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Let us compare them:Russian Counter-Proposal.(Orange Book No. 67)

"Si l'Autriche consent à"arrêter la marche de ses"armées sur le territoire"Serbe ......«

(Transi.: If Austria consentsto stop the advance of herarmies on the territory ofServia. . .)

"..... et si, reconnaissant

"que le conflit austro-serbe a"assumé le caractère d'une"question d'intérêt européen ..."

(Transi.: ... and if, recognis-ing that the Austro -Servianconflict has assumed the characterof a question of Europeaninterest ......)

"...... elle admet que

"les Grandes Puissances exa-minent la satisfaction que"la Serbie pourrait accorder"au gouvernement d'Autriche-" Hongrie . . . ."

(Transi.: .. . she admits thatthe Great Powers examine whichsatisfaction Servia could give tothe Austro-Hungarian Govern-ment .....)

"...... sans laisser porter

"atteinte à ses droits d'Etat"souverain et à son indépen-dance, -....."

English proposal.(Blue Book No. 103)

"..... Austria, after taking

"Belgrade and Servian territory"in region of frontier, to pro-"mise not to advance further,. .."

(Sir Edward Grey had notasked for such an acknowledg-ment and the Austro-HungarianGovernment had always declinedto allow her conflict with Serviato be regarded as a Europeanquestion .....)

"... while Powers endeav-oured to arrange that Servia"should give satisfaction suf-ficient to pacify Austria . ."

- This reserve which, by theway, had been already rejectedby the declarations of the Austro-Hungarian Government, did ton