Germany at once proposed that the issue should be regarded as " an affair which should be settled solely between Austria-Hungary and Serbia" ; meaning that the small nation should be left to the tender mercies of a great power.

德国立即提出， 该问题应被视为“应仅在奥匈帝国和塞尔维亚之间解决的事务” ；这意味着小国应该任凭大国怜悯。