Left side:

The Royal Serbian Government not having answered in a satisfactory manner the note of July 23, 1914, presented by the Austro-Hungarian Minister at Belgrade, the Imperial and Royal Government are themselves compelled to see to the safeguarding of their rights and interests, and, with this object, to have recourse to force of arms.

Austria-Hungary consequently considers herself henceforward in state of war with Serbia.

 

 

 

Right side:

At evening the autumn woodlands ring
with deadly weapons, over the golden plains
and lakes of blue, the sun
more darkly rolls; The night surrounds
warriors dying and the wild lament
of their fragmented mouths.
Yet silently there gather in the willow combe
red clouds inhabited by an angry god,
shed blood, and the chill of the moon;
All roads lead to black decay.
Under golden branching of the night and stars
a sister's shadow sways through the still grove
to greet the heroes' spirits, the bloodied heads;
And softly in the reeds Autumn's dark flutes resound.
O prouder mourning! You brazen altars,
the spirit's hot flame is fed now by a tremendous pain:
The grandsons, unborn.