No blog assignment this week since we reached our $20 goal for kovember. =) Then since we passed the $30 goal, we get some kind of treat, i think.
toady, we're still doing blog discussions on the underlying causes of WW1.
The assassinnation of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
He was assassinated in sariavo (the capitol of back-then province of Bosnia, and the now-a-days capitol of the country of Bosnia) by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand group. first attempt to kill him was someone threw a grenade into his car in a parade, but he threw it back out and it hit another car in the parade. there were three other attempts to kill him after that. In Sariavo, archduke went to visit soldiers, and on his way there, his dirver took a wrong turn and drove right by the cafe where Princip was sitting (feeling depressed because he missed his chance to kill the archduke). Seeing the opportunity driving right by him, he ran outside and up to the car, then shot both he archduke and his wife. they did not die right there, but before they reached the hospital they were supposed to be visiting. so princip got really lucky. this was the spark that set fire to all the tensions that had been building up.
slabadan melasavich. fun name to say. wanted to create a greater serbia. an extreme nationalist.
system of alliances set off lots of distrust, basically two sides and the nuetral countries. the war started two months after the assassination.
when it became a worl war, it was so because of the colonies the european countries had control of. otherwise it would be mostly a european war.
US neutrality.until 1917.
international law #1- nuetral countries have the right to trade with nations at war.
#2- warring nations can stop and seize contraband (war goods) neutral ships.
also, if you're going to sink a ship, you have to give warning, since the aim is to sink the goods, not the people on the ship.
Pres Wilson thoguht we should be inpartial in action as well as in thought. he wanted the old diplomacy in regards of the war. (this was my topic, btw. ive got his stuff in my blog, so....) Two people went before me- the first talked about nuetrality and wilson, second talked about the lusitania, so that left me with the zimmerman telegram. last person with us neutrality could really only summarize what we talked about. out of time now.
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