Note 94 — Chapter II
Reading edition
Terms given in ibid., 7 ff., Nos. 7 and 8. On July 20 Barrère reported that Prinetti regarded the following cases as examples of direct provocation:
“1. The publication of sharpened dispatches [dépêches maquillées] by Prince Bismarck in 1870; King William’s refusal to receive M. Benedetti.
“2. The Schnaebele incident.”
As examples of indirect provocation, Prinetti cited “Prince Hohenzollern’s candidacy to the throne of Spain, and such indirect initiative in Far Eastern affairs which do not aim at one of the contracting Powers, although that initiative may displease it and appear contrary to its direct interest” (Barrère to Delcassé, July 20, 1902, ibid., 7, No. 6). The choice of examples is significant.