On what date did Britain declare war on Germany following an " unsatisfactory reply " to the British ultimatum that Belgium must be kept neutral ?
He added that this : “ " absolute " insistence on a war against Serbia was based on the two considerations already mentioned ; firstly that Russia and France were ‘ not yet ready ’ and secondly that Britain will not at this juncture intervene in a war which breaks out over a Balkan state , even if this should lead to a conflict with Russia , possibly also France ... Not only have Anglo-German relations so improved that Germany feels that she need no longer feel fear a directly hostile attitude by Britain , but above all , Britain at this moment is anything but anxious for war , and has no wish whatever to pull chestnuts out of the fire for Serbia , or in the last instance , Russia ...