Read the excerpt below and the answer the following questions Many months before the crisis of 1914 the German Emperor had ceased to pose as the
champion of peace Naturally believing in the overwhelming superiority of his Army, he
openly showed his enmity towards France General von Moltke said to the king of the
Belgian "This time the matter must be settled." In vain the King protested. The Emperor and
his Chief of Staff remained no less fixed in their attitude
On the 28th of June, 1914 occurred the assassination at Sarajevo of the heir apparent of
Austria. "It is the act of a little group of mad men said Francis Joseph. The act, committed as
it was by a subject of Austria Hungary on Austro-Hungarian temtor could in no wise
compromise Serbia which very comctly expressed its condolences and stopped public
rejoicings in Belgrade
If the Government of Vienna thought that there was any Serbian complicity, Serbia was ready
to seek out the quilty parties. But this attitude failed to satisfy Austria and still less Germany,
who, after their first astonishment had passed, saw in this royal and national misfortune a
pretext to initiate war...
Report of Commission to Determine War Guilt, 6 May 1919
Question
Which of the following statements about the excerpt above is true?
a Point
It was believed by the Allied Powers that the German and Austrans had premeditated World War and the
nation of the Archet Ferdinand as their sification to finally declare a war on Serbia
The German and the Austada legitimate sono declare water the son of the Archule