Afternoon: Following what the cabinet agreed Grey tells Paul Cambon the dispute between Austria and Serbia, even if it brings in Russia, is not one in which Britain feels involved. British policy has always been not to be drawn into a war over a Balkan question.
If Germany and France become involved Britain has not decided what to do. France would have been drawn into a quarrel which was not hers. Britain is free from engagements and would have to decide what British interests required.