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<p>[Page 70]</p><p>We finally came to grief over the Bernstorff stable. During the conference of ambassadors in 1913 Earl Grey did not side with France and Russia as he usually did. He sided with our group, so as not to provide for a pretext for a conflict which was later supplied by the dead Archduke. [end English quote]</p><p>The Times also says: [original in English]<br />Lichnowsky describes the decisive conversation at Potsdam on July 5, 1914 wherein all agreed that there would be no harm if war with Russia resulted. He was instructed to induce the English press to be friendly if Austria gave Servia [also spelt Serbia] her death-blow. Lichnowsky replying warned Germany against the project, describing it as adventurous and dangerous.</p><p>Lichnowsky, on departing from Britain, interviewed Sir Edward Grey, who emphasised his readiness to mediate, saying: "We don't want to crush Germany." I was treated like a departing monarch. Thus my London mission ended, wrecked not by the perfidy of the British, but by the perfidy of our policy. [end of English quote]</p><p>Even if Lichnowsky's claims were true and accurate, he should be punished for chancing their publication during wartime. He should not have jotted down his thoughts, thereby</p>