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ApiswasconvincedthatRussiawouldnotleaveSerbiainthe
lurch,andthatRussiawouldnotbelefwithoutthesupportofFrance.
Hencehepursuedadeliberatepolicyfortheoutbreakofawarwhich
wouldleadtotheemergenceofaGreatSerbia.Inthissensehisac-
tivitiescanhardlyberegardedasanythingbutprovocation.Hisclose
contactswiththeRussianintelligenceandsecretservices,whichhad
aconsiderableinfluenceinBelgrade,wereintendedtoguarantee
Russia’ssolidarity.SomehistoriansbelievethatultimatelyApiswas
guidedbytheGermanintelligenceservice,whichwascarryingout
Berlin’spolicytotriggertheoutbreakofwarandmanoeuvreVienna
intomilitaryengagement.Butthisisonlyoneofthesixmostfre-
quentlycitedhypothesesonthelinksbetweentheSarajevanconspir-
atorsandtheoutsideworld.AnothertheorysaysthatPrincip’shand
wassteeredbythoseViennesepoliticianswhodidnotwanttosee
FranzFerdinandonthethrone,whichiswhytheydeliberatelychose
theday,28thJune,toprovoketheSerbs,andandweredeliberately
negligentabouthavingtherouteproperlysecured.
Teconspiratorswerenotcold-bloodedimplementersofsome-
oneelse’sorders;neitherweretheyhiredkillers,butromantics,
deeplyconvincedthatviolencecouldandshouldbeusedtoachieve
superioraims.Teydidnotcalmlyreckonuptheodds.LiketheRus-
siananarchists,theysaidkillingtyrantswasworthwhiletoliberate
thepeopleandmakethemhappy.Teybelongedtoagenerationof
fanaticsreadytosettheworldonretogetwhattheywanted.In
theirprivatelivestheypractisedtherevolutionarycodeofasceti-
cism.Somewereteetotallersandabstinentinmattersoflove,treat-
ingadeclarationofloveforawomanasasignofweaknessandaslur
onfemaledignity.Afertheassassinationtheyclaimedtheydidnot
regretit.Onbeingsentenced,Čabrinovićwrotethatiftheheirto
thethronehadnotcometoBosnia,hewouldhavefoundandslain
himinVienna.HestressedthatforSerbsthevisithadbeenanovert
provocationasFranzFerdinandhadcometoobservemanoeuvres
heldonSerbiansoil,andagainsttheSerbianpeople.
TeArchdukeandDuchesshadaquietfuneral,withnomilitary
honours,andnopompandcircumstance.TeEmperor’sdecision
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