Talk:United Kingdom declaration of war upon Germany (1914)

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Presumably there must be a document somewhere constituting the actual declaration of war. The closest thing in the current article is Asquith’s speech to the House of Commons several hours later, but that surely cannot be it. Grover cleveland (talk) 21:43, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Grover cleveland: That would be a very good question for the Humanities Reference Desk. DuncanHill (talk) 22:10, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Germans (in the person of Arthur Zimmermann), seem to have taken Goschen's request for his passports (about 7pm on the 4th) as a declaration of war. See Goschen's telegram numbered 671 here. DuncanHill (talk) 22:52, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And see also Jagow's telegram to the German Ambassador in London, on the 4th, which was intercepted and given to Asquith, Grey, Haldane, Lloyd George, and McKenna shortly after 9pm "English Ambassador has just demanded his passport shortly after seven o'clock declaring war {signed) Jagow". DuncanHill (talk) 23:05, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]