CHAPTER V
NEGOTIATORS AND NEGOTIATIONS
For purposes of reference the following list of dramatis personae may be useful:—
GREAT BRITAIN: King George V, succ. 1910.
Foreign Secretary: Sir Edward Grey.
Ambassadors from France: M. Paul Cambon.
Russia: Count Benckendorff.
Germany: Prince Lichnowsky.
Austria: Count Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein.
Belgium: Count A. de Lalaing (Minister).
RUSSIA: Emperor Nicholas II, succ. 1894.
Foreign Secretary: M. Sazonof.
Ambassadors from Great Britain: Sir George Buchanan.
France: M. Paléologue.
Germany: Count Pourtalès.
Austria: Friedrich Count Szápáry.
FRANCE: Raymond Poincaré, President, elected 1913.
Premier: M. Viviani.
Acting Foreign Secretary: M. Doumergue.
Ambassadors from Great Britain: Sir Francis Bertie.
Russia: M. Isvolsky.
M. Sevastopoulo (Charge d'Affaires).
Germany: Baron von Schoen.
Austria: Count Scézsen.
GERMANY: Emperor William II, succ. 1888.
Imperial Chancellor: Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg.
Foreign Secretary: Herr von Jagow.
Ambassadors from Great Britain: Sir Edward Goschen.
Sir Horace Rumbold (Councillor).
Russia: M. Swerbeiev.
M. Bronewsky (Charge d'Affaires).
France: M. Jules Cambon.
Austria: Count Ladislaus Szögyény-Marich.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: Emperor Francis Joseph, succ. 1848.
Foreign Secretary: Count Berchtold.
Ambassadors from Great Britain: Sir Maurice de Bunsen.
Russia: M. Schebesco.
M. Kondachev (Charge d'Affaires).
France: M. Crozier.
Germany: Herr von Tschirscky-und-Bögendorff.
ITALY: King Victor Emmanuel III, succ. 1900.
Foreign Secretary: Marquis di San Giuliano.
Ambassador from Great Britain: Sir Rennell Rodd.
BELGIUM: King Albert, succ. 1909.
Minister of Great Britain: Sir Francis Villiers.
SERVIA: King Peter, succ. 1903.
Minister of Great Britain: C.L. des Graz.
D.M. Crackanthorpe (First Secretary).
Russian Chargé d'Affaires: M. Strandtmann.