An item referred to a note of professor Schiemann in the Kreuzzeitung. Schiemann claimed that as a result of the visit of the British king George to Paris sir Edward Grey (1) and Iswolski (2) negotiated about a naval treaty. Russia agreed to help England againt the German navy if England before the outbreak of the war would sent enough merchant ships to the Baltic for transporting Russian troops to the coast of Pommern. The treaty was to besigned in August when prince Lodewijk van Battenberg (3) would visit St. Petersburg. The outbreak of the war prevented this all.(4)
Notes
1. Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (25 April 1862 London -7 September 1933 Fallodon), member of the Liberal party and between 10 December 1905 and 10 December 1916 Foreign Secretary.
2. Count Alexander Petrovich Izvolsky or iswolski (18 March 1856 Moscow-19 August 1919 Paris), a Russian diplomat, as minister of foreign affairs responsible for the Anglo-Russian Covention of 1907.
3. The German prince Louis Alexander von Battenberg (24 May 1854 Graz-11 September 1921 London), in British naval service (since 3 October 1868) promoted to the rank of admiral and First Sea Lord between 1912-1914. Related to the British royal family, he married a granddaughter of queen Victoria, changed he his name in Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven. The outbreak of the war in 1914 ended his career being from origin a German prince. His son was Louid Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India (1947) and the first Governor-General of India in 1947-1948. Later he became just likes his father First Sea Lord.
4. The First World War or the Great War broke out on 28 July 1914 when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia.
