[ [!-- Note Anchor 141 --][Footnote 141: Ibid. No. 13. Note communicated to Sir E. Grey by the Russian Ambassador, July 25.]

[ [!-- Note Anchor 142 --][Footnote 142: Correspondence, No. 6. Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 24.]

[ [!-- Note Anchor 143 --][Footnote 143: Ibid.]

[ [!-- Note Anchor 144 --][Footnote 144: Ibid. No. 99. Sir F. Bertie to Sir E. Grey, July 30. Cf. No. 119, Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 31.]

[ [!-- Note Anchor 145 --][Footnote 145: Correspondence, No. 80. Sir R. Rodd to Sir E. Grey, July 29.]

[ [!-- Note Anchor 146 --][Footnote 146: Ibid. No. 6. Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 24.]

[ [!-- Note Anchor 147 --][Footnote 147: Ibid. No. 44. Sir G. Buchanan to Sir E. Grey, July 27: 'Their (sc. the German) attitude would merely be stiffened by such a menace, and we could only induce her (sc. Germany) to use her influence at Vienna to avert war by approaching her in the capacity of a friend who was anxious to preserve peace.']

[ [!-- Note Anchor 148 --][Footnote 148: Ibid. No. 87. Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 29.]

[ [!-- Note Anchor 149 --][Footnote 149: Correspondence, No. 47. Sir E. Grey to Sir G. Buchanan, July 27.]

[ [!-- Note Anchor 150 --][Footnote 150: Ibid. No. 116. Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, July 31.]