^{page 100 note 1} Vide F.O. Prussia 64/697 a. Two telegrams prove that Loftus saw Gortshakov before he saw Bismarck on the 13th.

^{page 102 note 1} [The real sentiments of Count Beust on 20 July will be found in a despatch of that date to Prince Metternich at Paris. Vide Oncken, Der Rhein-politik Kaiser Napoleon III, u.s.w., Berlin, 1926, III, 464–7.Google Scholar The question of an alliance between Italy and Austria-Hungary was being discussed on 4 August, vide ibid. p. 506, and that included action against Russia, ibid. p. 516. The King of Italy in fear of Russia suspended negotiations on the 8th, ibid. p. 519.]