Note 1177 — Chapter XVII

On March 5, 6, and 7, Bülow showed no inclination to accept the French plan, but held firmly to the Austrian one. See Bülow to Wedel, March 5 and 6, 1906, ibid., 239, No. 7057; 248 f., No. 7065; memo. by Bülow, March 7, 1906, ibid., 256, No. 7069. He may, however, have made this statement to the Prince of Monaco without explaining that by “the most discreet control of an officer from a lesser Power” he really meant the Austrian plan and did not intend an acceptance of the French plan. Tardieu’s assumption that Bülow made the surrender and then receded from his concession after the fall of the French government on March 7, hoping to exploit this embarrassing situation, is, so far as we can tell, devoid of foundation (Tardieu, pp. 293 ff., 314 f.).