Kiel-Potsdam: Bethmann wires his latest report to the Kaiser on his train journey from Kiel to his palace at Potsdam.
Austria-Hungary is unable to take military action before the 12 August. Serbia has accepted most of the points in the ultimatum. England, France and Italy want peace. Russia not yet mobilising and is willing to start negotiations with Vienna.
Germany’s position is still that the Austro-Serbian conflict is an affair that concerns only those two states. Russia has been warned about the consequences of any military measures that might in any sense be directed at Germany.