London (printed by Harrison and Sons), 1915.
Primary record
just for a word — " neutrality," a word which in war time had so often been disregarded — just for a scrap of paper Great Britain was going to make war on a kindred nation who desired nothing better than to be friends with her.
I had never before seen one State address to another independent State a document of so formidable a character.
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HC Deb 03 August 1914 vol 65 cc1809-32, Statement by Sir Edward Grey, UK Parliament (Historic Hansard), 3 Aug 1914.
Primary record
We are going to suffer, I am afraid, terribly in this war whether we are in it or whether we stand aside.
Page history 1 change
- Add the story of the July Crisis of 1914bcc029b
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