He pointed to the paper Michael held.
"Ah, you have seen it," he said.

"Perhaps you can guess what I wanted to see you about." "Connected with the Austrian Note ?" asked Michael.
"Yes." "I have not the vaguest idea." Hermann sat down on the arm of his chair.
"Mike, I'm going back to Germany to-day," he said.

"Now do you understand?
I'm German." "You mean that Germany is at the back of this ?" "It is obvious, isn't it?
Those demands couldn't have been made without the consent of Austria's ally.

And they won't be granted.

Servia will appeal to Russia.