On what date did Britain declare war on Germany following an " unsatisfactory reply " to the British ultimatum that Belgium must be kept neutral ?
The consequences , internal and external , which would result from this , inside Austria and abroad , are obvious . ” On July 18th , to reassure Stolberg , Count Hoyos promised him that the demands in the draft text of the ultimatum “ were really of such a nature that no nation that still possessed self-respect and dignity could possibly accept them " .