Got up 6.20. Went to baths. Tom Vicar back. Busy at work all day. Played the piano a bit at night. Wrote up diary. A good deal of excitement caused by Dublin matters¹ and by Servia² and Austria. Troops being recalled to their stations.

War declared against Servia by Austria. Servian ships seized on the Danube. Kaiser holds all night War Council.

1. Dublin matters: The Ulster crisis again; see note on 21 March. ↩

2. See note on 23 July about the spelling of Serbia. ↩