In its issue of the 29th instant the Government organ "Somourprava" published a leading article expressing deep regret for the sad event, condemning the murder of the Archduke, and stating that it could be the act of some irresponsible maniac. The organ of the principal opposition party (Independent Radicals), in its number of the same date, however, although it made use of expressions of regret, gave utterance to the opinion that it was an error of judgment for the Archduke to attend manoeuvres in Bosnia, the palpable object of which was to rehearse the defence of that province against a Serbo-Montenegrin attack, and to hold parades in a center of Serbism like Sarajevo just at the moment when patriotic rejoicings were taking place in the Servian capital.
          The secretary-general of the Servian Foreign Office, whom I saw this morning, while disclaiming for the Servian Government all responsibility for the crime, used language very similar to this. I am informed in confidence by my Italian colleague that an interview of considerable violence took place between M. Grouitch and the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires on the occasion of the latter's visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to return thanks for M. Grouitch's call of condolence. It appears that M. de Storck asked the Secretary-General unofficially whether the Servian Government did not consider it advisable to hold an investigation into the circumstances of the crime in view of the fact that both prisoners had recently been in Belgrade. This was apparently much resented by M. Grouitch, as implying responsibility for the crime on the part of the Servian Government. High words ensued, and for the moment relations between the Austrian legation and the Servian Ministry for Foreign Affairs are very strained.