1. Albertini, Vol. 3, p. 38.
2. French Yellow Book, M. Jules Cambon, French ambassador at Berlin, to M. René Viviani,president of the council, minister for foreign afairs, Berlin, 30 July 1914.
3. Ludwig, p. 144.
4. Kaiser Wilhelm II to Albertini, letter, 11 March 1936, quoted in Albertini, Vol. 3, p. 12.
5. Albertini, Vol. 3, p. 16.
6. Ibid.
7. The World War I Document Archive, ‘Wilhelm II’s War Speeches’ : http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Wilhelm_II%27s_War_Speeches.
8. Quoted in Albertini, Vol. 3, p. 39.
9. H?tzendorf, Vol. IV, pp. 164—165.
10. Quoted in Albertini, Vol. 3, p. 53.
11. German White Book, Exhibit 24, Telegram of the chancellor to the imperial ambassador at St Petersburg on 31 July 1914.
12. Bethmann-Hollweg to Schoen, in Geiss, p. 325; 另一种翻译见 German White Book, Exhibit 24, Telegram of the chancellor to the imperial ambassador at Paris on 31 July 1914。
13. Quoted in Albertini, Vol. 3, p. 61.
14. Pourtalès, pp. 74—75, quoted in Albertini, Vol. 3, p. 62.
15. Quoted in Albertini, Vol. 3, p. 64.
16. Quoted in Albertini, Vol. 3, pp. 167—168.
17. The World War I Document Archive, ‘The Willy-Nicky Telegrams’ : http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Willy-Nicky_Telegrams.
18. Quoted in Albertini, Vol. 3, p. 169.
19. Russian Orange Book, No. 76; 另一种翻译见Albertini, Vol. 3, pp. 168—169。